If you are wanting to come down...

[TuffGong]

How sad for you.

I do the same as John, don't see anything wrong with it.

One time I was on the beach, first trip overseas. Did not bring a beach towel as I planned on buying one there. Guy said $15, I said $10, he said deal. I was so proud of myself, look at me, haggling with the best of them. Five minutes later same vendor, same towel, was sold to a girl five feet from me for $5. Vendor looked at me and smiled...

[Accompong]

I do the same as John, don't see anything wrong with it.

One time I was on the beach, first trip overseas. Did not bring a beach towel as I planned on buying one there. Guy said $15, I said $10, he said deal. I was so proud of myself, look at me, haggling with the best of them. Five minutes later same vendor, same towel, was sold to a girl five feet from me for $5. Vendor looked at me and smiled...

How sad for the girl 5 feet from you.

[Irine]

I love haggling. I don't do it to be cheap, I do it as sort of a game. Ill haggle someone down with aggression, and they typically give them what they were originally asking for. I feel I won the game by getting them from i.e. $18 down to $10-$11, but give them the $18 so everyone is a winner. Providing of course I don't overpay.
I don't have much respect for $ unfortunately, and this works well for those who treat me well.

That's funny. We do this all the time for fun too. Get them down in price and then give them what they originally asked for. They usually get a laugh out of that.

[jesswade]

Hi Rob, great post. Can you point me in the direction of where to find the great deals the hotels are having? I appreciate the help. Stay safe and well everyone!

[wrtiii]

Jess, if you just use booking.com or one of the other travel sites and look for Negril hotels, you will find that hotels are listing discounted rates for the remainder of the "slow season".

[Odinson]

I would call the hotel directly - they will usually discount even further than the discounted travel site rates.

Jess, if you just use booking.com or one of the other travel sites and look for Negril hotels, you will find that hotels are listing discounted rates for the remainder of the "slow season".

[gregandkelly63]

We were looking forward to our December trip but now we have to change our plans because we had our 18 days divided between two different small resorts. Now we have to scrap that plan. With the stay in place rules and all inclusive looks like a better deal since most of them have two or three restaurants and you are not limited to just one restaurant at your small resort. Hopefully, things will change before we have to cancel or change our plans in November to keep from losing our
deposits for December

[Bella Bea]

Hi Rob thanks for all the great information you are providing us. I know by the time I have planned things may change. I am staying in Oct in Airbnb behind Best of the West. If they have a beach area they have access to use, can this be considered the "beach for the resort"? I have already paid for this for my cancelled trip this April. I cannot afford another place at this point. Any suggestions?

[jesswade]

Thanks for the info, both are good ideas.

[Rob]

Hi Rob thanks for all the great information you are providing us. I know by the time I have planned things may change. I am staying in Oct in Airbnb behind Best of the West. If they have a beach area they have access to use, can this be considered the "beach for the resort"? I have already paid for this for my cancelled trip this April. I cannot afford another place at this point. Any suggestions?

You are entitled to use any of the facilities that the property has, if there is an official arrangement then that would be allowed. My only concern is that the AirBnB may not be certified. If its not, you would be in Category 4:

Category 4: Non-residents visiting Jamaica for other purposes including tourists not staying within the “resilient corridor”

The pre-testing requirement described above is applicable to persons in this category if they are residents of locations designated as high risk by the Jamaican health authorities. Persons who are not required to pre-test may be required to be tested at the airport or other designated facility, if assessed by the health authorities as high-risk based on health screening and risk assessment on arrival. For persons required to be tested for COVID-19, the test will be a RT-PCR test and a sample will be taken by oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal swabbing. They will then await their test results under quarantine at their hotel/intended address.


Whether or not persons are required to be tested, they will be required to remain in quarantine at home for 14 days from their date of entry to Jamaica. If persons are required to be tested and their test is negative, they will be required to remain in quarantine at home for 14 days from their date of entry to Jamaica. If the test is positive, they will be isolated either at home or in a government facility as determined by the health authorities.