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    Re: Your favorite restaurants (categorized by price point)? Trying to stick to a budg

    EASY ideas to control your budget EVERYDAY:

    1) Find a hotel deal within your budget .............. look for deals that may include the Jamaican Room Tax and hotel service fees (collected and distributed to hotel employees who normally do not receive tips such as gardeners, maids, laundry people, and other "backroom employees) ............ these hidden taxes and fees normally run up to 20% of room rate plus $4 per bedroom per night Room Tax. Savings of 20% minimum

    2) Stay at a hotel near where you spend the majority of your time. For example we are "beach people" so we stay the majority of the time at a beach hotel. Less transportation costs. Savings vary on how much you travel and what kind of transport you use.

    3) Find a hotel that provides the extras you need or want the most. For example, free ice, clean beach towels every day, free breakfast, free refrigerator, free AC, etc... Save money and enjoy more at the same time.

    4) Use your in-room refrig to the best of your ability. Case of beer from local store is $20-$24 US. Twenty for beers at $2US at a bar is $48 - do the math.

    5) Like some special drinks are hard to find or expensive. Like Gin/Vodak and tonic or seltzer ?............ bring a few bottles of tonic or seltzer. Like Bourbon? - pack a bottle or three of your favorite. Gimlets are your favorite - pack Rose's Lime Juice. Tequila on the rocks lights you fire - pack some tequila. Need a bloody mary to clear the fog in the morning - pack bloody mary mix and tomato juice. Like a nice olive or three in your sunset martini - pack a jar of olives ............. and vermouth.

    6) Some hotel booking sites have discount cards included in their packages. For example negrilonestop.com has a card which gives you 10-15% discount at many places. That makes going out to a nicer place easier on the budget. We used it extensively in April. That is another 10% - 15 % savings.

    7) Work the "happy hour" angle to your best advantage. Lots of places have discount food or drinks if you know where and when to look. For example White Sands has a "2 drinks for 1 price" special daily. Not exactly "buy one get one deal" but still a substantial savings over regular prices.

    8) Find a way to cheaply convert your US dollars into Jamaican dollars and pay for most things in Jamaican dollars. ATM's charge a service charge which can vary but $5US or more per transaction is not unheard of. Your bank may charge a ATM fee AND a foreign transaction fee which can run from zero to 15%. The exchange rate you get at a restaurant or bar will always be less then a bank or cambio. For example, beers on the beach can cost $150 to $400 Jamaican. You only have US dollars? They may charge you $1.50 to $4.00US. Might not seem like much, but with an exchange rate of $115 JA to $1US you just paid $230JA for a $200JA beer. Total those savings and it is a easy 15% - 25% savings just in simple currency management.
    Last edited by Captain Oil; 05-18-2015 at 01:55 PM.

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    Re: Your favorite restaurants (categorized by price point)? Trying to stick to a budg

    Our favorites :::::
    Ivan's
    Ltu Pub
    Shark's
    Ciao Jamaica
    Hungry Lion
    Swordfish Grill
    Kuyaba
    Coconut International
    Montanas

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    Re: Your favorite restaurants (categorized by price point)? Trying to stick to a budg

    The place we have always gone back to on each trip is Chicken Lavish. ($)
    Last edited by Maryann; 05-19-2015 at 07:47 AM.

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    Recently went to Cosmos, most dinners $1400 jmd, a couple 780-950. Rum punch 400 good-size glass and prices on their drink list reasonable. Had fish, curried goat and curried conch, so good we went back the next night for more of the curries.

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    One can NEVER go wrong @ Cosmos

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    Jeans ($) on firestation road
    Reggae Man ($)
    Sun Beach ($$)
    Juccie Patty ($)

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    $......west end

    Corner bar ( sign says seaview sports bar btw)
    Jenny's ( just before home sweet home)
    Pablo's ( garden side between samsara and peewees)
    Sips and Bites ( just past rockhouse)
    Ras rody's ( across from tensing pen)

    $......beach

    Not beach people but always go to colettas across from rooms for breakfast and make sure to find Norman aka "Indian" for a couple patties for lunch, best on the beach IMO.
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    Just Natural in the deep west end and Canoe in the near west end. Both $ to $$.
    Teddy's Hideaway at the Blue Cave Castle. $$ to $$$ by appointment only.
    Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. KJV Psalm 68:4

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    Re: Your favorite restaurants (categorized by price point)? Trying to stick to a budg

    Quote Originally Posted by Ras Walleye View Post
    Just Natural in the deep west end and Canoe in the near west end. Both $ to $$.
    Teddy's Hideaway at the Blue Cave Castle. $$ to $$$ by appointment only.
    Ras,
    Is Teddy back in action. I thought it closed last year. --Marblehead
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    Re: Your favorite restaurants (categorized by price point)? Trying to stick to a budg

    On a recent vacation, we tried out many different restaurants and the one with the lowest price was Chicken Lavish. Good food, very satisfying. You can probably find a menu with prices on-line if you take a look, as you can also do for many of Negril's eating places.

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