Quote Originally Posted by Escanabajosh View Post
So it sounds like we are going to Negril for our honeymoon,2weeks

we are set on BCC for the first week and looking for ideas for the last week. Not looking to spend much over $1,000.

we are thinking about sea splash, there is a deal at negrilonestop.com for $149 (tax inc w/ breakfast) for the one room suite. the thing we like about that is we wont have to eat out every single night with the kitchen in the room

my fiancé is friends with a travel agent and she says that since they don't work with TA it sends up a red flag and she wants to find us something else like a AI. we said no ai and that we want to get out and see Jamaica not sit on a beach and eat buffet food that I can get in America.....I want to eat chicken from a oil drum and drink some beers with the locals....not have the people next to us sitting on the beach talk our ear off all week.

for things to do she wants to swim with the dolphins and I would love to rent a car and go see faiths pen for some food. I think we are going to stick to things close to Negril for the rest,if we have extra $ we might do a tour with a guide.

This is our first time in Jamaica, not sure on dates yet but looking like late june
I applaud you on your research and decision making in regards to places and type of places to stay but I would like to comment a bit on the "renting of a car and go see faiths pen for some food" part.

I know that Anthony Zimmerman thinks that faiths pen is the "bomb" when it comes to "authentic" Jamaican food but, I have been there many times over the past 20 or so years and really don't see much special about the place. Now, if you were staying somewhere around St. Anns I could see going there for a visit but all the way from Negril? I don't think you will be that impressed with the visit other than the beautiful scenery up through Fern Gully etc. There are plenty of "authentic" places to eat Jamaican food closer to Negril and (perhaps) even more authentic as it is Jamaica and they do cook "authentic" Jamaican food all over the island (even occasionally in Negril).

All that being said, enjoy your trip and I agree that foregoing the driving part and hiring a driver would be preferable for a first time visitor.

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