Coming 2/3- a couple of questions

[j&k]

Carry JA$. As mentioned it will be much easier for the first time visitor. It is very easy to be short changed if your using US$. Try to use CC as little as possible. Maybe a nice dinner out one night. Have fun and enjoy.
Peace

[frankk]

When Linston picks us up, we typically stop at Digicel store for our SIM cards, drop my wife at hotel with luggage, and then I ask him to take me to HiLo for lots of foods and bheer. Works best for me to drop the luggage before we get the bheer (we get a lot of bheer).

We only use credit card for hotel, high-end restaurant dinners, and HiLo shopping trip.. But more often we use jamaican cash that I get out of ATM. ATM gets decent exchange rate and we never have any problems.

[frankk]

P.S. - I typically only bring enough US cash to pay Linston with tip, about $200 in $2 bills for miscellaneous tips/stuff, and about $200 of emergency cash.

[ssbrock]

Thank you everyone. Great info. Very excited to arrive tomorrow