Never to young to get started. Bringing the children where would you go?,

bringing the nino's and nina's where would you go? been awhile since ive had to make decisions concerning travel with children but now its reality, And we did a lot a thinkinjg about it this past reach and decided even with everything that happened next time the little one is comeing so where would you take the kids and also stay with them.

When we stayed at Fun Holiday there were a few kids and some locals with kids on the beach.That would seem to be a good spot with buffet meals and a nice pool plus the beach and close to lots of stuff.

I think Cocolapalm would be a great choice. Nice big stretch of beach and 2 different pools, close to everything you would ever need.

Sunset Beach in Montego Bay --- water park on premises

can visit Ochi or Negril for a day trip

Stay in a cottage at Nirvana...small kitchen facility and cook service could come in handy. Where to go, what to do... depending on kiddos' ages, after sand castles, playing in the sea on pool toys, etc. gets old, the water park is a good idea, and isn't there a "Jurassic Park" relatively close by (I seem to recall postings about it but never visited) where there are sculptures of dinosaurs, etc...

Never mind all of the above!, Crystal Waters hands down.

i think RIU hands down .... you can let the kids wander all they want, there are lots of kids activities and 24 hour food and super calm water even more calm than seven mile ... perfect for kids, and there will be tons of other kids to play with, and that's even better ....

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Never mind all of the above!, Crystal Waters hands down.

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Tattoo Crystal Waters gets my vote also...this is the place..

We brought our daughter to Coco La Palm. She liked the place and everyone was very good with kids.

RIU hands down!

If your talking AI, Beaches would be top, but its big bucks$$$!!
The RIU works too for AI, wasn't my favourite place to stay in Negril.
I stayed at Beaches with my son a few years back he was in kid paradise! Water park, self serve soft ice cream and drinks at every corner, me I kind felt like I was in a really nice jail!

Tell me about it! Went to iberostar rose hall suites for a girls trip with our 4yr olds. Kids first time, my first AI. I couldn't wait to break out of there! It was fun, food was great but where are the trees? So I grabbed my daughter and followed the boat venders to their spot. Ahhhhhh better. Also went to Rocklands bird sanctuary, so nice. Unfortunately the Jamaica addiction awoke after 5 yrs and now I'm back lurking here.. Next time definitely a cabin.

Goo that you escaped however brief it was, :)

We have been bringing our daughter to Negril since she was 18 months. She will be 6 in October and loves it. We never stay at an AI, just not our thing. She is happy with the beach and the sea.

CoCoLaPalm! See attached pics of us and our then 8 yr old Granddaughter, June, 2012! The CCLP respects and caters to kids.

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Well for the longest time we brought our youngest to sea splash ,nice section of beach ,nice pool,not always other kids but he was always welcome there

Weathermon you have a beautiful granddaughter and bless you for sharing negril with her.

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Weathermon you have a beautiful granddaughter and bless you for sharing negril with her.

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Respect!

For an AI RIU club wins hands down you and the Mrs. can still go play around town as they have kids program. Non AI the only place I ever considered bringing mine was Point Village.Apartment sized rooms, isolated and I personally feel very secure there. No hustle, very family friendly in my opinion.

I have been taking my kids to Jamaica since they were babies too. Now they are grown and have their own favorite places to stay in Negril, but as kids they LOVED (and still do) Crystal Waters Villas and CocoLaPalm. They also LOVED Beaches, but the older they got, the more expensive it got, so we had to stop going AI once they all became teens. When we started doing non-AI, though, they seemed to equally like the non-AIs, though I always got my monies' worth out of the AIs because my kids are eating and drinking machines. Once we started doing non-AIs, I just always made sure there was at least a frig to keep some things on hand. Crystal Waters was perfect because those villas come with complete kitchens and is also located next door to Margaritaville, which has the large water trampoline, though noise was never an issue there.

At the risk of highjacking the thread, what about recommendations for older kids/teens. My wife and I are beach people, but our daughter (13 years old)...not so much. Hopefully she'll learn to appreciate what the sand and sea has to offer.