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Belize has a generally well-deserved reputation as being one of the more expensive countries in Central America, and even on a tight budget you'll spend at least forty percent more than in, say, Guatemala. Perhaps as compensation for the general cost of living you can at least travel in the sure knowledge that you'll be paying the same fares as the locals, and you'll never be subjected to mysterious (and sometimes illegal) border crossing charges
Currency, exchange and banks
The national currency is the
Belize dollar
, which is conveniently fixed at two to one with the US dollar (
US$1=Bz$2
); US dollars are also widely accepted (sometimes preferred), either in cash or travellers' cheques. This apparently...
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Costs
Even travelling as a couple it's difficult to survive on less than US$18 a day per person - though it can be done - but US$25 a day will cover a decent budget hotel, meals and drinks, bus travel and a short taxi ride, for example. For a
simple room...
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