http://www.jamaicamax.com Jamaica MAX is a travel blog about the adventures of an American family moving to and living in Jamaica to open a vacations planning and tour guide service. Read trip reports and travel reviews of the best places to visit and things to do in Jamaica West Indies. Explore this Caribbean travel destination and tour the "Real Jamaica" or have us plan a custom vacation itinerary for you or your group and make the best of your time in the "Land of Woods and Water". Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:35:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When we made the decision to move to Jamaica more than 2 years ago we searched Google for rooms to rent in Negril and one of the listings we found was for Heart Beat Seaside Resort on the West End Cliffs of Negril. We decided to make the initial move ... http://www.jamaicamax.com/jamaica/negril-all-natural-at-heart-beat-seaside-resort/ LowFares is an online travel search engine which finds you the best rates for discount airfare including cheap flights and airline tickets plus cheap hotels and rental cars as well as vacation packages to just about anywhere in the world. Just enter your personal trip details one time to search ... http://www.jamaicamax.com/jamaica/lowfares-finds-you-the-best-rates-on-travel/ No matter how often I find myself on a Black River Safari it is a treat to me each and every time. I had the pleasure of taking Angus and Kelley on a tour of the South Coast of Jamaica with stops at Black River and YS Falls. Our trip ... http://www.jamaicamax.com/jamaica/black-river-safari-and-irie-tours/ Once you have a passport it becomes so much easier to take a flight to just about any place and enjoy some exotic location even if just for a couple of days. With proper planning and a little patience you can score some pretty sweet deals on last minute accommodations ... http://www.jamaicamax.com/advertising/score-last-minute-flights-and-travel-discounts-with-lastminutecomau/ [caption id="attachment_934" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="Two people stand in the YS Falls at the Tallest Zip Line Ride"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_935" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="Close up view of YS Falls Zip Lines Tour Guide"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_939" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="Zip Line Rider screaming over the YS River extreme adventure zip lines"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_941" align="alignnone" width="640" caption="Wide view ... http://www.jamaicamax.com/jamaica/zip-line-tours-to-ys-falls-from-negril-jamaica/ Seems like many Americans are seeking more affordable travel options for the summer vacation season. I would hope more people would take advantage of the great deals on travel to Jamaica but not everyone will be able to do so for many reasons. It looks like there will be more domestic ... http://www.jamaicamax.com/advertising/private-north-carolina-rv-campground-resort/ Since I started offering vacation planning and tour guides servcies here in Jamaica I have been asked a zillion times how hard it is to rent a car in Jamaica and tour the island by yourself. I have different answers for different people. For most people traveling to Jamaica I ... http://www.jamaicamax.com/jamaica/hire-professional-jamaican-tour-guides-for-your-jamaica-vacation-tours/ We had the 1st Annual Negril Seafood Festival here on Easter Sunday and it was a huge success with loads of great food and presentations from local resorts and top restaurants. The seafood festival was a great idea and well executed by the team at WoWNegril.com and it seems sure ... http://www.jamaicamax.com/jamaica/first-annual-negril-seafood-festival-by-wow-negril/ I've been thinking a lot lately about my next travel destination. It may yet be a while before I am able to make another trip but that will not stop me from thinking about it or from doing any research on where I want to go. Living ... http://www.jamaicamax.com/jamaica/find-hotels-in-new-zealand-with-cheaperthanhotelsconz/ As an online travel writer or blogger, as we are now known, I spend about as much time typing as I do traveling. One of the main reasons that I have not been writing much for this blog has to do with the fact that I type so much ... http://www.jamaicamax.com/jamaica/talking-and-not-typing-for-living/