Currencies in St. Martin, St. Barts and St. Kitts

[SAMPATICO]

Do the countries of St.Martin, St.Barts, Nevis and St. Kitts accept US Dollars or do we need to convert to Euros before arrival?

[Chuteman]

St Martin(French side) & St. Barts = Euro but many places will take US $ if you don't mind a variable exchange rate
St. Martin (Dutch side) - Guilders but no problem with US $
Nevis & St. Kitts = Eastern Caribbean $ but you can use US $ again if you do not mind variable exchange rate
Best bet = exchange at island Banks (usually best exchange rate)

[speciald@ocens.]

Many eateries in Saint Martin (FR) accept dollars @1/1 exchange.

[sck5]

just came from all three places - dollars pretty much universally accepted - I didnt have any problem at all with exchange rates, but St. Bart is expensive no matter what currency you use

[97fxdwg]

U.S. dollars all over St Martin. Dunno about the others.

[Hud3]

US dollars are accepted everywhere in St. Kitts & Nevis. The Eastern Caribbean dollar is pegged to the US dollar at a fixed rate of about EC$2.70 per US$1.00. Some of the touristy places will only offer EC$2.50 per USD, so it can pay to convert some US dollars to EC at a local bank. Change is almost always given in ECs if you're paying in USDs.

[Zanshin]

I'm posting this from a cafe in St. Martin on the French side where I'd run out of Euros and paid in US$ not more than 10 minutes ago As mentioned earlier in this thread, many restaurants offer 1:1 so that they can compete against the cheaper pricing on the Dutch side.

The Dutch side officially uses the NAF but I've never seen anyone actually use them, the US$ is accepted.

St. Barths was euros only, but I admit that I never tried to pay in US$ and I'm sure that they take them.

[boatman61]

I've used dollars in Antigua, St Barts, Anguilla, St Martin (both sides) Bvi's etc... its money they're after it... they'll take it...
As a matter of fact every cash machine I used paid out either in $ or euros rarely saw any local currency..

[speciald@ocens.]

We avoid using credit cards as most have a foreign transaction fee and there have been problems recently on Antigua with numbers being stolen.