Trip Advisor No Longer Deleting Reviews Regarding Sexual Assaults At Resorts

Crackers Phinn

Either A Blessing Or A Lesson.
I went to Montego Bay, Jamaica last year. At that time, there was a State Dept. Level 2 Travel Advisory but we went anyway and had a fabulous time. We mainly stayed on the resort grounds but did go on a snorkeling excursion and went to Rick's Cafe in Negril. I felt safe and the people were nice. I'm so glad that fear didnt stop me from enjoying that trip.
How many people went with you?
 

theRaven

Well-Known Member
It would be better if you stayed with family or maybe somewhere that they recommend, they can get you a safe driver to take you sightseeing. I love resorts for the comforts but if you stay on the resort imo you have the same experience everywhere and that's boring to me. Have you already booked? Martinique is amazing, not as touristy as JA but it's beautiful and safe or Barbados.

I would definitely visit but would not want to stay with family. I’m not too close or familiar with them. Plus I’m not too ashamed to say I need basic amenities the resort would have my family in the local area would not.
 

SpiritJunkie

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I went to JA with my BF last year and stayed at his mama's house in country. I was a bit scared at night..she has bars on her windows , 3 gates to her front door and an electric gate to her property but I was still a little frightened. We stayed at the resort last few days....i never went out without my BF. After reading all of this, i don;t even want to go there right now. sounds really unsafe.
 

Bronxcutie

Well-Known Member
I’ve stayed at one resort mentioned, Sunscape Splash in Montego Bay. The male staff were very flirtatious, but it’s no different then the Jamaican men here in NYC. Horrible resort though! I’m also staying at another resort mention this December for my 40th, Riu Reggae. These people have me nervous as hell! Me and my girls each have our own rooms. We will be doing things together but I wanted everyone to have their privacy. This is scary!
 

Crackers Phinn

Either A Blessing Or A Lesson.
I’ve stayed at one resort mentioned, Sunscape Splash in Montego Bay. The male staff were very flirtatious, but it’s no different then the Jamaican men here in NYC. Horrible resort though! I’m also staying at another resort mention this December for my 40th, Riu Reggae. These people have me nervous as hell! Me and my girls each have our own rooms. We will be doing things together but I wanted everyone to have their privacy. This is scary!
This is the place where the two ladies from Detroit were raped last year.

One month before two Detroit women were raped at the Hotel Riu Reggae in Montego Bay, Jessica Hansen of Dallas, Texas, went to the same resort with three friends to celebrate her 30th birthday.

But the trip was cut short.

After one full day at the all-inclusive resort, Hansen said, the women left because of sexual harassment by "very sexually aggressive" male workers. It started out with compliments, gestures and long stares, and quickly escalated, she said.

One of her friends was followed around by an entertainment dancer named Showtime who demanded her phone number or Facebook info. She told him repeatedly that she wasn't interested, she said, but he would not stop and followed her for 40 minutes.

Hansen said she was taunted while waiting in line for Jamaican jerk chicken. A male staffer approached her, told her how innocent and pure she looked, and how she needed a Jamaican man to show her how "a real man should f--- her," she said.
 
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