Do I really need a Jamaican cell?

[nutz4travel]

Lol

[Rambo]

MARKO

mi friend, your accent is fading, you need a month down home......

[Limo Mon]

Getting close now and a lot of (stupid?) questions are popping up in my head! Should we get a Jamaican phone - is it really necessary? I can see using it to call a driver? Are there not phones in the rooms or do they charge for local calls? Could you not just get the hotel or restaurant to call your driver for you?

We don't need it to call home and we don't know anyone in Jamaica that we'd need to call. Just wondering why so many people feel the need to get one??

Thanks

Posted this info many times. Download Magic Jack app to your android US phone and call home for FREE FREE FREE. All you need is WI- Fi signal. Your front desk or bartender will call your driva while at your JA home base. When your out eating or drinking have your server call your driva when ready to go.

[Monty&Melo]

We've had the same phone number for about 5 years now, it is great to not have to let folks at home know what your number is each time you get there. We run a few businesses while on vacation (no such thing as being 100% unplugged when you have others working for you ). We have children at home that we like to talk to every day or so as well. The best thing about having a Jamaican cellphone with cheap international minutes on it is DRUNK DIALING YOUR FRIENDS WHO ARE HOME IN THE STATES WHILE YOU ARE AT THE CANOE BAR HAVING RUM PUNCH!!! Nothing better than having someone answer the phone in the states after seeing Kingston, Jamaica (which is how it usually registers, no matter where you are really call from) on the caller ID and hearing them hesitantly say "Uh, um, Hello??" Then you blast out a "Ya Mon, ow you doing, whah gwon??" After a couple of seconds they remember that you are in Jamaica and then the conversation begins. I'm telling you, this is tons of fun. Try it next time, it's well worth the price of a cellie and some minutes.

M&M

[Marko]

MARKO

mi friend, your accent is fading, you need a month down home......

yah mon......mi was in Negril for the winter and mi heading back real soon.......
tax time here in the USA and gotta be responsible.....tell ya mi real homesick

Cool Runnings, Marko

[Amerapress]

Ha no I doubt it 541lion. I'm sure she will far to busy and accupied!

[RockRobster]

Getting close now and a lot of (stupid?) questions are popping up in my head! Should we get a Jamaican phone - is it really necessary? I can see using it to call a driver? Are there not phones in the rooms or do they charge for local calls? Could you not just get the hotel or restaurant to call your driver for you?

We don't need it to call home and we don't know anyone in Jamaica that we'd need to call. Just wondering why so many people feel the need to get one??

Thanks

I need to be able to contact my office and my children while on vacay. My US cellular carrier wants 1.95usd/minute to phone home. Getting a JA phone is a "no brainer" for me.

If you don't need to call home at all, and don't have a lot of friends in JA to call, then a JA phone is not a requirement.

My JA phone cost me $12USD and the SIM card was $3USD. I call to the US for pennies a minute.