Eastern caribbean dollars?

Bambamski · Posted: Oct 12, 2013 12:16 pm Post subject: Eastern caribbean dollars?

We are heading to st Lucia and the grenadines next month. They use eastern caribbean dollars i guess. Has anyone been there? Do the locals prefer US dollars or the EC dollars?

3MileBayWaker · Posted: Oct 12, 2013 4:01 pm Post subject:

I used regular USD... Pretty much the same dollar equivalency. You pay in either or/ they give you change in same currency. At least they did for me in 2010.

TnR6Rida · Posted: Oct 12, 2013 4:52 pm Post subject:

I just got back from Jamaica and they accepted USD. I would bet it's the same in St. Lucia.

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

They prefer USD and will probably give you change in East Caribbean if possible. Laughing

Bambamski · Posted: Oct 13, 2013 6:12 am Post subject:

u.s. Dollars is kind of what I figured. The catamaran that we are taking for the week is paid in eur's though.

Craig-R · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Posts: 1676

no love for St Vincent??

Bambamski · Posted: Oct 14, 2013 6:49 am Post subject:

Hahaha. Lots of love for st. Vincent

We fly into st.Lucia and hang out for a couple of days there. We then board a catamaran and head to st.vincent and the grenadines for a week of sailing through those islands.

Www.caribbeankitecruise.com

We won't need a ton of cash but we'll get off the boat and eat and drink on the islands for two to three nights for sure.

Should be a cool vacation. I didn't want to do the standard all inclusive see nothing but the same beach type vacation this year.

GnarShredd · Posted: Oct 14, 2013 7:05 am Post subject:

Bambamski, Just got back from St. Lucia a couple weeks ago. Didn't leave the resort much but everyone seemed to take USD the few places we did go to (random road-side stands included). Granted, it was all pretty touristy.