Just askin..Whats a Buck bringing now? Bank or Changer , Hotel, street?

Hi Bruce,

Best way is to exchange spending cash to JA. Then calculate cost in US @ 120 to 1. Easier than calculating the variable "exchange" rates of the vendors

example: using 5,000 Ja , ....Subtract the last two zeros = 50.00, (that would be 100 to 1), then subtract another 15% or so and you're within a buck or two.

Or just use your phone to calculate.

Thanks Captain. Does Linston have a preference, or does it not matter to him?

Best way is if you have a debit card with no atm fees or foreign transaction charges. I have a TD Bank Premier checking account. When I take JMD from an ATM, I get the exact rate and no fees. My bank even refunds any fees charged by the ATM. No way to beat that.

the Cambio rate got up there this year......in September I got 127J to 1us at the Cambios.....
July/August was getting 126J to one us dollar....back in May it was 117J....
the J's going up and down is different......for years it was always going up till recently....

Cool Runnings, Marko

our first year 1984 it was close to 4 to 1.....and a full bic would get you lift in the west end.......Ricks to Tayons..

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Originally Posted by HarryS

Best way is if you have a debit card with no atm fees or foreign transaction charges. I have a TD Bank Premier checking account. When I take JMD from an ATM, I get the exact rate and no fees. My bank even refunds any fees charged by the ATM. No way to beat that.

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Wow, that's even better than my Ally Bank (I just have a 1% transaction fee and ATM fee, so I was getting $132 out $136 international rate back in Sept where taking out $30,000 JMD at a time)

Our personal choice is a good friend on the beach who gives us bank rates and we never have to leave our beach chair. CCLP has nice safes in each room so we just bring US dollars. No fees, no cab ride to the ATM, no hassle with people hanging around the bank or ATM, no need to leave the beach.

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Originally Posted by Captain Oil

Our personal choice is a good friend on the beach who gives us bank rates and we never have to leave our beach chair. CCLP has nice safes in each room so we just bring US dollars. No fees, no cab ride to the ATM, no hassle with people hanging around the bank or ATM, no need to leave the beach.

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Ditto with us Capt.....our first stays a lot of tourists were getting ripped off, we had to hide ours when we left the room, or bring most of it....a few stays later we just handed over our "bank" over to the owner to cache for us........