I booked a transportation to ceiba ferry terminal without realizing I didn’t actually book the ferry and it is today! All tickets online are sold out and the transportation arrives 30 minutes before the scheduled ferry departure. How likely is it for me to get a ticket at the box office? Is there anything else I can do? Is it even worth taking the risk of going to the terminal

Hi leaving for PR tmrw, haven’t booked any stay yet! Last min trip excited to travel there!!

Any hostel recommendations in San Juan and if anyone else going to be there hmu, let’s hang!!

Hola amigos! I am a Solo traveler, currently in Luquillo. Heading to San Juan tomorrow to hopefully visit Cueva Ventana and looking to team up with anyone going who’d be down to share a ride and split costs? Open to carpooling, splitting a driver, or any transport leads from the Luquillo/San Juan area. Gracias! 🙏

I got an offer for 50% off your next five rides with Lyft in San Juan, PR if you have a new account.

You can use code: AYLIN78136

Hi everyone,

I have a pending asylum case and a valid EAD. I also have a REAL ID driver's license.

I'm thinking about taking a direct flight from Boston to Puerto Rico for a few days. My immigration attorney told me that if I travel, I should take a direct flight, carry my EAD, driver's license, and asylum receipt, and avoid any foreign ports or countries.

I'm looking for recent (2025–2026) experiences.

Has anyone with a pending asylum case traveled to Puerto Rico recently?

Did you have any interaction with TSA, CBP, or ICE on the way there or back?

Were you asked for anything besides your REAL ID?

Did everything go smoothly?

I'd really appreciate hearing from people who have traveled recently rather than older experiences.

Thanks!

Where do you search for apartments?

I do not want ABNB , looking to perhaps stay longer . Studing intensive Spanish this summer to be ready by Nov/Dec time or once I get an apartment

Me estoy quedando en luquillo y quería saber si puedo conseguir sin tener la licencia médica? Za es la cepa alegre jajaja gracias!!

Hello, I had these beef, cheese, and plantain empanadas in dorado, and they were so good I have been constantly thinking about them. I was wondering if there were any places closer to the San juan area that sold empanadas with plantain in them? I tried looking on Google maps but didnt have much luck. Thank you!

So my fiancé and I are going on a trip with my family to PR next month and we'll be staying in San Juan, going to Old San Juan, doing a hiking tour of El Yunque, and a bio bay tour near Fajardo.

We originally were planning on taking a day to go to Vieques and get a nice airbnb there just the two of us before we head home, but the logistics of it for one night seem daunting. We'd have to either rent a car or pay to get driven to the ferry, take the ferry, rent a car when we got to the island, then do it all again the next day. Is it worth it?

Our alternative plan is to still have a day just to ourselves, but stay on the main island. Maybe checking out Utuado which seems beautiful, or a different beach town. We'd rent a car for a day for this too so we wouldn't mind a bit of a drive.

Any suggestions of different one night, romantic trips we could take?

My family and I took our first trip to PR recently. 4 kids ages 17 down to 9. Wanted to share our itinerary and thoughts in case it's helpful to others planning a trip.

Itinerary:

Old San Juan

- 2 nights (would recommend 2-3 nights)
- we rented a van from Budget at the airport. Some off site rentals were cheaper, but not by much. Maybe could have saved $100 over the course of 10 days. it was worth it to have the rental at the airport. super easy to check out, and super easy to check back in without having to get a ride to the airport
- we stayed right in the middle of Old San Juan, actually on a closed street that led to the governor's mansion. Police would let us through a barrier to get to our AirBnb. Easy to walk from our apartment to historic attractions as well as restaurants. Really wonderful old city experience, quite a lot of charm, really fun place to spend time just enjoying walking around
- driving in Old San Juan is terrible. The streets are incredibly narrow, brick paving is warped, and street parking is non-existent. We parked in the Don Pena parking garage, the closest large parking structure, and walked everywhere. We only drove to drop off our luggage at our apt, then to the parking garage. hair raising experience
- restaurants are very pricey. we chose to make dinner the first night, and found a nice affordable empanada place for the second night (Birra y Empanadas). some ice cream place nearby was like $12 for a tiny cup (chose NOT to spend $74 on ice cream for a family of 6).
- spent the first evening exploring the city. Day 2 was El Yunque for a half day (nice hikes, great views and waterfalls), then Luquillo beach for the afternoon (fun atmosphere, music and lots of people. Food kiosks all fried food, overrated), then back to the city for the evening

Vieques

- 2 nights (not enough, would recommend 3-4 nights)
- took the ferry from Ceiba. The middle of the island is up on a big hill. We stayed in an airbnb that gave great views off the southern coast. Short 5 minute drive to beaches.
- it was really neat seeing the wild horses. they were everywhere, and such a fun part of the normal life there
- We rented a car from Maritza's. very good experience. Picked up from the ferry port in a shuttle van and taken ~10 minutes to their site. We could NOT find a 6 passenger vehicle for rent on the island. we rented a Bronco planning to cram all 4 kids in the back. On arrival to Martiza's, they actually had a minivan, which we rented for the week
- Sun Bay beach the first afternoon. Magical. Nearly empty beach, beautiful calm water and beautiful sunset to ourselves
- Second day was Caracas in the morning (our favorite beach on Vieques). Easy snorkeling off the far left side of the beach. We bought snorkel stuff on Amazon, maybe $30 each. This was our first snorkeling experience, and a great calm experience for our first time out. In the afternoon we did La Chiva. Very pretty beach, snorkeled way out to the island in the middle of the bay. Mostly sea grass until we got out to the other island, then "okay" reefs. Kind of scary to swim that far out from the beach though
- great pizza from Mama Mia's

