Propane in Bonaire

[KathyV]

This Amazon listing says that the disposable charcoal grill weighs 1.2 lbs., if you want bring one with you, but we bought on island. You will also need a generic roll of aluminum foil for cooking!

Amazon.com : BBQ PRO Table Top Charcoal Grill : Outdoor Tabletop Grills : Patio, Lawn & Garden

The inn we are returning to on Grand Cayman this fall has a large gas grill available for the use of guests and that is very nice. We will have to start looking for that amenity as a "perk" when we book future trips. We tend to pick places where we can cook, or an all-inclusive resort, because eating out 3 times a days gets very expensive over 2 weeks.

 

[diversteve]

The look on the TSA agent's face when that goes thru the scanner would be worth the money even if you never use it. Strap your computer to the handle also...

 

[Montana Tom]

We've taken our portable gas grill to Mexico and Bahamas and TSA does look at it a little funny. I prefer the gas over charcoal for ease, but if I can't find the tanks I will do the cheap charcoal style. We've also brought cheap camp chairs before and gifted them to locals when we left.

 

[deedeediver]

We've taken our portable gas grill to Mexico and Bahamas and TSA does look at it a little funny. I prefer the gas over charcoal for ease, but if I can't find the tanks I will do the cheap charcoal style. We've also brought cheap camp chairs before and gifted them to locals when we left.

Trivia: There is charcoal that is made on the island available, but you need lots of starter sticks, but you can also get kingsford at vanden tweel super market as well. Suggestion: bring a cheap charcoal habachi grill( available at most kmarts and walmarts) and leave it when you depart. We used to do that before we bought a home on the island, but like most of the other posts pointed out, we provide a grill for our guests to use when we are not there.

 

[RJP]

agreed - we often purchase elcheapo stuff and then gift it to the next people. We did an RV trip last fall where we left a bbq, 2 lawn chairs and a cooler behind afterwards. All large items that where inconvenient to take on the plane to/from home.

We learned this trick years ago on a month-long Hawaii trip with kids. After two days of my wife and I complaining that our son and daughter didn't eat all of their $15 hot dogs or $20 cheesburgers at the pool, my son - 5yrs at the time - suggested "Why don't we just buy a toaster oven at Walmart and put chicken fingers and hot dogs in the room fridge?" With no exaggeration that $29 toaster oven probably saved us $1,500 in kids breakfasts, lunches, and dinners on that trip. (And a few adult breakfasts too; I'd much rather have a half a bagel most mornings than a $49 breakfast buffet!)

The plus side was the kids were happy to share a frozen pizza for dinner in the room while wife and I got ready for our dinner. They'd finish up and jump into bed and watch a DVD while my wife and I had a nice "romantic dinner for two" at one of the hotel's restaurants.

While we were there we also bought a blender and a sleeve of Solo cups that looked like the ones the hotel used. No more $12 pina coladas or frozen margaritas at the swim-up bar either! (Probably saved another $1,500.)

We carried both appliances on the inter-island flights with neither item raising an eyebrow given what Kama'aina typically carry on flights. After 27 days anf four different islands, we gifted them to our favorite bartender at the Lodge at Koele before we left to come home.

Sorry for Hawaiian hijack...

---------- Post added May 11th, 2015 at 08:31 AM ----------

The look on the TSA agent's face when that goes thru the scanner would be worth the money even if you never use it. Strap your computer to the handle also...

Just pack it in the same bag as the battery for a cannister light!

 

[KDAD]

We also got tired of $49 pancake breakfasts while in Hawaii and the next time we went back we brought an electric griddle and a rice cooker that we used for most breakfasts and even some dinners. The ladies at the car rental place asked what was in our bag when she went to lift it and felt how heavy it was. She said we travel Hawaiian style.