Originally Posted by
jb3t
Thanks a lot folks. This is good information. I may have to back a suitcase of booze and snacks.
by the way, what's the currency there? I'm looking at a few menus for local restaurants and they are in $$$ of some sort.
The official currency is the Dominican Peso (DOP), which currently trades at 46.75 per USD (or approximately two cents per peso). However, when we were there, we found that USD is widely accepted pretty much anywhere that caters to tourists.