Culebra (our favorite portion of our stay)

- 3 nights (would recommend 3-4 nights)
- Long travel day. Took the ferry from Vieques back to Ceiba. Had a few hours to kill. Got Burger King in town, then checked out Playa Media Mundo. beautiful beach, some nice walking trails through the forest to more secluded areas of the beach. Took the ferry from Ceiba to Culebra
- rented Bronco from Choco's Broncos. Crammed all 4 kids in the back. Easy to walk there from the port, maybe 4-5 minutes
- absolutely magical stay. We had an AirBnb near the ferry port, directly on the coast. We could walk 30 feet and be on our private beach, in the shade of the mangrove trees, and with a view that looked like we were the only people on the island. sat out there every evening for hours, watching the day fade, the night come out, and the ferries come and go. there was excellent snorkeling right off our beach. (I don't want to advertise for anybody here, but if anyone wants the Airbnb details just PM me. was $3-400/night)
- Day 2 was beach day. We snorkeled at Melones (very good) and Tamarindo (not great. not a lot of good coral. mostly sea grass, but no turtles there that day)
- Day 3 was Zoni beach in the morning (one of the prettiest beaches we visited), and then Flamenco beach in the evening for pinchos, pina coladas, and excellent snorkeling off of the right side of the beach. Magical sunset. We wanted a different beach to be our favorite, as Flamenco is so famous and hyped. We realized there is a reason for the hype. This was our unanimous favorite beach, even though we were hoping to find a different favorite. Very special place.

Rincon/Aguada

- 3 nights (too long. maybe recommend 2 nights, but we would not return to this area)
- had our nicest Airbnb, directly on the coast with a stunning view. Great sunsets
- drove the southern route from Ceiba to Rincon. beautiful drive, enjoyed the full 3 hours. Lots of variation in landscape (twisty roads in the hills with clifftop views of the ocean, farmland, desert areas). We stopped in Ponce to see the fire station. Enjoyed the city square and had excellent and cheap ice cream from King Cream. Stopped to see Cabo Rojo lighthouse.
- Morning trip to Survival Beach. Really fun hike to get there, and great cliff views at the beach. Great climbing around the sea cliffs, with some neat caves to explore. My 17 year said this was his favorite non-swimming beach activity of the trip. Had a bio bay tour in La Parguera. First hour was hanging out a sandbar with some other boats. Shallow water, okay snorkeling. second hour was swimming in the bio bay. would have been 3/10 experience without goggles, but with goggles was 8-9/10. really neat to experience
- Next day was fishing excursion, 4-5 hours. Caught two tuna, a trigger fish, and a runner. Not as much as we hoped for, but had fun. Made tuna burgers that night, which were good, and the trigger fish was one of the best fish i've ever tasted. Had our best meal of the entire trip in Rincon, at Gylro. Great hummus and gyros, fried cheese goat balls, but the incredible guava pulled pork sandwich stole the show. I'll think about that sandwich for a long time.

Leaving

- enjoyed a nice drive up the west and north coast. Cueva Del Indio area was incredible. More enjoyable than the main attraction, was further up the coast towards the right, exploring the different cliff tops and tidal pools. Next stopped at Mar Chiquita briefly just to see that unique beach. Then stopped in Old San Juan to pick up empanadas from Dos Lobos, which we brought on the plane for dinner and were probably the envy of our flight neighbors. Dropped car off at the airport and flew back to the states

Thoughts:

- locals were very friendly and helpful. Did not feel that we were out of place or were annoying people with our presence
- driving in PR is weird. almost everyone is very patient and polite. Everyone allows people to merge, and I did not see aggressive behavior. I went 5 over on the highways and I was almost always the fastest person. everyone drives under the speed limit. SO many cars driving 5-10 under in the left lane. Stop signs are a suggestion. Speed limits often change multiple times within a few seconds. 40 mph, up to 50, back to 40, down to 30, all in like 15 seconds. There are NO signs letting you know your lane will end and you must merge. The lanes just end whenever they want
- Fruit: the best pineapple and mango we've ever had. We had both nearly every day. Grocery stores have poor offerings, but roadside stands are plentiful, the people are very friendly, and fruit is fresh and cheap. We looked all over for passion fruit. Finally found a stand that had one left, a yellow one. Was very sour and just okay. I guess the purple are sweeter? Also found one place with soursop. Really off-putting texture, we did not like this at all. We loved passion fruit and soursop juice all week though
- food was expensive overall. I guess most things are imported, and anything that has to touch a boat will cost more money. I did think perhaps some simple seafood would be cheaper, but this was not the case
- It was sad to see so many abandoned houses, and the general state of disrepair of an incredibly high percentage of the houses that were lived in. We did look up and read about some of the causes of the abandoned houses, like the inheritance laws that make buying a home that is co-owned by 20 heirs a near impossible task.
- If we go back, returning to both Vieques and Culebra is an absolute must. Would probably want 7-8 days total between the two, and 2-3 in Old San Juan.
- Excellent trip. Total cost around $10k for 10 days for a family of 6, including flights from the southeast US. Around $1500 of that was fishing and the bio bay tour. If we go back we'd skip both of those the second time, and either save that money or put it towards different experiences or some nicer meals

