I was looking into visiting Cuba in 2024 but there seems to be a lot of conflicting information. Does anybody have good resources on how best to visit without being put onto a watch list or whatever?
I was looking into visiting Cuba in 2024 but there seems to be a lot of conflicting information. Does anybody have good resources on how best to visit without being put onto a watch list or whatever?
Don't bring ten thousand dollars on you, there's no reason for that. Bring maybe one thousand spare USD for every week you're there on top of paying for Casas and Airfaire and you'll be fine. Keep it all in your purse or wallet on your person and TSA won't have the ability to take it.
When you're there, most Casas will have safes you can leave the excess of your money in. Things have gotten real hard due to the embargo, and do not underestimate jineteros/as, but if you wanted to keep all your money on you for some reason you'd be fine (just screwed if something did happen)
Also there is no dual currency system in Cuba, CUC was abolished in 2021, use USD for taxis, trinkets, and tour guides, but use CUP for food etc. Denominations of USD in under $5 are useless, so don't tip a dollar, tip the equivalent in CUP instead.