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Cost: $4,900 for participant, including charter airfare from/to Miami $3,200 for non-photographing spouse/guest, including charter airfare
Trip Insurance:
You will obviously not only need a passport, but you will need to check and make sure it is valid for at least six months forward from the date of your departure to Cuba.
We will be staying, breakfast included, in the heart of Old Havana at the Hotel Parque Central Neptuno e/ Prado y Zulueta Habana Vieja Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba This hotel has laundry service, and room safes. WiFi Realistically, it is likely that we will have spotty WiFi, all yours for a charge per hour. We bought 5-hour cards for $35 CUCs. Because download times are slow, we highly recommend that you alert your family and friends to not send you files until you return home. And if you send files back home, make sure they are small and compressed. It is also suggested that because WiFi is expensive, you also consider downloading messages, going offline, preparing your responses, then going back online to send them. Photographic Gear There are no restrictions on bringing in camera gear and tripods. There are, however, baggage restrictions, to wit the following:
Payment No US-issued credit or ATM/debit cards may be used. This is one of the facts of life when traveling to Cuba. All payments must be made by check, cashiers' check, or money order. You will be contacted by Cuba Cultural Travel with an invoice for the total amount due.
Cuba Cultural Travel 425 East Alvarado Street, Suite H Fallbrook, CA 92028 760-645-3269 Please let Laura Adams at CCT and us know when you have done this, so we can keep our records up to date. You will also need to fill out the Cuba Cultural Travel application that will be sent to you upon your preliminary acceptance. Look for a message from Laura Adams at Cuba Cultural Travel with whom you have already had correspondence. All monies are due by January 23 at the latest.
As noted above, because US-bank-issued credit and ATM/debit cards are not accepted in Cuba, you will need to bring cash. There are safes at the hotel, so you need not worry about carrying a lot of cash with you. Besides, Havanah is considered very safe. As of this writing, 1 CUC ≈ $1.13 USD. The Cuban government charges a 10% fee to convert USD into CUC, so factor that in. A typical dinner costs 20 CUC and a drink 3 CUC, to give you an idea of some basic costs WiFi can run around 8 CUC per hour or around 35 CUCs for 5 hours. We are advised that you should plan on bringing approximately $1,000 in cash. If you want to buy art work (NOT cigars, rum, etc.), then you will need to bring more. We will alert you of updates.
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