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Glamour Tours is one of Jamaica’s leading destination management companies. Based in Montego Bay, the main hub in the North-West of the island, they offer a wide range of services for individual travellers, including airport transfers, island tours and tailor-made weddings. They also organise events, including conferences and the on-island programmes of incentive groups. Finally they provide tour operator representation for in-bound travel organisers.
Created in 1987 by Chairman and Managing Director Roy Anderson and co-director Myrtle Dwyer, Glamour Tours started out doing only transfers and island tours. However their rationale was always to provide a wider range and professional level of ground handling services, at a standard that did not exist in Jamaica at that time. The introduction of programme planning for groups staying at Half Moon resulted in the eventual evolution of Glamour Tours into a destination management company. By 2005 it owned its own fleet of luxury buses and cars and had a full portfolio of services. Testament to its success is their ongoing relationship with Half Moon, one of Jamaica’s leading hotels. They are located there and have provided ground handling services for the hotel since 1989.
As an individual traveller you are most likely to come across Glamour Tours through their island tours or Concierge Services, in which they can organise the details of your trip on island for you. Please see Concierge Service below. However, the company also caters to groups. This might be a wedding for 100 or a conference for 1000. Glamour Tours have a dedicated wedding department, which can tailor-make the entire event for you, whatever the size. As well as taking you through the regulations and the ceremony, they can arrange cocktail parties, rehearsal dinners and even stag and hen parties.
Glamour Tours’ groups department has handled hundreds of incentive and convention groups over the years, some with as many as a thousand delegates. And in addition to the organisation of the conference itself, the company can use its local knowledge and experience in island tours and excursions to organise the best outside activities for delegates and accompanying non-participants. While Glamour Tours often work with Half Moon, which has extremely extensive facilities, they are also happy to arrange events in any number of other locations and venues.
The team at Glamour Tours comprises twenty-eight permanent staff with additional freelance staff called upon when necessary. The main team is made up as follows: Roy C Anderson, Managing Director; Myrtle Dwyer, Director; Jennifer Stewart, Senior Manager – Groups and Incentives; Velton Binns, Transportation Supervisor; Clifton Harris and Patricia Walker, accountants; Shernette Lewis, administrative assistant; one receptionist, three airport representatives; twelve drivers; two tour desk representatives and two wedding consultants.
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Concierge Service
A concierge service can make a considerable difference to the quality of a private holiday for the discerning traveller, or to the execution of arrangements for an executive group. The support in the background will take the weight of organisation off your shoulders and leave you to get the best out of your trip. It can also smooth out the wrinkles of travel, even before you realise that they have arisen.
Glamour Tours are happy to use their contacts in Jamaica to arrange anything that will make a difference during your holiday. This might include a restaurant booking, an island tour, tickets to a music festival or perhaps private entertainment. They offer meet and greet at the airport, with a specific type of airport transfer to your accommodation. They can deliver cakes, wine or Champagne and flowers or a fruit basket. They can even arrange a party or a special event for you and your partner.
Please contact Glamour Tours for details and prices for your specific requirements. |
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Destination Management
Destination Management is a service generally provided to travel organisers, but independent travellers may be interested to see the sort of services that are included in a ‘package’ or flight-inclusive holiday booked through a tour operator/travel organiser. In the UK and Europe it is a legal requirement for companies selling flight-inclusive vacation packages to provide a local representative/ground handler for their clients, together with 24-hour emergency cover to all travellers. Glamour Tours look after several well known Caribbean specialist tour operators/wholesalers and their clients. They provide a comprehensive service, which is tailored specifically to portray the company’s image to their clients, while saving the tour companies the expense of supporting their own representative on Jamaica.
Glamour Tours is supported by a large complement of drivers, tour sale representatives and support staff. They are easily identified by company uniforms - the men in black pants, white shirt with the Glamour Tours’ logo and an orange, green, yellow and black tie and women in green skirts, white blouse, and a black vest. Staff members are selected for their ability, communication skills and, most importantly, their concern for people. If there is a problem or perhaps a medical emergency, they will be there to help. Staff regularly attend seminars on corporate policy, business trends and reviews of procedures.
