Traveling to Mexico and Dominican Republic

[Greasemonkey]

So just a question for those of you that have traveled to Mexico, Dominican or other tropical countries do you use your bank / credit card or cash and if you take cash obviously it’s in your carry on, have you ever had your bag searched and have they ever taken any of it. Myself I usually take some American cash with me and have it in my carry on I have been fortunate enough that I’ve never had my stuff searched in 8 trips ( probably just jinxed myself) my sons was last year he brought play dough and they didn’t like what they saw in X-ray and searched everything of his lol I made him throw it away for the flight back, don’t get me wrong I feel safe traveling and don’t think these people are all crooks but you do here the stories and this years vacation to DR is my first in 9 years just used to Mexico I guess and feeling out of my element, thank you for any replies