My wife and I went to celebrate our 30th anniversary on Nov.16 - 23. Nice enough rooms. Appreciated all the included activities. Had a great time on a fantastic beach with warm calm waters and great floaties. Chairs were always available which was real nice. Pool is nice but spent most of our time on the beach. Have been to the Bahamas and Mexico and this was by far the best place we've been too. Enjoyed the friendly people and awesome staff on the catamaran the snorkel trips and the waitstaff in the restaurants, grounds, beach and bars. Food,Drink and atmosphere at Cavasava Terrace, Helliconia Grill and Lychee (Hey Jason!) was all very good. Didn't care as much for Otahitie, a bit overblown, (just personal preference). The live music at Cavasava Terrace everyday and at night was awesome. The piano bar with Paul was a lot of fun. P.S. get him a couple of cordless mics instead of trying to stretch the cord around. Charlie & boys on the catamaran cruise were a lot of fun. Went to Ricks Cafe, (not bad), Margaritiville, (once is enough), and the craft shops across the street for souvenirs. Also checked out Swept away one day. Liked Couples Negril better. Grounds are well taken care of and security is good. Entertainment staff Travis, Lascyleles, Shanique were great and did a good job of making everybody feel welcome. Great atmosphere. Met some great couples of all ages from England, Chicago, Maryland, Colorado. Enjoyed the guys on the beach coming by and playing Reggae music. Hated to leave even if the guy loading the bags in the shuttle to leave was a little grumpy. Definitely want to come back and do the golf next time.

Last year we went to Couples San Souci and loved it. Returning to Couples this year we decided to try Negril after reading all the reviews on Trip Advisor and the Message Board posted on the Couples website. The reviews were exact, you couldn't have asked for a more beautiful beach location with crystal clear water for swimming, diving and snorkeling on famous Bloody Bay off 7 mile beach.

Negril won us over! While my husband spent time with Craig at the Dive Shop getting certified in Advanced Diving and racking up 12 dives in one week, I was being pampered with all the free credits at the spa. We did the night snorkeling and had a really exciting time. The Inclusive Catamaran ride was so much fun swimming in the caves, going down the sliding board off the back of the boat what a blast !!. The grounds, service, beach and attention paid to every person was top notch. Please don't believe any bad reviews as some people will never be happy. If you enjoy a beatiful beach, swimming, snorkeling, diving in paradise go to Couples Negril. We were in a garden suite in building 8 that had a beautiful room, large balcony with a hammock and the largest bathroom I've ever seen at a hotel. The rooms are not luxury, they are comfortable with topical decor. If you look at the pictures before you book you will see exactly what you are getting.

We had one issue on service at a restaurant and before the night was over a chilled bottle of champagne and chocolates were sent to our room with a card from management apologizing for less than perfect service. We really didn't think it was that big of a deal but man did management take care of us. Karen , the Manager left a message on our phone and came up to us at breakfast to ensure everything was all right. I've never had such customer service thank you very much Karen you are doing a fantastic job. We've already booked for next Thanksgiving and can't wait to return. We met some really nice people mostly from my husbands dive boat. We had dinner with a couple from South Carolina and spend alot of time talking to a couple from Emerald Island NC. Hope to see you guys next year enjoyed your company.

We just returned home from a week trip to CN. I will try to detail both the good and the bad from our point of view as well as my comparison to CTI.

Diving - We were married at CTI three years ago and decided to try CN simply because of the raves about the diving and the watersports employees. When we get to go on vacation, which with 4 children isn’t all that often, our number one thing we are looking for other than time with each other is to be able to scuba dive. This ended up being one of the biggest downfalls of our trip to CN. When we arrived, we went straight to the watersports huts. We were told that the dives for the following day were all booked but since we had our own equipment, we could show up and see if there was room for us the next morning. We did just that and were able to get on the boat. From here things went downhill. My husband had some problems equalizing on our first dive and I am not sure if it was because there were so many people on the dive or the dive master simply wasn’t paying attention but for about 20 minutes into the dive, he had no idea where my husband was or that he was having troubles descending. We are both advanced open water and rescue diver certified and I could not believe that the dive master simply did not pay attention to the fact that he had a diver who was having problems. I finally descended without him to get the dive master and let him know what was going on. We had both resurfaced before this to try to get his ears cleared out and the boat had left so there was no just getting back on the boat. After this event and the fact that there was a large group of people who were diving together who were simply not friendly to us, I was a little concerned about continuing to dive with the group. If you want to dive at CN, you better plan to be up early and get to the watersports hut by 730 or 745 or you might as well forget about getting on the list also. This bothered me all week as the first day one lady told me she was the designated stenographer and she would sign her whole group up bright and early as to get everyone on the boat together. This was a very frustrating experience and there were a couple of other couples who also voiced their concern with the fact that one person was signing a whole bunch of people up. We’d get there at 745 in the morning with 2 people in front of us and by the time the list got to us to sign up there would be 10 or 12 people on it. Bryan, the dive manager did arrange for a couple of us who were very upset with the issue to go out on other dives that he created which was great. On Saturday, we went over to sign up and were told it was full for Sunday, which was our last chance to dive. I again raised concerns with Robert about one person signing a whole group up because they had said it was not going to be allowed and he argued with me about whether or not it was still happening. It was plain to see the handwriting was the same for a majority of the list of people. Needless to say, after spending a large amount of money to bring 2 extra suitcases with our dive equipment on the plane, I was very frustrated that we only got to dive 4 times the entire time we were there. When we were at CTI, we dove twice a day every day with no problems. Hands down I would take CTI’s dive team over CN’s any day for friendliness, environment, and making sure everyone was getting to dive as often as they wanted.
Beach & Red Flag Service - Due to the diving issue, we spent quite a lot of time just hanging out on the beach and enjoying the beach and ocean. CN definitely has the advantage over CTI as far as the beach goes. It is beautiful and a lovely place to just kick back and relax. The red flag service on the beach was extremely slow almost every day unless you were on the Au Natural side of the beach where you were quickly taken care of.
Au Natural beach – Bar service was wonderful but I definitely missed TI! The environment while we were there was much more quiet and secluded without much interaction between couples. I really like the interaction and find the pool and TI to be much more suited to this.
Rooms – We had a deluxe beachfront room, 1102. I had considered upgrading to a suite and after viewing the suite next door was glad I didn’t. The room we were in was located in a good spot, close to everything and the room was well taken care of by housekeeping for us. The only thing I would have liked better about the room was to have a direct ocean view. Unless you are out on the patio, you could not see the ocean. I liked the fact that you didn’t have a hallway in between rooms and the hotel feel you get at CTI, but the view from the rooms at CTI is much better. We also had quite a bit of noise outside the room after 10 p.m. because we were so close to the bar but I would simply turn the tv up and no problems then.
Dining – We tried every restraunt while we were there. Otaheite is definitely not my cup of tea. Neither one of us liked the meal there. Lychee is fine and some of the food was really good. The beach grill and jerk chicken are to die for! Heliciona is very nice in the evening and our meal was also fine there. My favorite was Friday night at the Cassava Terrace. This was the best shrimp cocktail and lobster. All servers were very friendly and willing to bring whatever you wanted.
Beach Dinner – This was another disappointment for me and I would definitely not do it again. It was very nice sitting on the beach with my hubby and having dinner on our anniversary but we could have grabbed something from one of the other resteraunts and brought it down and been happy. I had set this up as a surprise for my husband before we went. The menu that was sent to me as well as the menu displayed at guest services is not what we were served. I tried to explain to our waitress that we were supposed to be having lobster and chicken but she didn’t understand so we just went with the salmon they brought us. I felt like after spending that much money on the dinner and having planned it way in advanced, it should have been what we had ordered.
Spa – We chose to upgrade our couple’s repeaters massage to an hour massage in the treehouse. We got there and were taken to the treehouse where our massage therapists began their magic. After 20 minutes they quit, told us to get dressed and they would meet us downstairs. We went back to the spa desk and asked if there was a misunderstanding when I told them we wanted to upgrade and they said no, they just hadn’t communicated it to the two girls doing the massage. We were taken back upstairs, told to disrobe again and then they spent another 20 minutes completing the massage. Because of the confusion, we ended up paying for an hour massage and only got about 40 minutes. I also had a facial done at the spa which was wonderful.
All in all, it is probably a good thing that I was there to relax and spend time with my hubby. It seemed there were many mix-ups and confusions as compared to our visit to CTI. We really did enjoy lying on the beach and playing in the ocean but honestly, I could do that at almost any resort in the Caribbean. What had stood out to me in the past at couples was just not there this time. Many of the employees are wonderful including the young man who was taking care of the grounds outside of our room everyday ( I can’t remember his name ), Darin (Otaheite wait staff), and Bryan (the manager at watersports) while others went as far as arguing with me. I am not sure that we will try CN again although I loved the beach. We may start checking into other places/resorts or go back to CTI and see how the changes are.

We were married on October 24th and left for Couples Negril - October 26th. We arrived around noon and were immediately greeted with such wonderful hospitality. A cleansing towel and a champagne glass were presented as we awaited the introduction tour. There were about 6 other couples there and our Activity Director made great conversation as he showed us the property.

The rooms are nice, clean, and cool! They are not fancy rooms, rather, quaint rooms. However, everything else about Couples Negril made this a five star stay. We spent most of our time on the beach or restaurant. The food was amazing! We dined at almost all the restaurants, had the lychee martini, and had amazing service. We were greeted and escorted to our tables, had water poured, and asked what else we would like to drink. Our glasses or cups were never empty! We love food and their food was really good! Their coffee was very delicious! We loved the breakfasts because it was always so different every morning, but there were always eggs, which I love. The lobster tail from the Lychee Restaurant (?) was so big & delicious!

The time of year we went is considered the rainy season. To us, the weather was perfect and could not have had a better time. The beach, the water, and activities kept us busy. It did rain, everyday around 1pm or 2 pm. It only last for an hour or so, but it was the perfect time to go grab lunch. When we finished eating, the weather was perfect again for more sun, swimming, & volleyball. The water was warm and so beautiful.

We did not leave the resort, but when we return we will. There were a lot of fun activities at the resort that we were kept busy. There was volleyball, snorkeling (day & night - the latter was the best), catamaran rides, dance classes, couples massage, and so much more!

The best part about our trip was that we were able to have a very romantic time together while being taken care of by the great staff at Couples Negril. When we wanted to have company, there were plenty of other couples to talk or dine with. Many mornings we just laid out on the chairs or floating mats in the water, talking & laughing. Overall, if you are looking for a great getaway with someone special - Couples Negril is the best.

We are very grateful to our travel agent (Mark Hennigan/Dream Travel Inc) that suggested Couples Negril, we never thought of it as an option. He had to share his experience with us and told us to read TripAdvisor.com. I am very glad that we listened because we can't wait to go back.

We have not visited the other Couples locations but we are very satisfied with our Couples Negril vacation
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