Thanks to all for the excellent money saving suggestions.

Also particularly intrigued by Pineapple Petes offer to as I understand it take Canadian funds at an attractive exchange rate (1.2). Given the large number of Canadians that visit SXM, the many restaurants with Canadian connections and the presence of at least two Canadian banks I would think perhaps other establishments could follow Pineapple Petes lead. Bringing some CDN money would certainly not be a problem for most of us and certainly helps while our dollar is weak.