Incoming clients are met by an airport representative with a sign as they exit the customs hall. The client is then given a pack that includes a welcome letter, Glamour Tours’ office telephone numbers, a twenty-four hour emergency telephone number and a brochure portraying popular tours. Clients are then escorted to their pre-arranged air conditioned vehicle for transfer to their accommodation.
The services offered by Glamour Tours to travel companies, tour operators, wholesalers, corporate and incentive groups include:
• Airport Meet and Greet
• Welcome package
• Airport/pier Porterage and Baggage Handling
• Ground Transportation
• Hospitality Desk
• Cold Towel and refreshment en route to hotel
• Hotel reservation and recommendation
• Restaurant recommendation
• Excursion and tours
• Flight reconfirmation
• 24 hour emergency coverage
• Regular client ‘check ups’ by phone
Fleet used for ground transportation by Glamour Tours includes:
• 49 seater deluxe air conditioned Hino Coach
• 29 seater deluxe air conditioned Toyota Coaster
• 15 seater deluxe air conditioned Toyota Hiace
• 15 seater deluxe air conditioned Mercedes Benz
• 8 seater deluxe air conditioned Toyota Lite Ace
• 5 seater deluxe air conditioned Town Ace
• 5 seater deluxe air conditioned cars including Toyota Camrys and Toyota Crowns
• Luggage Truck
• Stretch limousines are available upon request |
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Tours
Glamour Tours will arrange or book island tours and excursions (including sailing trips) to suit you or your company’s requirements. Below are some of the regular excursions on offer in Jamaica. There is excellent variety of tours and activities on the island, varying from plantation and great house visits to river rafting, mountain biking and rainforest canopy exploration on zip-wires. If you wish to go ‘private’, tours can be adapted to suit individual or group requirements and a vehicle to suit the number in your party (along with a chauffer/guide), will be provided. Foreign language tour guides can also be arranged.
Appleton Estate Rum Tour, Siloah, St ElizabethJamaica’s oldest sugar estate. Rum was first produced commercially on the Appleton Estate in 1749. The tour provides the visitor with an inside look at the rum making process which includes a demonstration of how cane juice was extracted from sugar cane in the 18th Century. There is a tour of the distillery to see the different methods of distillation and the ageing house where the rum is stored in barrels. Visitors get to juice their own cane, sample rum and boil wet sugar. Located in Siloah within the Nassau Valley, St Elizabeth. Cost of full day tour out of Montego Bay US$90 per person including transfers, lunch and tour.
Blue Mountain Bicycle Tours, Blue Mountain Region
Mostly downhill with very little pedalling, this is a leisurely way of seeing the lush tropical rainforest of the Blue Mountain region. Includes a coffee demonstration and a waterfall swim. A full day tour including lunch and snacks with an early morning transfer out of Ocho Rios (includes brunch) or Kingston up to the Holywell National Park where the cycle ride begins. Cost US$93 per person including transfers from Ocho Rios or Kingston.
Canopy Tour, Montego Bay & Ocho Rios
Zip through Jamaica’s treetops with the help of experienced guides on an intricate harness system on horizontal wire cables, erected up to 45ft above the ground. The Canopy Tour lets you traverse as much as 600-1000ft between a network of platforms tucked away in the trees. The canopy tour is offered in two locations, one within the Great River valley near Montego Bay (within reach of the Negril area) and at the Cranbrook Flower Forest and the Laughlands River Gorge near Ocho Rios. A half day tour includes lunch and transfers. Cost US$90 per person including transfers from within relevant canopy tour vicinity.
Dolphin Cove, Dunn’s River, Ocho Rios
A popular attraction just outside Ocho Rios, located next door to the famous Dunn’s River Falls. There is a choice of three programmes for interacting with the bottle nose dolphins: the touch encounter, swim encounter or swim with dolphins. A seaside lagoon also features turtles, stingrays, eels and fish, and there is a nature trail featuring indigenous birds and animals. For safety reasons pregnant women and children under 8 years are restricted to participating in the touch encounter programme only. Price on request.
Dreamer Catamarans, Montego Bay
Take to the waves for three hours aboard a 53ft or 63ft Gold Coast catamaran which sets out from Margueritaville for snorkelling within the Montego Bay area. Trip includes an open bar with local drinks and reggae music for dancing. Boats sail Mon-Sat. Cost US$70 per person including transfers from within the Montego Bay area. Exclusive cruises arranged with prices on request.
