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Heading for Jamaica in July

  • 15-05-2013 3:06pm
    #1
    Gally05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 253 ✭✭


    Hi All ,
    My self and my partner are heading for Jamaica in July. We are flying into Kingston for 4 nights. We have no accommodation booked yet and are wondering if we are better off heading out of Kingston
    Has anyone had any experience of Jamaica and its resorts ? . I have read up a good bit about it and it just seems to deter anyone from travelling there. .

    looking for some personal insite and recommadations

    thanks :)


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  • #2
    naughtysmurf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,304 ✭✭✭naughtysmurf


    Gally05 wrote: »
    Hi All ,
    I have read up a good bit about it and it just seems to deter anyone from travelling there

    Haven't been there myself but your own research tallies with what I've been told by friends who have been there

    It has a lot of poverty,
    Kingston is unsafe, give it a wide berth, a lot of tourists tend to stay in compounds and only venture out on organised trips, not my idea of a holiday so that would put me off


  • #3
    Gally05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 253 ✭✭Gally05


    Were flying into Kingston , at this stage now I think we will be avoiding it , but were only there a few nights so we don't want to spend half a day travelling so was looking for some help/advise on that .
    thanks


  • #4
    naughtysmurf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,304 ✭✭✭naughtysmurf


    Well you are looking at between probably two and a half to three and a half hours transfer time to Ocho Rios or Montego Bay where most of the tourists tend to head to, not too bad
    If I were you, I'd book a private transfer from/to airport


  • #5
    Gally05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 253 ✭✭Gally05


    Ya its seems to be get out of Kingston is the tale everywhere. Montego Bay is a fair old trip from Kingston. I suppose a 2 - 3hr trip isnt all that bad i suppose.


  • #6
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,706 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    I flew to Montego bay and had to travel 70km, it took 90 mins, you're probably talking 3-4 hours to get from Kingston to Montego bay


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  • #7
    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    Check whether an internal flight from Kingston to Montego bay is an option.


  • #8
    Gally05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 253 ✭✭Gally05


    what abou driving folks ?
    good idea or not ?


  • #9
    Rasmus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Rasmus


    Was in Jamaica a few years back, absolutely wonderful holiday. However there is a lot of poverty and crime in the capital (and all over really) so I think you are mad to be considering spending a few nights there, and you haven't even booked any accommodation?
    Ocho Rios is lovely and there is lots of places to stay out there - if you book a hotel or resort they can then advise you on getting a transfer from the airport. You could drive yourself I suppose but maybe do a bit of research first!


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