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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have heard the people are very welcoming to Americans, and that the accommodations are below what Americans would expect/ want. True? 
(Just FYI, I'm American, dying to go to Cuba, and not particularly fussy.)[/quote]

Americans are very welcome and appreciated.  We stayed in private hotels, usually converted homes - in both Havanna and Trinidad.  Clean, lovely and both with air conditioning (although not fantastic AC but certainly enough).  Nothing close to four star but truly comfortable.

And we ate in paladars which are private restaurants (you need reservations).  Food is rationed for the locals and the locals use a different form of currency than the tourists but the food is plentiful for tourists (so unfair, I know).

Go, PP, and go as soon as you can.  Cuba is changing and I wanted to get there before McDonald's did.  [/quote]

I'm PP- thanks! Yes, my line is that I want to go before Starbucks does. :)

When I go I may repost here and ask where you stayed. How did you find the hotels/ know where to start? I said I'm not fussy (I can deal with bugs, lack of amenities, etc) but one thing I cannot deal with is no a/c in my room. Maybe I am fussy after all..

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Happy to give recommendations, PP.  But you need to remember that we still cannot travel freely in Cuba.  You have to have a tour guide (or family member) and a detailed itinerary of where you will be staying, visiting and eating before you can go.  Americans can't wander around Cuba.  [/quote]

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