Dunn’s River Falls & Park, Ocho Rios
Jamaica’s top visitor attraction, the falls descend from a height of 600ft through the rain forest and can be climbed in stages (though not to the top), with wading pools to enjoy on the way up. The park has nature trails, terracing and decks with views of the falls, a craft market, picnic areas, a restaurant and a beach. This is a full day tour if you are staying in the Montego Bay or Negril area. Very popular excursion for cruise ship passengers. The cost out of Montego Bay (1 ½ -2 hr drive to Ocho Rios) including transfers, lunch and entrance to the falls is US$90 per person.
J Charles Swaby’s Black River Safari, Black River, St Elizabeth
A one hour boat tour through Jamaica’s largest wetland area, the Black River Morass, where you might spot one of the endangered American Crocodiles which inhabit the area. This is a full day trip out of the Montego Bay area, with a scenic drive to the south coast of the island where you will board boats that will take you 6 miles up the river. There is a commentary of the history and ecology of the area by your captain or guide. There are over 100 species of bird recorded in the morass, along with the mangrove, palms and other plants in the freshwater swamp. A Jamaican lunch is served at one of the local restaurants nearby. Cost US$90 per person including transfers from Montego Bay, boat trip and lunch.
Jamaica ATV Safari, Rose Hall, Montego Bay
Head out on a fully automatic all terrain quad bike, travelling over dirt trails and the surrounding hills of the Rose Hall Estate. The 90 minute adventure covers 6 miles roundtrip and takes you up to the village at Mount Zion, with a guide who stops occasionally to point out places of interest. Minimum age 18 years. Not suitable for pregnant women or those with back problems. Cost US$75 per person including transfers from Montego Bay.
Chukka Cove & Chukka Blue Jeep Safari’s, Montego Bay & Ocho Rios
See the interior of Jamaica by Land Rover jeep, where your driver travels along rural roads, farm tracks and sometimes rough tracks made by the jeeps themselves. The Montego Bay tour includes a River Walk up stream to a secret waterfall, a stop to view the ruins of an 18th century sugar factory, a drive through a river ford (depending on water level) and ends with a dip in a rainforest riverhead. The Ocho Rios tour includes a drive through Fern Gully up to the Murphy Hill viewpoint, followed by a visit to a working cattle farm and large estate, a small coffee plantation and finally ends at the Dunn’s River Falls where you get to climb up the 600ft waterfall. Cost US$90 per person including transfers, tour, refreshments and lunch. Tours not suitable for pregnant women.
Rafting on the Martha Brae River, Falmouth, Trelawny
Picturesque three mile river trip on 30ft, two-seater bamboo rafts. Starts out at the Rafter’s Village, a recreational facility which includes a swimming pool, bar, souvenir shops and picnic areas, and ends up at Martha’s Rest where there is a bar, lounge and souvenir shop. Musical entertainment is provided by a traditional mento band and you can visit Martha’s Herb Garden, where you can learn about the different medicinal uses for a range of plants. Located approximately 25 miles east of Montego Bay and 40 miles west of Ocho Rios. Half day tour out of Montego Bay area US$90 per person including transfers, welcome fruit punch and raft trip.
Rose Hall Great House, Rose Hall, Montego Bay
Jamaica’s best known and most imposing-looking great house was built in 1770 by John Palmer, a planter who owned the surrounding 6,600 acre Rose Hall sugar estate at the time. In the early 19th Century Rose Hall was inherited by John Rose Palmer, who married the notorious Annie. During your guided tour you will hear the legend surrounding Annie Palmer, or the White Witch as she is known, and how she not only murdered her three husbands (including John Rose) but cruelly dispensed with slaves, dabbled in the occult and is said now to haunt the great house. Rose Hall was bought by the Rollins family from Delaware in the USA in the 1960s, along with 4,000 acres of land for development. Having sat empty for over a century it was renovated at huge cost and is now a major tourist attraction. Half day tour out of the Montego Bay area including transfers is US$36 per person.
