My next reach will be AI. The girl wants to check out SATP. Economically it is less expensive...even when considering drinks/food on the beach/Westend.
I'm gonna check out prices of flights out of Buffalo to compare vs. Toronto packages.
My next reach will be AI. The girl wants to check out SATP. Economically it is less expensive...even when considering drinks/food on the beach/Westend.
I'm gonna check out prices of flights out of Buffalo to compare vs. Toronto packages.
tfw73 ...I must say for us, that after 2 cruises(our 1st, and 2nd)in the last 2 years....there IS a wrong way to travel for us, and that is a cruise!!! The idea that all your meals are covered(although drinks are NOT, and rival the prices of a big city nightclub)...and...that you can do/see 2-4 different places in a week SOUNDS great....but 7-8 hours to experience a country, it's people and culture is horse dung!.....after 7 trips to Jamaica(mostly all AI I admit, but we are weening off them), it IRKS me when someone in a Jamaica T-shirt gets my interest to ask "Where did you stay?", and it's "Oh, we went on a cruise there last year" Cruises are cheap, though ..if you can keep from spending 2-3X what you bought it for ON the trip
Yes, you make a good point ... but it is a shame when people don't venture out to see the country they are in. Especially when it is because the AI may have promoted a negative view point to discourage folks from venturing off the property at will... Maybe that is what really bothers me. But hey, however you go, ENJOY!Originally Posted by tfw73
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Last edited by SweetSue; 03-31-2012 at 02:26 AM.
I agree about the cruises....it would kill me to pull into somewhere and fall in love with the place and only be able to stay eight hours! Or, the faux AI thing, not everything is covered, whattttt? That would suck. I've never done a cruise and never will. I have a FB friend who said she was going to JA also after I posted I was returning. I asked her where and she said a cruise that was stopping in Montego Bay. But hey, there are folks who REALLY love cruises and that is ok. It's not for me, but for some people it is exactly what they like, just like the land AI resorts.
Sweetsue, the resorts that promote a negative reputation of the very location they are in are shooting themselves in the foot. I love to explore whatever area I am in but I know others don't feel the same way. I have a serious case of wanderlust lol.
Last edited by tfw73; 03-31-2012 at 08:21 AM.
I guess we have always been either lucky or smart.Nobody ever said to us at an AI or not, to not venture off the resort. Sure they have tried to get us to use their drivers, but nothing a no thanks and a short walk didn't take care of. Here comes my can of worms....*winces* If people go to Jamaica and stay at their resort OR if they go and stay at a non AI, or they go and camp on the island, who cares?! I have always wondered why people are criticized for where they stay. It's their money, their vacation, and we should let it be...not criticize or talk about them having less of an experience, after all, depending upon the reach and the reason for it, maybe that isn't their reason for going.
You know - I felt that same way about cruises for many years and never looked to go on one. Until about 2 years ago when my second Mom wanted to celebrate her 80th birthday by going on a Caribbean cruise. Me and 24 members of my "adopted" family - we had a blast! And I fell in love at every stop we made, even coming back with phone numbers of people I met who insisted I should take them just in case I ever come back to Isla Roatan, Grand Cayman, Belize.... again. Even our waiter, Rolando was an absolute sweet heart. When a coworker of mine took the same cruise a short while later, she looked for him to give him my regards and he responded "Oh Susana? The nurse from New York who was with all those Indian people. Give her my love!" It was fun. Not something I would do all the time but definitely worth it as a different experience. Snorkeling at Sting Ray City was awesome. So was climbing the Mayan ruins in Belize. We partied every day and every night. I have no regrets.
So I guess it pays to keep an open mind but all in all, I still love coming back to Jamaica time after time after time....
Peace.
I agree. That is the beauty of individuality.I guess we have always been either lucky or smart.
I love to cruise! We've done it twice, but we do it our own way. We enjoy the ship, the free day care and the free room service! Our last cruise we got off the boat twice, MBJ, spent the day with Rocky in Negril and at Cozumel, just to stretch our legs. I am not a fan of Mexico, at all, could care less. The boat empties on port days and e have it to ourselves. The kids love cruising too! I admit I didn't like our first cruise, but I relaxed and embraced it the second time. Enjoyed it for what it is, not what it could be, if that makes sense. For me it's like staying in a fancy moving hotel. I'd love to hit the Bahamas on a cruise and we have some friends trying to talk us I to a Disney cruise. We'd totally go for our 4 year olds sake. Vacation is Vacation in my book!
Awaiting our return to Negril, 07/01/12
We've only been AI in Negril once and we spent a fortune!!!! Paid for AI and ate out every day, hardly had a drink at the place and really only slept there. We like the fact that when we spend, we spend local. That's about it really.
Rise early, treat everyday as though it's your last and your last day as it's your first.
I can see the beauty of it with younger kids, for sure. I just believe it would break my heart to have to leave somewhere that I fell in love with so soon lol!
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