Welcome to B-Fall! What's good friends and family, Mr. Flip Flop here, actually chilling at Flip Flop with my homie Dee, sitting over here and just you know, started doing video about helpful tips when in Dominican Republic. Not just to sue them, basically Dominican Republic. And it could kind of be for any way when you travel. You know what I'm saying? Basic common sense tips or basic things you should know and you should do it when you travel in to another country. First, people were asking me about a couple that disappeared. I don't really like touching on tragedy situations to make light of them. But people were going on and knowing that they were hitting me like hey, they got kidnapped and I told me that really doesn't happen here. It's a very unfortunate event and you know, they were driving at night and got into an accident. You know, they're still investigating the situation. But as I tell people, driving here period is dangerous. But driving at night is even more dangerous. So I said, I want to speak on that. I have a video at the end of this with my Dominican homeboy driving on the road at night. So you can see how it looks when you're driving at night. Okay, so let's get in these tips. Best tips for my tips for traveling to Dominican Republic. So first off, I say, I think one of the number one things you need to know is dealing with reputable people. Meaning everyone that says, hey, I know you, hey, my friend, you know, it's not your friend and everyone that speaks English is not your friend. Even if they're an expat, I've told you guys that before. So you know, when I say reputable people, a driver or a tour guide or you know, a guide as I call them, which someone has recommended to you will be better than you just going to meet somebody off the street and then latching on to you and you know, leaching on for you. It becomes now your pain for your trip and your pain for them while you're on your trip. You know, so if you can feel you need a guide, you feel you need an interpreter, you need somebody to drive for you. Go with someone reputable who's recommended by someone you know. This way, you know, there's less of an issue because they've been recommended and the people know, okay, this guy's a good guy, you can deal with him. You know, so like I said, even expats. You got a lot of expats that are full of shit, honestly. So you know, reputable people and be careful. You know, be careful who you deal with. I said everyone that speaks English is not your friend. Also another thing is just don't be too flashy. I mean, some guys like to have their jewelry on their ice. Well, you know, need for it. I say you can lead with your pace onality. You know, you don't need to be flashing. Your pace also do all the talking for you if you need to be. You know, so being too flashy, drawing too much attention, you don't need to. I'm not saying that things will happen, but you have people that will seek opportunity as anywhere in the world. You know, someone sees you shining and they may want that. You know, I had a incident, not an incident, excuse me. My mother visited me in South of Domingo and I lived in South of Domingo. And this wasn't the greatest of areas. So my mother was jewelry and I told her, I said, hey, you know, just do me a favor, take it off. No one's going to bother you, but I would just feel more comfortable because it takes that one person to see you and be like, hey, opportunity, I want that. Okay. So no need to be too flashy. I know some guys have to have it, but it's not too much you need to be flashing down there. Another thing I would say, another tip is be respectful of your surroundings. And I say that to say this. I had a guy recently that was just cursing out all the locals. The reality is we're in their country. You know, so you want to be respectful. You know, you don't want to just want to treat them like they're nobody. You know, the same way when they come to our country, we expect that to be respectful of our country, they actually require the same respect. And it's just, you know, you're surrounded. You don't want to make enemies and piss people off when they haven't done anything to you know. Another tip which I tell everybody all the time, change your money. I know some of you really don't care about changing your money and you'll spend dollars everywhere and anywhere. But the reality is you're losing money on the conversion rate. These businesses do not have to change your money at the going rate. You get changed at a very, very low rate and you lose. So if you change your money over the pesos, it will end to Dominican Republic pesos, you save money and you get more bank for your book. So change your money. I would not recommend changing your money at the airport because you get a really low rate. Everybody knows it here at Flip Flop. I have Mateo who comes to you, changes the money. You can go to Western Union. You can go to Kirby Express with your passport. They will change your money also. Change your money. You're spending