KINGSTON cw fares FOR £999 return!
Dec 20, 2012, 12:54 am
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It just occurred to me that you are all trying to head to the Caribbean for hurricane season... Now, when you get your legs amputated by a telephone pole whizzing through the air, don't come running to me... Jus' sayin'...
Dec 20, 2012, 2:16 am
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Dec 20, 2012, 2:41 am
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Dec 20, 2012, 4:10 am
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It's not one of those 700-room, 5-pool, 3-discotheque establishments many people associate with Sandals resorts.
And they do transfer from KIN, albeit a longish journey.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...l-jamaica.html
Only the lowest category rooms were available for our intended dates, everything else booked out. We decided the offer wasn't going to be tempting enough for the costs involved.
Dec 20, 2012, 6:47 am
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Dec 20, 2012, 7:12 am
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Hmm - looks nice although perhaps a little outside my budget. I was actually looking at flying to Cuba (since apparently there are no boats 
), but the only way seems to be via Panama for a fare that is almost more expensive than flying direct from London.
Our normal holidays tend not to be to spend a week in a hotel with a beach, but rather to travel around - trains, planes or automobiles. Is Jamaica place where the week-long cooped up in a gated resort is the only way to go? Or can you actually travel around independently and safely, seeing a bit more of the island?
), but the only way seems to be via Panama for a fare that is almost more expensive than flying direct from London.Our normal holidays tend not to be to spend a week in a hotel with a beach, but rather to travel around - trains, planes or automobiles. Is Jamaica place where the week-long cooped up in a gated resort is the only way to go? Or can you actually travel around independently and safely, seeing a bit more of the island?
Dec 20, 2012, 7:46 am
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I'd be surprised if there are no flights from Kingston to Havana. If not, cayman airways fly there many times a week from GCM. If you get the timing right you can hop to cayman then hop up to cuba for a cigar or two. Quite a few who cannot be bothered getting permission from the State Dept or wherever in the US drop by GCM to nip to Cuba. Make sure they do not stamp your passport if you ever want to go to the US....
Hmm - looks nice although perhaps a little outside my budget. I was actually looking at flying to Cuba (since apparently there are no boats ), but the only way seems to be via Panama for a fare that is almost more expensive than flying direct from London.
Our normal holidays tend not to be to spend a week in a hotel with a beach, but rather to travel around - trains, planes or automobiles. Is Jamaica place where the week-long cooped up in a gated resort is the only way to go? Or can you actually travel around independently and safely, seeing a bit more of the island?
), but the only way seems to be via Panama for a fare that is almost more expensive than flying direct from London.Our normal holidays tend not to be to spend a week in a hotel with a beach, but rather to travel around - trains, planes or automobiles. Is Jamaica place where the week-long cooped up in a gated resort is the only way to go? Or can you actually travel around independently and safely, seeing a bit more of the island?
Dec 20, 2012, 7:49 am
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The company had a long-standing policy, dating from 1981, which banned gays from their "couples-only" resorts. The policy was variously stated by characterizing the accommodations as "resort for couples (heterosexual) only", or "Couples only. A couple is defined as one female adult and one male adult", "policies require male/female couples only", or "couples of the same gender are not accepted." Sandals' anti-gay policy received a great deal of publicity when stays at their resorts were offered as prizes in various promotions by companies such as Microsoft, Yahoo!, and US Airways in 1999.[9] Later reports indicated that some resorts also made no accommodations for the handicapped, prompting the ACLU to opine that companies offering Sandals stays as prizes, or otherwise doing business with Sandals resorts, might be the targets of lawsuits. The companies involved promptly severed their relationships with Sandals, stating they were unaware of its discriminatory practices.[10] Adverts for the company were banned from the London Underground in 2003 after public objections were raised.[11] Sandals ended its policy of refusing service to gay couples in August 2004 after further gay rights protests
The only reason they moved away from the "heterosexual only" policy was when they started losing major advertising revenue and got negative publicity. I personally still wouldn't spend a penny there. YMMV.
Dec 20, 2012, 8:12 am
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I'd be surprised if there are no flights from Kingston to Havana. If not, cayman airways fly there many times a week from GCM. If you get the timing right you can hop to cayman then hop up to cuba for a cigar or two. Quite a few who cannot be bothered getting permission from the State Dept or wherever in the US drop by GCM to nip to Cuba. Make sure they do not stamp your passport if you ever want to go to the US....
However, I now see an itinerary appearing - Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Cuba - and fortunately I don't need permission from the US State Dept.
Dec 20, 2012, 8:33 am
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Yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandals_Resorts
The only reason they moved away from the "heterosexual only" policy was when they started losing major advertising revenue and got negative publicity. I personally still wouldn't spend a penny there. YMMV.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandals_Resorts
The only reason they moved away from the "heterosexual only" policy was when they started losing major advertising revenue and got negative publicity. I personally still wouldn't spend a penny there. YMMV.
Dec 20, 2012, 8:36 am
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Dec 20, 2012, 9:04 am
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Generally I would agree with you, but the RP was, until a couple of years ago, one of the "Small Hotels of The World" - and possibly still is.
It may be under the Sandals banner now, but it's still Small - and super (if you like that sort of thing). Probably best for the older generation, as there's no Disco
It may be under the Sandals banner now, but it's still Small - and super (if you like that sort of thing). Probably best for the older generation, as there's no Disco
Dec 20, 2012, 9:27 am
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Ironically, I remember BMI giving away a Sandals holiday in a competition, a competition their owner and CEO would not have been allowed to win. I seem to remember he apologised for it, not that he was directly responsible.