What Does $20 Get You in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic? 🇩🇴

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
  • What does $20 get you in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic? That's exactly what we will be figuring out in todays video! Santo Domingo is an incredible city with so much to offer, but it is not the cheapest destination to visit! Today we will be visiting some iconic sites in Santo Domingo such as the Faro a Colon and also be trying traditional Dominican Food, which I'm very excited to show you guys! Let's explore the capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo!
    Check out Dominic!
    / @funsizehistory
    Ways that can you support the channel! :)
    - Paypal: bit.ly/39XfqyM
    - Subscribe: bit.ly/30keFwu
    Check out my raw adventures:
    - bit.ly/35IZ23v
    Check out my Spanish channel:
    - Subscribe: bit.ly/38yZS4e
    Follow my adventures at:
    - Instagram: bit.ly/whichchris_
    - Facebook: / travelwithchrisofficial
    - Twitter: bit.ly/3hKjCEw
    Enjoy more videos from Colombia:
    - What Does $20 Get You in Colombia
    • What Does $20 Get You ...
    - Bogota, Colombia is NOT WHAT I EXPECTED!
    • Bogota, Colombia is NO...
    - Salento and The Cocora Valley
    • Video
    #santodomingo #dominicanrepublic #puntacana
    Video Keywords:
    the part of Dominican Republic, the part of DOminican Republic that you don't see, $2o in Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo travel guide, santo domingo vlogs, dominican republic, ni tan gringo, how expensive is the dominican republic

Комментарии • 121

  • @Travelwithchris
    @Travelwithchris  2 года назад +6

    Thanks so much for the support! Make sure to hit that SUBSCRIBE button and PLEASE LIKE this video because that really helps me out so much! Here's my last Dominican Video in case you missed it! ruclips.net/video/qVKEMUPALVU/видео.html

  • @pameliiicious
    @pameliiicious 2 года назад +28

    Colonial zone prices are wayyyy higher than any other areas in the city since is a tourist destination. In order to get the real Dominican experience when it comes to food & cheap prices, you must leave that area.

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад

      Oh yeah forsure! Made this video this way, as most tourists will find themselves in this general area! ❤️

  • @DiscoveryJavi.
    @DiscoveryJavi. 2 года назад +10

    Santo Domingo is a kind of special place because you can find everything in just one city, Culture , old world and also modern city :) including beaches and rivers.

  • @Travelopo702
    @Travelopo702 2 года назад

    Great video Chris

  • @davefuller84
    @davefuller84 2 года назад +3

    I’ve been to the same cafe, and the gentleman who helped you find the battery showed me around parts of Zona Colonial this past February. Everyone was very welcoming. A modest tip does go along way. I didn’t have the 28% tourist tax when I was there four months ago.

  • @edstravel
    @edstravel 2 года назад +1

    Great 👍 video 📹 Chris

  • @carolinemah9972
    @carolinemah9972 11 дней назад

    Thanks for bringing back good memories of my time in Santo Domingo. I stayed in an all-inclusive resort but also took a city tour there. Popular destination for the Canadians.

  • @Corona.Manuel
    @Corona.Manuel 2 года назад +11

    There is no tourist tax, that tax is called ITEBIS, and is a sales and services tax paid by everyone in the country for the goods, and services for which it applies (Basically everything). So no, there's no special tax on the tourists. Also; it's an insular nation, meaning on an island, thus many things are imported, and for that reason expensive. Also, 1 US dollar is equivalent to a little over 50 Dominican pesos, unlike Venezuela or Colombia, where one dollar is thousands or a million in local currency. I'd advise you to also visit the actual modern city. The colonial zone is gorgeous, but is a bubble, only some 2 square kilometers in a city which is the largest in the Caribean Islands, and Central America, with a population of over 3 million. So truth be told, just visiting the colonial city is in no way knowing the country or even the city.
    ruclips.net/video/1CH1x_Uzrvk/видео.html

  • @ag7722
    @ag7722 2 года назад

    Saludos Chris!! Des Texas ,, great video 👍👍👍

  • @theevanpyle
    @theevanpyle 2 года назад

    New here! Thanks for the video! Hopefully you had a cold Presidente! 🍺

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад

      Thank you so much! I definitely did!!! Had a few 🤩

  • @iamafrederic9358
    @iamafrederic9358 Год назад +1

    The Grand has changed and upgraded in the last few years. It used to be called Paco's for many years with a more casual setting and menu

  • @juni21
    @juni21 2 года назад +8

    The colonial zone is the touristy area of Santo Domingo and of course you are going to find higher prices. I don't think is fair to compare the prices here to everywhere in the country. Regular Dominicans and tourist s don't pay even close to those prices in other areas of the country..

