Point Village could be a really great place with a few improvements. It's an older resort and the layout with the gardens is very nice. Older buildings and rooms could use some work, especially the bathrooms. Our shower was a corner one and we had to tie up the bar a few times when it came down. Even the bathrooms in the main lobby area were not to nice. Beds were ok, got used to them after about 3 days.
Me and my husband have been to the Caribbean now 6 times to all-inclusive resorts and this was our first trip to Jamaica. It's a beautiful place and the way this resort is set up is unique with the rock pools. I am going to give a few suggestions for anyone traveling to this resort.
Bring a few empty water bottles that can be refilled, you will have a frig in your room but the water there did not taste quite right. You can get your bottles refilled in the dining area where they have large containers with cold fresh water set up at all the meals. Use the pitchers to fill your bottles so as not to make a mess and they are fine with that.
Bring any snacks or chips that you might want for the week. What they sell in the store is very pricey and the meals are good but limited for snack items. For the kids the only simple salty snack item served is french fries and sometimes the frier is not working. They can get the virgin drinks at the bar but there is no ice cream machine, pop corn machine etc. Bring large insulated cups and they will make you as large of a drink as you want.
I usually bring a lot of singles or small bills for any tips or small purchases, you will wish you had them if you don't bring them.
There is snorkling gear available but only for an hour at a time and it is clear across the resort from the area with the best snorkling. I wished I had brought my own. Also, water shoes would be very helpful as there are a lot of areas with rocks and sea grass that I would not want to walk on in my bare feet.
If you sign out your towels by the pool when you get there, you can just keep trading them in for clean ones until the end of your stay. Just keep track of them and make sure you get them signed out when your trip is over or they will charge you for them. They don't really explain the towel system clearly. You can usually find a lounge chair although a lot are broken.
Lots of tiny hermit crabs on parts of the beach, bigger crabs on the rocks and by the bar. No mosquitoes at all, a few small ants in the room and some cute lizards around the greenery.
Bring a deck of cards and take them to the bar area, look for Joan, one of the girls that helps the enterainment group, she loves to play rummy!
I always tip housekeeping and leave them a note so they know it is intended for them. They were very quick with any requests I had and wrote me a few nice notes back.
We enjoyed all the meals, loved the jerk chicken and there was always a great selection of cold cheeses and salads. Some of the staff is more outgoing than others. Jamil, on of the entertainment guys, and some of the others were full of energy all the time. It is really about as casual as you can get at this resort. Don't worry about dressing up to go eat unless you want to. Relax and enjoy.
Its about 1 1/2 hour bus trip from the airport and some of the roads are not great. We went on one excursion, shopping, seeing Nigril and Rick's Cafe. There was some confusion with our trip but if you don't stress, things work out. We ended up with "Famous Micheal" for our tour guide. He seemed to know everyone on the small streets we went on and I felt safe with him as a driver. He was also very helpful and informative. I would not want to be in some areas we went to without a local trusted guide. Ricks Cafe is very busy in the evening with all the crazy people there diving off the rocks, and all the people coming to see the sunset. Truthfully the sunset from Point Village was just as good or better I thought with the small island for part of the picture. If you go shopping in the Mall type stores, the prices are different all through. If you have time, look around before buying. I ended up buying some of the things I wanted at the boutique on the far side of our resort the last day we were there. They had nice quality items and were not priced as high as the store over on the other side of the resort.
If you get a lock for your safe, and I always do, take your receipt and credit card with you when you return it to get your deposit back. We returned ours the night before we left as it seemed to take them awhile at the desk to do some things. Not a lot of help there so we toted our own bags to the room when we got there and back when it was time to leave.
Bring a travel clock as the rooms don't have clocks in them. The internet is an account you set up. It's cheaper to start with an hour if you plan on using it during the week. The extra time stays in the account for a week for you to use.
If you go with Apple set up your tours when you see the guide as he is not on the resort much and they wanted us to pay to try to contact him.
If you end up on the stage for any of the contests or shows, check the area by the desk, you can see the pictures they take and purchase them if you want. This resort is a great place to just relax. If anyone has any questions I will do my best to answer them. It's always good to be prepared when you go somewhere new!

Trash is everywhere, you will be accosted by employees to buy drugs, it is more of a time share than a hotel, food is terrible, rooms are disgusting (so much so you want to wear flip flops in the shower), beach volleyball is a no go, tennis court sucks, beach has glass in the sand, beach is tiny tiny tiny tiny.... go to another country for the same price!!!!!! This should be a one apple, one star, hotel.

don't take your kids unless you want them to see used condoms laying on the ground... seriously grotesque

Had to pay an extra 500 per person to upgrade to a safer, much more pleasant hotel (use a better agency to book too....don't use apple)!

