Need some advice...

[Melody]

As others mentioned, I take my iPhone, leaving it on airplane mode and use my hotel's free wifi. I don't take a laptop. I take my iPhone out while on hotel property, take photos, post to FB, email pics, etc. There are iPhone apps where you can call/text home for free on wifi (Talkatone & textme). I generally lock my iPhone in my room safe when going off hotel property and take a small camera and my Jamaican Lime cell phone for calling and texting. Lime phones can be bought at Mega Mart in Montego Bay, or, Rob has posted that you can buy a Lime "phone to go" at most gas stations and stores such as HiLo. There is a Lime store above Value Master, at the roundabout in Negril. These phones come with everything needed to start, even some credit. You can top up online while there (via wifi at your hotel, on your iPhone), or purchase credit at most little stores. You don't need to purchase international minutes to call home, regular Lime credits cost only 3 cents a minute to call home (same as calling local cells) and texts are 6 cents.