Westjet and Air Canada to Jamaica It took seven trips for this to happen but finally my favorite Canadian airline, Westjet, started flying to Montego Bay last year. It was a welcome change to the monopoly that Air Canada had because now there could be price wars! YAAY! Air Canada’s airfares to Montego Bay NEVER fluctuated until now. They pretty much run neck in neck and that gives me more choices, since I frequently got stuck on USA based airlines who’s routes to Montego Bay were anything...
YES take your kids to Jamaica! In April 2004, my son Curtis was 11 and I was taking him with me. My mission: To convince a city-slicking kid that Disneyland is NOT the only vacation on the planet! The tools I had to complete my mission: 2 tickets to Jamaica and an extremely limited budget. Let me tell you he was kinda miserable about it before we got there. He stayed up the whole night before departure downloading music for his mp3 player so he would “have something to do” there. Curtis...
Want a great way to get to Jamaica? WIN A TRIP! What’s even better than winning a trip is winning TWO trips! I confess, that’s how all my Jamaica madness started 6 years ago. In fact the 6 year anniversary of my first trip is coming up in March. Rewind to March 2003, about 6:30am when I heard a cue to call on the Vibe 98.5 radio station, to get your name entered in a contest to see Sean Paul live in Negril. At this point in my life I’d never traveled anywhere and knew nothing about...
Jamaica has two international airports. Sangster airport is in Montego Bay and you are most likely to fly into this one. The other one is Norman Manley International located in Kingston. Most tourists land in Montego Bay, most business people and a lot of locals from the east side of the island land in Kingston. I’ve never flown into Kingston so I have no comment on Norman Manley airport. So, on to Sangster. This airport has grown exponentially since I started traveling to Jamaica...
This section will NOT tell you how to get to Jamaica quickly and cheaply because the only tip I have for that is: DO NOT LIVE IN WESTERN CANADA!! Period. Otherwise, I’m sure you can fly from Toronto or some major US destination on one of those $99 roundtrip specials I’ve only heard about in my dreams. Aside from all that, there are some awesome oddities about traveling to Jamaica. The VERY first thing I noticed on my VERY first trip was the flight attendants, just before landing, went...
Welcome to Jamaica….MY way! Its the first day of the new year, and with the new year came a new idea. To spread the love of the beautiful island of Jamaica and all it has to offer, with my own personal spin on things. Whenever friends, coworkers, friends of friends, etc, are preparing for a getaway to Jamaica they always seem to come across my phone number somehow and call for tips on travel. I wondered if there was a way to start charging for a drink from my fountain of information! But in...
