Wanna talk about Coco.....

[nutz4travel]

Mtig - you'll love Charela. We stayed there for the first time over Christmas/NY and loved it - we're already booked to go back for Christmas/NY 2015-2016. It never felt crowded on the beach, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much shade was provided by the palm trees; we didn't miss our favourite almond tree at Coco like I thought we would. The staff at Charela are exceptional, they go above and beyond, even if they've never seen you before. Any questions, I'll be happy to answer if I can.

[Mtig]

Good to hear 2nuts. We have been going to charela to have breakfast or dinner a few times each year and really love it. The beach doesn't seem so crowded and the staff is great. Not sure you can go wrong anywhere in that stretch of beach. Sher I will surely post.

[Trish]

Here now. It's very busy but plenty of chairs and room on the beach. Didn't see the new rooms, but as far as I can tell, it's a corridor with doors and no outside area. People say they are nice, we started in the old part and prefer these rooms. Service is fine, we "dine around" mostly.

[captaind & Linston]

Miss G's sister and hubby spent five night in the Coco Villa. Very nice. Beach was not crowded and the service was excellent.

Only issue we had was that every time we came to visit for the day we had to be checked in personally by one of them, present ID every day and wear a wrist band. However if you walked in from the beach no check whatsoever.???????

And no chance of Linston getting in at all!

[BostonBob]

Tight controls/annoying controls from street but nothing from beach to me suggests incompetence and waste of everyone's time. No Linston access is also a turn off for me. I guess I am annoyed easily and enough to stay away from there. Looks nice but....

[Miss Honey]

We stayed at CCLP for the first time over New Years for 3 nights. We like the smaller boutique hotels. I never book with a consolidater in Negril. I did this time , big mistake. Found out 3 weeks before Christmas we didn't have a room for 4 nights. Thank goodness CCLP said they had a room . Our room was pricey, no balcony or sitting area, basic room. We didn't mind we spend our time outside. Way to much money though for the room even over the holidays. Food was Great, good. I didn't think service was slow . The staff was great. The beach was crowded, but nothing terrible. The resort is beautiful. I wouldn't stay here again because we just like small places . There were lots of well behaved kids, lots of families. We like smaller less people. We will try Charela, Firefly or Idle. This area of the beach is beautiful though.

[Miss Honey]

Type O above it was 3 nights.

[BR Mon]

The new BLOCK of rooms does nothing to add to the beauty of the area....They tried to get too much out of the small area and built a block that is not inviting. It is not appealing at all...Looks like a hotel 6 wing..

[Mtig]

We just got back from our stay at charela. As I stated in an earlier post, we decided to switch because the beach seemed to be getting way too packed. We are sooooo happy to make the switch. Coco's beach was packed, like never before. I have to agree that the addition is not so appealing to look at either.

[lathomas]

No Linston access is also a turnoff for me . Will stay away from that place.