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад +2

      Thanks a lot bro, definitely aware of that! Just used it as the primary area of the video since that is where 95% of tourists that visit Santo Domingo spend their time! 🙃

  • @lemon4grss
    @lemon4grss 2 года назад

    Nice, thanks 🥰

  • @normahidalgo404
    @normahidalgo404 2 года назад

    Hola¡¡¡ se ve riiiicoooo el mangu, el queso frito es sabroso,Cuidate, un abrazoooo¡¡¡

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад +1

      Estaba tan delicioso! Gracias por el apoyo siempre Norma!

  • @aneurysdelosangeles
    @aneurysdelosangeles Год назад

    I'm a new subscriber's to your RUclips channel me gusta mucho ver alas personas creser en esta vida y que Dios te bendiga hoy mañana y siempre amen from Lawrence Massachusetts God bless all of us amen 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏🤝

  • @JustinBrehm
    @JustinBrehm 2 года назад +4

    I am very interested in this area so thank you Chris for doing the video. The only thing that seemed like a letdown was the prices there were basically the prices here but inflation and covid probably all have affected prices of goods but ty again

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад +2

      Thanks a lot Justin! Very beautiful country with a lot to offer forsure! I need to go back and visit for a longer time!

    • @MILlz0
      @MILlz0 2 года назад

      Good place for retirement

  • @ijn1216
    @ijn1216 2 года назад

    That breakfast is everything

  • @angelar4574
    @angelar4574 2 года назад

    I travelled to Punta Cana from the UK & absolutely loved it. I was however advised that it is not safe to go off the resort. However, watching your videos it looks great as I feel I didn’t get to experience the real DR life & I’ll have to return back!! Just need to brush up on my Spanish skills too!!!

    • @danyshampun5495
      @danyshampun5495 2 года назад +1

      Pretty safe just have common sense and don’t be out late at night

    • @alexanderdelarosahidalgo3092
      @alexanderdelarosahidalgo3092 Год назад

      They always say is not safe! But once you go out the first time you everything you've been missing! Is really safe

  • @RealJayMorals
    @RealJayMorals 2 года назад +1

    your videos are cool bro but you gotta be more careful lol dont be oblivious DR is wild you were in a safer area

  • @leonardorujano6905
    @leonardorujano6905 2 года назад

    Saludos bho desde Venezuela 🇻🇪 siempre. 👏👏👏

  • @trrcj829
    @trrcj829 Год назад

    I am going to Santo Domingo is it best to take a Uber ? And where would I go to exhange money any tips would help thanks

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  Год назад

      Yes Uber is great and I always just withdraw cash at the atm when I arrive in a country

  • @iyengodwin6050
    @iyengodwin6050 2 года назад

    How to rent a 1 bed room apartment there? Maybe relocating would sounds nice

  • @sithabelamandlawenkosiwodu6298
    @sithabelamandlawenkosiwodu6298 2 года назад

    🤩🤩🤩 Santo Domingo...that's where Pedro, Chantel's husband comes from.

  • @ms.amiesjourney
    @ms.amiesjourney 2 года назад +1

    Honestly I live in CT USA & that is pretty cheap compared to how much things are out here right now. Thank you 🙏

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад +1

      Yes forsure! The states are ridiculously expensive!

  • @pinzaguer84
    @pinzaguer84 2 года назад

    Buen video.

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад

      Muchas gracias! Eres de la República Dominicana?

  • @TheBadgameplayer
    @TheBadgameplayer Год назад

    @11:24 you just said it oh man...good! Hence the name Mangú 😉

  • @eddiemonesti5671
    @eddiemonesti5671 2 года назад +6

    We can't do better and stop saying that Cristobal Colon discovered America. We can say that He was the first European to visit and settled in America, In this case the Bahamas and then settled in Dominican republic. He didn't discovered anything. Can I be the first Dominican to visit India and then, Say that I discovered India??

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад

      Thanks so much Eddie! I agree!

    • @yazuki1185
      @yazuki1185 2 года назад

      Europeans had no knowledge about this continent, you discover something when you don't know anything about it, it was not on maps or anything, after the Europeans came the map was modified and new roads were built and everything and the whole world knew about this continent, it was a mutual discovery, the natives discovered white people and white people discovered natives.

  • @hollywoodclipp
    @hollywoodclipp 2 года назад

    Can you give me an estimate of how much taxi driver would charge from Santo Domingo to Puerto Plata plz n thx

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад

      To be honest I don't know, but expensive lol every taxi ride there was expensive

  • @peruchotravel7190
    @peruchotravel7190 2 года назад

    That’s Plaza España! And Plaza Colon! Intue capital ❤️ I was there about 2 weeks ago! It’s beautiful at night too! In Punta Cana you can haggle a bit and pay a 15% tax sometimes

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад +1

      Wow super crazy! Thanks for that tip! I hope you enjoyed it! Where are you from?

