Hiya.
I've just been informed that the band I've traveled to Negril with in the past is going again next April. Yay for friends and music and fun and Jamaica.
Boo for Negril. I'm pretty done with the place for anything more than a night, would never choose it for my own vacation.
That said, I'm going to need to spend a week there and I have a lot of friends looking to me to find a place we can all stay at and enjoy. In the past I've put our group at Beach House Villas, Seastar and Catcha Gardens/ocean side.
Catcha is still a possibility but is so booked up these days that getting the entire group there is probably not going to work. Overflow at Gardens was OK last time, though less than ideal to walk from one friend's to another's at 3AM along that stretch of road. Seastar was a bargain when we stayed but their rates have doubled and there is the same walk from Catcha.
I am open to beach or cliffs, though I do enjoy being near 3 Dives so Xtabi might work.
Can anyone suggest a place that may be new that i am not aware of? A place that can accommodate maybe a dozen people in various levels of comfort and cost? A place with a good central gathering area? Beach House was great as we had the huge roof deck to play music and hang out and not bother anyone...Catcha worked with restaurant and pool to gather and Moon porch for music, Seastar had the pool area...
I appreciate the guidance