The information below is provided by Lonely Planet readers and is not verified by Lonely Planet . For the official lowdown, contact your nearest embassy or check out our travel advice . The border crossing from Belize to Chetumal is an easy one, though the bus station is a long way from the center, so it might be worthwhile to take a taxi to get there. It's a good idea to change money on the street in general rather than in the banks. They tend to give the worst rates, and since the currency is set at 2 Belize to a dollar, many places are happy to take US dollars.
Banks are really a last resort.
Do insist on 2 for 1 at the border though, since they will try to give you a bank rate of anything from 1.95 to 1.98. Also, don't dawdle at the border. Bus drivers can get impatient and leave without you. When arriving in Belize city airport, it may be good to hook-up with others to share a taxi into town, inside the airport. A single traveler approached us to share after having gone outside first.