    • @peruchotravel7190
      @peruchotravel7190 2 года назад

      @@Travelwithchris haha that little 3% can be used for a nice cold Presidente! I’m from Lima, Peru. It’s my second time in DR, been here for a month and flying back to Peru next week

  • @AU79cm-3
    @AU79cm-3 2 года назад +1

    Thanks!

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад +1

      Thanks so much for your support Eddie! Means a lot to me!

    • @AU79cm-3
      @AU79cm-3 2 года назад

      @@Travelwithchris of course bro, great work and wish you the best.

  • @KardosoMedia
    @KardosoMedia 2 года назад

    Crazy about the 18% tourist tax..didn’t really think that was a thing there. How do they distinguish who gets taxed that if you happen to fit in

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад

      I don't think they have a proper system, i think it just goes by regions!

    • @someonefromthefuture01
      @someonefromthefuture01 2 года назад +2

      Its not a tourist tax, its called ITBIS and its a tax they charge for goods and services and everybody pays it, dominicans and tourists. Its not specific to tourists.

  • @spicystapler58
    @spicystapler58 2 года назад

    Que maravilloso! Quiero aprender Español Dominicano, adonde puedo ir?

    • @mang5kyo
      @mang5kyo 2 года назад

      klk, necesita pa buscar un profe

  • @ToroBravo-qu7ed
    @ToroBravo-qu7ed 2 года назад +4

    There's no such thing as a tourist tax. That 18% is ITBIS and its a tax for goods and services and everybody has to pay it every time they consume or buy a good or service, including dominicans and non tourists. It has always existed.

  •  2 года назад

    Estoy activo en los 2 canales

  • @FunSizeHistory
    @FunSizeHistory 2 года назад +2

    Loved this collaboration! To be clear, the monument was finished in 1992 in time for the 500th anniversary of Columbus' discovery. My brain fog was serious here!

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад

      So did I man! Thanks so much for helping me out!

    • @marlak4203
      @marlak4203 2 года назад +1

      thank you cause i was like "1492?" lol.

    • @FunSizeHistory
      @FunSizeHistory 2 года назад +1

      @@marlak4203 cant believe I didn't catch it, but hey, that's stage fright for ya :)

    • @marlak4203
      @marlak4203 2 года назад

      @@FunSizeHistory
      hehe, yes.
      Your comment should be pinned or the video should have been edited showing correction. But oh well.

  • @nikki4911
    @nikki4911 2 года назад

    I speak limited spanish. can i make it visiting Santo Domingo

  • @devbachu7072
    @devbachu7072 2 года назад +1

    Bueno lovely they charge more you have to bet then down on the streets

  • @adrienrozenbaum814
    @adrienrozenbaum814 2 года назад +1

    If i understand well, you go to a restaurant for tourists witn high prices ( off course) and you generalize this fact for the whole country ???

  • @SRPSKAG0RAZDANkA
    @SRPSKAG0RAZDANkA 2 года назад +2

    $20 would get me an Uber ride in Chicago a block away.. no food

  • @empireiranpersian9875
    @empireiranpersian9875 2 года назад +1

    Dominican republic has very beautiful beach
    Bro I hope you visit to my country I know for the Americans are iranian Visa situation is difficult but as far as I know kish island and qeshem island are without visa even for Americans
    But main country you can applying but I think easiest compare to Venezuelan visa ❤

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад

      Thanks so much! I hope I get to visit yours soon also!

  • @rosadld7091
    @rosadld7091 2 года назад +1

    When eating mangu you need to eat it mixed, that’s is how we domincans eat it.

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад +1

      Ahahah now I know! Thank you! 💪🏻❤️

    • @ijn1216
      @ijn1216 2 года назад +1

      Reminds me of Cape Verde beautiful country!!!

  • @tepongoen4558
    @tepongoen4558 2 года назад +2

    Sorry no se Ingles pero igual lo veo para apoyarte

  • @devbachu7072
    @devbachu7072 2 года назад

    They sometimes over charge tourist you have to beat the price down

  • @nitangringo
    @nitangringo 2 года назад

    🙏🏻🇩🇴❤️

  • @OgWoot
    @OgWoot 2 года назад

    Thanks ... Skipping 28% tax for sure

  • @fritoguy
    @fritoguy 2 года назад

    Man that 28% tax kills it for me, DR may be on the pass list for me at least for now. 😂

  • @mjking923
    @mjking923 2 года назад +1

    I’m next I’m going to Dominican Republic May 2022 it my first time 😁

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад +1

      You're going to love it! Hope you subscribed, I have a few mlre vids from there on the way!