White River Valley, Endeavour, Ocho Rios
A 300 acre park set in the White River Valley with a variety of soft adventure activities including river tubing, white water kayaking, horseback riding and bike trails, plus nature walks and a horticultural tour through the Village of Flowers and Bamboo Cathedral. Located 7 miles east of Ocho Rios. Cost on request.
YS Falls, YS Estate, Middle Quarters, St Elizabeth
An impressive seven-tier waterfall with rock pools set amongst lush tropical vegetation, where you can enjoy a swim in the natural pools. Visitors are driven to the falls by tractor-drawn jitney through the beautiful countryside of the estate which is a working cattle farm and a stud farm for thoroughbred race horses. Located 50 miles east of Negril and south of Montego Bay. Cost on request.
Note: All prices are in US$ per person for regular excursions (exclusive on request) on offer in Jamaica, and are subject to change without notice. Please check with Glamour Tours for confirmation of cost and excursion content. |
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Cruise Ships
Jamaica sees over a million cruise ship passengers a year, which almost matches the number of visitors that arrive by plane. Ocho Rios is by far the busiest port of call, attracting around 70% of all cruise ship arrivals, though arrivals into Montego Bay are also gradually on the increase. Port Antonio’s new marina attracts the smaller ships and mega-yachts. Jamaica is on the itinerary of Silversea Cruises, Fred Olsen Cruise Line, Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises, Holland America, Costa, MSC Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line. If you require on-shore services or Jamaica island tours, Glamour Tours will help by providing cruise ship reception services. |
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Weddings & Event Planning
Glamour Tours’ dedicated Wedding Department will work with you to create your ideal wedding day or renewal of wedding vows ceremony. They can arrange anything from a simple wedding on the beach to a formal marriage and reception in a hotel. They do have a number of standard packages to offer, but they can also help if you would like a wedding in a traditional Jamaican church or if you would like to do something a bit more adventurous. You might want to create your own ceremony in a spectacular island location, say on a catamaran, by the delightful cascades of Dunn’s River Falls or barefoot on one of Jamaica’s fantastically beautiful beaches. There are also many private villas, incredibly pretty river-banks, tropical gardens such as Coyaba River Garden and historic plantation great houses like Bellefield. The great thing is that Glamour Tours can take all the effort and stress out of the organisation for you, leaving you to relax and enjoy your day. A member of the Association of Bridal Consultants, Association of Wedding Professionals International, June Wedding Inc and the National Association of Wedding Professionals Inc, Glamour Tours can tailor-make all aspects of a wedding to your requirements.
Glamour Tours will liaise with you before you arrive on island, making suggestions to fit your ideas and then putting it all in place. When you reach Jamaica they will take you through the documentation to fulfil government regulations and then enact everything you have planned together, providing cakes, photographers, a dinner, a band on request and a going-away vehicle, which might be anything from a horse to a stretch limousine. Glamour Tours can arrange anything from a small and simple affair to a major event that includes rehearsal dinners, cocktail parties, receptions and wedding dinners with outside caterers if necessary. They will even organise your hen and stag parties.
WEDDING PACKAGES
At all times you will have the full services of their wedding planner, who will accompany you throughout your wedding procedures, having taken care of requirements (such as your marriage licence) prior to your arrival. Packages can be tailored, and cover a garden or beach on hotel property. Church weddings and other off-property weddings carry additional charges.
