"EMERGENCY CASH POSSIBILITIES FOR US CITIZENS"
1.-PURCHASING GOODS: If you meet all of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) requirements for legal travel to Cuba, you are allowed to bring $100 worth of consumer goods into the United States. This includes rum and tobacco for personal use. There is no limitation on educational materials, which includes books, periodicals, paintings, sculpture, tapes, CDs, films, videocassettes, photographs, posters, etchings, lithographs, microfilm, and microfiche.
2.-CIGARS: Customs officials do not generally ask for receipts for purchases made in Cuba, but our recommendation is 1 box of cigars and 1 or 2 bottles of rum. If you are traveling with more cigars, it may be a red flag to customs officials that you have spent more than $100. Remember to declare all your products when entering the Bahamas, Mexico, and the U.S. (See travel information.) Black market cigars are of varying quality and you can�t be sure they are good. The safest cigar purchases are made in a state store.
3.-DEPARTING FROM CUBA Check-in time is 2 hours before the time of departure. Cancun flights usually leave from Terminal 3 and charters usually leave from terminal 2. You will have to pay a departure tax of $25 and for overweight baggage (more than 44 lbs.) Overweight charges can usually be negotiated in the Havana airport. Make an offer.
4.-EMERGENCY CASH POSSIBILITIES FOR USA CITIZEN.Although it is not convenient to leave a paper trail of expenses in Cuba
Some travelers� reports indicate a possibility of getting a cash advance on a US MasterCard from Transcard in Cuba, and sometimes a US MasterCard will work at restaurants and hotels, even though it's issued from a US bank. If you have run out of all your money, and you have a MasterCard, you can go to Transcard, in Cuba, and they can allow a cash withdrawal.
Transcard:
Calle 2 No. 302, esq. 3ra. Ave., Miramar, Playa, Ciudad de La Habana, Tel: 24-4823,24-4824,
or
Desamparados # 166 entre Habana and Compostela, Habana Vieja.
Tel: 862 9900 Extension 5555
(This tip from E.Armand,e-mail: gotocubanow@hotmail.com)
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February 20, 2003
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