Sorry you had difficulties at Travelers. I personally have had nothing but excellent service there and the sons were helpful and dedicated to providing good service. I can't imagine the kind of screaming match that you described - the staff there have always been the utmost professionals on my many visits there.
Just sharing my expereiences.
Preach Peace / Live Love / Blessed Be
ONE LOVE
Sweetness
Tic ..as we say in Canada ..you're not in Kansas anymore .. I love Negril .. but LONG stays ..can ..and do ..get to the best of all of us ..Sometimes our ways of trying to "help" out come across in a very different way..tings run a likkle different down der .. Over the course of the last 20 years I have spent close to 2 years in Negril .. after a few often hard lessons learned.. me stays out of the way of the hustle and bustle for the most part ..spend time and money when/where I feel a good vibe ..and quickly pay me bill and leave when there isn't ..
Remember it's fun/party/fun/party/vacation for you ..but work...work...work ..with likkle pay for the others
Looks/reads like some time in the country is in order ..Enjoy ..and Peace ..
Interesting .... I had considered Travellers on this coming reach but decided it against it. BTW, i got them down to 55 dollars for a good room, not a wood cabin (they had those, too), so you just have to bargain (thou this is christmas week, big difference) ..... Too many bad reports and posts about this place, though some do like it .... You NEVER hear anyone say anything bad about Seastar Inn or Westender .....
Regardless of circumstances your travel insurance company will need paperwork. You could call there hotline number to enquire if you are covered and what they advise you to do under the circumstances.
You probably have priceless photos on your camera.
I would have been most upset and probably called for Kingfish to come and investigate the matter.
Someone always has to mash up the party.
Hope you enjoy a peaceful fun time with the relatives where you are treated with respect.
Local Libraries have free internet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW7frSW7chM
Walk good in your stilletos
B Xxxxx.
In fact strut your vajazzled designer fanny bag.
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LOL you are so funny sheba we have to meet one day!Originally Posted by Sheba
Yesterday we all had a fabulous day we woke up , had breakfast and the sun came out shining.We arranged for the free shuttle to pick us up to go to the waterpark and when we arrived we noticed that the lazy river ride was closed oh mann I loved that ride too also nobody was there dead as a dodo so I thought ohh manBut after 5 minutes I thought this is brilliant it is like we hired the park for ourselves.No queuing up no getting in line we could ride one slide after another.It was the hottest day since we arrived , either that or the waterpark is in a great sun catching spot.We were listening to the dj and playing on the slides and in walks my friend and her son yayyy hey!Always a fun time in Negril.It was 2380j to get in ppmy son was 1600jfree shuttle both waysbought everyone cheeseburger and fries 380j pp BARGAIN ALERT!Had a fantastic day, outdoor swimming and slides is a big novelty to English people and this waterpark is fun I was going to go on every single slide but I decided to save the red slide for my next trip, I am always saving things for next time, I rarely like to do everything all at once I usually like to save something..This trip I kept saving some of the webcasts or partying with Rob and Lisa until the end of my trip to have a final party but it has not worked out I messed up left it too late now I have to go but I know I have that saved now for next time,I was well out of sync with the webcasts I am so used to the timetable on british time so when I came here I could not keep up with the days and times but I did make quite a few and sometimes I was in the opposite end of negril so with the kids it would have been a bit of a pain but I have saved it all for next time!Next time if the kids are coming I will get all inclusive and go to every cast and chill!So back to the waterpark We were sunbathing and laughing and sliding and riding.I was scared of the puppalick slide but I thought I can do this its just a ride right?LOLSo I got on it simple slow slide them WHOMMPH pulled me in a circle I did an upside down back flick HOLY COW then got kicked into the water where I thought I may have been a gonner LOLI was calm held my nose with one hand and put up my hand like a fin as that usually gets me to the surface as I had no clue where the surface was YAY I survived!So I got my friend to go on it but when she got to the part you get kicked out I heard THUDI thought wth is that?She banged her head real hard not sure how but she spoke to the managers about it.Then another lady choked a little after it but I really loved it and did it again!PUPPALICK TO THE WORLD!The dj had a musical chairs competition going on the stage.It was hilarious.Only Jamaicans can make a rubboish game like musical chairs so much fun I sat myself down on a front row seat and watched this crazy entertaining game!There was a mixture of two Jamaican families on stage all competing for the chairs.One was an elderly Jamaican lady in her swimsuit with attached little shorts she was about age 60 ishso the music came on and she