Myself, I would buy a private plane to fly right into the Negril and stay for a week at all my favorite hotels, then plan from there!
So, if you had unlimited funds, would you vacation or instantly buy property in Negril?
Oh ya, I would buy the Blue Hole in Roaring River, too. God I could have a lot of fun ....
I would live in Negril and never leave the island again..no reason to. :cool:
i probly wouldn't buy property, that's just too much hassle no matter how much money i have. But i'd sure stay there for months at a time; LONG stays at all the various and sundry places i've always wanted to go but could never afford - not just in negril, but all over the rest of the island too....and support those who do own those places. I'd donate to some of the existing support programs there, ones that are trying to do good works but can barely stay in operation on a shoestring. and i might start more, and keep them funded & staffed so they can stay up and running and create jobs.....
I would stay in every hotel in Negril for about 3 days each. (all my friends and family with me) Starting with the All-Inclusives in bloody bay work my way across the seven mile beach and up to the cliffs. :)
Then I would rent a little beach cottage with Wifi for 3 months and type out a long trip report. lol
During that time I would go around to the local schools and help out everywhere I could.
After a while, I would probably check out some other places in the world that I've been curious about.
But my home base would be Jamaica and San Francisco;)
good plan, but you need more than three months to write a decent trip report .... ha ha
I'd try the Caves and definitely grab a cliff cottage at Rockhouse. Don't know if I would buy property in Negril, but would probably spend at least one month out of twelve there...
I would seriously consider Blue Cave Castle :)
I would be there in a flash, buy property, rent, whatever! I would then begin building schools, animal shelters, and community centers. 100 million could help alot of people :)
Blue Cave Castle would definately be a nice place to live, summer in Canada.
we have had this discussion many many times and this is what we have come up with. We would find a hotel right on the beach that we could "buy into", we would then renovate a floor of said hotel into our living area(this is the only way we have been able to figure living right on the beach!lol!) Then we would spend our days hanging and making friends with all the visitors to "our bar" and any "work" we had to do wouldnt really feel like work!I have always wanted to own a bar and i cant think of a better place than negril to do that!! Ahhhhhh.....this dream and the lottery ticket in my wallet get me through the day some days!lol!
There's an old yiddish saying that goes "If my grandmother had balls she'd be my grandfather". But I'll play -
First, I've always said if I won any lottery of any sort I'd donate a good part of it. Many of the benefactors would be organizations near and dear to me in Negril but not exclusively - there's lots of people and places that need help. I'd also gift a good part to my friends and family - my god-kids in particular.
Next, I'd probably finally buy something on the West End. But I'd also buy a Penthouse in NYC, a condo in San Francisco and a place in Europe somewhere, probably France.
Then I'd spend my life bopping between my home in Bodega and all those places.
That's what I'd do :)
Well, with a hundred million, I could donate half and still be rich, so would take 50 million and build a hospital for Negril. :)
First off, I think Uncle Sam would take at least 50% if not more, of that $$. With the remaining say 40 million (still a lot of money!), I would buy homes for my 2 sons & my daughter in law (& grandson)....do total renovations on the property I own, hire as many people as I could to give them work, give money to anyone I felt really deserved it, including all the organizations in Jamaica that are struggling & understaffed, take a trip around the island to visit all the places I've never seen, travel the world, to places like Thailand, Bali, Africa & India & buy all the lovely hand-crafted items that are available there & probably create a lovely boutique in Jamaica with those items.
I would be extremely discreet about letting ANYONE know that I won and probably do things in a very low key way.
I would definately stay at Geejam and some of the high end resorts on the island, just to experience the luxury.
Simple, if I won $100 Million.....
Book several properties on the cliffs (starting with Seastar Inn). Charter flights from several cities (east coast, west coast, canada, UK etc...) invite all dedicated beach boardies for a free week on the Cliffs including airfare!!. All dedicated cliff boardies would be invited as well....
I would donate money for job training and job creation.
After that, I would make sure that I have LTU Chicken Lola at least twice a week for dinner, just about any dish from Seastar Inn or Canoe the remaing dinners. I would make what ever deal is necessary to insure that there is a "Green Flash Sunset" every night!!
Oh the list goes on and on......
Enjoy,
VVHT
no, you run to Negril so you don't have to pay Uncle Sam, ha ha.
I think the max US tax rate is 35 percent. Add in your state tax as well. So, in Illinois you'd give up a total of 40 million to the state and feds. There are ways to minimize this and one way is to start your own charitable foundation and fund it with your pre-tax winnings! I like the hotel idea.....
I'd consult a financial planner and also research on my own how to keep the money growing.
I'd make sure my family is provided for.
I'd set up a small off-the-grid block house with a sea view. House would be entirely solar and wind powered with a nice garden and perhaps a couple of guest cottages free to my friends for vacation stays.
I'd buy a beat up white toyota.
Then I'd set up a foundation and entertain grant proposals for Jamaica friendly endeavors that are sustainable and will serve the needs of the people.