Simply Jamaican
- Marriage licence
- Marriage officer (non-denominational church minister)
- Notarised affidavits
- Wedding cake with one tier
- Bottle of Champagne
- Bridal bouquet (tropical blooms)
- Groom’s boutonniere (tropical bloom)
- Taped/CD music for the ceremony
- Photo album with 36 shots (4” x 6”) with negatives
- Certified copy of Marriage Certificate
- Two witnesses are required on the wedding day, and will be provided if necessary
Cost US$1500 for 2-6 persons
Jamaican Fantasy - Marriage licence
- Marriage officer (non-denominational church minister)
- Notarised affidavits
- Wedding cake with one tier
- Bottle of Champagne
- Bridal bouquet (tropical blooms)
- Groom’s boutonniere (tropical bloom)
- Photo album with 36 shots (4” x 6”) with negatives
- Two hour edited video of ceremony
- Violinist or flautist for ceremony
- Wedding gift for couple
- Certified copy of Marriage Certificate
- Two witnesses are required on the wedding day, and will be provided if necessary
Cost US$2,250 – for 2-10 persons
Ultimate Jamaican
- Marriage licence
- Marriage officer (non-denominational church minister)
- Notarised affidavits
- Wedding cake with two tiers
- Two bottles of Champagne for toast
- Bridal bouquet (tropical blooms)
- Groom’s boutonniere (tropical bloom)
- Photo album with 36 shots (4” x 6”) with negatives (2 hrs)
- Two hour edited video of ceremony and reception
- Keyboard player for ceremony
- Three course dinner
- Limo transfer for newly weds to reception venue for dinner (in Montego Bay)
- DJ for 3 hours during reception
- Wedding gift for couple
- Private cruise for couple
- Certified copy of Marriage Certificate
- Two witnesses are required on the wedding day, and will be provided if necessary
Cost US$5,550 – for 2-15 persons
Wedding Vow Renewal
- Marriage officer
- Renewal of Vows certificate
- Bouquet and boutonniere (tropical blooms)
- Photo album with 24 shots (4”x6”) with negatives
- Bottle of Champagne
Cost US$1,250
All packages attract a 10% Service Charge and are subject to change without notice. |
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Legal Requirements for Jamaica Weddings
The legal requirements for getting married in Jamaica are:
You can get married 24 hours after arriving in Jamaica as long as you have already applied for a marriage licence through the Ministry of National Security. This takes about four weeks and can be arranged on your behalf by Glamour Tours. The following are the requirements and certified or original documents (in English) must be submitted when applying for the marriage licence:
- Full names of the bride and the groom (first, middle and last names)
- Full names of the mother and father of the bride and the groom (first, middle and last names)
- Proof of citizenship - original or certified copy of Birth Certificates for bride and groom
- Occupations of the bride, the groom and both sets of parents
- If divorced, original or certified Decree Absolute papers must be produced.
- If widowed, the original or certified copy of the former partner’s Death Certificate must be produced.
- If either party is under 18 years of age, written consent must be given by his/her parents.
- Legal proof must be presented if either party has changed their name by Deed Poll.
Italians getting married in Jamaica have special requirements to ensure that their marriages are legally recognized back home, and French Canadians must provide both notarised English translations of their French documents and copies of the French originals.
Note that two witnesses are required for the actual wedding ceremony and can be provided by Glamour Tours.
The cost of a wedding licence is J$4000. The non-denominational Marriage Officer who performs the ceremony at your chosen location will charge a fee ranging from US$100 to around US$250 depending on the individual requirements or arrangements for the ceremony, i.e. location. All of these arrangements can be taken care of by Glamour Tours – please see their wedding packages.
According to current Jamaican law, weddings must be performed before 6pm.
Church weddings may have special requirements requiring documentation from your church or certain arrangements, depending on your denomination. In the case of Roman Catholics, for instance, a letter from your priest at home is required to prove that you have received marriage counselling. |
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Corporate Travel / Incentives
Jamaica offers excellent facilities for group travel, both for corporate meetings and conferences and for incentive trips. There are good international air-links to begin with, making the island easy to get to, there are many purpose-built conference facilities, and then there are also excellent opportunities for activities around a conference, with endless sports, side-trips and places to visit. Jamaica is also equipped to hold conferences of almost any size. There are some excellent small hotels and villas, hideaways with real style and service that would make an excellent retreat or board meeting, but there are also some huge, international-standard venues too, with convention and entertainment facilities for up to over 1000 people.
Glamour Tours have a wealth of knowledge and experience in handling large groups for conventions, conferences and incentives, with some group programmes numbering as many as 4000 delegates. They will help to locate the right venue for your needs and can offer the following services: destination teasers, hospitality desks, tours and excursions, custom theme parties, receptions, cruises, sports tournaments, entertainment, team building activities, VIP room gifts, dine-arounds, spouse and children’s programmes, multi media presentations, guest speakers, photographic services and they can also arrange customs brokerage. |
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Contact Details
If you would like to make further enquiries or a reservation for services, please use the WEB LINK or DIRECT EMAIL ENQUIRIES facility at the top of this page to make contact with Glamour Tours Jamaica, or if you wish to telephone them, their telephone number will be revealed if you click on the CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER link. |
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