20 Travel Tips For Visiting CUBA (holiday help, advice & suggestions)
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- Опубликовано: 5 дек 2016
- I visited Cuba in July 2016 and after nearly 3 weeks touring the island I made up a list of information I wish I had before my holiday.
This is my collection of advice and suggestions I've made to try and help anyone travelling to Cuba.
I looked up help videos before my own trip, and what I learnt while there was really not covered in most of the videos I watched on youtube. I guess I'm trying to bring more tips all together in one video (albeit a slightly long video haha).
There is a lot more to know, I'm sure... but this is a decent list that will give you hopefully more direction to research when planning your holiday.
Useful links:
**Map link to the first American Car tour location...
www.google.co.uk/maps/place/2...
**Map link to the second American Car tour location near El Capitolio...
www.google.co.uk/maps/place/2...
**Link to the offline map app I use, City Maps 2 Go...
www.ulmon.com/#get-the-app
1:40 TIP1. CASA PARTICULARS
5:13 TIP2. BAD WATER
7:17 TIP3. TIPPING
7:45 TIP4. LAUNDRY
8:09 TIP5. LANGUAGE PROBLEMS
9:00 TIP6. DARK STREETS
10:12 TIP7. CLASSIC CAR TOURS
12:25 TIP8. SUN CREAM
12:50 TIP9. POWER SOCKETS
14:08 TIP10. WiFi
15:27 TIP11. FOOD CHOICES
18:53 TIP12. UMBRELLAS
19:02 TIP13. TOILETS
20:32 TIP14. SOUVENIRS
21:49 TIP15. MONEY
25:20 TIP16. MOSQUITOES
26:10 TIP17. NUMBER PLATES
27:06 TIP18. TAKING ART HOME
27:47 TIP19. OFFLINE MAPS
28:53 TIP20.DELAYED LUGGAGE
Thanks for sharing this video.Very helpful.
Airport Info HQ ipi
for a people from a country which has been hard in every possible way, hurricanes included, i do not think i ever saw as many smiles from pure friendliness and hospitality rendered, than i've seen in the island of Cuba!
Thanks for taking the time to share, offer advise, and give information.
Thanks a ton Gayle for sharing your experience. My wife will feel much more at ease knowing these tips. Love the "Still Game" BTW...lol. Thanks from Canada!
Thank you for your thoughtful, helpful guide. It was fun watching it.
This video was oh so helpful...thanks for taking the time to do it!!!
I'm glad to have helped you, Claudia.
I was glad to be told the thing about paying 25 cents for the toilet! I started off by giving 1cuc each time... expensive! lol
Thank you very much. This was an amazing video and the best one on Cuba with tips on how to make the best. Keep up the great work
Love your tips, it's very Indepth, helpful and easy to digest, keep up the awesome work.
That's really kind of you to say. Thank you :)
A lot of great information in this video. Thank you for sharing!
What a fantastic video, super helpful and informative. Many thanks!
Thank you for your video. Next week my wife and I are going. Can't wait
Thank you for your wonderful video Gayle x
Great informative video, thank you for all the great tips, I learned a lot!
Great video Gayle, I have often wondered what life is like in Cuba. This was very informative and we'll put together, thankyou.
Thank you so much for this very useful and helpful video! I hope to visit Cuba in the next year or so, and these tips will come in handy for sure.
I'm chuffed to have helped. I hope you have a fantastic time in Cuba!
really helpful info - going to Cuba in March and I've taken notes to smooth the way, thanks!
Great video and very informative, thank you.
learnt a lot from watching this. Many thanks, you have answered a lot of my questions. we go at the end of May and are looking forward to it
Wonderful! Where will you be visiting? We went at the end of June... temps barely went below 32, gosh and the humidity was something else lol. My hands kept swelling!
Glad you liked the video.
Have a fantastic time in Cuba!
Great video, best so far thank you!!💖
I've watched thousands of travel videos and I must compliment you - your's is spectacular. Having many Scottish pals, family members from Scotland, and living for a summer eons ago in Beith I even understood you. LOL!
Haha that made me laugh. This was me trying to speak clearer too!
