allinclusives

[mommacat]

We've stayed at CSA twice, and were never discouraged to leave the resort. When we were leaving by taxi, they did ask if we had a trustworthy ride. The one all inclusive we did experience that with was Beaches. The tour rep actually told me it was unsafe to leave the resort on our own. I laughed and asked him how did he manage to get to work. I told him that we had a driver we used for a few years, it was all good. I did get a bit of the cold shoulder after that. At Beaches, many of the people believed that staying on the property was the way to go. At CSA it was a mix. We usually stay at the non allinclusives, but thats just our choice.

[Muck]

I think AIs are an excellent way for the cautious traveler to slowly ease their way into the Negril experience. The first stay, they might "dip their toe into Negril" by taking a walk down the beach or having dinner at a cliffside restaurant. If they enjoy those experiences, they may leave the resort more and more in the future and some may decide to go Non-AI for their next trip.

We've stayed at CSA twice, and were never discouraged to leave the resort. .

Same here...

[TandJ]

This will be my second "full" AI (others were the old brekkie / dinner no booze thing) - always encouraged to go "out and explore".

[Fred Stripe]

I was never discouraged from leaving the compound of the AI's by the employees,,,they just said to make sure you have a spear to fight off the fire breathing dragons who lurk in the caves on the West End.

[gerryg123]

I love the AIs in Negril, too. That's how I started, and I've never had a bad trip at the RIUs, Sandals Negril, Couples ..... I kind of bring the gerryg123 lifestyle to the AIs, so I still have my scooter and appetite for all things good .... The AIs are EXCELLENT if you have kids, especially when they used to be free with a paying adult at the RIU Club.

[Van]

I was the visiting tennis pro at 3 different AI's in early 2000's after my 2 hours of work was up my long time friend would come in his truck to pick us and tell the guards "jail break" as we would leave with him.

[LoriB]

We've never been scared off by CSA to venture out and about-actually peeps at home in New York are more paranoid when I tell them we go off resort - they think Jamaica is scary-maybe Jamaica, Queens in New York where JFK airport is!

[kim in socal]

Last year we did trading places from CN to CSA...After about an hour we were ready to go back to CN so we went out front to grab a route cab.
The guard asked if we needed him to call us a cab and we said we would just flag down a route cab.
He asked us to come over to him to discuss this and he told my husband to put on his shirt and then with one whistle, a packed route cab was there for us.
Double decked for my husband and I but not a problem for us.
The guard just smiled and waved us on...

[Mort]

I was told at one of the local beach hotels to never go to an all inclusive. THEY HAVE DRESS CODES!!! I'm not sure if it's true but I was sufficiently frightened to never go to one.

[Muck]

I was told at one of the local beach hotels to never go to an all inclusive. THEY HAVE DRESS CODES!!! I'm not sure if it's true but I was sufficiently frightened to never go to one.

At Couples, the dress codes are only for the fancy restaurants....but that's it.