Trinidad and Tobago Travel Forum

Hi guys, I hope you can help me. Me and my fiancee are planning on getting married in tobago. September is the easiest time for us to get off as we want 3 -3.5 weeks to enjoy the island. I have read many of these forums but looking for advice on how the weather will be as we want to be able to guarantee sunny weather for the day we get married and also, so we can enjoy our honeymoon.

I have been to T&T between the months of february and August about ten years ago and have experienced the sun - then two hours of rain - then sun again conditions that sometimes arise - is that the worst that happens in september or is there a danger of having two weeks of completely overcast all day conditions?

Two more things - I understand its not tourist season in september - will we experience any unique problems?
I see on forums that people are saying its getting bad for attacks - is this just a matter of common sense or should we be more careful than when I stayed in Trinidad ten years ago- Im a 6ft 237lb bodybuilder - am I still at risk of getting mugged?

Any advice will be gratefully received (and I know - being big dont mean nothing when the other guy has a cutlass - lol)!

Hi,

I would like to fly or ferry from anywhere in Trinidad and Tobago to Cuba in August. I have had trouble finding anything on the net, and am not sure if any airline does direct flights. Does anyone have any information on this?

E.g.
Are their direct flights?
If not, what would be the cheapest place to stopover?
Are their ferries?
It is quite easy to get to Venezuela from TT - any flights to Cuba from here?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

hello everybody..

i ll go trinidad tobago soon..i am planning 2 days tobago and 1 day port of spain..
is anybody can tell me about nice and safe location in port of spain?

is there safe?is there touristic areas or do u prefer i dont stay port of spain and i go isla margarita from tobago?

thanx so much..urgent pleaseeeee

Hi ,
I was looking to arrange a holiday visiting CUBA ,and either GUYANA or TRINIDAD.

I'm hoping to see one of the West Indies v Sri Lanka cricket test matches in March, and also visit Cuba.

I'm flying from the UK (Newcastle).

Can anyone advise where I can find regional flights CUBA-GUYANA or CUBA-TRINIDAD.

Thanks
David

Dear VT Members,

Thanks for the immense support you offered me when i needed it.Please my wife and i just got married and we decided that instead of going to Cuba with our friends,we will rather visit Trinidad and Tobago,though our friends are still leaving for Cuba.
She really want this vacation,so we have decided to visit Trinidad and Tobago on the 8th of March and stay for a month.Please we need a friend who would be able to help us with locations and information.We will also need an accomodation,so pls someone help us find a friend who would help us arrange an affordable accomodation as well as show us places around town.

Thanks and we will very much appreciate any assistance.Looking forward to hearing from any VT Member with such a help!!! You can reach me on samchelgh@gmail.com

Thanks again and have a lovely day!!

We're thinking that it would be fun to be in Tobago for the goat and crab races, but have a couple of questions. Is it going to be difficult to arrive on Easter Sunday in Port of Spain and find accommodations, then ferry over on Monday and find accommodations? We prefer not to make reservations in advance but will if we have to. Will it be more expensive? Is it worth planning our trip to get there at that time or maybe more of a hassle if businesses are closed? Any ferry interruptions at Easter? Thanks for any info!

i would like to find someone for visiting trinida and tobago together. thanks
e mail: sen0969@hotmail.com

We arrive about 8pm and leave about noon the next day from Port of Spain (in March). The last time we did this (2000) we stayed in the BelAir, but have read Very Bad Things about it recently, so am hoping for other suggestions for airport hotels. We'd prefer a free shuttle to/from airport and it'd be nice to have a convenient (attached or not) restaurant. I appreciate any help you can give me.

Hi there,

I am hopefully traveling to Trinidad in March to photograph a wedding. I am a professional photographer here in Toronto. I will be traveling on my own and am just wondering how safe Trinidad is for someone like me traveling with my equipment? I have recently traveled quite a lot to Mexico City & area so I am quite aware of the safety issues there. I'm hoping that Trinidad is not as bad.. Please help if you can.

Hello!

In april we (me and my wife) spend a few days on T&T and now we have worryes:-we allready have air ticket for Aeropostal flight to Caracas-but...after delays (as I heared )-have we enough time in caracas to catch intercontinental flight to Europe (5 hours-is enough?). Has anyone do this?


thanks! martin

Does anybody know if there is an approved yellow fever vaccination centre in Port of Spain? If so, any idea of the cost for the vaccine? It is very expensive to get the vaccination in the USA.
Thanks
Ron

Hy!
I will be in Tobago on the 9.10.
I will be in Trinidad on the 16.10.
if you want to meet me drop me a line.
Manfred

I will be going to Trinidad and Tobago in November and wanted to go to Margarita Island after. Does anybody know if there is a ferry that goes directly from Trinidad to Margarita Island, or is the ferry from Chaguaramas to Guiria, Venezuela the only option. Alternately, does anybody know if it is possible to hitch a ride on a yatch or other boat from the harbor.

