Back to Sandals Inn You won't want to leave. We were treated like Kings.Crazy Ray and his crew made our vacation great,very talented bunch learned new dances can't wait to return.They didn't know what sweet tea was but they do now.You just have to see for yourself we enjoyed all of the Sandals locations you almost have to take another week off to rest up after you get back home.We are now Jamericans and have such a great bond with our brothers and sisters of Jamaica.
Reviewed by: Richard from on Nov 03 2009 customer service is awful we've booked our honeymoon here, and are due to leave in 2 weeks. i wish we'd checked the reviews 1st... they made us rebook the trip for a different site b/c our our original site is closed for safety code violations. rebooking was a headache, requiring several different phone calls, and when i politely asked that Sandals include some kind of bonus consideration for our trouble, the rep responded with condescension, it's as if she thought she'd caught me stealing at Sak's 5th. i asked her to change her tone, again very politely, but she never apologized. it's one thing to decline a customer's request with polite regret; another to act like the customer's request is insulting and out of line. today i called the "customer service" line to lodge a comment about "customer service" -- and that (different) rep responded with, "uh huh?" and then silence. i asked if she needed my reservation number. she said, "yeah." i realized there was no point whatsoever, b/c the only people who care about customer service at Sandals are the customers.
Reviewed by: e from on Aug 27 2009 We loved it! This vacation was the best that my boyfriend and I have ever been on. He has been all around Europe and I have been all around North America and this is the best trip we have been on. The staff at the Sandals Inn is so amazing and helps to make the vacation. From the first day you check in, everything is made as comfortable for you as possible. The staff all remember your name, the room you are in and your favorite things to eat/drink. The food is fabulous and getting to use the other larger resorts is a fantastic plus. The beach in Jamaica is absolutely breathtaking and the sand is very white and clean. We had the absolute best time. the Inn is a very good value and we will be back again for New Years. I highly recommend this resort.
Reviewed by: Lesley from on Aug 14 2009 Will NEVER return to Sandals anywhere!! My husband and I spent our honeymoon at the Sandal Halcyon in St Lucia, and we could not have had a worse vacation! We paid for a Honeymoon Luxury Oceanview, but when we got to our room no ocean was in sight. We had a view of the garden and backs of oceanview rooms! When we confronted the front desk with the room mistake they blamed our travel agent and said we were in the correct room. Our travel agent later confirmed we had paid for an oceanview even though thats not what we got. (We are still fighting with Sandals for our money for the difference in room fare) Furthermore, the non oceanview room we had was so humid our bed sheets felt wet, our books warped and our passports and money wilted. No amount of air conditioning could make out sheets feel dry. Also we were not given any of the honeymooner specials. Sandals websites say you get breakfast in bed one morning and champgne and rose petals, but we got none of that. We were told we "weren't properly registered" In addition to the room, the service was terrible! We were met with annoyed looks when we would ask the bar tender to make a drink or ask our waiter to bring some coffee. The only staff member who seemed to know how to smile and be polite was the bell hop. By the end of the week we were so ready to get back home. Perhaps the worst part of our whole Sandals experience was the responces we have been getting from the Sandals customer service people. My husband and I, as well as our travel agent, wrote letters to Sandals corporate offices in Florida and the responces we have gotten back have been unbelievable. Even the vice president of customer service was distasteful and rude to our travel agent's emails. The customer service has been so awful we will never spend out money at another Sandals resort anywhere!
Reviewed by: Sara M from on Nov 06 2008 Rip Off We recently went on a trip to the Sandals Royal Caribbean and I hate to say that I wished I spent my vacation days at home watching tv. It was a bad vacation all around. The staff was completely oblivious to any concern you may raise as they are completely and utterly incompetent. If you want to go to one of the restaurants that take reservations you should just forget it. We were only able to book one restaurant the whole time we were there (7 days.) The non-reservation restaurants are pretty terrible, so if you aren't able to make reservations you'll be dissatisfied. The beach is anything but private. The toothless locals like to paddle up to the "private" beach in their kayaks and sell you crappy jewelry or some carved piece of wood. We actually saw two of these kayak harassers get in a fight with their paddles - not pretty. Security doesn't do anything about them either because of their maritime laws. The staff will ask you for tips by the way (even though they are not allowed to.) We had an oceanview room (that we had to wait an hour and a half for after our 4 hour plane ride) that overlooked the building across from us. In order to see the ocean you had to crane your head to the right. The bartenders had no idea how to make decent mixed drinks, so I drank champagne the whole time. That also became a problem because the waiters rarely come back to your table to refill your drinks. The only positive experience we had was with the scuba instructor, but since we did pay an extra $400 for the certification I would expect that he would be abiding.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Aug 12 2008 You'll never know what to expect. Overall, we did end up having a nice honeymoon, but sadly, we had to fight for it. The biggest problem with Sandals is they are extremely misleading with their advertisements. We stayed in St. Lucia Halcyon in a Luxury OCEAN view room catagory, and somehow when we arrived, our room was located in the garden with no view whatsoever of the water...? It took my husband three times of arguing and fighting to finally get our room switched. Online, when you try and find pictures of a majority of their rooms, the pictures are extremely limited- and I've determined that is for a reason. Our room was clean, but i've stayed at a nicer room in a standard hotel. I suppose we were just looking for something a little better. We are going back for a second vacation in Jamaica because during our stay we here hit by a hurricane, and even at a Penthouse catagory room I still cannot manage to see a picture! I click to see "view of room" and a picture of the pool or beach comes up? I asked a representative if they could show me a picture and they said unfortunatly we do not have one at the moment. It makes scared to not know what to expect with this place when you have thousands of dollars on the line. Even though the food, drinks and service was very good, the deceptiveness of this organization is beyond me. If I was spending thousands of dollars on my honeymoon I would want be positive that I was getting what I was paying for, and unfortunatly you'll never know what to expect.
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Apr 18 2008 sad This place is nothing like the pictures or dispcrition. The beach is not private, it is shared with locals, and very scary. Spend a few extra to go to Montego Bay or Royal Carribian.. well worth it.
Reviewed by: KerriS from on Sep 09 2007 I CANT wait to go back!! My family and i went to this hotel last summer for 7 days! We had an amazing time, we are planning to go back next summer for two weeks! I am REALLY looking forward to it. I HIGHLY recomend this hotel. THe service is GREAT! that food is GREAT!:)It's a GOOD TIME!
Reviewed by: A Yahoo! Contributor from on Dec 10 2006 Always Staying Here!!! We absolutely loved staying at the Inn better than Montego Bay or the Royal. The staff was superb. Every night there was something fun to do and the staff was right there with us in the middle of it. They really made our time worth while. The Island is beautiful and everyone was very hospitable. we had so much fun there on our honeymoon and can't wait to come back for a vacation visit.
Reviewed by: Daniel from on Jul 11 2006 We will not return We just got back from a 7 day vacation at Sandals Inn in Montego Bay Jamaica. I don't usually write reviews but this time I felt very compelled to say something.