Do I really need a Jamaican cell?

[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.