As I read this thread I was amused, surprised, or what ever on how many people wish that Traveler's Check were still in use. We were dedicated T.C. users for 35 years with no issues. We had a local friend who would stop by every day or two and exchange our T.C. into Jamaican at a very competitive rate with out the hassle of going downtown. We NEVER, EVER used ATM's in Jamaica.

These last few reaches have been a bit of a challenge with the demise of the T.C. system. Now, we have been stopping in MoBay to score some cases of Red Strip, Ting etc.... and exchange enough US dollars into JA$ to last 2/3 of our trip. At the hotel we stash the cash in our electronic room safe. As the trip winds down we MAY make a trip to a cambio or limp our way through using US dollars.

For a casual tourist this system works well. If we were staying along term (more then two weeks) I guess we would have to do something different.