Originally Posted by
APW Girl
The US government sells a license to certain operators for travel to Cuba. I know when I went there were 9 flights a day between Miami and Havana. I saw a United sitting on the tarmac when I arrived. I was on a Continental flight, that was classified as a charter. Cuba is expensive for the operators of these trip because of the restrictions our wonderful government puts on them related to financial transactions and of what the operators cost of doing business in Cuba runs them. To me it was worth it. Off the top of my head, Eldertreks was a company that had trips going to Cuba, check with them...it would be much cheaper than a huge fine if you were caught going illegally. When we came back to the US, customs gave us no problem, just their usual welcome home.
I'm curious how you got past the prohibition on the Eldertreks web site:
Please note that at time of printing, the government of the U.S.A. prohibits U.S. citizens from visiting Cuba.
Did you travel with Eldertreks or another company? Any idea why customs didn't questions you? Did you go before the increased vigilance and fines that kicked in a couple of years ago?