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Half Moon Plan
Book a 3-night minimum stay in a Half Moon Plan and receive the following:
Minimum 3-night stay required. Maximum 2 children per room. 2-bedroom suites based on 4 person occupancy. Not included: Private functions, lessons for leisure activities, transfers off-property, and drinks at Prince of Wales Pub and Akbar. Airport taxes may or may not be included. Other restrictions may apply.
Awards and Affiliations
Half Moon is listed in the 2008 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world's best places to stay and the 2006 Travel + Leisure 500.
All-Inclusive Plan Details
Guests may book either an All-Inclusive Platinum plan or a Room-Only (No Meals) plan. The All-Inclusive plan includes meals, drinks, taxes, gratuities, and the majority of resort-offered amenities such as airport transfers, room service, entertainment, and recreation. The Room-Only (No Meals) plan does NOT include meals, drinks, and gratuities, and may not include other resort-offered amenities. Click each link below for more details.
The following amenities are included in the All-Inclusive plan: (They also are available to guests booking the Room-Only (No Meals) plan, but for surcharges.)
Children's activities available
The Anancy Children's Village at Half Moon offers fully toilet-trained children ages 3–12 a program of supervised activities, including:
Available for a surcharge: Babysitting services
All-Inclusive food and beverages Daily meals Room service Domestic and international alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages Taxes and gratuities for all plan inclusions
Not included: Snacks, minibar items, premium and bottled wine, meals and beverages at the Royal Stocks English Pub & Steakhouse and Akbar Restaurant
Scroll down to the Dining section for restaurant/menu details.
Entertainment/nightlife available Weekly manager's cocktail party Nightly entertainment
All-Inclusive activities and equipment Water sports Sailing Snorkeling Windsurfing Kayaking Use of paddle boats Use of surf bicycles Use of swimming pools/lap pool/spa tub/beach and pool chaise lounges/towel service
Not included: Deep-sea fishing, scuba diving, dolphin swims and encounters
Land sports
Tours
All-Inclusive entertainment/nightlife Daily/weekly entertainment
All-Inclusive transportation The hotel provides transfers from Sangster International Airport. Guests must provide hotel with flight arrival and departure information. Transportation on the hotel grounds is also included.
Not included Deep-sea fishing, scuba diving, and dolphin swims and encounters Snacks, minibar items, premium and bottled wine, and meals and beverages at Royal Stocks English Pub & Steakhouse and Akbar Restaurant Spa and beauty products, treatments, services Optional or outside tours and excursions Motorized water sports Incidental purchases Telephone, fax, and Internet access charges Business services Medical services Laundry and dry cleaning Video and photo services Babysitting services
Airport taxes may or may not be included.
The following amenities are available to all guests of the hotel:
Activities and equipment available
Water sports
Available for a surcharge: Dolphin swims and encounters, water sports and equipment
Land sports
Available for a surcharge: Use of bicycles, horseback riding, use of 18-hole championship golf course, lessons at David Leadbetter Golf Academy, use of squash court
Accessibility Options
Property Amenities
Rooms
Guests may book either an All-Inclusive plan or a Room-Only (No Meals) plan. The All-Inclusive plan includes meals, drinks, gratuities and the majority of resort-offered amenities and activities. The Room-Only (No Meals) plan does NOT include meals, drinks, gratuities, and certain resort-offered amenities (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Plan Details section for more information).
The Half Moon's 398 guestrooms and suites in small, two-story buildings and beachfront cottages have Queen Anne-style furniture, minibars, bathrobes, VCR and DVD players, and televisions offering U.S. cable channels.
Room Amenities
Dining
Seagrape Terrace - Air-conditioned dining room in main building and expansive sea-view terrace seating at wrought-iron tables under buttonwood trees. (Tiny white lights on trunks after dark). Afternoon island music, nightly dance music. Buffet and à la carte breakfasts. Lunch choices such as soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers, fish, steak, jerk chicken. Traditional afternoon tea. Dinner choices include curried lobster salad, sweet-potato crab cakes, broiled snapper with bananas and almonds, broiled beef tenderloin. Reservations required for dinner. Dress code: no t-shirts, jeans, shorts, beach sandals.
Il Giardino - Located next to Seagrape Terrace. Air-conditioned dining room with gray marble floor, sponged rose walls. Sea-view terrace seating at wrought-iron tables. Italian cuisine featuring vegetables, herbs from resort garden. Dinner only; reservations required. Choices such as tagliolini with shellfish in crayfish sauce, goat cheese-celery ravioli with walnut pesto, osso buco, rack of lamb, grilled swordfish. Dress code: no t-shirts, jeans, shorts, beach sandals. Closed Monday and Friday.
Sugar Mill Restaurant - Located in garden near golf course. Adjacent to 200-year-old working water wheel. Dining-room, veranda, and terrace seating. Dinner only; reservations required. Jamaican specialties such as curried crayfish bisque; chicken-pineapple stew with tumeric-passionfruit sauce; dasheen-crusted mahi mahi with ackee and tomato-basil confit; jerked chicken, pork, fish combination. Also, grilled steaks, fish. Dress code: no t-shirts, jeans, shorts, beach sandals.
La Baguette - Restaurant/bar in open-air sea-view pavilion. Pool table. Brick floor, rattan seating, colorful seat cushions, yellow walls. Serves Continental breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Open late morning to early evening for burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, salads, grilled food, tropical drinks. Open in high-occupancy periods for dinner, with choices such as steaks, lobsters, fish, chicken. Closed Monday and Friday.
Guests may book either an All-Inclusive plan or a Room-Only (No Meals) plan. The All-Inclusive plan includes meals, beverages, and gratuities at the following restaurants, snack spots, and bars. The Room-Only (No Meals) plan does NOT include meals, beverages, or gratuities (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Plan Details section for more information).
