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A good budget Beaches property

Advantages: Good all inclusive package and right on beach - literally!
Disadvantages: Rooms bit small for families if in standard room type

...was this one - the Beaches Sandy Bay - we had a good look around and also had some lunch whilst there so I will advise my opinion on the hotel from my point of view. What is Beaches: First of all I will explain what the Beaches properties are. You may or may not have heard of the Sandals name which is an Ultra all inclusive chain of hotels in the Caribbean. By ultra all inclusive it means everything is thrown in including all service charges, food, ...
...the lowest end of the Beaches properties called Beaches Sandy Bay and is located in Negril in Jamaica. First impressions: As you pull up to the hotel you cannot miss the rather large sign outside that is the 'Beaches' logo - the main entrance looks quite nice with a large spacious area and high ceilings that the breeze can blow through from the pool and beach area. However you certainly cannot mistake the very flowery print of the chairs which ...

frankiecesca 15.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Beaches Sandy Bay, Negril

Relaxed?Not really

Advantages: Nice weather, beach, breakfast
Disadvantages: lots of 'husters', poor evening meal, didnt feel very secure

...details: ------------------- We stayed at Country Country in Negril for 2 weeks for our honeymoon, from 8th August - 22nd. We booked through Thomsons for a total price of £1,895 on B&B basis. We had to fly from Gatwick Airport (which for us was a bit of a nightmare as we had to fly down from Durham Tees the night before...but never mind about that). We had been dreaming about the sandy beach, the relaxed atmosphere and the lovely sun for months, ...
...all seemed great, except as I read more and more reviews we heard more and more about the 'Beach Vendors' who try to sell you anything you could possibly think off - really. ------------------------------- Arrival at the hotel: ------------------------------- We arrived at Montego Bay airport in the afternoon, around 3pm, collected our bags, got our passports stamped and so on. A friendly baggage handler helped me and my wife take our bags to ...

rocksthatkill 11.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Country Beach Cottages, Negril

excellent hotel

Advantages: the staff
Disadvantages: nothing really

I stayed in the hotel with my boyfreind for 2 weeks in august and we had an amazing time, the staff cant do enough for you and they really do make your holiday. the hotel itself is pretty basic but we had lovely rooms all of the facilities were clean and there was plenty to do. the food was very good, i was slightly apprehensiv when we booked it as the food was buffet style but it was dlicious and we never ate the same thing twice, evry night of ...
...the barbeque on the beach was definatly one of the best nights. there are plenty of activities if you want to do them from kayak racing to cooking classes. We are going back agan next year and cant wait to see the staf again they really made our holiday special ...

cesca1988 19.10.2009 · Read full review

Review of Club Ambiance, St. Ann

best holiday ever

Advantages: staff members, food, drinks
Disadvantages: rooms

i went to runaway bay royal decameron club over the summer at the end of june with my mum and dad and had best time ever, i know that some people might complain about the cleanliness about the cottages, but as i think everything was just brilliant, could of been little bit more cleaner, but what do you want from 3 star resort and you are not gonna spend most of time in yuor cottage anyways. so once we got to resort all the people were so friendly ...
...in reception area we had drinks ready for us, what made it more perfect, then once you get checked in you get someone to help you with the luggage, but make sure you tip the guys so they remember you and help you next time =] i made so many friends in there and all the staff members were just brilliant, specially the bar man jerome, love him for bits, so girls keep away from him lol. and george, the oldest barman probably aint so great to be honest ...

mizzjena 02.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Royal Decameron Club Caribbean, Runaway Bay

Great place for Jamaican art, lovely waterfront and good food

Advantages: Quiet, relaxing and beautiful artwork
Disadvantages: It takes a little work to find the spot, knowing the right exit to Rio Bueno.

...by accident. I took the Rio Bueno exit at Braco off the main highway from Montego Bay to see this historic town and ended up popping into the place Gallery Joe James to see the art work. I was astounded of the beauty of the paintings done by the owner and artist Joe James and the breath taking view of the waterfront as we sat and conversed about the history of the area or cold red stripes. It soon became late and I decided to stay over and was more ...
...the views of the sea from my balcony. Joe and his wife Joyce along with their staff made me feel like family as they made every effort to make me feel at home. The Jamaican breakfast of ackee and saltfish with fried dumplings and fresh fruit bring me back fond memories of my visit. i am really looking forward to returning with my family soon. ...

lovingtravelling 13.04.2009 · Read full review
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