Travel Questions and Advice

[Mondo707]

Going to ask a dumb question. Does the airline health insurance cover the Cuban insurance? I will be traveling with AA and on my receipt it says it has Cuba health insurance. Again know its a dumb question but I prefer to be safe.

I posted about this issue before. To answer your question, on your ticket you should see a list all charges, taxes, etc. One of the charges is for insurance required by the government in Cuba.

A piece of advice, take a screen shot of your ticket that's legible on your phone and in case you need med attention this is what you need to show.

That's what I do and believe me it comes in handy when / if you need med attention.

Mondo.

[Big Zozo Intl]

Going to ask a dumb question. Does the airline health insurance cover the Cuban insurance? I will be traveling with AA and on my receipt it says it has Cuba health insurance. Again know its a dumb question but I prefer to be safe.

[Zeos1]

It's not 80 CUC but 80 USD!

And the CUC does not exist anymore anyway. The currency is CUP, cuban pesos. The convertible peso was discontinued a couple of years ago.

[Rebel Monger]

...If I'm reading that right, the 80 cuc is the value they assign to the phone for import purposes...

It's not 80 CUC but 80 USD!

[HSendatsu]

So what happens if you admit to meeting up with somebody when entering? What do they do? I'm afraid of getting the third degree eventually.

Nothing at all- You'll be asked wether you will stay at her house or not. If you aren't, you will need yo say where you'll lodge. And if you stay at her's, you'll need a family visa (you can exchange your tourist visa for one when you are there.).

[Jcivada]

So what happens if you admit to meeting up with somebody when entering? What do they do? I'm afraid of getting the third degree eventually.

[EMode]

A few interesting recent pictures. Say you are interested in dating.

Set up the profile on a pc so that you can pick your location. The app will select your current location.

I would not recommend anything about income or job.

I start off asking questions and having a conversation asking about their job etc and slowly telling what I do.

You will quickly figure out who is there for P2 P or who may be interesting to see.

Practice your spanish.

Hey Giz,

Thanks for the tips.

I was just kidding about the annual income. Nothing about work or pay is in there.

As for the location, I was able to set my own, even on my phone, by simply turning off the location feature so the app was forced to ask for my location instead.

I will have to take some "interesting photos" since I don't really have any pics of myself. I'm not really a picture kind of guy.

I'll be jumping into the app over the next few weeks and I'll definitely leave a report once I'm back. Thanks again!!

[Giz99]

Hello everyone,

I'm going to set up a Badoo profile soon before my trip to Havana at the end of March. Does anyone have any tips on what should be on the profile? Annual income perhaps? 😝.

A few interesting recent pictures. Say you are interested in dating.

Set up the profile on a pc so that you can pick your location. The app will select your current location.

I would not recommend anything about income or job.

I start off asking questions and having a conversation asking about their job etc and slowly telling what I do.

You will quickly figure out who is there for P2 P or who may be interesting to see.

Practice your spanish.

[Mondo707]

Mondo when you traveled to Cuba was your Visa included with the purchase of your airline ticket or did you have to purchase the visa seperatly at the airport?

When you travel to Cuba you need to get a visa and it's not included in with your airline tix. Such visa is available at the airport before you board your flight. What's included in the cost of the flight tix, is the medical insurance required by Cuba.

Mondo.

ps Here I'm referring to regulations from the USA, don't know if the same applies for travel from other countries.

[Zeos1]

Hello everyone,

I'm going to set up a Badoo profile soon before my trip to Havana at the end of March. Does anyone have any tips on what should be on the profile? Annual income perhaps? 😝.

Annual income, now that's funny.

[EMode]

Hello everyone,

I'm going to set up a Badoo profile soon before my trip to Havana at the end of March. Does anyone have any tips on what should be on the profile? Annual income perhaps? 😝.

[Adinga]

Mondo when you traveled to Cuba was your Visa included with the purchase of your airline ticket or did you have to purchase the visa seperatly at the airport?

[EMode]

https://n9.cl/g7d2i

Customs: Maximum cell phone import: 5 (+ 1 personal).

80 CUP for each one, at the exchange rate of 1 USD /24 CUP.

Hey Aluminosis, thanks so much for the link.

If I'm reading that right, the 80 cuc is the value they assign to the phone for import purposes. So 10 phones (5 each me and my friend) comes out to 800 cuc. That's $33 usd. Then its the 20% tax on that, so it should only cost me $6 usd to bring those phones in.

It's not even so much getting anything for the phones, but it just feels like a waste. Here at home, they'll just go to the garbage. I'm hoping that there, someone can make use out of them, even for parts.

I guess I'm asking if anyone there can even make use out of 8 or 9 year old phones? If so, then to me it's worth the $6 to take them there so they're not just garbage. Thoughts?

[Sam 14]

My contacts tell me that they do ask occasionally and you will need to keep records of your spending.

Thank you Adinga. 🙏127996;.

[Aluminosis]

I'm going to be heading to Havana at the end of March.

I have some older cell phones that I'm not using any more. A few Galaxy S5, an old Asus zenfone, sony Xperia, etc.

Anyone have any suggestions on what to do with them in Cuba? Can I sell them for anything down there? Even for $100 for the lot or something. Or should I give them away as lovely parting gifts for the contestants that will be participating in my "game show"? I'm open to any suggestions.

Thanks all.

https://n9.cl/g7d2i

Customs: Maximum cell phone import: 5 (+ 1 personal).

80 CUP for each one, at the exchange rate of 1 USD /24 CUP.