Planning your Dominican Republic vacation

If you are planning your trip to the Dominican Republic then make sure that you have the best of knowledge about the areas where you need to cover while on vacation and that will generally mean that you can actually enjoy the whole island if you plan properly.

Southeast region – mainly agriculture
Southwest region – mainly a desert area and generally less crowded.

For the best information on the island I would suggest that you use the most official and the authentic source of information for the region which is the official tourism site and it is known as the (http://www.dominicana.com.do/).

The other source of information is family friend that have visited this place more often and have some knowledge about the place. The there are the travel guide books which help the person in getting the right information.

The money matters in the area can be challenging but here is the low down on that you can get hotels for as low as 50 dollars to good hotels for as high as 300 dollars per night.
Also then there are the places which offer the all inclusive Dominican republic vacation packages which can help reduce the cost and everything is there on only one bill.

The main tourist season for this island is between November and April. In the off season you may have things looking good for you with hotel rates very low.

Other things that you should know

Food is relatively easily to procure and you can find a deli or a pizza joint in every place and these can be again based on the location range from very costly to less expensive.

As far as travel within the island goes then you can use the public transport with tickets as low as $3. Then there are the metered taxis which cost a minimum of $4. As usual in a tourist place you may to haggle with the taxi driver for a good price but then that is the usual thing in all the Caribbean islands.

Another method is to us the car rentals in the area and these can be on an average of $70 per day.

As far as shopping is concerned rocking chairs is the best thing and there are other thing like the cigars, artwork and the jewelry.

As far as taxes are concerned there is $10 departure tax and also the $10 tourist card for the tourist. Please maker sure that you account for all the expenses while planning your vacation.