Driving
Visitors can obtain a temporary visitor driver’s license
at any rental car agency just by providing a valid US driver’s
license and paying a small fee with your rental car. The minimum
age to drive is 18. Make sure you remember to drive on the left
side of the road (as in England) and are prepared for a right
had drive car (steering wheel on the right side), although some
rental agencies may have left hand drive cars. But either way,
Left is RIGHT and Right is . . . Well hopefully we won’t
have to go there. . .
Money and Banking
The Bermuda dollar is not exportable. It is not used by traders
world-wide. It is not cashable or exchangeable by any foreign
banks. It is used only by local citizens and residents - not
by international companies based in Bermuda (all of which use
US dollars). One reason why is Bermuda's total land area of
only 21.75 square miles or 35 square kilometers and 85% visitors',
international businesses' and imports of consumer goods dependency
on the USA. Yet when visitors wish to use an ATM card in Bermuda
to get money from their non-local bank before they go home,
they receive Bermuda dollars only, which they cannot use in
any other country except Bermuda. Avoid getting a non-usable
overseas currency beyond Bermuda by bringing only US dollars
- freely accepted and officially at par everywhere - and if
you get change from shops or restaurants in Bermuda money, ask
for US dollars instead.
Language
English
Dress
The days are warm with winter averaging 75 degrees during the
day and 85 degrees in the summer, so pack the beach wear, shorts,
etc. but also bring some “smart casual” clothing
for the evenings. Many of the better restaurants request slacks
and not shorts and T-shirts.
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