Jamaican $ or U.S $

[garysteph1018]

If you have an iPod, "there's an app for that" It is a currency converter, and was very helpful on our trip. I say definitely use JA $ .... For example, we ate at 3 Dives, and dinner in American was $32.00, however, if we had paid in JA it would have converted to $28.00 American. I know it's only $5, but that adds up, and it is only one example.

But like Blake said... have both. We converted $160.00 to JA, and were fine for about 5 days. Plus, it's fun to say you have 1,000s of dollars!

Also, take some $5's & $1's for tips.

[kbisiar]

If you have an iPod, "there's an app for that" It is a currency converter, and was very helpful on our trip. I say definitely use JA $ .... For example, we ate at 3 Dives, and dinner in American was $32.00, however, if we had paid in JA it would have converted to $28.00 American. I know it's only $5, but that adds up, and it is only one example.

But like Blake said... have both. We converted $160.00 to JA, and were fine for about 5 days. Plus, it's fun to say you have 1,000s of dollars!

Also, take some $5's & $1's for tips.

I found the same thing. Seems many restaurants use 82ja to $1us as a set exchange rate when actual rate was 89ja to $1us. It's worth a trip to the cambio

[Blake]

If you have an iPod, "there's an app for that" It is a currency converter, and was very helpful on our trip.

Which app do you use? I wonder if XE can be used in airplane mode....

I have Android(which by the way has more apps than Apple....) but I don't have any interest in paying roaming charges while trying to convert money via an app that connects online.

I almost think it's worth it to just view $1 USD as $100 jamaican, beats doing math....