Best place to exchange US Dollars for Jamaican Dollars

[Accompong]

And, a bit of a bugaboo of mine...as I keep seeing it suggested on other forums...

if you're Canadian, British etc...you are not required to exchange your money to the US$...exchange your home currency directly to the Jamaican$.

Only the big tourist restaurants offer the pricing in US$...some of the smaller places will present the bill in US$ if they think you're American or sometimes just because you're a tourist and will assume you have US$. Just ask for the price to be in the Jamaican currency...easy peasy.

Jamaicans will accept tips in Canadian, Euro, pounds etc...not just the US or Jamaican$.
Either way they'll have to go to the cambio/bank to exchange any foreign currency to their Jamaican$.

Exactly. If you use non-Jamaican money, the amount you lose is the "inconvenience factor" of the taker having to go to the bank/Cambio etc. instead of you. I think most tourists are not familiar with their being two prices on currency exchange (Buying and Selling). http://www.scotiabank.com/jm/en/0,,168,00.html

[Rob]

Exactly. If you use non-Jamaican money, the amount you lose is the "inconvenience factor" of the taker having to go to the bank/Cambio etc. instead of you. I think most tourists are not familiar with their being two prices on currency exchange (Buying and Selling). http://www.scotiabank.com/jm/en/0,,168,00.html

Buying and Selling? Okay... let's confuse an already confusing topic...