Negril

Pros: beautiful beaches and great snorkeling
Cons: dirty; poverty-stricken; locals trying to take advantage of the tourists

When we were booking our junior year college spring break, we wanted wild and crazy. We got that, plus some, when we traveled to Jamaica for a week's time.

The Spring Break Experience in Jamaica
I have heard wonderful things about...

Pros: beaches, service,romantic getaway,total relaxation
Cons: rooms, heat and sun in summer

For the last eleven years,my husband and I have gone to Grand Lido,Negril, to just chill out and recharge ourselves.
We started going a year after it opened, and have been hooked ever since.If good food, all you can eat I might add, every kind...

Pros: Feeling like a king/queen while there.
Cons: Facing reality when you leave.

Its been well over a year since my trip to the Riu Tropical Bay in Negril but, since it was such an amazing trip, the details remain as vivid as ever. We went in the middle of October of 2002 and were a little worried since we were travelling so close...

Pros: The cliffs are pretty and the beach is good.
Cons: Too much hassling and too much narcotic culture.

Negril is OK. It's one of those places that has great pr and word of mouth, but once you get there, you wonder what all the hype was about. Most people come to Negril as part of a package tour and stay at the all-inclusive fancy places like Sandals, ...

Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing

Review Topic:  Overview

It is hard to put my love for Jamaica into words, except I will say it is like when you are cuddling up in bed with your loved one one a sunday morning. You may not be able to put it into proper words,...

Pros: Excellent, friendly staff, and an absolutely beautiful beach!
Cons: Not enough variety in restaurants, set dining times. Some brief power outages.

In April of 2002 we had the opportunity to spend a week in Negril at the beautiful Riu Tropical Bay ...

Pros: Food, resort size, service, getting to mix with other couples, all inclusive items
Cons: My wife got few bug-bites in evening Apple vacation plane crowded

This was purchased as an all inclusive vacation, including flight down from Chicago, and connection from Airport. Went in Middle of June, and was concerned about possible rain; but no problem; we had 2 hours of rain during the week. Also, read about...

Pros: Beautiful, cheap and an all around good time.
Cons: Race.

Don't Believe Everything Your Read

gosh, in reading several of these reviews you sure do read some harsh criticisms. for those of you that may be going to jamaica please realize that most of the "bad" comes from those that wanted...

Pros: Beautiful beaches, laid back atmosphere, people
Cons: Long bus ride after a long, tiring flight

We knew we needed a family vacation. Boy, did we pick the right place or what?!

My husband and I never had a honeymoon and then, shortly after our marriage, he had an extremely bad accident which led to several years of literally constant...

Pros: Beautiful grounds, wonderful service, friendly guests and employees, plenty to do.
Cons: From Denver, we had to spend the night before our Jamaican flight in Atlanta.

I had read a lot of good things about Couples Swept Away. I was a bit dubious because I have gone to a lot of all inclusive resorts and some of these resorts were terrific. I wondered if this one was really so wonderful. Would it live up to what I ...

Pros: VIP treatment
Cons: Have to get creative for night life after 10:00 PM at the resort,

We (my husband & I) have been to Sandal's Negril 3 times now and are returning for our 4th visit in April 2004. We have always gone during Easter week , which is when they celebrate "reunion week", they seem to have lots of extra "fun" activties going on ...

Pros: Nice weather, nice people, laid back
Cons: Nothing, really

Negril – Part One: Where to Stay and When.

Negril in November. While the local weather begins to cool, take advantage of some Hot Deals. You see, the tourist season starts in the middle of November, and when tourist season starts, prices...

Pros: Fabulous service, great food, gorgeous beach, clear blue water
Cons: long bumpy bus ride to resort, having to go home

What a beautiful resort! We have stayed at many all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean, including Grand Lido Braco and Grand Lido Sans Souci in Jamaica. Although the Riu offers a few less services than the Lido resorts (no free dry cleaning, manicures...

Pros: Absolutely beautiful
Cons: Not much to do

Let me start off by saying that Negril Jamaica has the most beautiful beaches going. My stay at the "Beaches" resort in Negril Jamacia was alot of fun and relaxing at the same time. I have been to pretty much every island in the Carribean and I love...

Pros: At Hedonism II, all you can eat, drink, see, and do is included...
Cons: ...provided you stay on hotel property. Nightlife at the resort leaves something to be desired.

ON COLLEGE SPRING BREAK: Spring Break is a glorious time in a young person's life when they can leave behind all the worries and troubles of midterms, dorm rules, petty part-time jobs, and all sense of morality as soon as they get on the airplane. But...