Recent content by Jaws2003

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    Direct flight to Santiago vs flight to santo domingo and bus to Santiago

    Hello everyone. I haven't seen this subject covered recently but I was just approved some vacation time and I want to come to the DR in the next couple of weeks. Thing is there's around a $200-$250 difference between flying to Santiago vs Santo Domingo. What I would like to know is if anyone has...
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    Health and Dental insurance

    Hello Everyone. I am currently in the US still but I was curious about Health and Dental insurance for the Dominican Republic. I'm going to another job that offers health insurance but it's a High Deductible Plan($1350/$2700 or $3000/$7000) with an optional Health Savings Account. I've seen a...
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    Why DR continued......

    Hello Everyone, I was looking through the threads and seeing if my question could be answered that I was thinking about and I found one. Thanks to that person who posted the thread here : https://dr1.com/forums/showthread.php/173790-Why-The-DR I didn't want to high-jack the thread from the...
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    Renting or buying in Santiago

    Hello Everyone, A personal goal of mine is to have another home in another country. I was looking at the Philippines and while I liked it I know in that country I can never own any land there. I can only own a condo there. With that being said I am looking at the DR again. I was in Santo...
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    Air Bnb and Taxi question for Santiago

    Hello everyone, It has been a while since my last trip to the DR(2016). Spent a little time in the Philippines and handling some business in the US but now I want to check out Santiago this June. I would like to know if anyone has used Airbnb in Santiago or do you all prefer using hotels here...
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    Thinking about a trip to Santiago

    Hello Everyone. I had a trip to Santo Domingo back in June and now thinking about coming back to the DR this coming March or April. Not sure yet. Have some other places on my radar like Colombia, Indonesia or Philippines. I'm still interested in Santiago though and a town near it called Moca...
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    Finally completed my trip to Santo Domingo

    Ok guys here's my details of my trip to SD. Overall I liked the trip but there were some things that I wish the hell I didn't do(hope they don't come back to bite me in the butt). I also see how everyone is hustling out there. Especially in the tourist areas. Had a few setbacks but overcame...
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    Questions about Cell service in DR

    Hello Everyone, I am curious about cell service in the DR. I currently have StraightTalk wireless in the US and my phone cannot work over there according to them for International Roaming. Tried to search on here to see if I could get some help but I didn't find what I was looking for. So...
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    Planning a trip in May

    Hello everyone. Ive been planning my first weekend trip to Santo Domingo for this coming may but I'm having a hard time on deciding where to stay and what to do. I was thinking about zona colonial. I will not have a car unless other things work out which I will explain later in the post. I'm...
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    Hello dr1

    Just wanted to say hello to everyone here. Decided to join when saw some threads come up in a Google search. Will be asking questions soon. Sent from my HUAWEI H892L using Tapatalk