Quick Question

[Tricia]

In Negril, right now! Woo-Hooo!
just trying to budget beer money for the week...and wondering how much the departure tax is at the airport now????? THX!

[negrilbay]

The departure tax is in the airfare now,I remember when you had to paid when leaving, but that has change a while ago.

[chigirl]

I use to wonder in the old days what happened if you didn't have the departure tax, maybe that's why it's included now. LOL

[Rob]

They would actually send you away from the counter, and tell you to find one of your countrymen to help you pay your departure tax. I know this for a fact....(grin)!

[negrilbay]

You are right it happen to me, ran out of money and had to borrow from someone in the airport and they kept calling my name over the speaker , wow was I tripping didn't think I was going home, so glad its in the tickets now. I have a problem in Negril spend to much, always broke when I come home.

[marley9808]

Lol, I know what you mean Rob.....same thing happened to me and my friend on our very first trip. No one had told us about the departure tax and we literally showed up to the airport will maybe less than $5 each to our names (silly young college kids)
they told us we had to pay the (I think it was like $27 or something like that) and we said we didn't have it. They sent us outside and told us to find the atm. Well it was out of order. We got back up to the counter and they told us to find someone who could give us the money...which definitely is not that easy to do but we must have looked pitiful because a very nice man in line behind us asked what was wrong when he had watched us walk up and away from the line and then he paid for both of us!

[chigirl]

Thanks Rob and all. I do remember a departure tax in the Bahamas and an energy surcharge checking out of the hotel when I was a very young woman and had no cash. Used my emergency credit card (my mom's card) Remember my mom not agreeing it was an emergency LOL