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<body bgcolor=#abcaff text="#003366"> <h1 align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">cuba,cuba travel,map of cuba,havana,havana cuba,cuba hotel,travel to cuba,varadero cuba,cuba map,cuba tourism,travel cuba,cuba vacation,information on cuba,cuba holiday,cuba weather,cuba picture,picture of cuba,cuba and travel,private rooms rental in Havana Cuba,private housing,private lodging,rooms for rent,room for rental,private accommodation</font></h1> <table border="0" width="100%" height="359"> <tr> <td width="36%" rowspan="2" height="353" valign="top" align="center"> <p align="center"><img src="images/logo.jpg" alt="All-Havana-Rooms, private rooms rental services in Havana and around Cuba." width="111" height="120"><br> <br> <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/ut/habanarenta/" target="_top"><font face="Arial" size="1"><img src="images/espflag.gif" alt="en espanol" align="middle" border="0" width="50" height="37"></font><strong><font face="Arial" size="1">En español<br> </font> <br> </strong></a><a href="home.htm"><img border="0" src="images/bhome.gif" alt="Home" width="120" height="25"><br> </a><a href="havanarooms/general.htm"><img border="0" src="images/bgeneral.gif" alt="General Information" width="120" height="25"><br></a> <a href="http://www.cubaxp.com">Cuba Vacation and Travel eXPlorer</a> <br> <a href="http://www.caribbeanxp.com">Caribbean Vacation and Travel eXPlorer</a> <br> <a href="travelinfo.htm"><img border="0" src="images/btravel.gif" alt="Travel information" width="120" height="25"><br> </a><a href="travelguides.htm"><img border="0" src="images/bguides.gif" alt="Travel Guides" width="120" height="25"><br> </a><a href="virtual.htm"><img border="0" src="images/bvirtual.gif" alt="Virtual tour" width="120" height="25"><br> </a><a href="lodindex.htm" target="_top"><img border="0" src="images/blodging.gif" width="120" height="25"><br> </a><a href="paladares.htm"><img border="0" src="images/bpaladar.gif" width="120" height="25"></a><a href="testimonials.htm"><br><img border="0" src="images/btestimonials.gif" width="120" height="25"></a><br><a href="maps.htm"><img border="0" src="images/bmaps.gif" alt="Maps" width="120" height="25"></a><a href="links.htm"><br> </a><a href="http://members.boardhost.com/havanarooms/"><img border="0" src="images/bboard.gif" alt="Message board" width="120" height="25"></a><br><a href="links.htm"><img border="0" src="images/blinks.gif" alt="Links" width="120" height="25"><br> </a><a href="http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/Caribbean/Cuba/Havana/Forecast/"><img border="0" src="images/bweather.gif" alt="Havana Weather" width="120" height="25"><br> </a></p> <p align="center"><a HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/havanarooms"> <img SRC="images/nowcircle100x70.gif" BORDER="0" alt="In Association with Amazon.com" width="100" height="70"></a> <p align="center"> <strong><font face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#00FFFF">Send your comments to: </font><a href="mailto:allhavana@yahoo.com" style="color: rgb(255,255,0)"> <font color="#FFFF00">allhavana@yahoo.com</font></a></font></strong> <p align="center"> <br> </p> </td> <td width="64%" height="33"> <h1 align="center"><font size="3" face="Arial">Travel and tourist information of Havana, Cuba. Private rooms rental</font></h1> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="64%" height="314"> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" height="26"> <tr> <td width="90" rowspan="2" height="26"> <p align="right"><font face="Arial"><img border="0" src="images/sunnyhome.gif" align="middle" width="92" height="80"> </font> </td> <td width="489" height="1"> <p align="left"><strong><font color="#00FFFF" size="5" face="Arial"><a name="Welcometop">Welcome to Havana Rooms</a></font> </strong> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="489" height="33"> <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Havana Rooms, rent a private room in Havana, Cuba, private rooms rental, housing and lodging options in private houses. Online booking system.</font></b></td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <hr> <p align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><a href="index.html#Welcome">[Welcome]</a>,<a href="index.html#Whyprivate">[Why private renting?]</a>,<a href="index.html#Reservation">[Reservation process]</a>,<a href="index.html#Contactus">[Contact us]</a>,<a href="index.html#TRAVEL">[Travel restrictions]</a></b></font></p> <p><b><font face="Arial" size="4"><a name="Welcome">Welcome to Havana Rooms</a></font></b> <p><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi, welcome to Havana Rooms, the ideal place to rent (book) rooms, apartments, houses in Havana City, Cuba. </font></strong> <p><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Havana Rooms is intended to provide information and other useful services regarding the <a href="reserva.htm">rental of private rooms</a>, apartments, houses in Havana Cuba. Here you will find also other information of interest about our beautiful country.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#FFFFCC"><blink>VERY IMPORTANT ! ! !</blink><br> All the rooms, apartments and houses offered by Havana Rooms are licenced for rent to foreigners and tourists. They all pay taxes to the goverment for this reason. BEWARE of room offerts in sites that do not warning you about this.</font></strong></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="index.html#Welcometop">TOP OF PAGE</a></b></font></p> <hr> <p><strong><font face="Arial" size="4"><a name="Whyprivate">Why private renting</a>?</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="2" face="Arial"> Although full of excellent hotels, private housing tourism has been increasing very fast for the past two years, since the Cuba government approved a law that allows house owners to rent rooms apartments or houses.</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">There are many reasons for this situation:</font></strong> <ul> <li><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Get in touch with the truly Cuban people: If you stay in a big resort in a beach, you will never get an opportunity to talk and make friends between the truly street people. You will only meet workers of the hotel and other tourists like you. YOU WILL MISS THE MAIN ATRACTION OF CUBA, ITS PEOPLE.