Thanks,
Ron

Hello All - My family and I are arriving in Trinidad, on our way to Tobago for a Christmas holiday - My question is about the ferry, either the fast or the slow one, that runs from Trinidad to Tobago - Does it operate on the 24th or 25th of December [2007] - and if it does, what are the times? Thanks in advance

does anybody know which airlines fly from the middle east (bahrain) to trinidad & tobago? I have to get in port of spain...
thx!

My name is Manfred and I am from from Austria/Europe.
I will be in Tobago on the 9.10 for one week.
And in Trinidad on the 16,10. for one week.
Who wantws to meet me?
Drop me a line-
Manfred

So I am definitely going to Tobago for the first two weeks of July... I'll be travelling solo.

Are there any acommodation recommendations that anyone can give me for both Tobago and Trinidad? As I have no clue about either island I am clueless with regards as to what area to stay in. Any tips would be very much welcomed!

Is it better to book beforehand or is it cheaper to book on arrival?

Are there any must sees or dos that anyone would recommend or any tips in general?

Thank you in advance!

Hi I will be visiting Trindad soon for a 6 week vacation. Was wondering if there was a school or a course I could take to learn how to make the wonderful roti/doubles/paratha/etc etc that is so ubiquitous of Trinidad???

I'm planning on going to Trinidad and Tobago with my wife the last three weeks of July and was wanting to know if it is possible for the two of us to get by on USD $50 per day? Or what I should say is, are there accomodations below $25 for the two of us there? And does anybody know of an inexpensive place to stay in Port-of-Spain? Thank you for your help.

Hello!
I was bidding for a steel pan drum on ebay for the last few days. I really got my hopes up and was then beaten to the post at the last few seconds :(
Now i'm on a mission!
I've been searching for places to buy a drum in the uk, but keeping options open, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how much it'd cost to buy one over in Trinidad. Any info would be great. Thanks X

Four of us will be traveling to Tobago in October. We will have to stay overnight in Trinidad on both our inbound and outbound trips. Do you know of anyone who may be close to the airport that can provide transportation to and from the airport, as well as overnight accommodations? We are hoping not to have to rent a car just for an overnight stay. Any recommendations and contact information that anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Hi,

I need to get from Piarco Airport to San fernando/Gasparillo on a Saturday. Are there colured bus/taxis that go there and how regular are these, or would I be better to just get a private taxi?

I'm hoping to visit Caribbean for cricket matches. can anyone tell me how to obtain visa to visit Caribbean. If I do travel from Sri Lanka which way is the best and convince way to reach to Caribbean? Do I have to obtain any transit visa?

I am going from the 9.10-???????????? to Tobago I would need some ideas where stay(€ 20-30,I am not a millionair).
All ideas get an answer.
Manfred

I am planning a trip to Trinidad and need to know which Caribbean islands have flights to Trinidad. I can get to the Carribean with frequent flyer miles - but not all the way to Trinidad. Anyone have knowledge about which airlines/islands have flights? Google is no help.
thank you!

I was just wondering if you could recommend how to go about hiring a driver. What guesthouse did you stay at?

So, I'm contemplating going to Carnival, and I dont have that much time left to make a decision....but I would like to know if anyone is plannin on goin down, and has a place to stay they would like to split...Its gonna be hella expensive or impossible at this late in the game...but if someone is cool, calm and wanting to share let me know, so I can make the final say so...

hi, is cialis or viagra is allowed to bring into trinidada and tobago with out the prescription just for personal use.??
and how the custom people are there? will they be making any issue out of it.

thanks

I am about to book a flight to Tobago for June. There is a few questions that I would like to put to you.

1) What is the weather like at this time of year?
2) I am from the UK, will I be able to use my debit card in ATM machines. Is there any problem with using credit cards?
2) How easy would it be to get from Tobago- Trinidad- Venezuela and back again?
3) Or to go from Tobago - Venezuela?

On the map Venezuela looks really close, but of course that doesn't always translate into you being able to get to a place with ease, especially where there is water involved!

My husband and I are considering a flight connection in Trinidad. We would be arriving from the USofA. I'm wondering how much time we should expect to spend upon arrival, going through customs and obtaining our luggage. How large is the airport? If we only have one hour between our connecting flight, would we make it? Thanks in advance.