“a vacation nightmare!”
first of all I booked this trip 6 mths in advance (ocean view, bottom floor, king bed) when I got there I got a room by the front desk facing bushes, and with 2 dbls. I went to the front desk and they said thats all we have available in a rude way. The room had NO towels, NO light bulbs in the lights, NO remote for the t.v,spiders in the sheets of 1 of the beds, and to top it off full of ants! they got all over our luggage, etc. I told the front desk and they only offered bug spray and said they cant do anything till the next day. So I had to sleep in the room the first night of a 5 night stay. I didnt sleep all night because of the ants/bugs. at 9am some lady comes pounding on the door wanting to see the ants and send sum1 to put in light bulbs. I demanded a new room of what we requested to begin with. They kept telling me to wait! (taking up my whole day) finally moved me to a room with a king bd that also had a NO light in the bthrm and a broken safe! I complained again and they kept telling me "give us a few minutes" then finally came to the room and told us we had to move again! By then it was already 3:30pm (most of our day wasted) they moved us to a 1 bedroom and that too was a 2 double bed and full of mosquitos and when we opened the closet for the safe a lizard ran out! This place was a nightmare! I am still itchy and was bit over 20 times by the mosquitos. I wasted a whole day and the front desk I could tell laughed @ me! we didnt get settled, and showered til 6!
Area recommendations
either go all inclusive on the north end or stay by the cliffs on the west end. Sktay away from the middlw area!
When to go
beginning of December end of November the waether is perfect and not too crowded
Getting around
find a driver that you are comfortable with to negotiate prices (jamaicans pay 85j per ride) so offer 100j. they expect the tourists to pay $5-$20.
What to pack
insect repellent and hydrocortisone cream
