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    Re: Tourist Card Online

    Quote Originally Posted by JudgeSmails;1169259[YELLOW
    ]That is VERY TRUE.[/YELLOW]

    Have not flown to POP in a while, but from what I recall you CAN get stuck behind a whole PLANE full of AI tourists, who all jam up the line, faast, so it is possible to have to wait like 30 mins.. seems hard to believe but its true.. Some of these AI people dont even know why they are waiting in line,much less do they have exact change ready..

    Want to avoid the Card line,, fly to STI...
    get off the plane fast, Down the escalator, SHARP LEFT.... guess what , you the first one in the line, almost every single time..there is NEVER a line. You can even then make a run for the roped line to immigration and be one of the first 10 people.. seems only one plane at a time lands at STI, esp if its early AM, or I could be just lucky last 6x in a row.
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    Thanks for the Intel and link , bookmarked it and will use it on my next trip.......
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    Re: Tourist Card Online

    I have used the online purchase for landing at STI the last few times, it works like a charm.
    Friends of mine have used it at POP, and yes, they bypassed the line to pay for the card.

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    Re: Tourist Card Online

    In all my trips through POP, I think the longest I've waited was 15 min (behind a full plane load). I would say my waits are generally 3 to 5 minutes.......no biggie.

    One of the things I pay attention to are the idiots ahead of me who either have no clue what's going on or didn't think to pull some cash out prior to getting to the counter. While they're fumbling around trying to find money, I make eye contact, flash my $10, and walk right around them.


    Maybe my luck will run out one day. Until then, I'm not bothering with wasting time on the online thing.
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    Re: Tourist Card Online

    Quote Originally Posted by ezsmile View Post
    I have used the online purchase for landing at STI the last few times, it works like a charm.
    Friends of mine have used it at POP, and yes, they bypassed the line to pay for the card.
    In my ten years of arriving in Santiago, the longest I've waited was 120 seconds. So I've never really had the need for the online purchase.

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    Most Caribbean countries have added their visa (tourist card) fee to the airfare. Why is the D.R. still doing this dumb shit?
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    Quote Originally Posted by greydread View Post
    Most Caribbean countries have added their visa (tourist card) fee to the airfare. Why is the D.R. still doing this dumb shit?
    GD you know enough about DR culture to know the answer to that one...

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    Re: Tourist Card Online

    Not being an American, I don't always carry US cash, so the online purchase works for me. You are right, the wait in the lineup has never been overly long.

    And boy are they ever ripping off the Europeans!! The sign says 10 US or 10 Euros. So if you come from Europe, can you buy the tourist card with $10 US? Would you bother getting the US cash while in Europe?

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    Quote Originally Posted by camaro1257 View Post
    GD you know enough about DR culture to know the answer to that one...
    It was a rhetorical question.

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    Re: 09/2012 - Tourist Card Online

    I just completed this, will let you know how it worked.

    Thanks for the tip, one less line to stand in and now I am not worried about making sure I have $10.00 in change.
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    Re: 09/2012 - Tourist Card Online

    Quote Originally Posted by Bud64 View Post
    I just completed this, will let you know how it worked.

    Thanks for the tip, one less line to stand in and now I am not worried about making sure I have $10.00 in change.
    At SDQ airport, they have machines that look like ATMs adjacent to the tourist card booth (the machines I assume sell tourist cards). I assume those machines take plastic (credit or bank cards).

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    Re: 09/2012 - Tourist Card Online

    Quote Originally Posted by Jao View Post
    At SDQ airport, they have machines that look like ATMs adjacent to the tourist card booth (the machines I assume sell tourist cards). I assume those machines take plastic (credit or bank cards).
    That's new....nice. I hope they work better than the ATM's there.

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    Re: 09/2012 - Tourist Card Online

    Quote Originally Posted by greydread View Post
    That's new....nice. I hope they work better than the ATM's there.
    I choose Spanish as the language for the ATMs in the DR. I prefer Banco Popular ATMs in the DR. Corrientes is checking account, Efectivo is cash.

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    Re: 09/2012 - Tourist Card Online

    Quote Originally Posted by Jao View Post
    At SDQ airport, they have machines that look like ATMs adjacent to the tourist card booth (the machines I assume sell tourist cards). I assume those machines take plastic (credit or bank cards).
    Photo of tourist card machines at SDQ Airport from this page; http://millionmilesecrets.com/2013/1...santo-domingo/
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    Never much minded the line....It usually wasn't more than 10-15 min or so....Power of anticipation of the pending debauchery always kept me entertained

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    Re: 09/2012 - Tourist Card Online

    i just tried to click on the link i have used it 3 times b4 but doesnt seem to work anymore?
    i not been in the dr for about 18 months do u still need one?
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    Re: 09/2012 - Tourist Card Online

    Quote Originally Posted by essexboy View Post
    i just tried to click on the link i have used it 3 times b4 but doesnt seem to work anymore?
    i not been in the dr for about 18 months do u still need one?
    cheers EB

    you still need one. Just before New Year's the online system would not work for me or for a friend of mine either. I guess they still don't have it fixed.

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    Re: 09/2012 - Tourist Card Online

    Quote Originally Posted by ezsmile View Post
    you still need one. Just before New Year's the online system would not work for me or for a friend of mine either. I guess they still don't have it fixed.
    They have machines in the Capital, fast and easy.

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    Re: 09/2012 - Tourist Card Online

    Quote Originally Posted by ezsmile View Post
    you still need one. Just before New Year's the online system would not work for me or for a friend of mine either. I guess they still don't have it fixed.

    If you are arriving in POP, they pre print the receipts so there's really no delay getting to the immigration booth. You will find waiting for your bags will take longer then the TC receipt being given to you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by steviewonder View Post
    If you are arriving in POP, they pre print the receipts so there's really no delay getting to the immigration booth. You will find waiting for your bags will take longer then the TC receipt being given to you.
    Human nature is strange. I still do not want to wait in a line even if I then have to wait for luggage.

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