Thank you both for your replies and info. TA offers such a mixed bag of reviews, so I thought I'd seek info from this board. The fact that there have only been two responses from the negril.com community is a little bothersome by itself. (hmmm, really? nothing? no one's stayed here? )

Anyway, jan24, I'm sorry to hear of the problems you experienced. Seaweed happens, but the other issues are difficult to overlook as they are items that are within ownership control...

Thanks again for the input. - k