I usually rent a car when I go. However this next trip (leaving Saturday) will be for about a month and it gets expensive to rent for that long. So I am going to bring my bicycle (!) (folding bike, can be checked on a plane) and I will try getting around that way. Wish me luck in not getting killed by a crazy driver!

Since I own a home there and will be in Jamaica about 50% of the time for the next few years, I looked into buying a car. Man it's expensive in Jamaica! I also looked into bringing my own car from the US. Also expensive: Jamaican government wants between 60% and 100% of the cars value in import tax alone! Now I understand why car rental in Jamaica is so expensive compared to the US - the cars themselves cost at least twice as much.

So I'll try bicycle . I like being independent and I don't like negotiating/haggling with someone every time I want to go down the road to buy some milk or a light bulb or something. That's why I don't like taxis or hired drivers. If they had Uber there I'd use that, but they don't.

Bicycles are better for the environment anyway.