The Tourist Office can help you and you can always change your mind later. Normal precautions against theft should be taken. Vendors on the beach can be a problem but in 1995 joint army and police patrols were deployed on beaches to remove unlicenced vendors, vagrants and loiterers after a fatal shooting of a holiday maker during a beach robbery. There have been some serious incidents on isolated beaches, so caution should be taken in these areas. Generally, however, despite the poverty, Antigua is free from hassle for the traveller.
Many hotels have transformers.
It is advisable to change some currency at the airport on arrival. Credit cards are accepted, especially Visa and American Express, but small restaurants will take only cash or Travellers cheques. Always verify whether hotels, taxis et cetera are quoting you US or EC dollars, you can be cheated. Children under 12 pay half. Scotia Bank, Barclays Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda Investment Bank, Antigua Commercial Bank.