</font></strong></li> <li><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Lower prices: It is cheaper to housing in a private room than stay in a hotel. This by any means that you will be less comfortable by the contrary, most people like this kind of domestic commodity rather than the cold functionality of a big hotel.</font></strong></li> <li><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Directly help a Cuban: By renting a private room you will be helping DIRECTLY a person or a family that will increase its living standards with the money you are paying to them.</font></strong></li> </ul> <p><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">If this reasons are enought for you, <a href="reserva.htm" target="rbottom">book right now your room with Havana Rooms</a>.</font></strong></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="index.html#Welcometop">TOP OF PAGE</a></b></font></p> <hr> <p><strong><font face="Arial" size="4"><a name="Reservation">Reservation process</a></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font size="2" face="Arial">If you are planning to visit Cuba, and its capital <a href="virtual.htm">Havana</a>, this is the moment to book your room, or apartment that fits your particular needs. Through the link (<a href="reserva.htm">Reservation</a>) you will be guided to a <a href="reserva.htm">Reservation Form </a>where you will fill the details regarding your travel. </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font face="Arial" size="3">How this process work?</font></strong></p> <ol> <li style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold"><strong><font size="2" face="Arial">You first fill the reservation form with all the details of your room/travel. </font></strong></li> <li style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold"><strong><font size="2" face="Arial">We will contact you as soon as we get your information and offer you a room (rooms) with the characteristics which fits most your requirements. In case of availability we will provide also a LINK to a page with details and photos of our offer. Also we will provide the room price per night</font></strong>.</li> <li style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold">If<strong><font size="2" face="Arial"> you like the offer you reply our mail acknowleging the receipt of the offer and accepting our offer.</font></strong></li> <li style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold"><strong><font size="2" face="Arial">At this point we will provide the address of the house in Havana, and other contact information such phone numbers. Also we will ask if you will like to be received at the airport at no cost.</font></strong></li> </ol> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="index.html#Welcometop">TOP OF PAGE</a></b></font></p> <hr> <p><strong><font face="Arial" size="4"><a name="Contactus">Contact us</a></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Webmaster: Fernando, <a href="mailto:allhavana@yahoo.com">allhavana@yahoo.com</a> </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Comments: </font></strong><strong><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="mailto:allhavana@yahoo.com">allhavana@yahoo.com</a></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">The Havana Rooms Site it is on a process of change, and you will find links that are not working, if you find one of them or have any suggestion of how we could improve our services or this site please lets us know, send us a mail to: </font></strong><strong><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="mailto:allhavana@yahoo.com">allhavana@yahoo.com</a></font></strong><strong><font face="Arial" size="2"><br> <br> Thanks for your visit; we are expecting to see you soon. If you find this page useful please take a moment and BOOKMARK IT, or tell a friend about us.</font></strong></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="index.html#Welcometop">TOP OF PAGE</a></b></font></p> <hr> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><a name="TRAVEL">TRAVEL TO CUBA RESTRICTIONS</a>, U.S.CITIZENS READ ON...</b></font></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial" size="3">Travel restrictions to U.S. citizens</font></b> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Summary<br> U.S. citizens and residents must be licensed by the Department of Treasury in order to travel to Cuba. On January 5, 1999, President Clinton announced an expansion of people-to-people contacts and direct passenger flights to Cuba in order to facilitate travel of licensed persons from the U.S. to Cuba. However, travel to Cuba is restricted and only select categories of travelers are licensable. Tourist travel is not possible under U.S. law. Business-rated travel is restricted to persons engaging in or arranging for permitted export sales, such as for the sale of medicines or medical equipment, or for food or agricultural goods to non-governmental entities.</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Entry requirements<br> The U.S. Treasury requires that all persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction have a license to engage in any transactions related to travel to, from, and within Cuba. General licenses are authorized, among other things, for U.S. and foreign government officials traveling on official business, journalists employed by a news reporting organization, professional research, and persons making a once-a-year visit to close family relatives in circumstances of humanitarian need. The Treasury Department considers specific licenses on a case-by-case basis for educational exchanges, for travel in connection with humanitarian activities, such as providing support for secular and religious activities of churches in Cuba, and similar activities. Tourist travel is not licensable and business-related travel is restricted to persons engaging or arranging for permitted export sales, such as for the sale of medicines or medical equipment or for food or agricultural goods to non-governmental entities.</b></font> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Should a traveler receive a license, a passport and visa are required for entry into Cuba. Proof of citizenship other than a valid U.S. passport is not acceptable to Cuban authorities. Attempts to enter or exit Cuba illegally or to aid the illegal exit of Cuban nationals are punishable by jail terms.