Go To Haiti Well Prepared
Getting down to planning a holiday? Have you traveled extensively and seen it all? Have you seen Haiti yet? Well, if you haven’t then here is the chance to completely redefine your sense of a unique and exotic holiday. If Haiti is your travel designation then you should go just as prepared as you would to any other upscale locale. The whole idea is to basically derive as much value as you can from the holiday experience. With a number of international airlines plying the island like Air Canada, ALM, American Airlines, Haiti Trans Air and Lynx, this is one great vacation to investigate discounts and vouchers.
If you are a resident of Mexico, Sweden, Israel, Switzerland or any Caricom country, including the U.S. you don’t need a visa to Haiti. It helps to take the help of various online and offline resources and get to know the place a little better before you board the aircraft. Though there are a number of real time travel agents who will readily give you all the information you need on Haiti, online resources offer the information 24x7 and thus make shopping for tips on traveling to Haiti a matter of great convenience. You should know when making your flight reservations that there are two international airports.
One is in Port-Au-Prince and the other is in Haitian. This makes it easy to consolidate your travel arrangements according to the region you will be visiting. With a $25 U.S. departure tax and your Canada and U.S. license validity in Haiti you don’t really have much to bother about getting there and moving around. You should also investigate the local modes of transportation. The local tap-taps are a great experience. These minibuses are brightly painted and offer the best means of transportation to mix with the locals as you explore the region.
With fares set at $1 per person (approx) it is possible to splurge much of your holiday budget on shopping and souvenirs. Haiti is well served by many public taxis and there are a number of providers of rental cars too. Generally getting around is not difficult at all. At no more than $100 you can actually charter a beach craft and travel between Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haitian. Haiti has temperatures ranging between 65° to 90° F and receives around 45 inches of rainfall each year.
If you can speak either French and/or Creole you get along famously with the natives of Haiti. However there is an English speaking population as well. You will not have an issue with the currency since the Haitian Gourde as well as the U.S. dollar is accepted all around Haiti. You can even work out you budget with the government tax now set at 10% and that of the hospitality industry set at 5%. It will do you a whale of good on the popularity poll tipping restaurant tabs and taxi drivers. The locals are very warm and welcoming and go out of their way to integrate visitors within their cultural offerings. With the recent turn of events, it’s true that every visit is awaited with open arms by Haitians.