We just returned from our visit to Sandals.  We were there Thursday May 10th - Sunday the 13th.  The weather was wonderful and warm, 80's every day.  Check in was 3pm and they stored our luggage until the room was ready since we arrived at 1pm.  Check out is at 11:00am and they provide the time for your departure on a letter the day prior, allowing more than enough time to arrive at the airport prior to your departing flight.   The rooms also had the ipod alarm clocks, which is nice (if you have an ipod - it also charges it for you.)

We had a Concierge level room.  The room was great and came with a fully stocked mini fridge!  They had water, sodas, and mixers (orange, cranberry and pineapple juice).  Bottles of run, vodka, whiskey and scotch were all in the room with glasses of course so you could mix your own.  The bars opened up at 11am each day. 

The bathroom was nice and they include shampoo, conditioner and aloe.  Which was a nice bonus with the hot sun but no lotion was supplied. 

There are butler level rooms which come with your own cell phone to reach your butler.  This level entitled you to shaded reserved beach chairs and eating on the pier at Gordon's restaurant.   They will also bring you lunch and make all reservations for you. 

There are 2 restaurants that require reservations and 2 are considered resort attire - long pants for men and no sandals.  Women - no shorts or bathing suits, sandals are permitted.  The rest of the restaurants are casual dining. 

There are plenty of free water sport activites offered, paddle boards, kayaks, hobbie sail boats and tricycles.  Snorkeling is also free but must be reserved at least 1 day in advance.  It was pretty popular so we had a 2 day wait for our trip.  They also supply the snorkeling gear.    Jet ski and scuba diving is also offered for an additional fee. 

 

Things we will be bringing with us for the wedding trip -

• A night light for the bathroom
• Bug spray/bite ointment - I always travel with this and I did need it during out stay.
• Binder clips for our magazines.  It is always windy by the beach and it will be nice to have when we return.
• Soft cooler bag for the beach, we will fill it with ice from ice machines and take some waters and soda with us, too lazy to keep running back to the room for cold ones :)

Send us an email if you have any questions or concerns about the resort.  They keep it very clean and we had a great time and our excited for everyone to join us for the wedding.