{"id":48958,"date":"2016-04-27T23:37:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T21:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naarcuracao.com\/?page_id=48958"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:59:18","slug":"checklist-vacation-curacao","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.naarcuracao.com\/en\/curacao-vacation\/checklist-vacation-curacao\/","title":{"rendered":"Checklist vacation Curacao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Wonderful, you have a vacation to Curacao ahead of you. But often your vacation begins with ‘packing stress’. Have you taken care of everything?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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1- Activate debit card for payments abroad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you want to pay with your debit card in Curacao, you must make your debit card valid for payments in the Caribbean. Depending on your own country, this could be “pay outside Europe” or “pay in Middle or South America”. If you don’t do this, you card might not let you withdraw money on Curacao<\/strong>! With most banks, you can easily do this yourself in the secured personal area on your bank’s website or in the bank’s app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paying on Curacao<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

You can use all regular means of payment in Curacao without a problem. Paying by card is possible almost everywhere, credit cards are accepted at most shops and all restaurants, and getting cash is possible via the many ATM machines you’ll encounter throughout Willemstad. At Curacao cash payments are accepted in ANG (Antillian Guilder) and in a lot of places also in US Dollar. More about paying on Curacao<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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3- DI Card<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To travel to Curacao, you must get a Digital Immigration Card online in advance. If you have not done this you will not get through customs on Curacao so do not forget this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DI Card (Digital Immigration Card)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Curacao Customs wants to know who is coming to the island, for how long you are staying and where. To do so, you need to complete the Digital Immigration Card (DI Card)<\/strong><\/a>. This can be done no earlier than 7 days before departure, but do it no later than 24 hours before departure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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E-gates on Hato<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Completing the digital immigration form has another advantage: at Curacao, you can use the eGates at customs at Hato Airport. You no longer have to wait in line<\/strong> for a long time to be allowed to pass the traditional customs booth where a customs officer checks your papers, but you can use the eGates to complete everything electronically much faster. However, if you have children under 18 years old in your travel party, you cannot use the Egates. Some more “ground rules” apply to eGates, see this video:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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