started dancing jamaica stylee around the chairs and all the young boys were doing some moves too then towards the end the older lady was still in the game she was quite big build and the final part she was up against a young man age about 19 skinny build so every time they got near the single chair , they were told to go in opposite directions she would bounce him out of the way with her dancing LOL it was real funny then he got cheeky and sat in the chair while the music was still on so she did it to got up then the music really stopped she had her butt in that chair quicker than that poor boy could blink.We were all clapping and shouting for her she made it so much fun.Next competition was pon di river pon di bank where you have to jump in and out of line.My daughter was final female winner yayy but a young man actually won the game.So onto the kayaking which was free I am sure you had to once pay for that but maybe because the lazy river ride was out of order we got that instead?We waited and there were no more paddles so me and one of my daughters got in the kayak and the worker got his own kayak up front and attached us to his ahhh this is the life.I thought I was going to have to paddle but no it all worked out and I kicked back and relaxed while being paddled about on a Jamaican river.He taught us about the peat and the filtration system for the sea and the reef and about different plants he said the river had oil in it or something.I was scared of the riverDON'T LET ME DROP INHalf of me was thinking I am floating in the middle of a foreign country on a pile of poop (he kept calling it debris I was unsure of his explanation) So it could have been poop I dunno lolThe other half of me was sitting back admiring the view of the tall grass on the morass and watching the birds and looking at the gorgeous blue sky.OUTDOORS IN SWIMWEAR IN JANUARY this is crazy.We loved it.The family went to the coral seas event in the evening which was a nice time as always.And I got unusually tired and sad like it was the end of an era this was our final outing in Negril.I went to bed just after midnight and I am up now trying to organise a ride to the families house.Oh and I have ran out of cash again LOLI have taxi fare to get there and a little food money so I am going to have to get a cash injection very soon!I wondered what it is like for some of the posh rich people who are able to live this lifestyle on a daily basis, must feel great not to have any money worries.All it has done is made me more determined to earn big amounts of cash as this is the life I want , The Jamaican way of life and it costs money to do it in the way I would like!I will miss terribly the lovely people I have met and some I have already made concrete plans to meet up with again.Which I always do I am not a flaky friend who pops in someones life once never to be seen again.If I have a bond it is usually forever! I must stop getting so attached but it has never caused me any problems so far and I have met some wonderful people.There is a man at one of the hotels and he says yes yes allll the time, to himself.I do not know if it is a habit or if he is asking himself questions like DO I LOVE IT HERE YESYES!isnt it beautiful here YES YESBut he says yes yes alll the time.And I am even going to miss hearing him saying it and yesterday I looked at the perfect blue sky and sea and said YES YESSSS LOL I must stop catching on to peoples habits!I will miss being around the bands and the concerts and all of the musicians who do funny things like play air guitar when they are not holding their own or pretend to play the keyboard everytime they hear a song or make bird noises or pretend to be a crocodile or just making daft noises constantly LOL I will really miss itI will miss the constant hellos good morning we NEVER get that in england everyone is rude and miserable and every morning is usually wet windy and cloudy so it is not common for anyone to be smiling saying good morning, they are usually wet and cold and miserable!I was painting my toenails the other day and a man passing said yes keeping the nails in order why of course..and continued walking.I will miss all of the comments as people are walking by, some stop and chat but some just make comments and it is that social interaction I will miss back home in dark gloomy miserable England.I want to take all the bands and concerts home back with me until we all return! I know I am going back to NO music , no smiles, no comments, no sunshine, no ladies to take care of me at breakfast no -one to put a spring in my step or a smile on my face.I will miss it all terribly as I ALWAYS do and I spend my life in England trying my best to get back here where I can be around everything I enjoy and love.Every single thing I want is here not back there ,Apart from some family members but every other part of my life is here and now I have to leave , well Negril anyway.And on into the mountains for a totally different experience one I love in a totally different way.My kids learn more here than anywhere in the world.While my sons friends are watching a cartoon after school my son is learning about farming goats and collecting eggs and about what variety of plants you can plant to survive if you had to or even to sell.His tiny brain is on overload he loves learning new things.Jamaica is a place where he can really LEARN.