Glad you liked the video. I watch it from time to time because I love all the Cuba footage. What a country 😊
Thanks. Useful information. A novelty for this kinds of post.
Thank you, Jon. Good to hear! I know my video is a bit long, but I tried to give plenty information. Perhaps too much at times! lol. Ah well :)
Hi Gayle. Thank you for making this; much appreciated.
Thank you so much for this incredibly helpful video!
Cuba is on my list for long time... came across this video while doing my initial research on it. You are such a generous person to invest time and effort to provide such informative useful and well organized video... I'll definitely be more prepared when the time of packing to Cuba comes. Thank you :-)
Awesome video. Really helpful advice. I’m traveling there soon. Thank you.
Thanks Gayle, that was a great video! Thanks for sharing! :)
You are truly the best. Thank you!!
what a great video, thank you Gayle!
Amazing video. Thanks for this
Very well done as well as informative !
Wonderful video. Most helpful. Thank you.
Great video - lots of info & tips - thanks
Very welcome, Evan. Thank you for commenting! Glad you liked it
thanks for all the info - doing my research for a 2 to 3 week visit in some months hopefully - Great information you put in that video - very helpful - thanks again :)
You are very welcome, Dio x.
2-3 weeks is a great length of time to travel the country... I'd be incredibly sad if all I got was a week there.
I hope you have a trip of a life time. It's a special island :)
Thank-you for the video. We're going for three weeks and it was helpful.
This video was golden. I appreciate your detailed review. I'm off to Cuba solo in two days and your video has been quite helpful. Thank you! 🤗
Oh my, you'll be in Cuba now! I really hope you're having a fab time.
I hope I can go back some day! I really loved Trinidad.
Where are you visiting?
How was your trip?
thanks for the help #SUPPORTINGDICTATORS #THECRUDETRUTH
very nice video - thanks so much - I learned a lot!
Thank you for a wonderful and informative video. Great job!
Thank you for the positive feedback. I'm glad you got something from watching it :)
Thank you for your video .... I going to Cuba and thanks God I saw your video .....
Truly excellent video!!
Just watched your video and it was very insightful, I am traveling to Cuba next month & there wad a lot of useful information & tips, so hopefully a trouble free holiday,,
This video is everything you would want from a travel guide ... even the beach :-D
Great work Gayle
Lol the beach was on one of the Scottish islands... North Uist. Scotland has some fantastic beaches! Especially on the island of Harris and Lewis :) Now I'm self promoting my country!
I'm really glad you liked the video. I must admit, I've watched it back again myself a few times.... great memories of Cuba.
Thank you, rsodeyi :)
Gayle Blackie I'll certainly add Harris and Lewis to my wish list
Watching this again and enjoying it even more :-D
Very useful. i am going there in June. Thank you!!
Ricardo Marcel, very good! I hope you have a brilliant time in Cuba... It's a great country, quite an experience :)
Thank you very much for these extremely valuable tips! We are planning to go to Cuba in one month and we will follow your advises :-)
I'm glad you found the video useful, Frafrancifra! :)
Where in Cuba will you be visiting?
west side :-)
Awesome video on Cuba!!
great Video! and thank you for all the good tips! :)
Great job! Detailed review.
I wish there was a video like this when I first went to Cuba in Feb. 2000. I've been back 23 times since. I happened to be there last November when Fidel died.
That must have been surreal.... being in Cuba when Fidel passed.
What was the general feel of the country after that?
I went in July... 6 weeks later Hurricane Matthew hit. Such a strange feeling seeing photos from Baracoa, knowing I'd recently been there and experienced how amazing it was.... and it was reduced to rubble.
23 trips to Cuba though! That must be a record lol.
Do you travel around or go back to the same towns / cities?
Thank you for the kind words :) It's not easy sometimes getting all the information in one place... I did try to help a bit.
Awesome tips. Thankyou!!!
No problems, Lettermansgirl! If you do visit Cuba have a blast! Take lots of photos and drink lots of rum.
My favourite rum is Santiago De Cuba.... beautiful!
Very informative, thorough and educational video. I have been to Cuba twice and will be going again in 2 weeks. One thing to add if you like a bath while in Cuba take a plug with you as they do not use them.
