MBJ · Layover Guide
Montego Bay
Stop in Montego Bay.
Best layover: 4–24h
LayoverScore™
Base city score. Your route score varies by savings and timing.
Exit realism
Comfortable window
Enough room in Montego Bay for a real stop. Keep the buffer at the end anyway.
Landside playbook
If time slips
- Drop the last stop. Go straight to the train, taxi rank, or ride pickup you already chose.
- Add 15 minutes to map ETAs for the return leg at rush hour.
- One ticket for the whole trip protects you when the inbound is late. Separate tickets do not.
Worth knowing
- Do not stack three stops. One solid block in the city beats a rushed loop.
- Do not treat one map time as gospel for immigration lines. Pad on your first pass through this hub.
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Places to stay
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Score 60 · Discover 48 · Ease 22
Why Montego Bay scores 60
Getting there
Licensed taxi $25 · Route taxi (shared) $3
min to center
taxi- 01Taxi to Hip Strip (10-15 min)
- 02Route taxi/minibus (20 min, shared)
- 03Hotel shuttle (varies)
- 01Doctor's Cave Beach with crystal-clear Caribbean waters
- 02Hip Strip on Gloucester Avenue for jerk chicken and rum bars
- 03Rose Hall Great House haunted plantation tour
- 04Margaritaville for waterslides and beachfront cocktails
- 05Craft market at Harbour Street for wood carvings and spices
Experiences in Montego Bay
Timed tours and tickets for Montego Bay are listed on our partner site.
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- Il Giardino~60 min5 min walk
- Kenko Japanese Restaurant~60 min5 min walk
- Club Inferno~75 min11 min walk
- Caribbean Showplace~75 min18 min walk
- Half Moon Equestrian Center~90 min9 min walk
- St Augustine Anglican Church~90 min20 min walk
- Rose Hall Great House4.5
- Cinnamon Hill Golf Course4.6
- White Witch Golf Course4.5
- Treasure Hunt Gaming4.2
- Half Moon Golf Course4.4
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Where to stay →Drop your luggage. Don't drag it around the city.
Club MoBay Lounge
Airport terminal
$35/day
0 min walk
Secrets St. James Day Pass
Freeport
$100/day
0 min walk
From the terminal to the good part.
Licensed taxi
to city center
Fixed rate to Hip Strip, negotiate beforehand
12 min
$25.00
Route taxi (shared)
to city center
Flag down on main road, cash only JMD
20 min
$3.00
Hotel shuttle
Free with day-use hotel booking
15 min
$0.00
No city pass available for this city.
Getting there
Get an Uber from the airportAt the airport
- 01Club MoBay VIP lounge with beach-style relaxation
- 02Duty-free rum and Blue Mountain coffee
- 03Jerk chicken at Jamaican Bobsled Cafe
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