The Prince of Wales English Pub & Steakhouse - Located in Shopping Village. Traditional pub fare and Jamaican specialties for lunch and dinner. Meals and beverages at this restaurant are not included in the All-Inclusive plan.
Akbar - Indian and Thai cuisine. Lunch and dinner served. Reservations required for dinner. Meals and beverages at this restaurant are not included in the All-Inclusive plan.
Beach Barbecue - Complimentary cocktail reception on Monday and Friday evenings followed by Caribbean buffet at picnic tables under trees festooned with lights. Steel band. Crab races.
Lester's Bar - Lobby bar open early morning to late night.
Cedar Bar - Casual beachfront spot open mid-morning to late night.
Beach Bar - Open mid-afternoon to late evening.
Royal Pavilion - Open-air bar near dolphin-encounter lagoon. Open mid-morning to early evening.
19th Hole Bar - Golf-clubhouse bar serving cocktails, beer, Jamaican beef patties from early morning to early evening.
Hibiscus Bar - Pool bar with swimup side open late morning to early evening.
Recreation
Spa
Fern Tree, The Spa at Half Moon, is a 68,000 square foot indoor/outdoor sanctuary. Fern Tree fuses modern spa techniques with ancient remedies using Jamaican herbs, fruits, and botanical blends. Set amidst lush gardens, each spa treatment room opens onto a private garden terrace. Couples may reserve the plantation-style massage room, equipped with a private patio and dipping pool. Families, wedding parties, and groups can enjoy the spa cottage with separate living and spa treatment areas. The spa also houses a relaxation lounge, yoga pavilion, and hydrotherapy and meditation labyrinth.
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“Beautiful Resort with Some Minor Let Downs”
We recently stayed in the Villas at the Half Moon Resort. This was my first trip to Jamaica and I don't think I could have asked for a better introduction. The Montego Bay airport was very nice (no unsavory characters), and the resort was very close by (10 minute cab drive). The resort is gorgeous and laid out very well. In the villas you get golf carts to drive around in, since the grounds are so large. It was very peaceful, secure, and beautifully landscaped. The only negatives I would note is that we did not have hot water most of the time we were there (3 days). I called the front desk twice, and told our house staff at least 3 times, and we were always told that maintenance was working on it. They did not offer to switch our rooms, so two days I could not shower. The staff is very attentive, however I would not say they are overly friendly. You can expect great service, but not with a smile. Other than that our stay was good. We ate at the pub and the bar instead of spending $25 per person on their lunch and dinner buffets. Oh, and you can eat at the outdoor bar - they won't tell you that (when I asked the bartender where we could grab a quick lunch he directed us to the $25 buffet but when we came back later a family was sitting at the bar eating burgers and pizza.) The food at the pub and bar were pretty good. We only ate in the main restaurant once - for breakfast - which was reasonably priced and pretty good. You can buy bottles of wine at the commissary as well.
“Awesome experience”
We loved the Half Moon. The staff was extremely friendly and very attentive. The food was fabulous and the Hibiscus Suites were beautiful, clean and perfectly laid out for our family of five. We want to go back. This was our favorite new vacation spot!
“Defines guest service and comfort”
Half Moon is is unparalleled in making its guests feel comfortable and welcome. Everyone who works there (and there are a lot) - bellhops, housecleaning, waiters, front desk, managers - go out of their way to make sure you feel appreciated. There is a wonderfully warm family feeling at this resort, which is why I keep returning. All the facilities are excellent, as well.
“our new second home”
half moon was perfect
“Jamaica's Best!”
This hotel is beautiful. My husband and I were attending a family member's wedding being held at the hotel. The wedding was just exquisite. It was like being in a fairy tale setting. Walking the beach in the early morning was simply the best. Every one of the hotel/spa staff was professional, friendly, extremely courteous, attentive and very respectful. I would go back in a minute!
“The Best Hotel in Montego Bay”
Service was impeccable during our stay. Check-in took a bit longer than we expected, but we were given a free upgrade to a Hibiscus suite as a result. Room service came by twice daily, leaving new towels for the pools (51!). We rented and rode our bicycles on the property at night with no worries. There are several security guards on site. Vegetarian cuisine is lacking, but Akbar/Thai Gardens made up for that. Ernest and Clarence made our stay memorable. Winston was our driver of choice for excursions. Half Moon has hosted Prince Charles and other notable luminaries, and we can see why. We'd definitely return.
“A Premier Resort”
This was one of the better experiences we've had bar none. The staff is polite and attentive. The accomodations are exemplary, and the grounds are magnificent. On the down side, was the pricing of food and drinks. We paid $22 on average for two drinks.... this is exhorbitant, and you are sort of captive to it since travelling outside the resort requires assistence to insure your safety (at night).
“Outstanding”
This hotel was beautiful and the service was excellent. I had some business to transact, and the staff went out of their way to assist. The ocean view suite was the best.
“I wanted to stay!”
This was the first time my sister and I traveled to Jamaica and we had the best time of our lives. EVERYONE was so nice and friendly. We heard that Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and a host of other royals and celebrities stay there, but they treat everyone like royalty. We truly felt like two Queens. I didn't want to leave, but I definitely will return. Take lots of cash because they love to receive tips, but they deserve it! The staff at Half Moon is the best!! The resort is beautiful!! The entertainment was great!! Half Moon is my home away from home. I can't imagine staying anywhere else. Thank you Half Moon for making our trip so momentus. We can't stop talking about it. meals. I highly recommend Half Moon! Enjoy your trip! Yeah Mon!
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The preferred airport for Half Moon is Montego Bay (MBJ-Sir Donald Sangster Intl.) - 7.9 km / 4.9 mi.
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