Looking for a place to rent in March or April for a few months. Need it to be secure and safe, and also easily accessible to Negril downtown and beach. Wifi is a plus but negotiable. Any ideas, please post.
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Looking for a place to rent in March or April for a few months. Need it to be secure and safe, and also easily accessible to Negril downtown and beach. Wifi is a plus but negotiable. Any ideas, please post.
Hermitage guest house, Hilltop Villa. Up the road a likke from the church at the start of West End.
876-485-5379
Cynthia. They have rooms and can arrange for a meal a day/etc and so on...met the lady while playing dominoes in a Red Ground/Hermitage yard bar.
"for a few months." What a subtle little evil sentence...rub it in LOL
jk have fun!!!!
thanks for the tips, Brasi-- will check them both. My subtle evil sentence of "a few months" is actually a loaded one-- I recently lost my job and realized I can pay a lot less rent in Jamaica the land I love than here in NYC --while staying on the job hunt and doing freelance writing jobs online. Nonetheless hard times for me these days, lost a good spot with excellent benefits during company lay-offs.
Sorry to hear that Irieworld...... Great idea though and good luck to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by irieworld
About 4 or five years ago a dear friend stayed very comfortably long term at Jah B,s
It has a very loyal following and a large extended family
A little like Fawlty Towers Jamaican style.
B
Try Greenleaf cabins across from beach from Coco Lapalm behind "Best of the West". Good good people, safe ground. Talk to Jennifer. Good luck!!
That sounds like a good plan, especially if you can job hunt via the internet. It would certainly be something I'd do!
Sorry that you loss your job.
Try Hidden Paradise. I have heard nothing but good things about this place. I have not stayed there yet. April will be my first time. The price is right :)
I posted in the other forum first and didn't realize you had lost your job! Sorry...
At least you can job search on the beach! It seems like you have a good handle on how to move forward. I would be one giant ball of stress...I wish you luck on the move...and move back.
Life sure does throw some curveballs...hang in!
Check out Summerset Village. I stayed there for a few weeks and was pretty happy with them, and plan on spending another few weeks there again late this summer, and they do have some pretty good long term rates, just talk with Petronella. :)
Irieworld, Can sympathize with your situation. This old Hippie has run across employment ups and downs over my lifetime as so many others have and will continue to have. I could tell you so many stories of people subletting their apartments because of financial difficulties or just to save money. People would leave NYC in the summer, and travel around, go in on a group rental down the Jersey shore or the Hamptons. The thing I would want you to think about is if an opportunity came up for a good job could you respond from Negril quickly enough so you don't loose out . Having to jet to NYC all of a sudden could be big bucks for an interview that hopefully would work out. On the plus side, the tranquility and cool vibes of Negril could stimulate you to write something great while on vacation. Optimize all angles. Remember you can always work a deal with most of the Hotels when staying for a few months. Xtabi, Sommerset Village, Catcha Gardens, Sea Star Inn, Hidden Paradise, hotels on the budget side would be good to look into. I too had a dissapointment. Thought i was locked in as a studio cameraman at NBC at Rockefeller Center when NABET went on strike. No ccool job,no cool apartment in the city, no trip to Jamaica that year, just unemployment.Life goes on. One door closes another door opens. All the best. Good Luck, Dan
Good luck with your job hunt. A friend of mine did the same thing, stayed long term in Jamaica while searching online, went home when she had a number of good interviews lined up and has been successfully employed ever since. I second the motion regarding GREEN LEAF CABINS. It is located on the land side of Norman Manley Blvd., across the street from Coco La Palm. They have WiFi and can offer some very inexpensive housing options - especially if you don't mind using the outdoor showers. It is clean, secure and the folks there will make you feel at home. Talk to Jennifer James, 1-876-429-6438.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND GREEN LEAF CABINS. It is located on the land side of Norman Manley Blvd., across the street from Coco La Palm. They have WiFi and can offer some very inexpensive housing options - especially if you don't mind using the outdoor showers. It is clean, secure and the folks there will make you feel at home. Talk to Jennifer James, 1-876-429-6438.Quote:
Originally Posted by irieworld
Also unemployment frowns on vacations especially those out of the country. If it's in the US you can say you are thinking of relocating there. You have to go online to get your unemployment every week from another country. If found out you will have to pay back and lose any future money. Just saying.......
They can frown but they cannot stop you. You could have had the trip planned & paid for from before you became unemployed. They cannot stop you. As long as you have legitmate job search efforts made, you are entitled to your benefits.
"They can frown but they cannot stop you."
In California they can - and will - stop paying your benefits. A week or two week vacation that you'd planned in advance and can prove that you can probably plead your case. But a month or more? You need to get your "ducks" in a row regarding that. Each state varies. I had a friend visit last year for just a week who was on unemployment and he had his situation "covered". No loss of benefits. These days you can never be too careful.
....in Texas we have to certify without perjury that we are "able" and "available" for work and complete our weekly job searches with minimum of 5 applications. We cannot turn down any interviews so if one was to come up it would require flying back. While you are researching and contemplating maybe you could ask Rob to delete this post just so this is not in writing on the internet (just a suggestion). Best of luck - I am on unemployment also and "re-grouping" lol. Good new things to come................
Irieworld. I hope your able to reveive benefits while out of the country. I can only speak from a Canadian perspective which uses one rule for the entire country (federal employment insurance). Here you must be in the country to receive benefits (no exceptions). The only way around it is to fraudulently claim your here and hope you don't get audited. It wou;dn't leave me with a warm and fuzzy feeling.
Good luck and all the best in your job search.
Irieworld, LeMirage on the Westend has a one bedroom and a two bedroom cottage across the road from the resort.
Contact Nadine. Sorry I do not have the # handy. You will also be able to have sea access and you can use the pool at Mirage.
Call me 917-566-8184 have something nice in april and on maybe part of March.
Thank you everyone for your advice and suggestions. This is just at the dreaming stage now while I am checking out my options. Ideally I will get a job soon and be vacationing in Negril--staying as positive as possible.
NYS also warns you that you cannot leave the country and claim the benefit. You have to give up the $$$ for the week/weeks you are away.
I am not claiming unemployment if/when in Negril. I have freelance work I can do remotely.
plenty of places for rent......a real lot mon.......all over da place.......especially in low season
just go door knocking and you'll be happy with what you get.....
if you could lock in for 3-6months you can get a house for $20,000-$30,000J's a month......plus pay wata and current
Cool Runnings, Marko
Lest I sound like I was misleading... perhaps I should not have said "they can frown but cannot stop you"- some places allow remote check in and direct deposit of benefit as long as you can provide proof of LEGITIMATE job searches. I was basing my comment on the experience of a close friend from Colorado who was able to her job search during an extended stay in Negril without difficulty from unemployment. She did a number of online & telephone interviews before flying home for face to face interview that led to her latest employment. However, since Irieworld is not looking to collect benefits, all of this is a moot point.
I apologize if I was in any way being flippant or irresponsible in my comments.
Its a digital and mobile world. I have interviewed and hired people before meeting them...
Irieworld,
I have nothing to offer but condolences and good wishes.
. . . and an envious love of your plan.
rum pole here is to hoping that my plan pans out--in one way or another. It sort of lacks critical thinking and strategizing, but some works of art begin from less:)
Try Barrys on the beach
cell 876-886-6586