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Opinions needed: Pros and Cons of starting reach on Cliffs or Beach
Thinking of starting on cliffs, finishing on beach this spring. Never stayed on the beach. Your thoughts?
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We prefer the opposite, we start out on the beach and finish up on the cliffs.
We love the hustle and bustle of the beach and it is go, go go,
On the cliffs it is nice and relaxed and you can decompress for a few days before heading home.
Either way though, you can't go wrong ....... you will be in Negril afterall :)
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Yeah I would have to say the same. Depends on how you want to begin and end your trip. We rent a condo on the beach with a kitchen so we chill fairly well there but the fun is only 70 strides away. I like going to the cliffs for the food and the bars.....haven't stayed there yet. But I am sure one of these trips we will give it a shot.
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Flip a coin :cool: Since you already know the cliffs, you may want to start on the beach, knowing you have the cliffs to look forward to.
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We just normally stay on the beach and then hang out at Xtabi all day on the Cliffs. Seems to serve it's purpose. You can reverse it and get a day pass at Coco La Palm.
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If you can't tell by my name, I'm a cliff girl!!!
I decided to split my stay over the holidays, 4 days on the cliffs, then 3 on the beach.
I loved the beach on NYE!!!! Other than that, I really missed the chill of the cliffs.
My fav thing about my beach stay, my late night stop @ Smokey Joe's jerk stand!!!
2 nights in a row!!! lol Yum-meeee!!!
Can't do that on the cliffs!
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I generally go to the cliffs to acclimate first, then the beach. Otherwise, the beach hustle bustle can be overwhelming til you get your JA legs!
But, if you go to the beach first & you aren't crazy about it-then you still have the comfort of the cliffs at the end of the trip.
Decisions, wonderful decisions!!!
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We've done the split both ways and both times we missed being on the beach. I like the constant parade of people and love going on long walks. Works ok for us as long as we stay somewhere quiet to escape the madness.
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You may never go Back to west end the buzz on the beach is the best!!
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Thanks for your comments. Things that make you go hmmmm!
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We have done both, but our preference is to start on the cliffs and then move to the beach. Obviously there are different vibes for each place, but we really enjoy our morning walks along the beach and feel that our stay doesn't "wind down" without our trip ending on the beach.
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Loved the beach back in the day......then split the time....now strictly stay on the west end. Go to the beach most days, but enjoy the cliffs at night, less hassle!
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we visit the cliffs a fair bit on our trips, but we love staying on the beach, especially when the waves pick up you can still swim in the sea, plus walking the west end road you really have to be very careful, soon come
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I asked this same question some months ago while I was planning. I ended up going cliffs first in Sept and Nov because I wanted to get there and unwind right away. For me, it's perfect and the great thing is that I get a couple days to get my tan going which helps turn the blinking "ATM" sign on my forehead off.
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Yeah, Mikey, I need to unwind at the beginning of a vacation. My body and mind just shuts down, naps, and more naps do the trick. So, may be leaning toward cliffs first.
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Judging by my family (and the apparent age of some of the posters) staying on the beach has more youth appeal and the cliffs are the opposite.
My daughter always stays on the beach.
On the other hand I know nothing (about staying on the beach) and have never been closer to staying on the beach than the Negril Yacht Club.
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If you can't decide what would work best for you then maybe you can look at things you may want to do and when\where they are occurring?
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WD start on the cliffs and then move to the beach. Next yr hubs wants to do the opposite. Hellk west end girl. We met on the pub crawl this yr.
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We used to split but last 3 times stayed cliffs and just day trip to beach if we feel the need. Home sweet home has become our favorite spot love the neighborhood Cheers!
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We like to start our trips on the cliffs to get back into the Negril vibe and get a tan, then we go to the beach. We stay for 2 weeks so its an even split 7 days cliffs and 7 beach. The beach is so much more relaxing once you get a tan, the hustlers get really excited when they see peeps with that milky white skin. Either way it is like 2 different vacations in one.
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So far everyone has a good reason to start on beach or cliffs .............. however, you are all wrong ............ there is no best way ............... all is good ........... R_E_L_A_X .......... go where and when you can get BOTH the resorts or rooms you want .............. you will not be disappointed where ever you start.
For example, this spring, eleven months ahead of time, the Rockhouse was entirely booked up while we were in Negril. Weddings had booked the entire place. Did not matter if we wanted to stay there first or last, it was a no go. So plan B was put in place ...... Beach only.
Moral of the story ............ some place special you want to stay? Book it while you can and then work out the rest of the trip. All is good.
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It should be more the obvious? Sand!
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Well, I think it's a good plan. Nice to do both and when I "hit the beach", I can't make myself leave!
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we always start on the cliffs then to the beach the one year we did the opposite , with in 2 days on the cliffs we were missing the beach, we love both but we have found doing the cliffs first was a nice way to unwind and get started
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We just like being in Negril. :)
We've done it both ways and also stayed the full time on the beach several times, we like the energy. For us it ends up coming down to what is available. If you like Catcha or Idle Awhile sometimes they help you make the choice because of availability.