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England teaches him the basics like english and maths andscience but I bring him to Jamaica to learn his history , his roots, hisfamily, their way of life, trying to keep some traditions and pass it down andhe learns so much.My girls do too and they become more appreciative of whatthey have and I have tried to persuade my husband to be the same way and toGIVE instead of taking and this trip he suprised me and actually gave somethingaway which he has never done before and I did not even tell him or ask himto.He always says no anyway.So that was nice they are all learning to share andto GIVE what you can when you can those people you help up may be the only oneperson in the world you need one day and even if not..if you can help someonejust do it!Everything I get I give away if I am not really using it.I just needneccessities.If I have something I do not use too often and I see someone coulduse it, It is given straight away.And I always get stuff back everyones alwaysgiving me stuff some I love and some I use to help other people .I watched thesun come up this morning and watched people at shields having breakfastwatching the waves splash.When I return if I am not all inclusive I willdefinately get back to shields for their happy hour to get great littlecocktails at a cheap price to watch the sun go down and listen to some tunes.Idid enjoy that aspect of shields although I rarely spent time at shields doingthat but again I saved it for next time! I have saved so much for next timethat maybe I will have to have another 20 trips to squeeze it all in! I do nothave a date of when I can make this a more permanent thing all I can do is keeptrying at this moment until I get everything I need.I am not bothered onetinybit if it does not work out I will be just mega happy to say I did it I tried Ihad funa long the way.Obviously I will make massive plans to hopefully make itwork forever but if not no worries.I will still have my british passport andwill be no worse off then before we left if I had to return back toEngland.Jamaica feels like my home not England and I hope one day to be able tobe here on a more permanent basis.Everyone keeps saying happy new year and I amlike HUH?And a face of confusion comes on me and I think oh yeah LOL it ishappy new year yayy I was here for christmas and new year! I forget it is newyear as I am having so much fun in the sun and everyone back home is poorlywith coughs and colds in the freezing snow and usually at this time of year Ihave blown my budget on food cooking for over 20 people and buying gifts anddecorating my house with every single light and decoration you can imagine withmy big inflatable santa swinging off my rooftop and it never gets appreciatedreally and I made a good decision to get out of all that and come here this isthe best christmas present I EVER GOT MYSELF! santa did not come for me thisyear but somehow a way was made and I got to stay here for 6 beautiful weeksand the fun is about to continue just in a different style.I will have no wifiat the family house but I intend to write a report every day in a word documentand will copy and paste them here as soon as I can get wifi.I think their nextdoor neighbour may have internet I am sure I will check that out LOL so if youdo not hear from me for a while I may be chasing goats or picking bananas orpossibly be getting up to no good and misbehaving or having some cookinglessons with all the flours and powders and spices.I am looking forward toseeing all the family and catching up and eating OMG yes eating homemadecoleslaw that is the first thing I will buy and make one huge pot full of thestuff.I have not had it once since being here and it is my favourite especiallywitha spicy dish, nice cold coleslaw.So everyone I have to go say bye to somefriends who are passing by to send me off and I will miss them all forever butI will be back as soon as possible.I think I have behaved myself fairly welland I have not been kicked off the board THANKS ROB for letting me stay andbeing a part of the boardie family.I LOVE the board and I may never have metsome of my boardie friends without it.I love to bend or break rules but Robseems to manage to keep me in line God knows how! But I thinkit is because eventhough some of you may think some rules are harsh they are here for a reasonand they work.So I will stick to the rules and hope you all do too!I have seenonly 4 or 5 weeks of the backstage stuff I bet Rob has had a massive sensoryoverload in all of his years here.Imagine if he wrote a book OMG!So before Ileave Negril although I probably will not get to say it in person now as I amsaving them for next time I would like to thank Rob and Lisa for making me andmy family welcome and becoming our friends in Negril and being there if weneeded them and allowing us all to get together through this avenue.Robs doinga good job, Robs a cool guy and we did clash a while back a little but I thinkthat is different cultures , different dialect just two totally differentpeople from different worlds but we got over it and moved on and now I hope weare friends.If you hear them calling me ditzy BEAT THEM LOLOL.I know thissounds like kissing ass a bit but I really think the board is a nice thing tohave for Negril and to get people together who wish to have company.So manysolo travellers here I guess they could get lonely too and this is the perfectavenue to find new friends with similar interests as yourself.Like I explainedI have NO-ONE in England who is remotely interested in Jamaica or anythingJamaican, the music the people the food etc so this is a perfect little placefor me to hang out and make similar minded friends.So thanks Rob keep up thegood work.See you next time.We definately have to have a hang out party daynext time.Rob was always busy working this trip so did not really get to hangwith Rob and Lisa for a day not saying they would have wanted to LOL but stillI woulda hunted them down ...next time baby!xxxxxxxxxOff into the hills I gocheck back soon x
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Next time I get a chance to use the computer I will do a small report about my feelings about Negril on the whole after staying just over a month but as a quicky I can say a lot of you absolutely terrified me before I came telling of all sorts of horror stories which I hear often which are sad,
I was quite scared but I am a person who listens to others advice but I still like to go and form my own opinions same with people, There are a few people around here who may not have liked certain other people but I like to just figure things out on my own see what I think about it.I always go with what I feel about a person or a place not just stick to rumours or sometimes downright lies and then pass those things on.