dollars all the time and the reality is you lose on the conversion. So you want to change that money. Another thing I've been mentioning before in another video, tip your service. Always remember that a lot of these waitresses don't make a lot of money. A lot of the businesses don't, you know, the minimum wage is really low here. So you want to tip your service. Now we all know it's not a Greek service around here. If you're not at Flip Flop, shameless plug, you're not going to get good service. But tip accordingly, you know, a couple bucks here and there's not going to hurt you and that person will, you know, need those tips more so than you do. Okay, so tip your service and, you know, if it's good service, tip them well. If it's not good service, at least give them something. Okay, so another thing I stress to people all the time, the water. Have bottle water in your room, your hotel, your villa at all times. You should be brushing your teeth with bottle water. Not using the water in the sink. Not using the tap water. You should only be bathing with the tap water. If you're cooking, you shouldn't even be cooking with tap water. You should be cooking with bottle water. Okay, you can get really sick down here. Being sick down here will destroy your trip. I've seen it happen a million times that also goes besides the water, watch where you eat it. I myself have been a victim of eating in the street because I was hungry and I got to and you know what happens. Everywhere does not prepare food the same way each place. Some people will mix the old food with the new and sell it to you and you won't know. So just watch where you eat, be mindful of where you eat to avoid getting sick. So as I said, with the water and the food, just be mindful of that and always use bottle water, always. If you want to get a SIM card, you can go to orange or altese. Well, altese is orange now, excuse me. Altese or clarrow, 100 pesos and your passport and you get a SIM card. If your phone's already unlocked, your store is simming and you're on the Dominican network. I recommend getting a SIM card only because it's easy to use the numbers down here rather than using your phone and your optional Wi-Fi. We'll go back to the money real quick. Manage your money and I say it like this. If you get pesos, the pesos are kind of seemed like monopoly money. So you want to manage your money. The money can go really fast if you're not paying attention. I've explained to you guys before, the conversion rate right now is 50.50 per US dollar. It's actually 50.60 I believe today. What you want to do is realize that 50 pesos is every dollar. If every dollar you have is 50 pesos. So 50 pesos is a dollar, 100 pesos is $2, 200 pesos is $4, 500 pesos is $10 and 1,000 pesos is $20. That's going by just a 50. Now also when I tell you that the conversion rate is 50.60, that's not what you're going to get in the street or what's the union. What's the union right now? I believe it's 50.40 right now. Okay, that's what they're going to get. Some guys in the street will give you 50. Some are going to try to give you 49. My guy Mateo, he's giving, I believe I've been from 50.35 yesterday. Okay, so you want to be mindful of that. Will you change your money and the manage your money properly? Also, when it comes to managing your money, watch your pockets. I'm going to say it again, watch your pockets. You are not Denzel Washington. When all these women run up when you're in grab you, they're going in your pockets. Okay, so you're not Denzel. If you are Denzel, okay, they love you, but you're not Denzel. When you get three, four girls grabbing on you hugging on you, caressing you, popping I love you. You know, sorry. They're not doing it because they like you. They're not doing it because you're an idol. They didn't see you on TV last week. They go in your pockets. It's a normal thing down here. It happens all the time. I tell people, don't let anyone touch you. Watch what you wear as far as you wear basketball shorts, when you wear sweatpants. If something is easy to fall out your pocket, if you don't have real secure pockets, or real deep pockets, you want to be mindful of that. Because if you've got a pocket full of money and it's easy to just stick your hand there or a quick go, you sit down and it falls out. That's opportunity. Okay, so be mindful of your surroundings. Watch your money. Watch your pockets. Okay, so these are my tips. I feel these things people need to know when they travel, especially to many people. And this is for everyone to know that they're not just a sewer. So follow those tips if you want. Hopefully you'll follow them. I believe they're good tips that everybody should know when they travel. Okay, and once again, I appreciate the support. Share the videos. Hit subscribe. Like. Always appreciate you guys. Be humble as always. Mr. Flip Flap and I'm out. Okay. Yeah, but look how you're feeling. It's like you're coming. It's the same. It's my mother. I'm going to be there. I'm going to be there. Nero.