Grenada: good to know
The general-information half of trip planning: how expensive Grenada feels, what is considered polite, what is not, and the everyday practicalities - alongside our 33 written places.
Easy-going and church-proud; a proper good morning matters more than anything you say after it.
✓ Considered polite
- Open every interaction with good morning or good afternoon - requests come second
- Dress properly for town - swimwear stays on the beach
- Try oil down, the national one-pot dish - it is cooked for a crowd and offered with pride
- Say a general good day when boarding a minibus - locals greet the whole vehicle
✗ Better avoided
- Wear camouflage in any colour - it is illegal here and the ban applies even to children
- Rush service or conversation - island pace is unhurried by design
- Photograph people or their market stalls without asking
- Plan shopping or errands for Sunday - it is church and family day
Worth knowing
- The EC dollar is pegged to the US dollar; US notes are often taken with change given in EC
- A 10% service charge is usually on restaurant bills - extra tipping is optional
- Minibuses run everywhere for a few EC dollars - knock on the side or roof when you want off
- Nutmeg is the national obsession - buy it whole at the market, not ground
Plugs and voltage: Wikipedia, «Mains electricity by country» (after the IEC World Plugs list), read 15 October 2026.
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Keep planning
Customs are living things - regions differ, cities relax, generations shift. Take these notes as a friendly head start, watch what locals do, and when in doubt a smile and a greeting in the local language cover almost everything.