    • @juni21
      @juni21 2 года назад

      Please just do don't stay in the capital city the Dominican Republic is so much more, you will be glad you did

  • @georgep1358
    @georgep1358 2 года назад

    great video but seems so over priced especially for those exchanging rands to dollars

  • @IffyEdem
    @IffyEdem 8 месяцев назад

    And that tax has now made my decision 😂😂 to Antioquia I go

  • @thedelacruz
    @thedelacruz 2 года назад +2

    He said the faro was finally finished un 1492...He meant 1992.

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад

      Yes he corrected that her in the comment section! Thanks for watching! ❤️

    • @FunSizeHistory
      @FunSizeHistory 2 года назад +1

      @@Travelwithchris Yes of course! Sorry for the mistake :)

    • @m.aquino1317
      @m.aquino1317 2 года назад

      I came looking for this, bc I remember when they finished I was 12yrs old so I was confused like 1492 what🤪

    • @FunSizeHistory
      @FunSizeHistory 2 года назад

      @@m.aquino1317 🤣

    • @thedelacruz
      @thedelacruz 2 года назад

      This place was expected to be this Eiffel Tower like thing for the D.R. Has potential but is underused. Shame..

  • @adrienrozenbaum814
    @adrienrozenbaum814 2 года назад +1

    YOU JUST GENERALIZE, YOU DON'T GIVE THE VISITORS ANY ADVICE...

  • @YesDominicansTV
    @YesDominicansTV Год назад

    🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴 dile si al dominicano 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴

  • @mang5kyo
    @mang5kyo 2 года назад

    lol my names chris and im from dominican republic

  • @qwantstotravel
    @qwantstotravel 2 года назад +1

    How can Columbus discover a place that have people already.

  • @justagree
    @justagree Год назад +1

    I thought the fried cheese was french toast

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  Год назад +1

      😂😂😂 looked like it right!

    • @justagree
      @justagree Год назад

      @@Travelwithchris I would of been satisfied with either one but that fried cheese sounds interesting

  • @maxkyle635
    @maxkyle635 2 года назад

    Bello bebé love U 😍😍😍😍 hermoso. Me encantaría conocerte. Eres super dulce😘

  • @juanc8462
    @juanc8462 11 месяцев назад

    Exchange rates were better last year

  • @Worldtraveler655
    @Worldtraveler655 5 месяцев назад

    Thanks for explaining about the food but Dominicans say they are not black😂😂 but we know they African descendants

  • @alexisantoniolopez1002
    @alexisantoniolopez1002 7 месяцев назад

    tourist tax heheh thats the regular tax men

  • @adrienrozenbaum814
    @adrienrozenbaum814 2 года назад

    A NORMAL BOTTLE OF WATER IS ONLY 10 PESO !!!!

  • @astrids2864
    @astrids2864 Год назад

    That’s Dominican salami not sausage lol

  • @defi6.058
    @defi6.058 2 года назад

    Come on we all know what we can get for $20 down there

  • @tanteju944
    @tanteju944 2 года назад

    Unos 18% por solamente estar un "gringo"?
    Hace años en el Perú, cobraron MUCHISSIMO menos!
    😬😬😬

    • @Travelwithchris
      @Travelwithchris  2 года назад

      Que locura 😂😂

    • @alexisantoniolopez1002
      @alexisantoniolopez1002 7 месяцев назад

      es el itebis que paga todo el mundo es como el impuesto al consumo no se de donde el saca que eso es un impuesto turistico

  • @kazi20011
    @kazi20011 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you for the video. So the tourst spots are more and the local joints are cheaper?
    2/6/2024 Conversion rates US Dollar / Dominican Peso
    100 USD 5871.60000 DOP
    250 USD 14679.00000 DOP
    500 USD 29358.00000 DOP
    1000 USD 58716.00000 DOP
    Fried fish on the menu: (900 = 16.45).
    Average cup of coffee is 70 = 1.50.

  • @FvckTheEU
    @FvckTheEU Год назад

    yall wt people love the culture love the food but dont want to pay us for it...rather keep us poor for your pleasure 🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @aneurysdelosangeles
    @aneurysdelosangeles Год назад

    I'm a new subscriber's to your RUclips channel me gusta mucho ver alas personas creser en esta vida y que Dios te bendiga hoy mañana y siempre amen from Lawrence Massachusetts God bless all of us amen 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏🤝