Time to head back to Jamaica yaaaaaaaa.
This will be my fourth time visiting the island and I am amped to get the heck out of Canada. Spent the entire March in Canada, imagine? Booooring.
So here I am to overshare the cost of things I do again!
Below is a photo of the budget breakdown I keep on my Excel spreadsheet:
This trip will likely be all food and all party. The weekend we are in Kingston just so happens to be Carnival weekend in Jamaica.
On my previous trip during Carnival in Jamaica (in 2018), I think I spent much more money. But this time it is literally just about party and food, no other shenanigans. Maybe.
When I went to Jamaica at the end of 2021, we weren’t really able to party much because there was a 10pm curfew on the island. NO CURFEW THIS TIME WE WILL BE OUTSIDE.
First, we booked out flights. We decided to take our chances with Swoop. I hope we don’t regret this decision. The cost of the flight to Montego Bay was $244.00 per person, and the flight home from Kingston was also $244.00 per person. This includes a checked in bag for each person and both flights are direct. We decided to fly into Montego Bay because my boyfriends’ family lives in Port Maria so we will go stop by there before heading to Kingston for the partying. Total for flight = $488.00
I really wanted to stay in the AirBnB I had previously been in Kingston, but it is no longer listed on the site. Bummer. We found another place that was close to some friends that live in Kingston instead.
We needed a two bedroom + two bathroom because one of my boyfriends’ cousins was coming along as well. This place had great reviews and a great location as well.
The cost of 4-nights at this AirBnB is $724.36, so split two ways it was $362.23 per person.
Click here for information about the AirBnB, will give a review when I return!
Aside from just the flight price, this time my boyfriend and I wanted to pay for some extra services. On the last trip when we landed in Montego Bay airport, we had a LONNNNNNNG lineup. We didn’t want to go through that again and I had heard about Club Mobay on TikTok.
Basically for $50USD per person, we get an expedited service when we land in Sangster airport. Someone will be waiting with our name on a sign and we get to bypass the entire line-system and head straight to customs. If this saves us even one hour of waiting, this will be a great investment. I believe you can pay $83USD to do this roundtrip, since clearly most people land and take off from the same airport. Included in this price, you also would have access to their lounge in the airport where they have drinks and food. Score. Love that.
The $50USD was $69.59 per person in Canadian.
Because this is Carnival-time in Jamaica, naturally, we paid for some party tickets ahead.
We chose to go with Duck Work on the Friday and then there is a Yardmas beach party on the Monday.
These parties were on the cheaper end as they are cooler fetes (you bring your own liquor) so it was $40USD per event totaling $112.00 Canadian per person. Not bad, given what I tend to pay for parties abroad.
I totally ball-parked how much money I will need for this trip.
I don’t find Jamaican food to be expensive and the liquor isn’t either. It really comes down to what we do on the Saturday and Sunday nights for partying because I am extra as hell. Whether a strip club or a random VIP section somewhere, anything is possible with me.
I exchanged $500.00 Canadian for $350.00 USD. Have no idea if this will or won’t be enough, only time will tell and so will I, when I return.
The total budget for this trip is $1531.82 Canadian for me.
I feel like that is actually quite a bit of money for just five days? But whatever, I’ll pay it every damn time for taking a trip to Jamaica.
See you when I get back.
- Mirna
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