Tips for travel in Belize

We also just got back from Belize. I would have to disagree with about half of what you said. Everywhere we went, credit cards were accepted, and we found pretty much everything to be extremely inexpensive.

#10, I am wondering where you went in Belize that was inexpensive? Probably this term is all relative, I find a lot of people compare meal prices in Mexico vacation spots to downtown NYC and then say things like "the prices were really good".

What I found, and I haven't been yet, is that you cross the border into Belize from Guatemala and the prices for accommodation double instantly. At those prices they should be accepting Credit cards, but don't know if they do, and I certainly wouldn't count on it.

We traveled to the Cayo District and stayed at the Parrot Nest. I think it was roughly $50 US a night, which had a bathroom attached. We ate almost all of our meals there, which if I remember correctly, were about $10 US for dinner and about $5 for breakfast. Our total bill was a little high, but it was only because we drank almost $200 US worth of beer. We stayed there for four nights, and I loved it. The day trips were about $90 each, which I felt was pretty normal. Every trip we did, and even when we stopped at local stores/gas stations, they all took credit cards.

We then traveled to Caye Caulker. We didn't make a reservation ahead of time, so we ended up staying at the end of the island at Gloria's. It was also $50 US a night. I know that we could have stayed much cheaper, but I really wasn't interested in staying somewhere gross. We stayed at Gloria's for the first three nights, then switched over to Island Magic for the last night. Island Magic was a little more expensive at $100 US, but we felt like spoiling ourselves for one night. Compared to the other places we stayed, Island Magic was like being at a 5 star resort.

As far as meals in Caye Caulker goes, no meal we got cost more than $15 US, and it was for more food than we could possibly eat.