My husband and I went to Point Village Resort in Negril, Jamaica with 2 of our close friends from March 22-29, 2008. We didn't know what to expect since it was a last minute booking. It is labelled as a 3 star but I would easily rate it 4 star! We had the most wonderful stay! The resort was big and it was super clean! Even the ceilings and fans were always clean. We saw no bugs to speak of the entire week. The beach was always clean and neat and tidy. The lifeguard found us chairs everyday and brought us towels. The staff members at the bars and at the buffet restaurant were awesome! We laughed and teased and joked with them all everyday. We even got a couple addresses and phone numbers to remain in contact. I'm vegetarian and a very difficult eater, but I can say we all gained a few pounds! The food was excellent and plenty to choose from! Even the bar and grill at the beach had grilled cheeses, fries and burgers for those who wanted. The drinks were fantastic! You have to try the "hummingbird" and "rum cream with kahlua"! Our room had a kitchenette in it, but who needs it with the buffet restaurant! There are excursions if you want (we did the sunset & shopping with Rick's Café). I highly recommend this resort to anyone who loves down to earth people and just plain enjoying yourself. There's entertainment every night and things to do on the beach, as well as non-motorized water activities. You can pay for a massage, a hairstyle, internet café, couple of boutiques on the resort. There's also an italian restaurant with good pizza and pasta. Some nights they have special themes at the buffet restaurant. We all loved it and plan to go back again!

This our second trip to Jamaica and first time in Negril. We booked Point Village because of the price...but unfortunately wish I should spend a little extra and book somewhere else. Here is the pro and con of the experience:

Food- There are three resturants on site, the main dinning room, the grill and Paradise resturant. The main dinning room serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. The grill served lunch and dinner and Paradise resturant only served dinner and one night it cost to eat there, because it is lobster night. We ate at all three places. The grill served hamburger, hotdog, fries and salad. We had dinner at the Paradise Resturant one night and never again, because dinner is 7pm, we got there at 7pm and foods were not serve until 8:30pm. It was pasta night and the foods was kinda bland. The main dinning room foods was okay, but there are not a lot of choices. You only have two choices of main meat dish, either fish or the other meat. Dinner time is not crowded at all, because most of the guests goes outside of the hotel to eat.

Room- We got a 1 bedroom suite. If you have 4 people in your group, book 2 bedroom instead because the 1 bedroom will not have enough bed for 4. We requested for extra bed and luckily we got it. We were in room 243, closed to Hedo II side of the hotel and right across the drive way from the main dinning room. That mean....we got noise from both side. The dinning room doesn't closed until 10pm, and deliver truck deliver grocery around 3am...so if you want a good night sleep, you won't get it. Why didn't we request change of room? Because, it was Easter week and it is packed full. We were just so happy the toilet flush and the AC were working, because as we were checking in, 3 couples are checking out to another hotel, because the AC in their were not working for two days and so were their toilet.

Staffs- Not the friendliest and service is very very slow. Yes, we tip and yes we tip every single meal. And no we are not the kind of people that stuck up or look down at the staffs. This is not a hotel, it is more of timeshare....so don't expect hotel treatment.

Ground- It is beautiful ground...there are many local people that lived on the compound and there are many local that vacation there. We meet a couple of families vacation from Kingston and we had a great many conversation with them and learn alot from the local that live there. The local people are much friendlier than the staffs. We also meet many American that live on the ground of the property and learn alot about how this "hotel" was managed.

The ground is huge and you can walk or do your daily run on this beautiful grounds. They have the main beach and the rock pool (we hanged out a lot). and next to the rock pool is the area where you would snorker for free. If you want to go out and snorkel on the boat then it would cost you $ 20 per person for an hour. SO...REMEMBER SNORKEL IS NOT FREE...IT IS FREE IF YOU SNORKEL AT THE COVE ON YOUR OWNED. BUT according to the front desk if you booked all inclusive then snorkerling is free, but when you try to book at the water shed, they want to charge you. We went back and forth with this and we got no where....so we didn't want to waste our time anymore.

We would return to Negril, but will not stay at Point Village. The property have a lot of potential, if they would update the room, tell the staff to smile a little and the kitchen staffs to serve better foods.