My husband and I love our vacations to Negril. We enjoy the Caribbean. We have been to Jamaica 6 times, Negril 4 times. As far as the vendors, well, it is a bit more of a noticeable annoyance than most other places than we've been. And my husband travels all over the world. He was away 33 weeks last year. We have never felt uncomfortable in Negril, really, aside from being at a small place for lunch and a bit of a fight happened with the proprietor loosing it and we just walked away as the craziness ensued. Our first two trips were to CSA and we spent a good bit of everyday walking everywhere we noticed a bit of a bother on our walks. I understand that this is the way these folks make a living, but don't understand why their methods would translate into sales sometimes. I don't want to be bothered or intimidated. If you are walking along the best stretch of beach I have had the pleasure of strolling along, I "ain't" necessarily shopping. We have been able to do a wave of the hand and a no thank you with no problem. Having said that, we are at this point an "older" (shudder) couple and no one bothers us. I guess at this point they can tell we know the ropes. We have plenty of stuff from our many travels. We don't go on vacation to shop and buy trinkets. We go to wake up on the beach, dine and drink while hanging on the beach. It would behoove the Negril community to discourage harassment of their guests. There is so much there to keep people coming back, again and again. It is just the right mix of what we want in an island get away, for us, and a great number of visitors. But visitors want a carefree, comfortable, laid back time when they head to Negril. Hassle free. The last two times we went to Negril we were at Idle Awhile and Charela. We were totally left alone, wherever we went. They were two of our most favorite trips. At Idle Awhile we welcomed the food vendors and enjoyed the breads, juices, fruit and such. When at Charela all we had to do was to let the seller know we were on the all inclusive plan and they left us alone. On our last day the boat guy off the coast came over and said, come on, you guys have hung at the beach every day, you need to head out on the water today. Na, not today either. We have done just about everything from the beach and what we go to Negril for is to set up at our spot each day and walk. We have never done an excursion. The Negril vendors need to lighten up some if they want to be able to keep people coming back. No one wants to be hassled on their vacation. We love to go to markets wherever we go and have been able to visit markets on many a Caribbean island, Europe, Asia and the US. And the haggle is far worse in Jamaica. I hope they can work things out. We found it was better the last two visits. I hope they find a balance where the locals can make a living while visitors can feel safe and comfortable. We missed a get away trip this past two years, had a daughter get married. We are heading to Cancun for a wedding this winter. That should be interesting. My husband has been to MX many times and is not a fan. Negril remains our favorite place to decompress. And I hope to go many more times in the future. We have for the most part felt safe and happy and we look forward to traveling to our spot many times in the years to come. The water, the trees, the sand, the low profile of the buildings. What can I say. St Martin, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Antiqua, Bahamas cannot compare. And well, the other places I might love are just out of our price point for a yearly trip. I hope that people will give a trip to Negril a try. It is a great place, with great people, great food, that has casual, nice places to stay along the most wonderful stretch of coast imaginable.