1 -. Customers can quickly develop friendly relations with the owners of the house, and it is deeply involved in the local culture.
Before the tourists know it, will be considered part of the family with which they are staying.
To understand Cuba you really need to experience Cuba and that can be best achieved by sleeping under the same roof as the locals???their mothers, brothers???cousins, cats and dogs. Walk the streets of Havana, Trinidad, La Boca???any town or city in Cuba and you???ll glimpse local live. Stay in a casa and you???ll live and breathe it.
2 -. Casa owners may arrange a lot of things for you.
You???ll very quickly come to understand that Cuban???s are fixers. You want something done, your casa owner will make it happen ??? with bells on. It??s hard to see in hotels, anyone organise something so quickly and effectively as a casa particular owner in Cuba???and all of it without built-in commission.
3 -. The Casa Particulares??are much cheaper than hotels.
The most expensive casa particular will cost you $35 CUC for a double bedroom with private bathroom. Cheapest ones are around $20 CUC.
4 -. When renting a home, customers contribute directly to improving the living standards of a person or family in Cuba.??
The??shockingly cuban average low income is??as little $25 a month. Stay two nights in a casa and you???ve covered the cost of a month???s wage. Add in a couple of breakfasts and dinners and you???re helping to make dreams possible. That may seem a grandiose claim but by staying in a casa you are putting money into the pockets of the people in a country where wealth hasn???t flowed directly into their hands for far too long (some might say ever).
5-. You can get a home-cooked breakfast every morning, and a home cooked dinner some nights, too.
It??s fair to admit to a serious bout of food depression in Cuba (the food is repetitive, bland and often not the greatest), but of all the food, the meals cooked in the casa particulares can??make your stomach smile the most. Just imagine: bean soup, lobster, rice, sweet potato, salad, vegetables, dessert and fruit all for $15 (around ??10).
A common breakfast consists of??a large plate of fresh fruit, a huge basket of bread, a plate of eggs, a huge jug of juice and other treats like cakes.
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November 11, 2002
Top 5 reasons for staying in a Casa Particular 0
by Carlos Rodriguez • Casas Particulares, Travelers
1 -. Customers can quickly develop friendly relations with the owners of the house, and it is deeply involved in the local culture.
Before the tourists know it, will be considered part of the family with which they are staying.
To understand Cuba you really need to experience Cuba and that can be best achieved by sleeping under the same roof as the locals???their mothers, brothers???cousins, cats and dogs. Walk the streets of Havana, Trinidad, La Boca???any town or city in Cuba and you???ll glimpse local live. Stay in a casa and you???ll live and breathe it.
2 -. Casa owners may arrange a lot of things for you.
You???ll very quickly come to understand that Cuban???s are fixers. You want something done, your casa owner will make it happen ??? with bells on. It??s hard to see in hotels, anyone organise something so quickly and effectively as a casa particular owner in Cuba???and all of it without built-in commission.
3 -. The Casa Particulares??are much cheaper than hotels.
The most expensive casa particular will cost you $35 CUC for a double bedroom with private bathroom. Cheapest ones are around $20 CUC.
4 -. When renting a home, customers contribute directly to improving the living standards of a person or family in Cuba.??
The??shockingly cuban average low income is??as little $25 a month. Stay two nights in a casa and you???ve covered the cost of a month???s wage. Add in a couple of breakfasts and dinners and you???re helping to make dreams possible. That may seem a grandiose claim but by staying in a casa you are putting money into the pockets of the people in a country where wealth hasn???t flowed directly into their hands for far too long (some might say ever).
5-. You can get a home-cooked breakfast every morning, and a home cooked dinner some nights, too.
It??s fair to admit to a serious bout of food depression in Cuba (the food is repetitive, bland and often not the greatest), but of all the food, the meals cooked in the casa particulares can??make your stomach smile the most. Just imagine: bean soup, lobster, rice, sweet potato, salad, vegetables, dessert and fruit all for $15 (around ??10).
A common breakfast consists of??a large plate of fresh fruit, a huge basket of bread, a plate of eggs, a huge jug of juice and other treats like cakes.