Carl & Mary - June, 2009

Spent over a week at Hedo III in June, 2009. We are a multi-trip couple.

Stayed again in building six at the nude pool.  Not too surprised occupancy seemed to be way down from every previous trip, due to the economic downturn.  But, we had just as good a time as ever even with less bodies and personalities.

Upside of fewer folks was the buffet always had plenty of seating at all times--simply wonderful.  Great choice of lounges at Nude Pool at all times.  We never eat any more at Italian or Asian restaurants, selection is too good at the buffet.

Met the new hotel manager, seems like a very friendly, communicative, sharp, quick-witted gentleman.  When I bitched about only one towel per person he quickly smiled and said "go to the front desk and ask them for more vouchers for towels"--DONE!  We were happy with two towels each.  After initial skepticism, we really loved the new towel policy---you get what you need and they are always available.

What we learned: getting to our room we had some winged little creatures in the bathroom which we smacked to death.....uh, you have to pick them up and flush them otherwise in a hour you have a pile of ants eating the remains.

Almost every day we had to request another tv remote control....after 6-8 hours of taking possession each time either/or the on-off, channel selector, volume ceased to work.  Don't know if it's the humidity or what, very strange.  Oh, and we usually had to make two requests each time, several hours apart, before another would magically appear.  We made both telephone requests and in-person front desk requests, and the response (or no response or delayed response) was the same.

Attended two Thursday 5 p.m. welcome-back cocktail parties (and didn't win).  We called the front desk an hour before the first one and said we had no invite put in our room and they said come on up--no problem Mon.  One was in the 2nd floor singalong room, the other on top the Reggae Cafe.  Both nice and quick and hospitable.

It rained and was overcast most days.....then when it was clear and hot we got sunburned---just can't win but it's all good.

The entire staff is awesome, verrrry friendly---most ever, in fact. Chef John at the Nude pool split mid-week to go get married!  Congrats to him.  His replacement, a very nice, quiet young lady is also one great cook.

Surprised no scrambled eggs at buffet, hotel manager said it's against health regs---so had to get 'em made at the omelet station which was fine as attendance was way down and virtually hardly ever a line.....

Nude pool guards seemed a little friendlier---never saw (or got) a rebuke for PDA's in daylight.  New policy? Or because of light attendance?  Who cares, we're all adults and it's a Nude Pool!  Hooray!!

The weekly activity sheet is a trip.  They list things happening at places that never happen.

The pools and spas were extremely clean, and meticulously maintained and "chemicaled".  That's nice.  The grounds seemed to be even more sharply groomed than previous trips.

Glad during our time they didn't stage a dinner on the beach or in the large outside patio area.  The lighting always makes it difficult to see what's on your plate. 

Did the massage thing outdoors and as usual it was very good.

Room attendants did a magnificent job with our room and, this was the first trip where our room keys worked without fail every time.

Had a 10:30 a.m. flight to return home from Montego Bay airport (Sangster).....the hotel made us get on the bus at 6 a.m. sharp.  Made one pickup at another hotel on the way.  The entire trip was 1 hour, 10 minutes.....so we sat around the airport for hours!  What's with that, leaving so damn early?  Next time we're thinking about hiring a car service from hotel to airport.

Our grade and rating on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being best:  9.999999

---Carl & Mary