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I'm going to be in sosua soon and am wondering the following:

1) What's the best place to exchange american dollars into dominican pesos? Airport? super super? or ??

2) two, what consistency of dominican pesos should i exchange in say if i had like US $500? I dont want to be a dumbass like last time and wind up with something like 5000 peso bill which I could only use in the casino because nobody could make change but I also dont want to carry 20 peso bills exclusively either. :pirate:
 
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jcarn said:
I'm going to be in sosua soon and am wondering the following:

2) two, what consistency of dominican pesos should i exchange in say if i had like US $500? I dont want to be a dumbass like last time and wind up with something like 5000 peso bill which I could only use in the casino because nobody could make change but I also dont want to carry 20 peso bills exclusively either. :pirate:
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2,000 pesos notes are the largest denomination available, but can be difficult to change due to many having been burned with counterfeits. 1,000 and 500 notes are usually easily changed in most stores. You will find that you want to have a supply of 10 and 20 peso notes for motochonchos, vendors, etc. There are also new 10 and 25 pesos coins available.
 
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The Cambio one door to the left of North Coast Diver's is always fair.
Avoid changing at Global Cambio in the airport.

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jcarn said:
I'm going to be in sosua soon and am wondering the following:

1) What's the best place to exchange american dollars into dominican pesos? Airport? super super? or ??

2) two, what consistency of dominican pesos should i exchange in say if i had like US $500? I dont want to be a dumbass like last time and wind up with something like 5000 peso bill which I could only use in the casino because nobody could make change but I also dont want to carry 20 peso bills exclusively either. :pirate:
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For someone like yourself that can't remember that we only have the 2000 peso note as being the largest and that is the BLUE one..And as Howmar said there are new coins now for 10 +25 pesos.....Just get it all in 500 pesos and 100 pesos as you will find even a 1000 peso note a problem to change depending on where you try and use it...I would get a few of them but not the whole 500.AVOID the airport unless you are only changing 100USD for cab fare..
 
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Judy's Cambio, down the street from Super Super. close to Eddy's Sports Bar usually has the best rate in Sosua, but I believe they close fairly early, around 5 pm. I always try to get 500's as the largest denomination, but with 500 USD, you can take several 1000 peso notes, and carry one or two when you'll be shopping at the playero or eating in a fancier restaurant...or going to the casino.
 
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i usualy bring around 500 USD...but i dont exchange it all at the same time. Perhaps 100 when i first get there...then 40 or 50 at a time thereafter. For me it helps me keep a gauge on how much i am exactly spending. and i usualy ask for 500 peso bills...but have no prob with the 1000 if you are going to the market etc and will be spending more than 500 etc.
 
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whoops....

i guess it could have been a $2000 peso note, I dont really remember much, I know I wasnt ripped off with a fake note because i was able to exchange it. thanks for all the advice tho ;)
 
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jcarn said:
whoops....

i guess it could have been a $2000 peso note, I dont really remember much, I know I wasnt ripped off with a fake note because i was able to exchange it. thanks for all the advice tho ;)
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And keep those 2,000 pesos notes separate from the 500's.
At night, they appear the same and you could easily give the 2k in lieu of a 500.
 
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One thing to remember is never accept the first offer, always go to at least two or three cambios and get a few quotes. Even after a while it's worth doing that. I thought I found the best cambio I was using for a while until later I found out he actually stopped giving me the best deal (although he did at the beginning !).
 
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Rocky said:
And keep those 2,000 pesos notes separate from the 500's.
At night, they appear the same and you could easily give the 2k in lieu of a 500.
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How true this can be..It happened to me in Boca Chica a few years ago..I was having a few presidentes and The place was full that I was in..I gave a 2000 Peso note in a Discotec not looking closely..And the guy gave me change for a 500..Lucky for me my wife was standing right there and saw what I gave and demanded the change for a 2000..It turned out the guy put it in the slot with the 500 peso notes and not under the tray so he was able to see it was his mistake..A RARE but honest one this time anyway...
 
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Uzin said:
One thing to remember is never accept the first offer, always go to at least two or three cambios and get a few quotes. Even after a while it's worth doing that. I thought I found the best cambio I was using for a while until later I found out he actually stopped giving me the best deal (although he did at the beginning !).
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i wound up finding a good deal by going to the western union on pedro clisante. i think i got like 32.5 pesos to the dollar. airport was 29 peso rate
 
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The best place is Ochoa Ferreteria , The main store at Santiago.
They always give you 0.15 than the best rate you can get anywhere.
Simply because they need $ to buy and it is cheaper for then to give you a better rate than buy $ from a bank.
They do not deal Euros.
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Don Pedro said:
The best place is Ochoa Ferreteria , The main store at Santiago.
They always give you 0.15 than the best rate you can get anywhere.
Simply because they need $ to buy and it is cheaper for then to give you a better rate than buy $ from a bank.
They do not deal Euros.
P.
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Bear in mind that Ochoa is not on the North coast.
 
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What about all those Motoconchos asking you to change money? Are they trying to scam tourists? I never changed money through them.
 
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What about all those Motoconchos asking you to change money? Are they trying to scam tourists? I never changed money through them.
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Change money on the street - count your money and your fingers when finished.

I never trust a potential thief who's sitting on his getaway vehicle while trying to scam you - LOL.

Gregg
 
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We used banks like the Bank of Nova Scotia, could we have gotten a better rate on the streets then in the banks?:speechles
 
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