So sorry to hear something bad happened....I'll have to go dig up that thread for details.

I'm a "Cheap Charlie" and use route taxis and route buses in JA and can't see steering tourist away from using them.....rather educate them on how to use them. My last trip from MBJ to Negril was via route taxis and shortly after Smith744(?) posted about the same thing. They are a cheap transport solution for "Cheap Charlies" and in my opinion a very good way to explore the culture/meet the people outside of the tourist areas. With that said I would have my own mother use Clives or another well spoken charter taxi service liked by many on this forum.

Just wondering....let's say it's 4am and a tourist is leaving Miyard back to their hotel or 9 am and they need a ride to the cambio...or whatever silly @ss ride from point A to point B in Negril....should they have to call around to charter cabs (approved by this forum) instead of using the route taxi system? Should Blue Mountain tourists have to pay $50 each time they want to go down to Kingston instead of taking the route 67 bus for $5-$6?

2 cents from a cheap Charlie