$ or the �

[GENT]

Should I take US$ or Bajan � to Barbados in December? In a dilmena!

[Hymie]

In the past, I have been given the nonsense advice of taking US$ to places close to the US � the logic being that it is a more acceptable currency than the �. This is akin to advising Americans to buy Euro�s, when coming to the UK.

The result of following this advice is that you will pay two commission charges, once to turn your � into US$, and again when changing US$ to Barbadian$.

[WesterRoss]

The Bajan dollar is fixed to the US$. In Barbados in most places you can pay in either currency but remember that if you pay in US$ any change will be in Bajan dollars. Take a small amount of Bajan dollars and the rest in US but remember you don't need to go to a bank or hotel desk to change the US to Bajan, as I said most places accept US even taxi drivers but for local buses you need Bajan. Hope this helps.

[old_labour]

Hymie is wrong.Taking $US to some countries close to the USA is nothing like Americans bringing Euros to the UK. In Grand Cayman ( a place close to the US ) most shops have their goods priced in $ US. You can pay in either $US or $CI (Cayman Islands), and there is a fixed rate of $10US= $8CI applied. So it makes perfect sense to bring $US if you are visiting Cayman . You will find shops, buses ,taxis etc will accept either $US or $CI.