</b></font> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Please note that the Government of Cuba considers all Cuban-born U.S. citizens, who left Cuba after 1970, to be solely Cuban citizens. These U.S. citizens whom Cuba may consider to be Cuban nationals are required by Cuban law to enter and depart Cuba using Cuban passports. These individuals may be subject to a range of restrictions and obligations, including military service in Cuba. However, such persons must use their U.S. passports to enter and depart the U.S. and to transit any countries enroute. The Government of Cuba has determined that Cubans who left Cuba prior to 1970 and who have since obtained citizenship in another country may use that country's passport to enter and depart Cuba.</b></font> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>U.S. Currency Regulations<br> U.S. laws restrict financial transactions with Cuba, including the spending of money by travelers to the island. However, U.S. citizens and residents traveling under a general or specific license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department may spend money on travel in Cuba without obtaining special permission. These expenditures may be for travel-related expenses only and may not exceed the U.S. government's per diem rate (currently $195 per day).</b></font> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Since the Cuban Government legalized the use of dollars in July 1993, U.S. dollars are accepted for all transactions. U.S. citizens and permanent residents are prohibited from using credit cards in Cuba. Cuban shops, hotels, and other places of business do not accept credit cards, personal checks, or travelers checks drawn from U.S. banks.</b></font> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Fully Hosted Travelers<br> Travelers to Cuba who do not spend any money while there do not require a license from OFAC. Some travelers to Cuba claim upon their return to the U.S. not to have spent any money during their stay because they were "fully hosted," i.e., a non-U.S. sponsor such as the Cuban Government paid for all their expenses.</b></font> <ul> <li> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>While it is possible to be "fully hosted," OFAC regulations contain a rebuttable presumption that travelers subject to U.S. jurisdiction who traveled to Cuba without a license have engaged in prohibited monetary transactions.</b></font> <li> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Travelers may rebut this presumption by providing a signed explanatory statement, with supporting documents, showing that they were able to travel in Cuba without spending money.</b></font> <li> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Appropriate enforcement action may be taken in those cases where the traveler is unable to provide sufficient evidence that all expenses were paid for while in Cuba.</b></font></li> </ul> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>People-to-People Contacts<br> On January 5, 1999, President Clinton announced his decision to expand people-to-people contacts. This policy encourages an expansion of the educational, cultural, humanitarian, religious, journalistic, and athletic exchanges between U.S. and Cuban citizens. For example, Cuban medical doctors are annually granted visas to attend medical congresses and/or visit medical institutions in the U.S.</b></font> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>These people-to-people contacts have been expanded in two ways: by facilitating travel of persons from Cuba to the U.S. who qualify for visas and by streamlining licensing procedures for qualified U.S. persons traveling to Cuba. Procedures have been developed to license multiple visits for qualified individuals and groups in the above mentioned categories.</b></font> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Direct Flights<br> Also on January 5, 1999, the President announced his decision to expand direct passenger charter flights to Cuba. Previously, direct passenger flights were only available to Havana from Miami. To facilitate licensed travel, departures from Los Angeles and New York have been authorized, as have direct flights to Cuban cities outside of Havana.</b></font> <ul> <li> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Travelers on all flights must be licensed. In addition to licensed persons traveling to visit close relatives, other licensable travel includes official foreign and U.S. Government travel and those traveling under the person-to-person exchanges listed above.</b></font> <li> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>A licensed traveler on a direct flight may carry family remittances totaling no more than $300 per trip (in addition to his/her perdiem) regardless of the number of close relatives in Cuba to receive funds. Children under 18 are prohibited from carrying remittances on direct flights.</b></font></li> </ul> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Contact Information<br> The U.S. Department of State issues Consular Information Sheets for all countries that provide information on health conditions, currency regulations, crime and security, political disturbances, and addressees of the U.S. posts in the country. Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets are available by calling the Bureau of Consular Affairs at 202-647-5225, or on their home page: <a href="http://travel.state.gov">http://travel.state.gov</a> Further information on entry requirements, currency regulations, direct flights, and hosted travelers is available through <a href="http://www.treas.gov/ofac/">OFAC</a> at (202) 622-2480 or in Miami, at (305) 530-7177.</b></font> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>The U.S does not maintain an embassy in Cuba. U.S. citizens who travel to Cuba may contact and register with the U.S. Interests Section of the Swiss Embassy, located in Havana at Calzada between L&M, Vedado; telephone (537) 33-4401.</b></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="36%" height="353" valign="top" align="center"> </td> <td width="64%" height="314"> <h1 align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2">cuba,cuba travel,map of cuba,havana,havana cuba,cuba hotel,travel to cuba,varadero cuba,cuba map,cuba tourism,travel cuba,cuba vacation,information on cuba,cuba holiday,cuba weather,cuba picture,picture of cuba,cuba and travel,private rooms rental in Havana Cuba,private housing,private lodging,rooms for rent,room for rental,private accommodation</font></h1> <p> </td> </tr> </table> </body>