02-21-2018, 07:27 AM
After the hotel, and JutaNegril "tourist" bus, my only dealings with USD is at the cambrio. I figure if the establishments are pricing in US, they are not catering to locals.
Hotel restaurants are the exception for me, where a dish of french fries at Rock House was US$3. But in those cases I ask how much in J cause J was usually a better value.
Do not know if there is a profit motive to price things in US, more likely their xchange rate is so lousy is to insure conversion fluxuations are allowed for, OR the extra step necessary by them.
Pricing is US doesn't attract customers, but it does make it simplier for the tourist. I once heard foreign ask "How much is that in real money?" for an item which was priced in J$
IMO some places prefer getting USD, perhaps having 2 bank accounts, and US was more stable. But there could be a profit motivation too.
Hotel restaurants are the exception for me, where a dish of french fries at Rock House was US$3. But in those cases I ask how much in J cause J was usually a better value.
Do not know if there is a profit motive to price things in US, more likely their xchange rate is so lousy is to insure conversion fluxuations are allowed for, OR the extra step necessary by them.
Pricing is US doesn't attract customers, but it does make it simplier for the tourist. I once heard foreign ask "How much is that in real money?" for an item which was priced in J$
IMO some places prefer getting USD, perhaps having 2 bank accounts, and US was more stable. But there could be a profit motivation too.