Now where did I put that lottery ticket?
Gerry123...good luck with not paying Uncle Sam! :)
If I won $100 mil....
I wouldn't change a thing in my life...I've had the greatest opportunity to follow my dreams/goals & I'm fortunate to be able to say...Life Rocks!!
Of course, financial help etc would be greater for those in need!
I'd visit Negril more often of course. And I'd try out a few of the uber fancy resorts to see what it was like. But ultimately I think I'd stay in the same sort of places I would stay now. Find ways to discretely help the community without losing my anonymity.
buy new shoes, and pj's
I would buy property in negril for sure and i would definitely hook all my jamaican friends up, no problem.
Well I'd be in Negril instead of on the board. Family and friends would be taken care of and then worthwhile endeavors in Negril and at home in Canada where we get to keep our winnings! I like the sound of living in Negril and summering here. Pretty sure Sask. has had some rains lately that rival the ones in Negril......
If I won $100 million in the lottery it would be a miracle. I don't play the lottery. So if a miracle happened (like picking up a piece of trash on the beach, realizing it is a lottery ticket, then finding it is a winner of $100 million US), I'd stay in Negril, buy one of those A/I compounds, and have a party until the money runs out.
I'd buy Point village and get it all up and running again, like it used to be. I'd make one of the buildings into a luxury place for myself and others for my family and friends who would like to live there too. I'd get the dive centre back up to scratch too ....bring back Myron.
Then I'd just chill there until I decided what I wanted to do next .
hmmmmmmmm,,,, have followed a lot of folks on here for years and trust all impliciately but,, first thing is nobody is going to know when I win that 100 million. There are ways to claim the prize w/o flashing your name to the world.
You see I enjoy the freedom to move about w/ annonimitey. I love sitting on a wall with little notice, I love observing people, fauna, wildlife w/o being a focal point. I would be leery of the motivations of many if I was known as the "lottery winner". Same dockers, same guayabas, same small resorts, same rental jeep just a whole lot more time in country.
That said there are many ways for an annoynomous doner to finance a school in Logwood, a library in Askenish, a playground in Cave Spring. I think it would be fun as being annoynomous to observe how the local community manages or mis-manages their windfall.
But most of all the money would buy time. We had Sammy Hagar in a show a few years back. Last show on his tour. After we got through with all the interviews and the programming guys had run off to get their content on air I asked Sammy "man it's the end of a grueling tour, what do you do next" and he said,,,,, "tommorrow night I'll go on Lettermen and shave my hair for Lockes of Love and 15K people across the nation will join me, then I'll slip down to Cabo and get me 5 pairs of dockers and 5 camp shirts. And each morning when I get up I'll decide if I want to fish or golf or slip down to the Cabo Wabo and gig. And when my dockers and camp shirts get thread bare and my hair gets all long and tangeled I'll know it's time to go back to work". Hmmmmmmm,,,,, I measure my time in hour appointments which are interrupted by phone calls which turns hours into 15 minute blocks. Even in Negril my time is measured in days till the flight home. That type of money would allow me to do away with the 4th dimension of time which stabilizes and bores the world by making everything have to fit into a very specific point in space. That's right I want to measure in how long it takes to thread bare 5 pairs of dockers.
I always tell people when I win the lottery, don't take it personally when I don't say good-bye.
I would have speed bumps installed on the beach road and sidewalks built along the west end road.
I would donate it to the Jamaican people...I get love from the Jamaican people thats priceless.....They deserve every bit of it...Well maybe I would buy a nice little home there..Mi Art I left in Jamaica.....The beautiness of the people and island, is worth than money...PRICELESS.....BLESS
Well I have to say I have pondered the idea some...we do a lotto pool at the office every week...
I would love to have enough money to open up some orphanages. Not the 50 kids in one room with 2 staff member type of place, but somewhere kids that have no family can feel like they have something....a chance. There are so many countries around the world that have homeless and neglected children and with that kind of money it could change a lot of lives.
The only other thing I would want to change is where I raise my kids. That would involve some more research, but I would just love to live a simpler life. Somewhere where it just takes you back to basics..sustainable living... where kids actually go outside to play instead of wanting to play video games and are pressured to have all of the latest technology. Would I buy in Negril? Who knows...the options are pretty much limitless at that price point.
Fridays Euro-millions is £105 million (JA$14,324,438,063.08/ US$168,033,322.85/CA$163,424,656.37) oh and btw lotto winnings are tax free in UK
I would probably buy an apartment at Point Village to use as a "base" for 2-3 months every year. Also would explore the island and stay at many different places including Bluefields, Gee Jam, Strawberry Hill, Goldeneye, etc. Would definitely donate to orphanages, schools, and animal shelters.
Mary Ann , Ilike your way of thinking. Sholud I ever win such an amount and buy PV I shall let you choose an apartment just because you area fellow PV lover
Would move there, buy/build a house and then build a nice resort. Would donate a lot of money to schools, hospitals.