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we are stayin at ROOMS again, they do offer fridges to rent, but never available, we would like to buy a descent hard plastic cooler to hold about 15 rred stripes and 1 bottle of water for lisa, then leave it with our ja friend/driver till our next trip, any suggestions?, soon come
You can purchase good ones at MegaMart on the way in to Negril from the airport. You can get booze, drinks and ice at MegaMart - so you can have full artillery at your disposal before you leave the parking lot... and there is an ATM machine inside the store to make it just that much easier... oh....
And they also exchange US$ at a decent rate....
This is what you could call a "no-brainer"... (grin)
Where abouts is the Mega-mart?
When you turn right off of the "Hip Strip" and onto the road by the KFC and Pizza Hut (heading towards the Shell station), it is about a half mile or so down the road - a few lights - then it will be on your left by the new stadium.
Our last trip, we brought a cooler on wheels as one of our pieces of checked luggage - we left it with Alfred when he took us back to the Airport and he is going to bring it when he picks us up this year so we can use it again.
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Originally Posted by Rob
NEW stadium..??...
oh my
i've GOT-to find out more about THIS...!!..
If you can't or don't want to follow Plongdin's advise on using a cooler as a piece of luggage, buy one of the soft sided coolers and pack it in regular luggage ............ Sam's Club has a nice one for less then $10 ............... leave them as gifts for maids, security guys, friends, etc......
tried the cooler thing not long ago cause of all the talkie on here..........
but I had a Refrig in the room and only traveling solo.........
so I found it a pain in the ass carrying the cooler around.......
and with the cheap beers at Sunbeach and then the patties being cheap......
mi didn't really save any money with the chit mi had in the cooler.......
plus did mi mention what a pain the ass those things are too carry around.........
but if you have a family and heading out to the beach.......mi can see having a cooler
and mi have never seen Masta Smith carrying around cooler with him either........lol
and him is the most budget conscious guy out of us all.........lol
Cool Runnings, Marko
I am with you on that one Marko, if your on the 7 mile beach, there is always a reasonable priced Redstripe a short walk away, and no pain in the ass cooler to drag around!
I'm a soft cooler guy myself ... here..there.. and everywhere ...LOVE to have ICE cold beers ALWAYS on hand ...then just purchase more and refill as I tour the beach ..the bartenders are great at topping up my ice with the purchase of a few more cocktails ..just the way I like to roll ..
I'm with you Negriljail,
My room does not have a fridge, unless i request one, but I never request one.
I can stay away or not HAVE to rely on the bars with my ice and cooler.
If you venture out like I do, there may not be ice cold beers where you stop.
Even when sitting on the veranda, cooler right there.
I hop in a route mobile with my cooler all the time.
So, it's just a personal thing, to each his own.
My hotel had an ice machine for years, so I got use to filling it up all the time for free.
Buying ice may be the hard part.
we always buy beer on the beach cheap, bring a couple of soft coolers, but we need the cooler for the room for water, o.j and 15 beers on ice, soon come
No problem buying ice .. lots of little stores up and down the strip carry it ..and YES I like my beer ice cold .. its my experience that most places don't keep it cold enough to my likes ... of course no problems with taking it along for a ride or walk ..and I've never had a problem drinking from my cooler at the bars along the way ..as long as I top it up while there ... CHEERS
we do the soft cooler thing, we bring 2, great for day trips, but we are looking to buy and leave with our friend/driver for our next trip, the plastic ones do not leak like the soft coolers, thanx for your input, soon come
We like having ice in our room and go through a bag/2 days. The soft bags barely keep the ice for a day. I found a small thick foam cooler that I loaded with books and packed in my checked rolling duffel.
Although the small collapsable coolers are easy to pack, if they leak, that kinda defeats the purpose....a small styrofoam one sounds like a great idea!