Some houses and hotels also have 240-volt sockets for use with British equipment. Banks will of course charge a small commission on this rate. Many tourist establishments quote prices in US dollars, if you are not careful a hotel room may end up costing twice as much as you bargained for. Banks will only change the US dollar, Canadian dollar, sterling, and Deutschmark. Other currencies they will not exchange.
Credit cards are accepted in the large resorts, their use is now widespread.
Barclays Bank , the Royal Bank of Canada , CIBC Caribbean Ltd , Scotiabank , Caribbean Commercial Bank , Barbados Mutual Bank and Barbados National Bank all have offices in Bridgetown. The first five also have branches in the main south and west coast tourist centres. Caribbean Commercial Bank in Hastings and Sunset Crest is also open on Saturday from 0900 to 1200. Friday, 1000-1500 Saturday. Barbadians are a religious people and although the main church is Anglican, there are over 140 different faiths and sects, including Baptists, Christian Scientists, Jews, Methodists, Moravians and Roman Catholics.