yeah Smith, agreed. My first trip to Negril, not knowing any better, got a cab outside my hotel on the beach to take me to hi lo and back and he charged 20 dollars and I also tipped on top of that. I don't ever take taxis where I live, I walk, bus, and subway. So the sticker shock was big--and way more than NYC taxi rates for the same distance. By trip number 2 I learned about route taxis and have been a happy passenger ever since.