Need Barbados currency or US ok?

[aloisia]

Hi,

Can I use US currency while in Barbados? Payment for tours, cabs, tips etc?

Or is Barbados $$ preferred?

 

Thanks!

[TheVegasMan]

They took our US $. 2:1 is the set exchange rate.

[Pepperwood]

Hi,

Can I use US currency while in Barbados? Payment for tours, cabs, tips etc?

Or is Barbados $$ preferred?

 

US dollars are accepted at a fixed rate of 2 Barbados dollars = $US1.

 

However, you will get change in Barbados dollars, so be prepared to spend it by the end of the day... (We got a handful of Barbados dollars when buying internet time and coffee in US$, but used it to buy snacks and drinks at a grocery store, and then to pay for the taxi driver who took us back to the ship.)

[aloisia]

That's great.

Thanks for the reply.

S

[jayred1]

Yes they will take either. I suggest that you have smaller bills available so that you don't get $19 worth of Barbados change after handing a twenty for that dollar purchase. Happened to a friend last week, so then we had to stick around and buy $19 worth of food and drink. (Maybe it was a good idea if it means the friend is buying!!!)

[mardon]

we just took taxis and we gave American $. make sure you have singles.