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Update: How Americans Can (Still) Travel Independently to Cuba


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Updated to reflect the Trump administration's newest (June 2019) attempt to keep Americans out of Cuba: You can't go there on a cruise ship, but as an American you can still legally travel solo to Cuba—and help support the Cuban people. It’s not nearly as hard (or illegal) to get there as the U.S. government would like you to think. Here’s how to do it.

It seems with every U.S. administration there are new rules about Cuba. Can Americans go or not? Independently or group only? Is tourism still banned? (Yes, it is.)

It wasn’t until 2016 that it became clear that former President Obama was actually relaxing the rules, and independent travel by Americans to Cuba was finally permitted. American travel to the island skyrocketed; the Cuban private sector grew. Anticipation was high for mobs of tourists and business investment, but—whether or not that would be a good thing for a country with such aging infrastructure—it never fully materialized.

Despite the current U.S. president’s undying resolve to reverse every step forward his predecessor took, including thawing relations with Cuba, it is still perfectly, legally possible to travel there alone as an American. Since the latest updates, as of this week, however, the rules are more confusing than ever, which in hindsight was probably the administration’s plan in order to discourage travel to Cuba without outright banning it. Don’t be dissuaded! Now, as in 2016 ...

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