We budget about $75-100 a day for the two of us for food, drinks, taxi's, incidentals.
We eat pretty inexpensively during the day ..... patties on the beach, lobster on the beach, jerk pork on the beach. Or we head to Mikey's first thing in the morning (right beside Best in the West) and grab a bunch of patties and coco bread to keep in the room for snacking on during the day.
We stock up on Rum, beer, snacks, etc at the Hi-Lo to keep costs down too.
For our transfer from the airport we use Joe Cool Taxi. It is $15 per person each way if you do a shared ride (more than 4 people) or $30 if you are by yourself. Definitely the least expensive transfers we have found and his service is awesome!
You can get beers along the beach for $150J and up, watch for drink specials/happy hours to get more bang for your buck!
For this next trip, we bought a cheap kettle for our room to make oatmeal, etc to keep breakfast costs down. We will leave the kettle for a friend.
Last time we brought down a blender to make our own frosty drinks and left the blender for a friend.
Route taxis are the best way to get around Negril, 100J will get you to the roundabout, another 100J will get you up the West End Road. Turn around, repeat for the way home.
Hope you have the best time EVER and that you let us know how your first trip was