Casa Particular Checklist – List of Things You Need

There are a few things that an owner of a Casa Particular will require you to provide in order to accommodate you. Here’s the Casa Particular checklist to make sure you know of all the things you need in order to stay in a Casa Particular:

Passport

Basically all you need is a valid passport. You need to provide it to the owner of the Casa Particular you will be staying at. Owners are required by Cuban government to provide these details to Cuban immigration authorities.

It would be disrespectful to try to dispute this request as they’re asking for your passport because it’s their obligation and a government requirement.

Casa Particular Receipt Book

Owners of Casas Particulares have special receipt book (it has yellow pages) that you will need to sign. It’s your receipt that you have paid for stay in a Casa Particular.

How To Pay for Casa Particular

The only method of payment for a Casa Particular is by cash. Remember that Casas Particulares are owned primarily by actual Cuban families. They don’t have the means to process credit cards or to exchange travellers’ checks. Make sure you have enough cash available and don’t pay in foreign currency. It is extremely difficult for Cuban’s to exchange foreign currency for their domestic pesos. Be a nice tourist, exchange your home currency for Cuban Convertible Pesos (CUC) and pay the owner of a Casa Particular where you have stayed in CUC cash.