We are here at Orient now. Some places (yellow sub and petite casino for example) do 1:1. Others seem to be doing 1:1.10. So for us, we use whatever gets us the best exchange from Canadian dollars. One thing to note... if you plan to use the ATMs to get cash as needed, you may want to up your daily cash limit from the standard $500 CAD prior to arriving ... 500 CAD doesn't go to far. I contacted my CU to get the limit increased as I hated having to go to the ATM (3 k away) frequently. As noted on this site before, if you are at Orient, the Credit Mutuel at Hope Estates is the best place for ATMs. There are 3 ATMs at Hope Estates the Credit Mutuel is the only one that will give USD and Euros.