We stayed in the cottages at Travellers in February. I guess I'll list the positives first, then some negatives (just to be fair).

Positives: the resort was like a family to us, a quiet, friendly place where we could relax and unwind after a day of being hassled and yelled/honked at every two minutes along the road and beach. It has a nice pool that rarely ever had anyone in it, and a swim up bar where Leroy (our favorite bartender) entertained us with an impromptu reggae 'concert' (using a cup and straws as a microphone) and served us delicious drinks. There was a pool table and ping pong table that we used in the evening, while listening to music from the bar and visiting with other guests. The beach was monitored all throughout the day by the security staff, who made sure that only people buying food or drink at the restaurant, or who were guests of the hotel, were hanging out in that area. They also made sure we had beach towels and loungers, and were only too happy to arrange a taxi or day excursion for us (though we found both of those things on the road as it's much cheaper that way). For the older crowd, a movie was played on the beach every night (though for us, it wasn't that great as it meant the bar had to turn down its music to the point where you could barely hear it while the movie was playing). Staying in the cabins was neat because you really got to know your neighbours (no choice there!) and we met very friendly, laid-back people who were always more than willing to share a review on a place they'd been to, or keep an eye out for us. The beach was clean, as was the pool, and the gardens were a nice touch - the cabins sit at the edge of a hedge-bordered lawn where the guests could play a game of catch or whatever.

Okay, now some not so positives. We stayed in cabin #8. If anyone in the near future stays there, please check your safe out. Ours was mounted above the toilet, directly underneath the bathroom window. The windows lock with shutter-style wooden slats, but apparently at some point during someone else's stay, someone had used an axe to rip through the screen and rip a huge hole in the side of the safe. It had been done a while before, as the hole had rust around it, but the staff played 'dumb' about it. The hole is only visible if you pull the shower curtain out of the way. We didn't do this until Tuesday (we'd been using it since Friday night). When brought a picture of the hole to the front desk, the girls there tried to tell us that it was our fault for not notifying them sooner and tried to refuse reimbursing us for all of the days we used it. We argued until they finally gave us all of the money back. If you stay in this cabin, keep your windows locked at all times, especially in the back. The maids kept opening them up to air the place out, but behind the cabins is a secluded alleyway, where it is obviously quite easy for someone to break in, undetected.

The cabins, themselves, are little more than a rustic cottage built with planks for walls. Not plywood like I'd read elsewhere. This meant that if your neighbours were young partiers, like ours were, and they turned on their lights at say, 3:00 am every day, you were instantly awakened with a huge criss-crossed network of light streaming into your room. My fiance remedied that by stuffing anythign he could find (toilet paper, articles of clothing) along the cracks to block out some of the light. Sound also travels through the walls very easily, but as long as you have courteous neighbours (most were, ours had to be 'reminded' each night to take the party elsewhere), you'll be okay.

We had a room with a kitchenette, and it took them three days (and three times asking) for them to bring us our hotplate. Had we not mentioned it, they wouldn't have brought us one. Our TV was broken (didn't get any stations) and no amount of trying on our part could get it to work. We didn't bother asking someone to fix it though as it seemed like too much trouble.

The food at the hotel was decent, though a little more on the pricey side (we were budget travellers, so a $15 meal was considered a bit expensive). If you walk down the beach, you'll find many restaurants that will serve you good portions of food for less than you'd pay at the resort.

The front-desk staff, while courteous enough, were generally useless. I don't mean to sound rude, but first of all, when we arrived in MoBay airport, we discovered that ALL our luggage wasn't there. After a day and a half and still no word at all on our bags (MoBay airport said they had no idea where they were and apparently couldn't track them), we decided to take matters into our own hands and call the airport in NJ. However, to do that, we needed a phone number. When we asked the girl at the front desk if we could google a number, she said no, they didn't have internet (several times). She suggested that if we had brought a laptop with us, we could connect to the 'complimentary' internet in the lobby. We didn't have a laptop on us of course. I asked if they had a guest computer and she told me no again. We then asked if there was an internet cafe around, she said no, there wasn't. Well, we walked outside and right across the street there was an internet cafe. But it was closed for the day. Finally, we saw a guest with a laptop and asked her if we could borrow it. We quickly googled a # and then had to give the computer back. Well, the very next day, we were walking through the lobby and there was a door open into a small room that had six or seven brand new computers all hooked up on the network, and who was in there using them? Two or three of the staff girls. Hmmm... Anyway, our driver got mad too, as he'd left several notes and messages for us to get in touch with him so we could arrange for him to take us back to the airport, and again, the girls never gave us the message until the morning we were leaving.

And finally, while we certainly wouldn't want to stay on some remote ritzy resort where there are barren beaches and NOTHING going on, we also did get tired of the constant harrassment we received whenever we left our resort. We were expecting to be offered everything under the sun, and we were, but what got me was the constant honking, shouting, yelling, calling us over, and if we politely said 'no thanks' it often was met with a 'it don't cost anything to look - come here and just LOOK' or even a few times we were told off. As a traveller who didn't have a ton of money to spend, I resented being called names when I wouldn't give a passing driver a beer (we were carrying groceries home), or being yelled at to the point where we were totally uncomfortable to look at anything in the market. Especially when we were staying in a more 'local' resort, we spent our money at the locally owned restaurants, gave hair elastics to the braiders, left good tips for the maids, including a gift bag for each at the end of our stay, and gave away all our water toys, lotions, sprays, food and dishes to the staff at the resort after our stay. It's kind of unfair to then be constantly told that we're greedy and don't care...

I think if they could tone down the harrassment, just a bit, I'd feel a little better about it, but honestly, in my opinion, there are many other islands in the Caribbean that are just as beautiful and where you can take a nice walk after dinner on the beach without having gangs of shady looking men surrounding you and bumping into your fiance because they're trying to intimidate him into buying we*d, opium, cocaine, percasets(sp?), etc. from them.

If you're a young group like we were (early to mid 20's ) and want to find a laid-back place to stay, I'd recommend this resort. Just go with an open mind and you'll be fine. The resort itself is a welcome retreat from the craziness around it, and you'll have a good time, so long as you take precautions to be safe, inform yourself about the area first, and don't mind being harrassed a lot...