Couples Swept Away Negril, Jamaica

It has been really busy since our relaxing vacation and I really wanted to review our vacation at Couples Swept Away in Negril, Jamaica for everyone! Here goes!

The ride from the airport to the resort was an hour and a half which seemed really long. 

The resort itself was beautiful and Seven Mile Beach was probably the best I have seen, the water was incredibly clear.

When we arrived, they upgraded our room from the Garden Verandah Room to an Atrium Suite room. I was very glad they did! The room was conveniently located near The Palms Restaurant where they had nightly entertainment but yet it made it seem as if we were in the middle of a forrest with no one around because of all the trees and greenery around the room. We had a patio outside the room with a hammock and couch. No tv, which I thought was great to be away from anyway! There was a fully stocked mini-bar in the room with a checklist of options to switch it all out for whatever your favorites are.

       

The weather cooperated a lot better than it looked like it was going to. It looked like it was going to rain all day, every day, when I looked at the weather before we left. It ended up raining most of the days but it was around 12:00-1:00 for only about an hour so it worked great to get a nice nap in!

The food was good. Most places (not all) had the chef come out and go over the menu with me. They all seemed to be knowledgeable about gluten free to an extent. There was a few times that they said something was gluten free (couscous or something fried) and I had to explain that it was not for someone with celiac. They had a lot of meats, fruits, and vegetables though, that I never went hungry. One chef at Patois Patio was amazing. He came out and told me that if I came for breakfast the next morning, I could choose anything off the menu because he would order gluten free bread for me. The next morning I came back and ordered the Banana Stuffed French Toast. I was in heaven. Feathers Restaurant and Lemon Grass required reservations and they were decent but i didn't understand why we had to go to the front desk to reserve spots (only 1 day in advance can you do reservations for ANYTHING).

We did the Glass Bottom Boat Tour and the Catamaran Cruise. I had to stand in line starting at 7:00 in the morning in order to get in a decent spot in line for the 8:00 opening to sign up for the Glass Bottom. I found this whole reservation thing to be ridiculous. It really takes away from the relaxing when you have to be standing in line to sign up to do the activities offered. When we arrived at the resort we signed up for the Catamaran Cruise right away because it was fully booked until our last night there (not a good night to be on a booze cruise when we had to be up in the morning to ride a plane- didn't go over so well for the hubby). We would have loved to do the Catamaran Cruise (this was definitely our favorite) more than once but there was nothing available and our reservations we had before we left must not have went through correctly because they had nothing listed for us. I think the reservation part of this resort was unfortunately it's downfall. I don't think we would go back here again because of that and the public beach with all of the vendors constantly hassling people to buy things.

We did not meet up at the particular times to do the initial orientation meeting. So we didn't know the nightclub area and some of the other things even existed until the last couple nights. We definitely could have enjoyed ourselves more if we did the orientation.

All in all we did have a great trip though! It was some much needed alone time with my hubby!