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Dianne
Tuesday 17th of November 2020
I am a travel agent and my clients are not interested in paying for additional insurance when they already paid for insurance at the time of their booking their resort package. It will deter travelers from vacationing at Jamaica. They are telling me that had they know they would be forced to purchase more insurance, they would not have purchased insurance when they booked. A smart thing to do to stop the hard feelings is to allow those travelers that already have insurance to be excluded from this mandate. Many of them booked a year or two in advance and never dreamed this insurance mandate by Jamaica would have ever been put in place. Maybe Jamaica should re-think this.
novelette
Friday 30th of October 2020
its sad that my own country suddenly after buying my family tickets that cost us so much not including car , hotel and our food , now this ? so wrong mr parliments ,ill goahead and cancel !!
Passport Princess
Wednesday 28th of October 2020
Shakedown. It will turn tourists away. I allready have chosen a non Jamaican destination because other travellers said they ram a swap way up your nose that hurts for several days and tracks you with your phone wherevy you check in everyday - meaning you have to buy international phone service in addition to paying for a COVID test and now a 2nd insurance policy. Godd luck with all that. I will be choosing a different island in the area.
Gill
Wednesday 28th of October 2020
Terrible idea as lots of travel insurance plans DO cover for medical expenses including covid related. This will DETER people from travelling to Jamaica
Max
Tuesday 27th of October 2020
Incredibly stupid.
Isn't Dominican Republic offering free Health Insurance for their visitors in case of contracting COVID on their island? THAT is how you treat tourists and show them that you really appreciate their business. This is a scam and this will blow up in Jamaica's face when neighboring countries like Mexico, DR and Brazil are already welcoming tourists with open arms and minimal headache. Following this, even places Colombia and Costa Rica going forward are less strict about entry requirements as well in comparison. Jamaica is going to get left in the dust.