Do you have change for a 1000 CFP?

The Euro has taken the fun out of traveling to Europe. Rebecca would go on a business trip and come back with a collection of Guilders, Francs, Lire, and other currency. No more. Britain still has the pound of course, and our neigh ors to the south and north have their own currency.

French Polynesia is owned by France, and it's currency is the CFP Franc.

At the current exchange rate, this 1000 CFP note is $11.42. Our hotel room at the LeMeridian in Papeete is CFP 30,450.

Luckily the M/S Paul Gauguin works on American currency, and I would imagine enough tourists come to Tahiti to make the US dollar an accepted medium of exchange.

But a tip from one who is mathematically challenged: get a currency converter app for your smartphone. You may be bright enough to convert the prices in your head, but don't count on it.