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is it ok to go to cuba from DR ?
saint_72 said:
I am assuming that you are American. It is okay for the dominican authorities for you to go to cuba but it is illegal by american authorities for you to go to cuba through any country.
Like every other illegal thing in the world, the trick is that you do not get caught. Entry to cuba requires a tourist card. So when you get to the airport (Jose Marti), just tell the customs that 'No quiero que estampe mi pasaporte. Soy de los estados unidos'. 'I don't want you to stamp my passport. I am from the USA'. They understand and will simply nod their head and grant your request. You don't even need to secretely pass any folded dollar bill. It is done for free. Every american that breaks the travel ban is a victory for the bearded one.
As long as your passport is not stamped there is no evidence that you have ever been there and you will be okay. It will be 'wet foot, dry land'. Some other countries have US customs pre-clearance facility and there is the possibilty that if you are on a connecting flight to the USA through the transit county from cuba, US customs can figure it out (i.e the bahamas). I do not believe that is the situation with the dominican republic/
Hasta la victoria siempre
2 years ago we had a cruise ship that was making weekly cruises from Puerto Plata with a stop in Cuba. The majority of the passengers were Dominican. Guess that is why they went out of business. But, really, why would the Cuban Government want to limit access of Dominicans, most of those who can afford to travel, travel with US dollars.Nyeden said:
You can go to cuba legally but the catch is that you can't spend money there. Here is what you do: Go with a dominican person and give him the money to pay for your ticket and hotel and travel with him. Later you declare that you were invited to go to cuba by your dominican host who paid for everything, thus, you didn't spend any money there. Totally legal.
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I thought I read our bearded buddy put a "Tax" on US Dollars. I will find the article. Of course USD are accepted, but I do not believe it is the base currency, and are exchanged at 90% or something like that.
Perhaps someone that has been there in the past 6 months can comment instead of people guessing.
Perhaps someone that has been there in the past 6 months can comment instead of people guessing.
The convertible Peso is used as the base currency and cost 10% more when purchased with USD according to this articles.
http://www.chasque.net/ips_eng/notas/2004/10/26/16:42:12.html
http://www.hicuba.com/eng/resolution-80.htm
http://www.chasque.net/ips_eng/notas/2004/10/26/16:42:12.html
http://www.hicuba.com/eng/resolution-80.htm
True, but in practical terms, for a US citizen to pay the commission to covert his dollars to Canadian or Euros (for a fee) before he travels and then get whatever rate of exchange into convertible pesos, he usually is about even if he just pays the 10% exchage tax on dollars. He doesn't have to worry about conversion rates as the convertible peso is pegged to equal the dollar.Tamborista said:
I don't think that US credit cards are usable in Cuba, some people will opt using a pre-paid canadian credit-card.HOWMAR said:
Howmar:
I trade currency, so it will cost you on OANDA as a retail investor .00105% to trade USD to EUR! The spread is 3 PIPS for anybody $1 or 1Miillion dollars.
If you walk into American Express, yes you will get bent over to the tune of 3% on the transaction.
Buy that's ok, you are correct as always!
I trade currency, so it will cost you on OANDA as a retail investor .00105% to trade USD to EUR! The spread is 3 PIPS for anybody $1 or 1Miillion dollars.
If you walk into American Express, yes you will get bent over to the tune of 3% on the transaction.
Buy that's ok, you are correct as always!
If you use your passport, be prepared to explain why do you have two sets of entrada & salida stamps on your passport when you return back to the US.saint_72 said: