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How/where can you hire a cellphone these days if you do not have a tour driver and they have stopped hiring at the airport? Do you just buy one? Everyone seems to bring their own from home , mine never works needs something technical doing to it.I am going to need a phone
Ticker,
What are your dates?
This sat for a month
Do you have a ride to Negril?
capt - does your son rent/provide cell phones - with booked tranfers/trips?
CandsQuote:
Originally Posted by Cands
Yes. He will have them shortly
Cap
That is a big plus! We have a standing ride from the airport for years...but, what does your son charge for 2 from airport to Negril?
Thanks capt! That's good to know!
Tic dear, just buy the phone. I got mine for $12us and the SIM card was $3us. You get your own number to keep and you can keep it activated from abroad. $15 for a fully functional phone, that came with 200J worth of minutes on the SIM....fooking great dealio! Try either the upstairs LIME store left of valuemaster or the shop directly beneath it.
Yeah, what Robster said.
for 50 US, I got a new Phone - Sim - Minutes. I went to the Digicel in MoBay, no line.
The Phone has an FM radio on it too, so you can listen to local radio ont he provided headphones.
I do have a question though. How often do I need to top up to keep my sim and # active?
Bought a new phone from Lime with a slew of minutes with 2 sim cards for about 2700 J in downtown Negril. A fellow I work with left for Jamaica a few days ago and I gave him the phone and told him to just top it off so he could call back to the states. Cheap and easy.
Bob
Wouldn't it be nice if someone started a business where they would ship the phones to you prior to your trip? That way you could have the phone number prior to your departure to give to friends/family and wouldn't have to hassle with finding a way to the phone store (I know you can stop along the way IF you have a private driver, but staying at Couples, that will not be happening), or waiting in any line burning up that valuable vacation time. I'm sure there are ins and outs of this to make it difficult to do, but it sure would be nice, especially since we need 2 phones this trip, one for someone flying in at a later date than us, would be nice to have that connection when he arrives at the airport.
TT... just purchase a cheap phone from Digicel, get a SIM card and load up minutes. They can do all that for you at the ANY Digicel store...go online and find the cloest one to the airport if you don't want to wait until you get to Negril.
And if you need a driver call Clives...cheap cheap and they will take you anywhere you are going. They also rent phones out.
when mi around mi usually have a cell phone or two for people to use while they are in Negril......
usually you can find mi around No Limit Bar or Pee Wees on the Cliffs......mi around this summer
Cool Runnings, Marko
I think there may be a couple of websites that offer this, but you pay well for it (may he called a "world phone"). You can purchase or use your own unlocked cell phone, but would still need the SIM card. I may have read where you can get that online for $$$. If you travel to Jamaica regularly, it's worth the one-time effort and time to get a phone, then you can top up online when necessary to keep it active. It's too bad that there's no longer an outlet at the airport for phones and SIMS, you'd think it would be well used, but maybe not enough as its no longer there? It's not so bad going off resort to get a phone, look at it not as a chore, but a little excursion where you get to see Negril centre. Call up Linston or another recommended driver who will give you a fair price for transportation (vs the typically over-priced resort drivers).
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Originally Posted by Obayb
Went twice to Digicell at the roundabout for a new sim about 2 weeks ago (forgot to top up last years) and they were out.
Our drivers both said they are always out and don't want tourists to have Ja cells.
Not sure why but just what I heard on the street...
Good plan would be to get 1 from the unofficial Mayor of Negril -- Marko!! Can't go wrong there...
they run out from time to time........like last November......Quote:
Originally Posted by kim in socal
but if you buy a new phone from Digicel they will have a sim for you......
you can go to Sav and get a sim without buying a Digicel cellie........
and you can get a sim at Lime.......without buying a cellie......
Cool Runnings, Marko