We have stayed at many different resorts in Negril and have never been told that it was dangerous to leave the resort. We have never heard of any other person being advised not to leave the resort. Taxi drivers have an arrangement with most resorts, in particular with the larger resorts, that allow them to park on or near the resort and pick up and drop off guests on the property. The initial fee seems to be about $3000US at the larger resorts plus a monthly fee.One can understand the higher taxi fares. But the tourist is getting a reputable taxi and driver. Many resort tour desks are operated as a concession with either a similar initial fee or an initial fee and a percentage. Of course, some resorts may operate their own tour desk. The resort makes money with this arrangement, but aside from this the resort offers a known quantity to their guests plus the convenience that the guests have in arranging the tour on the resort property. An employee of the resort may imply that a guest should be afraid to leave the resort, but I don't think that any supervisor or manager would ever do that. Jamaican resorts have very little to fear in regard to lawsuits. I don't think that a resort has any responsibility at all when a guest leaves the resort on his own. If the person leaves on a tour booked at the resort, then they might have a case if something happened. In fact, no tourist is going to have much success in the Jamaican court system. Very few tourists would want to make the return trips to the island even if they wanted to go to the trouble of engaging a local lawyer and the suits can drag on for years and years. I have followed some rather serious lawsuits that were filed in the US against Jamaican resorts and their agents. One involved a woman that was partially paralyzed. None of the suits were successful. They were thrown out on procedural and jurisdictional grounds. Many resorts have a tangle of various entities and layers of ownership. Jamaican resorts have very little to fear as far a being sued.