Furniture in Punta Cana

Suitcases are limited in size so I suggest you bring the expensive items. Phones, security cameras if needed, laptop, routers etc.

Most airlines are charging for extra bags and overweight so not sure there are any savings anymore. 

Reality is pretty much everything is available here.  Bring what matters to you.

If you are moving here, then sooner or later you have to get used to what is available here.  Everything is different and I do mean everything.  Many things here are custom built and you can find a reasonable carpenter, builder or ebanista (cabinet maker) etc. to make it.  Lots of things are custom made.  Trying to replace something in a home, yup, call a "professional (lol)" it's probably custom made.  Even furniture.  How is the quality?  Well that's a matter of opinion but think about camping in a forest in Canada and what you might have available to you, a tent, some wood, a campfire and then go up in quality just a little (like add an air mattress) and there you have it.  If you love camping you will not have an issue in the DR!

Most of the things from Canada won't stand up here either.  Leave your synthetics behind, most will just disintegrate anyways.  Remember the majority of homes in the DR are not sealed like in Canada, meaning humidity, salt air and heat 365 days of the year.   No central Air conditioning, no central air filtration, most buildings are all concrete.  The products you buy here are made specially for the DR.  Meaning they lack quality, guarantees, safety, toxicity, standards and don't have to pass any kind of testing or specifications etc. etc.  Life expectancy and guarantees if you are lucky is that it works after you install it.  After that it is anyone's guess. 

On the more positive side, Dominicans have an uncanny ability to fix almost anything with almost anything or should I say nothing...

Once you adapt, you can learn to laugh off the rest...lol

Now this post  made me giggle, so on point!

Thank you so much!

Lol that gave me a good laugh, I do camp up by Peterborough...but in a 5th wheel!
Thanks for all your info!

BRING YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR!!!

This made me chuckle as well.  We don't live there full time; we have a holiday home that we use and also rent out.  But we've been there many times and I am quite handy here at home in the US.  Based on everything we've experienced with buying things and hiring people for work, Mike's comments were spot on. The good thing is that, apart from some electronics, most things in the DR are pretty fairly reasonably priced.  Going in with the mindset that "this is disposable," and sooner rather than later, will help in the long run.  Expecting an "American experience" never helps, whether it's here or even when traveling to other countries.

Sorry, the site double posted on me and I wasn't able to delete this one.