Originally Posted by
cbn42
But how much of the cost of your stay is actually going to the staff, and how much is going to the military/governmental ownership or management? If you stay at a casa particular, essentially ALL of your money is going to "ordinary" Cubans.
Well, not
all of the money (commissions and maybe some other reductions), but you're right that more of the money would go to the casa particular owner than would go to the staff at the hotel. Sill, hotels are very labor-intensive operations. I don't think the difference is ultimately stark enough to make this a moral dilemma for the traveler intent on helping ordinary Cubans.