Practicalities

•    Currency: Trinidad & Tobago dollar (TT$); US$1=TT$6.3
•    Driving: on the left. Trinidad speed limits 80kph (50mph) highways and 55kph (34mph) settled areas; 50kph (32mph) in Tobago. Seatbelts required. Visitors can drive up to 90 days on valid foreign/international licences
•    Electricity: 115v/230v, 60Hz
•    Money: ABMs (ATMs), credit/debit cards in general use
•    Taxes: 10% room tax + 10% service at hotels; departure tax TT$100; VAT 15% on goods and services
•    Water: tap water safe to drink (boil to be safer); bottled water widely available
 

Media & Communications

•    Country phone code: +868
•    Mail: TTPost national mail service; plus FedEx, DHL, UPS and others
•    Landline telephone: Telecommunications Services of Trinidad & Tobago (TSTT) and FLOW (Columbus Communications). Prepaid international phone cards available
•    Mobile telephone: bmobile (TSTT) and Digicel operate on GSM networks; prepaid SIM cards available for unlocked phones
•    Press: 3 daily national newspapers (Express, Guardian, Newsday), 7 weeklies (including Tobago News), 1 tri-weekly
•    Radio: 37 FM stations; two AM stations. For all-local fare, try Radio Trinbago 94.7FM
•    Television: 12 local stations, five free-to-air (NCC-4, CCN TV6, Gayelle, CNC3 and C-TV), seven available only via cable (ACTS, IBN, ieTV, Parliament Channel, Synergy, Tobago Channel 5, Win-TV); some only available on one island
 

Public Wi-Fi

•    Piarco Airport
•    Rituals coffee shops (nationwide)
•    Sweet Lime Restaurant
 

General Information

•    Division of Tourism (Tobago House of Assembly, Scarborough): 639-2125
•    Immigration Division: 625-3571 (Trinidad), 639-2681 (Tobago)
•    Ministry of Tourism (Port of Spain): 624-1403
•    Tobago House of Assembly (Scarborough): 639-3421
•    Tourism Development Company (Barataria, Trinidad): 675-7034
•    Tourist Information offices: 639-0509 (Crown Point Airport); 635-0934 (Cruise Ship Complex, Tobago); 669-5196 (Piarco Airport)
•    ttconnnect (Trinidad & Tobago government online)
 

Emergency Numbers

•    Ambulance (public hospitals): 811
•    Crime Stoppers: 800-TIPS
•    EMS (emergency medical services): 624-4343 (north Trinidad), 653-4343 (south/central Trinidad), 639-4444 (Tobago)
•    Fire Services: 990
•    Hyperbaric Medical Facility: 660-4369 (Roxborough, Tobago)
•    Office of Disaster Preparedness: 640-1285 (Trinidad), 660-7489 (Tobago)
•    Police: 999 (Trinidad); 639-2520/5590 (Tobago)
 

Help Networks

•    Childline: 800-4321
•    Domestic violence hotline: 800-SAVE
•    Families in Action hotline: 628-2333
•    Kidnapping hotline: 623-6793
•    Lifeline (suicide prevention): 645-2800, 645-6616
•    National AIDS hotline: 800-4448
•    National Family Services: 624-8218 (Trinidad), 639-1512 (Tobago)
•    Rape Crisis Society: 622-7273 (Port of Spain), 657-5355 (San Fernando)
•    Rebirth House (substance abuse prevention): 623-0952