What time are you getting in? Your available options will depend upon this? There is a bank at
STI. But it will be closed if you come in really late.
And PNC is giving you 34 to 1? Hmm. That weird because my new travel account is with PNC. And I like them because they don't have
ATM fees. The only chance I've had to use that account, though, was on my last trip to Medellin. And I'm positive that they gave me the exact going rate. But ATMS in Medellin are far and away better than the ones anywhere in the DR because the first thing they do with any transaction is tell you what exchange rate you're getting (at least the ones on Poblado Ave. do). I've yet to find an
ATM in the DR that does that.
Banco Popular, as well as most of the other major banks, always gives me the exact going conversion rate. And I trust the banks more than I do your average neighborhood cambio.
There's also a brand new La Sirena close to the airport. And there are banks and ATMs inside. But it closes way before
Supermercado Central does. And if you're coming in really late (2-3am), there will be putas at Supermercado Central getting food and hanging out.
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