Your video sure brought back memories of my trip to the island in 2013. Cuba is the most unique place I've ever visited and I couldn't believe how accurately you captured the "vibe" of this place, right on down to your choice of background music: Buena Vista Social Club. Good advice for the first time traveler, I hope travelers there will check out your video.
That's a really lovely thing to say, sicilyboy. I'm over the moon that the video has gotten such a good response.
It really is a country that must be experienced... sooner rather than later.
I hope to go back again someday, I'll probably head straight for Trinidad this time. Love it!
Nice cideo congratulation...Cuba is a very safe country..no droghe no guns..beautiful country organic..
The punishment is severe. No perks like up North. No playing around with the laws. That is what a lot of countries need.
How helpful! Thank you!
Glad to have helped, Mahyler. Cuba is a great country !
This is a very good video!
really helpful, thanks Gayle!
Welcome, Simon :)
Very good and considerably content. thx a alot.
Very informative thank you
My wife and I went in Aug/Sept and we had a blast. Yes, the food portions are plentiful.
so helpful off in 2 weeks thank you so much
EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!
you are amazing, thank you so much!!
Thank u for ur very informative video!!
Hope you got some helpful info from it :)
Really useful, thank you.
You're welcome, Saad :) Thank you for watching
Really lovel video. If I had seen it before I would have planned Trinidad for sure. I feel so bad that I don't have it included in my upcoming trip.
excellent video!!!!!!
Thank you for the information.
Thank you so much it was great information.
You're very welcome :)
Very helpful going in December, thank you
did you have a good experience?
Brillant video - really helped a lot. (I'm from Scotland too!)
Jay Sunderland... Hello fellow Scot! :D
Glad you found the video helpful. I hope you have a bra time on holiday :)
quite informative thank you so much.
Thank You I'm going to Cuba soon!
Fantastic! I hope you have a great time.
Great video!
Thank you Gayle, very informative video, i am thinking about going june or july of this year 2017.
Great Video!
Me and my Wife plan on going March of 2018! Thank you for this helpful video mam.
How was your trip?
I never check in a luggage... This vid was helpful. Thank you.
I've just come back. Trinidad was my favourite place - oh and Santa Clara. These are really helpful tips.
Isn't Trinidad incredible!? Did you stay in the town or were you out at the beach resort area? We were a few minutes walk from the stairs, so it was really convenient. I'd go back there again in a heart beat!
We didn't spend long in Santa Clara, mostly just to visit Che's grave.
What made you love Santa Clara?
Gayle Blackie - I stayed in a casa - Casa Real 54 which was just next to the Plaza Mayor and opposite a great restaurant La Parranda which had live music but this didn't penetrate into my bedroom which was beautiful. I would definitely go back there. Trinidad was the most memorable place. Like you, my visit to Santa Clara was for Che who I'd had a teenage crush on in the 60s. I realise that this horrifies people, but when you are 14.......
Anyway, I was glad I went to see his final resting place. I realise he was no angel but that's politics for you. Fidel was still alive when I went (November 2016). We also visited Cienfuegos, Remedios and Vinales/Las Terrazas as well as three days in Havana. It's important to read and find out a lot before going to Cuba unless you are just going for a beach holiday. It's a long flight for lying on a beach. I'd love to go further east but from what I've read, the prices are already shooting up everywhere because of (apparently) relaxation of travel rules for the US - though I thought this had happened some time ago. The whole trip was memorable and surreal.
Your video is really good and you taught me something that I didn't know - the meanings of registration plates on cars.
Thank You so much.
I am not one for sweets, but I like things like Baklava and Cuban eclairs from the Panaderia San Jose. Good score !! GREAT VID ! I loved your footage of Baracoa.
I really miss one cake in particular from San Jose... it was some kind of nutmeg layer cake... gosh it was delicious.
Fantastic shop! Great location too.
Baracoa is such a special place. I've tried searching for information but I don't know how it's doing now after the hurricane clean up. Gosh that was a shock to see.
I have more footage of Baracoa on my individual tour videos.
