LOL....let me tell you this. On my very first trip to Jamaica (January 1999) I went with my college roommate, we were 22. We didn't even think twice, we rented a car ahead of time because we just assumed we needed a car to get around. We landed in MoBay around 8 or 9pm and got our rental car from Avis or whoever it was. They took us out to our car and I walked up to the passenger side and tried to get in. This was the first time I had ever been in a car with the steering wheel on the wrong side. This is the first time I had ever driven on the wrong side of the road. This was my first time in Jamaica. It was the "old road" It was about 10pm and I asked the guy "So how do we get to Negril?" He laughed and said maybe you should stay here tonight. I said no, we have to go, our room is waiting. He tried to give me directions but all I could understand was "Kentucky" so after his frustration he asked a Juta driver that was taking some folks to Negril to let us follow him.
So we did. It was dark. There were LOTs of potholes....we had to stop several times for cows in the road. There were times I was screaming...maybe even crying, I think I white nuckled it the whole way, but we made it. And the entire week in Negril the only problems we had were a missing hubcap (from hitting a pothole) and someone backed into our car (while it was parked) one night at Alfreds and left a scratch on the bumper. By the time I was driving us back to the airport I felt like a pro and the guy at the rental car place circled the car a few times, looked at me, looked at the car and said "You must be a really good driver"
My friend and I laughed....hard! I will never forget that week. Do any of you remember the roads in Negril around 1999....there were a million potholes....do you remember the road up to the West End? And we were staying at Samsara! It was like playing a video game while driving trying to maneuver around all of those holes and bad roads!

If I can do that.....I feel like just about anyone can rent a car in Jamaica!

LOL