So after reading some things about Negril I was sure I was heading out to a jungle full of drama and hostility and drugs and gangs and I would be harrassed every day for money by agressive salesmen /murderers or even worse.
The reality is Negril was PERFECT. I pretty much covered negril! Even if I did not write about it in my report I did go and visit a lot of places , some places just to view the property or go say hi to a worker or a friend I pretty much covered the 7 miles!
All I have heard and seen is FUN and niceness.I did not even get harassed for money Once on this trip.Fewer sales men out there and they seem to be a lot more mellow or maybe they just being nice especially for me who knows HA
In all my years here I have never witnessed anything I did not wish to see and I do not stay loclked up in the hotel I do venture out so i actually have expected to have seen SOMETHING but never have, This trip was my first time I saw something it was nothing major and I must tell you men that perhaps if it is your first time to Jamaica and you love the women and the sexy dancing and the offers of sex...it is not FREE in this country not in the clubs of Negril anyhow.
Please do your research.I know in many countries the men and women there love holiday flings and they like to get laid and its all footloose and fancy free and it is actually FREE and people fall in love or have a fling etc
Negril is different, these girls are not there for a fun fling or maybe to fall in love.This is NEGRIL.They are actually WORKING GIRLS
That is their JOB do not know if it is legal or illegal all I know is it aint free and one girl I asked was charging 100usd so if you are a man and you only last 3 minutes thats the going rate LOL
So anyway back on with what I saw, a very drunk tourist went with a lady down a dark area where he should not have gone anyway, he thought it was his lucky night, he had pulled in the club a nice dancing lady wit woooo thought he could take her down some back alley but when it was time to pay he had no money and got offended which resulted in the female and another girl and about three men beating him with a tree branch, he was not injured bad but she was not happy he had his fun and then said he had no money,I do not know if he was trying to trick her or he was drunk and did not know she was a hooker I have no idea.BUT MEN PLEASE REALISE this is not for free in most cases in the club and do not take foreign strangers down dark back alleys.And think about protection too.They were really not happy with this guy and no-one was helping and the streets were very quiet I was thinking about calling an ambulance if I could remember the freaking number.,I was not just going to leave the guy there all alone like that but understood why the people were mad , a car came and helped him up and took him back he was ok all I am saying is be careful.
If you think your luck is in and you have pulled a glamourous hot looking chick who has the best dancemoves in the world.ASK either her or yourself is this for free?
Coz most likely it is NOT and can lead to trouble if you have what you want and she dont get what she want.
That is the only one incident I have ever seen in all the years and it was pretty much the guys fault to be honest I am sorry to say.
So apart from that the only horror stories I encounteres was one bad look at one bar (she could have just been having a bad day who knows?)
and the mr egotistical maniac but to be fair I think he would be ready to blow and go at anything no matter how trivial I think that is his nature.
Apart from that there were no problems whatsoever, I loved everyone I met had a great time ,There were no stories of theft , robberies, murder, shootings, gangs drugs, NOTHING not a single thing just that one man who didn't pay for his SEX LOL
The place was as fun as ever if not better and I cannot wait to get back here.
I think people here treat you as you treat them and I work like that too so I always seem to have a nice time.I have heard some really obnoxious tourists though who treat staff like their own hired unpaid help.Asking for drinks , like when I want a drink I say
PLEASE could you get me a pepsi and when it is handed to me I say oh thankyou
But i hear some people shout OVER HERE PEPSI
And dont even look at the server when it is placed before them
or ANOTHER OVER HERE
OR WHERES MY DRINK
just rude then they wonder why the server isn't really friendly and complain about it-gets on my nerves.
So I have spoken to everyone I met nicely and politely but thats is how I am anyway so did not have to put any effort in LOL
and I got the response I expected from everyone (apart from ego)
So treat others the way you want to be treated and I just do not understand how anyone can have any issues here.
Some of the loveliest hardest working, creative ,friendliest people in the world who will do anything 4 u
Awwww TT...that was cool!!
You were the one that took the time out to actually ask, observe & try to understand what Rob "deals with" daily & all year long...not just for a week or 3 months of vacation time...and you found out it wasn't so simple!
And...you know how I feel about your honesty & directness!!
Thank you "ditzy"!! We'll see you soon!
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