MONTEGO BAY ON $110 A DAY*
HOTEL
Average $111 in low season ($122 high)
Altamont West Hotel
Gloucester Avenue 876-620-4540; altamontwesthotel.com
From $120 year-round, including full Jamaican breakfast and tax/service
El Greco Resort 
Gloucester Avenue 888-354-7326; elgrecojamaica.com
From $112, including full breakfast, tax and service, in low season ($125 high)
Royal Decameron Montego Beach
Gloucester Avenue 876-952-4340; decameron.com
From $240 all-inclusive in low season ($270 high)
Toby's Resort
Kent Avenue 888-790-5264; tobyresorts.com
From $100 in low season ($120 high)
*per person in low season ($116 high), based on double occupancy, excluding airfare, car rental, airport transfers, tax and service charges (US$1 = $90 JMD)
WORTH A SPLURGE
Just a few hundred feet east of Doctor's Cave Beach, the Colombian-owned, all-inclusive Royal Decameron Montego Beach boasts all the bells and whistles its young, active clientele demands. All 142 rooms are identically equipped with a hair dryer, an iron and a phone, and offer water views from a balcony or terrace. Two pools front a narrow beach, and there's a pair of restaurants (one à la carte, one buffet-style) and a beach grill. Rates include all meals and drinks, nightly entertainment, and non-motorized water sports.
BREAKFAST
The Native
$6 for ackee and saltfish with dumplings, boiled bananas and yams
29 Gloucester Avenue
876-979-2769
LUNCH
Scotchie's
$7 for a half-pound of jerk pork and a side of potatoes, yams or festival (fried cornmeal dumplings)
Main highway, Coral Gardens
876-953-3301
DINNER
Groovy Grouper
$12 for escoveitched fish and sides
Doctor's Cave Beach, Gloucester Avenue
876-952-8287
ACTIVITY
Rafting on the Martha Brae
$60 per couple; 876-952-0889
GETTING THERE
Carriers that fly to Mo' Bay's Sangster International Airport from North America include Air Canada, Air Jamaica, American Airlines, Continental, Delta, JetBlue, Northwest, Spirit, US Airways and WestJet.
TAXI
$10 from the airport to Hip Strip area hotels
RENTAL CAR
Island Car Rentals
From $38 per day, plus $12- per-day insurance; 866-978-5335; islandcarrentals.com
Drive on the left; a U.S. license is required.
TAXES
Room tax is 8.25 percent; a 10 percent service charge is typical; departure tax is $27, included in most airline tickets.
INFO
800-233-4582; visitjamaica.com
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