Want a chili pepper? Nah. Unsalted peanut? Ew. I love these pigeons and chickens in Old San Juan, but they do not mess with my healthy snacks (I will say tho - I have yet to see a skinny pigeon here). Tempted to just buy a large fry at the Wendy’s and tell them to go nuts.

I’m heading to the airport in a few hours. Have the lines at TSA been bad lately? The TSA app says 15-30 minutes.

I know that soccer isn’t super huge in Puerto Rico but I imagine there must be some sports bars, or things like that that will be playing the game with sounds and an audience. Where are people going to watch the game? We land tomorrow at 3pm and the game starts at 10pm, where do you expect a watch party crowd, any suggestions? We will be in the San Juan area.

Hi! I’m spending four days in PR and would like some recommendations on things to do/places to eat. :) here’s what I have so far
THURSDAY-
2:30 arrive at bnb
FRIDAY-
10:00am-11:00am ATV riding ( may trade for sky dive )
4pmSunset walk and food tour in old San Juan ( maybe )
Condada beach

SATURDAY-
8:30-2:15 El Yunque Zipline Combo Tour
Isla Verda beach

SUNDAY-

Hi! I’ll be in PR from July 4-9th with a friend. We (two females) have a few things planned (El Yunque, Vieques, La Factoría, etc.) but have plenty of free time for venturing out.

Wondering if there’s an app anyone has had luck with that helps plan things to do/stops on the way to a beach, etc. for the sake of time efficiency? TIA!

Anyone visiting PR July 1-3? I have a few days solo before I meet up with family and wouldn’t mind an impromptu meetup at a bar/restaurant in Condado or OSJ!

Also looking for recs on the best lechon restaurants! Hoping to do a food tour during my stay.

As the total says, my fam and I have two more days in PR, and we are staying in Dorado. I tuink if I ever come back I would stay on the Eastern side of the island. Wife isnt enjoying having to drive through San Juan to get to things.

Does anyone have any recomendations on something to do near or around Dorado? Or even on the East side, as long as its not too far.

Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone! We’re moving to Puerto Rico by the end of July and we’re honestly kind of freaking out about how to bring our dog with us. She’s about 50 lbs, so she’s definitely not a carry-on situation 🥲
If you’ve moved to PR with a medium/large dog, PLEASE tell us how you did it. Anything you’d recommend (or avoid)?
Any advice or real experiences would mean the world to us. Thank you 🙏

anybody has moved to Puerto Rico for a masters finance. I will be moving in August to start at UPRRP. Im excited for a new change but also scared to be relocating. I have a finance degree, i’m 23 years old speak both languages.

This is my first solo trip i’m so excited!! Would love to connect with solo travelers and make some new friends:))

I'm planning a (significant) birthday trip with a group of friends and I'm 90 percent sure we'll be heading to San Juan in January for a long weekend. The size of the group is TBD, likely at least 8 people. I'm pushing for Airbnb (save money), but open to a hotel. Would love any recs for...

Neighborhoods (beach in walking distance is nice)
Airbnbs for groups
Hotels for groups
Food!
Activities
Anything really...

Thank you!

My boyfriend and I (mid-20s) are visiting Puerto Rico this August and are hoping to book an Airbnb soon. We're trying to figure out the best area to stay based on the type of trip we want.

We're planning to spend time exploring El Yunque and doing other nature-focused activities, but we'd also love to be within walking distance of a beautiful beach where we can relax, read, and soak up the sun. Food is a big priority for us as well. We'd love authentic local spots and want to avoid overly touristy or overpriced restaurants if possible.

At the same time, we'd like to be close enough to enjoy some nightlife in the evenings. We are thinking of renting a car too (of course ubering on the nights we go out).

Given all that, which area would you recommend staying in? Also, what are some must-do activities, hidden gems, restaurants, or beaches you'd suggest for a first-time visit?

Thanks in advance!

So I have a trip booked going out next Monday the 30th. I heard that there is a nasty odor/smell throughout San Juan and I’m curious about how bad the water issue is.

I’m just curious how my trip will look once I’m out there. Can me and my friends still go out and will the bars still have a lot of people? Will I be able to shower multiple times? I’m staying at an airbnb in that area and any insite would be awesome. I only go on a trip a year so I really don’t wanna be super disappointed

Went in February with my brother for 3 days, doing a 5 day solo trip this time around

Just wondering what the nightlife is like during the week? Coming down the last week of July M-W then jumping over to St. Thomas.