The most disgusting sign on the beach......

Every time I walk by this sign I wonder how much business it has cost the local Jamaican's.....

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I am sure that Sandal's corporate lawyers think it is necessary to prevent them from a lawsuit.

However, I can't help but wonder how many tourists this sign has stopped from venturing off the resort and experiencing ALL that Negril has to offer. Perhaps if they did leave the resort, they would decide to try a non-inclusive their next stay. Could this perhaps be the real reason for the sign?

It seems even more ironic, when construction workers are laboring in the hot sun setting concrete block and rebar for the next Mega All-Inclusive for a daily wage of only 1500 JMD.

It sure would be nice if everyone ignored signs like this and supported the local economy.

Morning rant over, I am off to the airport to pick-up Newbies!!

YaMon,

TedP

All in on dat, TedP... two reaches coming up this year for far less than one at our favorite AI, but they've simply priced themselves out of our market. Had a taste of the NI last year and thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Originally Posted by TedP

It sure would be nice if everyone ignored signs like this and supported the local economy.

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While I understand what you're saying TedP...in fairness...Sandals is local - Jamaican owned and operated.

Many hotels have those signs for liability issues...often found near the front offices, not necessarily placed on the beach.

I would never stay at anything like a sandals unless it was free.. Even if it is Jamaican owned... Air bnb all day

That's the great thing about Negril/Jamaica....there's something for everyone's taste.

First stay in JA was at a Sandals, and they in my opinion did try and scare us from leaving unless it was one of thier tours. Have only been back to Sandals once since that first trip and it honestly ranked as the worst stay in Jamaica for myself. Once I had experinced the NI in Negril, it was only a step abover torture spending a week with Sandals..... Never again!

way back in 1990 Sandals used to have a fence with a gate that ran along the property line way into the water with a guard, and WE WERE ATTACKED when we left
by two of the nicest ladies that aloe'ed us right there on the beach
we were told that we shouldn't leave resort, really glad we didn't listen :)

Is 7 mile beach public. For example we are staying at Treehouse and wondering if we can walk beach towards Sandals.

The simple answer is yes. You are free to walk the entire beach up to the high water mark. Further up past that can be considered private or resort property.

Just my $.02........we started going to Sandals Negril in 92 and for 12 years we barely left the resort......Great place, but in 04 after walking the beach we seen another side of Negril.......we started staying at places other than the AI along the Beach and have not been back to Sandals since........Its just a whole different experience that is much more enjoyable with the great restaurants available thru out the beach area.......You just have to be sometimes a little aware of the vendors along the beach and just understand they are just trying to make a living......but, I've learned to not stop and just show respect with a "Firm" No Thank you.........We go for two weeks a year in Feb and I've really never had a problem over all the years.........

Ken

Just my $.02........we started going to Sandals Negril in 92 and for 12 years we barely left the resort......Great place, but in 04 after walking the beach we seen another side of Negril.......we started staying at places other than the AI along the Beach and have not been back to Sandals since........Its just a whole different experience that is much more enjoyable with the great restaurants available thru out the beach area.......You just have to be sometimes a little aware of the vendors along the beach and just understand they are just trying to make a living......but, I've learned to not stop and just show respect with a "Firm" No Thank you.........We go for two weeks a year in Feb and I've really never had a problem over all the years.........

Ken

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Originally Posted by gregandkelly63

The simple answer is yes. You are free to walk the entire beach up to the high water mark. Further up past that can be considered private or resort property.

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Thank

I have never been to Sandals....but...a week there being just a step above torture??....lol....surely it can't be that bad.

I like both kind of trips AI and small hotel. Not a chance Sandals is anywhere close to torture.

Lol, It felt like it knowing we had to get through a week at Sandals Mobay, before we could get to Negril.

I say torture tongue in cheek, but it really wasn not very good. Lining up for food, drinks, more food and so on. It took one trip wandering around Negril, doing whatever I wanted to do that has left a bad taste in my mouth for All Inclusive. That said, I did do a week at Grand Pineapple that was pretty good as AI's go. Must have been the smaller setting, not as many people , No playmakers yelling into a mic to get you going.

So here is our story. Honeymoon, 1993, trying to figure out where to go, saw ad for Sandals in Brides Magazine, started investigating, seemed like a pretty good deal. Food, drinks included, exotic enough location, easy flight from Louisville, KY through Atlanta to Montego Bay. Get there and the place seems nice enough, meet a bunch of people that seem to be having a good time. Meet a Jamaican man on his break over on the private island (we were staying at Sandals Royal). Start talking to this Jamaican man and he starts to educate us on the history and story of Jamaica and it's people. Every day for the rest of our trip, we meet him on his breaks, hang out with him after he gets off, etc. On the day before his day off, he asks if we want to go in to Montego Bay with him so he can show us his hometown. Of course, we would love to do that. We have to meet him across the street from Royal at a shopping center. If he was seen offsite with guests of the hotel he would have been fired. We had a great day touring the city. We came back 2 years later, to Sandals again. We came back 4 years after that. He moved on from Sandals and we followed him to another Montego Bay all-inclusive. We eventually wanted to see other parts of Jamaica so we started taking day trips to Negril and eventually we started staying there all of the time. We will be in Jamaica for the 26th time this February in Negril. Sandals isn't all bad, it's definitely what you make of it. I understand them putting up the signs. Ignore them like you do speed limit signs and other things you don't agree with. The Jamaican that we met now lives in the states and we talk to him every week.

M&M

Very cool M&M.