Do <span title="stores/bars/restaurants/taxis">stores/bars/restaurants/t...</span> in Playa Del Carmen accept US dollars?

Question

Should I even bother exchanging US dollars to pesos? Or, do all the stores/bars/restaurants/ taxis accept US dollars?

Answer 1

I have been to Playa several times and yes they all take U.S. dollars.  My husband and I never exchanged money but when you pay US dollars, you may get pesos back.  However, they are easy to spend.

Have a blast!

Answer 2

In PDC everyone will take US dollars. The only thing I can say is that if you pay in USD you will pay about 5-10% more for everything as merchants won&#039;t give you the best rate. Typically they will give you 10 pesos for 1 dollar, where the bank rate tends to be about 10.5-11 pesos per dollar.

Also, if you have a $20 bill and try to buy a water or something like that at a little store they may not have enough change and as the first post said, you are likely to get your change in pesos.

All over PDC&#039;s 5th avenue you will find kiosks that will change your money for you, they won&#039;t give you the best rates but you won&#039;t have to wait in line either. Or you can go to a bank for the better rate but you likely have to wait 5 minutes or so. The other option is to just use you bank card at an ATM and withdraw pesos. You&#039;ll likely have a transaction fee of $3-$5 charged by your bank for this.

So the condensed version - use USD if you want, in tourist areas like PDC everyone will accept them.

Answer 3

Most take dollars but will give change in Pesos and that will give you cash for the ones that won&#039;t.

Answer 4

everywhere in playa u can pay with usdollars but in most of the places they will take a rete of exchange frm 1 to 10, also if they have 2 give u change and they dont have any more dollars, they will give it 2 u in pesos