Travel from the US to Cuba is growing. It remains unrestricted for Cuban Americans. For most others, the easiest legal channel is the Support for the Cuban People general license. Covid is better controlled than in the US.

Group tours are coming back. Independent travelers can organize their own programs or hire local guides. Travelers can stay in the thousands of comfortable rooms available in private homes (casas particulares) at low cost. They can be found through Trip Adviser, Airbnb and similar online services.

US commercial airlines and charter companies offer flights to Havana from Florida, New York, New Jersey and Georgia. Americans can also use non-US airlines from third countries. Schedules can be found on Google Flights and other booking engines or on the web sites of American, Delta, Jet Blue, Southwest and United Airlines..

Airlines do not require proof that travelers qualify for the general license category they claim. No one has been punished for unauthorized travel since the last year of the Bush Administration.

Our travel blog is here.

Guidance about creating an independent program under Support for the Cuban People can be found here.

OFAC regulations as of June 5, 2019, are here.

General information for visitors is here.

A list of local guides is here.

Open group tours are here.

Irish and Irish American links to Cuba are here.

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