Scooters, Bikes, route taxi's and the Westender

[Sweetness]

Hi LLAP - I think you will really enjoy the Westender - I just spent a month there so if you have any details questions I would be so happy to share. Here is my opinion/two cents....

I have always wanted to rent a scooter and probably would if I was staying over a month. I have a couple people that visited me by bicycle at the Westender but they are both in PERFECT SHAPE/atheletes. So if that is you it might be fun if you go places you feel safe "leaving" it while you are enjoying Negril. Westender used to have bicycles but no longer and not sure where you can rent one.

I love taking route taxis and they are the most reasonable priced option. I never used them because the price was not that different from the Shuttle/Van (big spotless AC van) - Route taxis charge $300 pp one way out to Westender - as soon as they go past Out of Town Pastry at the "Y" they consider it off route and the price goes up from the normal $100J. The shuttle/van is driven by Jermain and he is the nicest most dependable driver. They charge $350J pp one way but as Marblehead I often gave him $500J because he would stop and wait for me multiple places (friends yard, HiLo, produce stand). So approximately $8US per person / $16 for two may be more than just route taxis within town - to me it was reasonable with my budget. He is available for drop off and pick up 24 hours a day so it is nice to know he will come get you "no problems" any time. He can work around all your needs. When I left he was the one that got the best "thank" you tip of all the staff. Carried my groceries, stood with me so I would get Jamaican prices on things, he is now a friend and so long story short - you got no worries. I also went to town 3-4 times a week to play at the beach and do shopping and dining and webcasting but also enjoyed just hanging out at Westender on Sunday nights for the bonfire.