Cambio

[goldilocks]

Cambios can at times have long lines, I mostly use ATMs these days.

I use JA dollars almost exclusively as I frequent small locally owned places.

There are ATM's at the airport, HiLo and ValueMaster Supermarkets (also Scotia, but Scotia has more begging going on around it. Remember if you want Jamaican dollars to type the amount in JA dollars (ex. $300 US would equal approx. $28,500J - scary to type in that amount!)

There is a little button by the door of the ATM - remember to push it to get out!

100J and 1000J bills are similar - common scam/mistake is for someone to tell you/you only gave them a hundred instead of a thousand bill. I have taken to keeping them in seperate pockets or even marking the 1000's discreetly in a corner.