Our trip to Sandals South Coast!
I am a firm believer that getting away with just your person is super important for your marriage and your family. I have the mom guilt, moments of what the heck am I doing, but end up the day when we get back home, I am a much better mom and wife.
We booked this trip back in 2019 for my husbands 30th birthday! It is best to book Sandals early because room categories are limited. They have lots of options, but few in each category so if you want a certain room like we did, book early! You can start that process here! It costs you absolutely nothing extra, for me to help you with the perfect vacation. Not all Sandals resorts will fit the same couples, so it is important to have a TA on your team.
Getting There
We flew out of Salt Lake City on a red eye flight connecting in Atlanta. Once you land in Jamaica it is about a 90 minute drive to the resort. It is straight through the mountain, gorgeous drive but rather bumpy. As the name states the resort is located on Sandals South Coast. When you book a club level or butler category room upon arrival you will be taken to Club Sandals to checkin, if you have a butler they will then come get you and take you to your room! If you are in an entry level room, you will checkin, in the lobby. No matter the category, everyones luggage will be taken and delivered to their room!
Our Rondoval Room
This was supposed to be a once in a lifetime stay for us.. but I honestly would pick staying here again over trying something new! Even my husband would agree.. which is crazy because he likes to only stay places we have not before.
Day 1
After our butler took us to our room, we unpacked quick and ordered room service. The Rondovals have their own room service team and can actually bring you food from any restaurant on property as well as the normal room service menu! Then of course we headed straight out of backdoor to the lazy river surrounding our rondoval! For dinner our butler set us up at the Asian restaurant (see all our dining reviews here) and then when we got back to the room, we had a bubble bath and candles waiting in the room! We were exhausted from traveling, so we scheduled our breakfast to be delivered to our patio and went to bed early!
Day 2 - Tanners Birthday!
I wanted this day to be absolutely perfect and it was and then some! Each day you can tell your butler if you want to be set up at the beach or at the pool. We were set up at the beach and she made it so special, decorated with flowers and balloons (no extra cost!)
We hung out at our private pool for awhile and then had lunch at the jerk shack. We went back to our room because it started raining and they had decorated for him in there as well!
We hung out at our private pool for a couple hours and then got ready for our dinner on the beach! This is an extra charge, but it was so worth it.
After dinner, we walked to beach and went for a night swim.
Day 3
We had breakfast at the buffet and our butler set us up at the pool because it was a foam party day! I was totally skeptical of this, but we had so much fun!
After we hung out at the pool for awhile we decided to go kayaking (included) so we walked over and they got us right in the water. It was fun to see the full resort from the water as well as get close to the bungalows and overwater chapel.
We had dinner at Schooners which was super good, but bring bug spray because you are right by the beach! After dinner we went to latitudes and hung out on an overwater hammock, which then we say a stingray swim right under us!
Day 4
We had breakfast at Schooners on the beach and then just walked around the resort for awhile and toured the wedding venues and some other room categories.
The rest of the day we spent at our rondoval floating the lazy river and enjoying our pool.
I had asked our butler to set up dinner on our patio for the last night (included) and he went above and beyond! I seriously couldn't believe it was real life. Felt like a bachelor date or something. He asked us which restaurant we wanted food from and we went with Italian. It was the perfect ending to our perfect trip!
Headed Home!
I am one that likes to get home as early as I can, to see my kiddos so we left the resort at 4:30 AM! They still came and got our luggage for us and brought it to the transfer. We had Club Mobay so we got breakfast in the lounge. Then it was time to say good bye to Jamaica!
If you want to go to a Sandals property or have other vacation plans in mind, I plan vacations for free! I travel so that I can best help you pick a property, room and guide you through the whole process. I also help with weddings, which are FREE at Sandals resorts when you stay 3+ nights! To get started please visit this page