Best advice based on my off the grid travels in Cuba. Every single topic was right on the mark. Particularly the Imodium, toilet paper, lost luggage, and shopping. Learn this video, memorize it and live it If you ever go to Cuba.
Thank you so much!!!!
You are very welcome, Barbara !
great video, thank you
Glad you liked it, snowman :)
good to know! gracias!
Excellent! The best part was when MOM got her luggage! GodBlessMOM :-)
Haha yeah... I had bought a few Cuban instruments and they came out for that!
2 weeks without her suitcase was an awful long time though, especially for someone in their 70s. She didn't have important medication and no clothes to change into. It pretty much ruined her holiday of a lifetime. Definitely pack spare clothes in handluggage! haha.
Thank you :)
I have seen many videos and find that yours was the most informative. From the mosquito repellent to the map app I found very useful. I will be going to Cuba in December 2022 and would like to know where you stayed. I will be traveling to Havanna, Santa Clara, Varadero. I have seen on videos that Trinidad is also beautiful.
Good mix of tips instead of trawling through the sights there
I love Cuba ❤🇨🇦
Beautiful
Thanks for your info ... at least I know soon I will be there.
What a dear person you are to help folks like me who want to know more about Cuba before traveling. And your mother seems awesome. I really loved your hints. The music was a bit loud at the beginning and it was hard to hear you. But I love your music choices. After your positive comments, I'm even more excited about going. Thank you!
Yeah I think I went a bit crazy with chan chan and guantanamera! Haha.
You'll love the country, it's an interesting place!
Photographers paradise :)
Christine, please do some research about the political situation and repression present in Cuba before venturing to the island. Should you decide to financially contribute to a dictatorship which has survived without any two (2) party elections for the last 58 years, you will do so knowing what you are getting into. A repressive, inhumane regime who beats up women (Ladies in White) every single Sunday after these women leave church services with a flower in their hands. A dictatorship in Cuba, in North Korea, in China is just that. A dictatorship. Cuban people have no free will. They all ALL controlled by the communist regime. And some people opt to visit the country, and enrich the dictatorship's coffers. Hard to swallow, isn't it?
Gayle, the type of music is Cha Cha Cha (3X's), not chan chan. Also, the name of the song is Guantanaera, with a capital G. The song is dedicated to the women of a town is Eastern Cuba, name Guantanamo. Same town as where Gitmo is located (like New Yorkers, Californians, Texans - not new yorkers, californians or texans). KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.
Thank you for the tips! Im going next month solo. I'll make sure to have tissues with me!
Very very helpful!! I'm going in march
I really hope you enjoy your holiday! Cuba Libre time :)
Im going in march too! 14th.. Have a nice trip!
I'm going in March also
wow same
I'm going the 14th to
Nice
Hi. Heading off to Cuba in a few weeks! I love your well detailed and helpful video. Yes, even some years after your trip, your tips are still very much relevant. Thank you!
Great video, thanks, very well explained, I would have liked to hear a bit about safety and crime, thanks again..
I thought this is an amazingly simple straight forward and extremely informative video. Really well done in a down to earth way! THANK YOU!
Thank you so much, Tyree! Really kind reply. I'm glad you liked the content :)
Thank you.
Thank you! Great tips. I'm looking forward to a trip later this year and this was very helpful. I loved the tip about the offline map app. I have been reading and watching videos about travel to Cuba and you are the first one to mention this app.
I'm very happy to have helped you, Hector!
You are going to love the island. Where will you be visiting?
That offline map I have used in quite a few countries now and it has been a god send. I don't have the best sense of direction but this app is perfect.
One thing I will say that I didn't even think about.... we tried to point to the map on my app to show a Bicitaxi driver where our Casa is to go home.... but most Cubans probably never use maps so really have no idea what they're looking at lol.
So... no much use to guide others - however, great to guide yourself :)
nice i learned
I went on a Trip last year- BIG tip - take a universal sink/bath plug. Many sink's didn't have a plug- even in hotels!
this is old and needs some updating.
it is still very informative.
i'd like you to do the same thing for visitors to Scotland
As a tight-arse Scot I love the mention of a cheaper handbag, bagged yer-sel a bargain there hen! Hehe