Punta Cana Guide · 6 articles
Punta Cana practical guide
This is the practical side of a trip to Punta Cana, checked against official sources. It covers the free e-ticket you fill in before you land and before you leave, whether to pay in pesos or dollars, what the legal tip and the ITBIS on a Dominican bill mean, and when the Atlantic hurricane season runs, with the Punta Cana station's weather month by month, plus sargassum and what official travel advice says about safety. Every figure comes from a ministry, a law or a public agency, with the date we checked it, and each article says what the sources leave out. For the club door itself, from age and ID to dress code, see our questions page.
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Dominican Republic e-ticket: the free entry and exit form, step by step
Every passenger who enters or leaves the Dominican Republic has to complete the e-ticket, the online form of the Dirección General de Migración (DGM), the country's immigration authority. It replaces the old paper cards, ends with a QR code and costs nothing on the official site. Here is when to do it, what it asks and what it doesn't replace, taken from the official pages.
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Is Punta Cana safe? What official travel advice says, and how to go out at night
Safety questions deserve official answers, not anecdotes. Here is what four governments currently tell their travellers about the Dominican Republic, and the practical advice they give for the things a night out in Punta Cana involves: taxis, drinks, cards and who to call.
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Punta Cana hurricane season and the weather month by month
Two questions come before booking a Caribbean trip: when do hurricanes come, and how much does it rain? Here are the official dates of the Atlantic season, twelve months of averages from the Punta Cana weather station, what a watch and a warning mean, and where to get alerts during your stay.
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Sargassum in Punta Cana: the season, the bulletins and the clean-up
Sargassum is the question that comes after the weather. Here is what the seaweed is, when it usually arrives, what the monthly satellite bulletin from the University of South Florida said through 2026, and what the Dominican Ministry of Environment does on the beaches of the east coast.
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Punta Cana currency: pesos or dollars, and where to change money
The Dominican peso is the only legal tender in Punta Cana, as in the rest of the Dominican Republic, yet some beach clubs quote their passes in US dollars. Here is what the law says, the official rate from the Banco Central, where to change money safely and what to know before you use a card at night.
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Tipping in Punta Cana: the legal 10%, the ITBIS and what is up to you
Before you reach for your wallet, read the bill. In the Dominican Republic the law puts the tip on it for you, and a tax line sits right next to it. Here is what each percentage is, who receives it, and the few cases where the decision is yours.