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Negril Jamaica trip report
Destination: Negril, Jamaica
When: January 23-27, 2005 Itinerary: Flew into Montego Bay, motor coach to Negril and back You can view tons of pictures at www.shellistravel.com Looking for someplace to go and get completely away from it all? Try Negril! This is the first all-inclusive vacation we have been on and I don't know if we want to go any other way now! For those who are unaware of what "all-inclusive" means...it is a vacation that includes air, hotel, taxes, tips, meals, drinks (yes, even alcoholic) as well as activities. Basically, you could leave home with no cash and get along just fine (but then you'd miss out on the shopping!) We checked into the RIU Tropical Bay in Negril. We were greeted with a welcome drink and beachfront room! Our luggage was brought to our room for us. The first thing we did was change into something cool and found chairs on the beach. The sand was powdery and white, the water was blue and clear, the sun was bright and warm and everything was GOOD! A few days after arriving, we decided to hire a driver to bring us up to the local craft market. This wasn't our favorite part of the trip! We were begged to step into the shops and buy something. It didn't take long to figure out that each shop sold basically the same items! We are not very good bargainers, although Ross was tougher on the price than I was! Luckily we told our driver to pick us up in an hour, so we didn't have long to wait for him. We made our purchases and left. Next our driver took us up to the Pirate's Cove so we could see the Negril cliffs and cliff divers. We had a few drinks as we sat along the cliffs and finally got to see a diver jump from a tree on the edge of the cliff down into the water. We also saw a spectacular sunset from the edge of the cliff. Back to the beach where we spent the rest of our time in Jamaica. It was so relaxing! The staff at the hotel were fantastic. Everyone smiled and sang and were so friendly to us. The food was good, the drinks were refreshing and the resort itself was kept very nice. It was hard to leave, but of course we missed the kids. Jamaica is definitely on my list of places to return to again. My Recommendations: GO! Negril was wonderful! We flew into the Montego Bay airport and drove through the city on our way to Negril. It was much more congested and crowded than Negril. The hotel properties were fit tightly together along a narrow strip of beach. Although I wasn't able to see the beach side of any Montego Bay properties, I'm glad we chose Negril. It was worth the hour drive. Bring a light jacket or sweater for the evening and a candle to burn in your room in case it smelled musty (common in the tropical islands.) And, bring your own beverage mug for the all-inclusive drinks! The resorts will serve you drinks in small 8 ounce glasses. We brought 24 ounce covered mugs that they happily filled for us. The mugs stayed cool, kept the sand out, and saved us many trips up to the bar. |
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Negril Jamaica trip report
Sounds like the exact vacation I would prefer to avoid!
Welcome to Jamrock!!! Redlocks wrote in message oups.com... Destination: Negril, Jamaica When: January 23-27, 2005 Itinerary: Flew into Montego Bay, motor coach to Negril and back You can view tons of pictures at www.shellistravel.com Looking for someplace to go and get completely away from it all? Try Negril! This is the first all-inclusive vacation we have been on and I don't know if we want to go any other way now! For those who are unaware of what "all-inclusive" means...it is a vacation that includes air, hotel, taxes, tips, meals, drinks (yes, even alcoholic) as well as activities. Basically, you could leave home with no cash and get along just fine (but then you'd miss out on the shopping!) We checked into the RIU Tropical Bay in Negril. We were greeted with a welcome drink and beachfront room! Our luggage was brought to our room for us. The first thing we did was change into something cool and found chairs on the beach. The sand was powdery and white, the water was blue and clear, the sun was bright and warm and everything was GOOD! A few days after arriving, we decided to hire a driver to bring us up to the local craft market. This wasn't our favorite part of the trip! We were begged to step into the shops and buy something. It didn't take long to figure out that each shop sold basically the same items! We are not very good bargainers, although Ross was tougher on the price than I was! Luckily we told our driver to pick us up in an hour, so we didn't have long to wait for him. We made our purchases and left. Next our driver took us up to the Pirate's Cove so we could see the Negril cliffs and cliff divers. We had a few drinks as we sat along the cliffs and finally got to see a diver jump from a tree on the edge of the cliff down into the water. We also saw a spectacular sunset from the edge of the cliff. Back to the beach where we spent the rest of our time in Jamaica. It was so relaxing! The staff at the hotel were fantastic. Everyone smiled and sang and were so friendly to us. The food was good, the drinks were refreshing and the resort itself was kept very nice. It was hard to leave, but of course we missed the kids. Jamaica is definitely on my list of places to return to again. My Recommendations: GO! Negril was wonderful! We flew into the Montego Bay airport and drove through the city on our way to Negril. It was much more congested and crowded than Negril. The hotel properties were fit tightly together along a narrow strip of beach. Although I wasn't able to see the beach side of any Montego Bay properties, I'm glad we chose Negril. It was worth the hour drive. Bring a light jacket or sweater for the evening and a candle to burn in your room in case it smelled musty (common in the tropical islands.) And, bring your own beverage mug for the all-inclusive drinks! The resorts will serve you drinks in small 8 ounce glasses. We brought 24 ounce covered mugs that they happily filled for us. The mugs stayed cool, kept the sand out, and saved us many trips up to the bar. |
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Negril Jamaica trip report
We flew from Minneapolis on a charter with TransGlobal Vacations. The
flight was fine, even getting us in about 40 minutes early! It was nice flying into Montego Bay over the ocean. It looked like we were going to land right on the water! We paid about $1000 per person for 5 days in late January. We had our trip booked for Breezes in Montego Bay at first, but after a lot of research we decided to spend the extra $100 each and move to the RIU in Negril. We are going to Ocho Rios in February and will be staying at the Starfish (best priced.) We're paying around $800 per person for 5 days on a charter with MLT Vacations. Hope this helps! Did you check out the photos on the web site? And by the way, I am a travel agent. I have a home office.So yes, I booked my own trip and yes, I used an agent. :-) Hehe. |
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Negril Jamaica trip report
Hi Tom,
No, that doesn't reflect any agent discount. Shelli |
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