We have been to Hedo a few times over the years. We have never been with a group. This year we booked with Tom' Trips. Can anyone give us some feedback if they ever went with this group? thanks .
We have been to Hedo a few times over the years. We have never been with a group. This year we booked with Tom' Trips. Can anyone give us some feedback if they ever went with this group? thanks .
we have booked with toms 4 out of our 5 trips and number 6 coming up in jan. we love these guys.... wouldn't think of booking with anyone else.....
Hedo II jan 2012 2013--2014---
may-- oct 2014--
jan. Apr. Oct 2015-- Jan, April, Oct 2016
2017, April Sept, and Oct
2018 Orlando June 2-9
2018 Oct
Up Cumming Trips April and Oct 2017
They are our group's travel agent. Scott and Michelle and their staff are great. You will enjoy travelling with them, a lot of perks When are you going? Happy Hedo Planning!
We crossed over with Tom's trips on our last visit, so we are an objective opinion. That being said, after seeing the loyalty of the people who use Tom's trips, and thoroughly enjoying the vibe while we were there, I would use them in the future. They definitely seem like a 1st class operation.
"Your body is not a temple, its an amusement park. Enjoy the ride" - Anthony Bourdain
12/5/15 - 12/12/15 Hedo 2 trip #7
6/30/14 - 7/8/14 Hedo 2 Trip #6
12/07/13-12/14/13 Hedo 2 Trip #5
11/30/12 - 12/8/12 Hedo 2 Trip #4
12/3/11 - 12/10/11 Hedo 2 trip #3
12/4/10 - 12/11/10 Hedo 2 trip #2
12/5/09 - 12/12/09 Hedo 2 virgins (no more!)
We have used them many times and have never had any issues.
We used Tom's last January and loved the service and perks, we have rebooked with them for this coming January.
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St. Martin, FWI, 1991-2011
Hedonism II -January 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (x2), 2017
Cayo Largo, Cuba, December 1-7, 2014
Hedonism II - April 10-17, 2016 K&A Spring Fling
Hedonism II - April 16-23, 2017 K&A Spring Fling
Hedonism II - April 8-15, 2018 K&A Spring Fling
Hedo 2 April 14-21, 2019 K&A Spring Fling
H2 April 8-17, 2022 K&A Spring Fling
"If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done" - Thomas Jefferson
We have booked with them a few times as well with very positive experiences, we will continue to use them in the future
We always book with Tom's Trip's for July 4th......they have activities which,you can win prizes...they bring in Mark Maze the DJ..who is great. We would highly recommend them.
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Linda & Rich trip # 49..Oct 29- Nov 9th
will be there oct 27-nov.2
We've booked with them several times. All good experiences.
Booked through them last January. Had a great time no issues.
Past Trips:
November: 2008, 2011, 2012
October: 2016
January: 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Upcoming Trip: January 19th - 31st 2021
We crossed paths with one of their group trips during our first ever visit back in 2011. From what we observed, they did a first class job getting everyone checked in and squared away upon arrival, then kept everyone entertained the rest of the trip.
Hedonism II - 28JUN2011 to 03JUL2011, 27NOV2013 to 01DEC2013, 17JUL2023 to 22JUL2023
Desire Pearl - 28MAR2016 to 01APR2016, 19MAR2017 to 24MAR2017, 22JUL2018 to 27JUL2018, 10JUL2021 to 16JUL2021, 26JUN2022 to 30JUN2022 and 01AUG2022 to 05AUG2022
Desire RM - 24NOV2021 to 27NOV2021
Temptation Grand Miches - 08AUG2023 to 13AUG2023
We have been during the Tom's Trips window many times and even booked via them on occasion.
That said, we might be a sole dissenting voice that would suggest that music and DJ at those events is desperately dated and needs to be replaced with more timely and appropriate tunes.
No matter how many times we ( or dozens of others) tried to introduce music or requests to the DJ he seems to have his same small genre of personal tunes that does nothing to reflect the musical desires of the crowd and are stuck in time.
We would strongly suggest that this DJ be discontinued at all Tom's Trips events as having house music would be a great improvement over what is presented
We must be talking about a different DJ then... our experience over 6 trips with this particular DJ is that he spends all his time in behind the tunes. He will "take down your request", but surprisingly the songs dont seem to ever come out of the speakers.
I remember on one specific occasion, we had over a dozen different people go up to him and make requests if they dont ask the kind of music he happens to like or think that his "crowd" likes he acts as though he has never even heard of the song or doesnt have it available.
In the 21st century we would expect that ANY DJ would have all the top 100 for the past 40 years available on request.
On our last experience with him at the nude people the collection of people around the pool asked him to stop playing entirely.. as he has kept playing the same songs day after day. Instead we preferred to listen to the local songs/reggae and local culture.. after all we are in Jamaica
We will admit that his choice in music might be enjoyed by some who like country (which do not) or old skool rock from the 70's and perhaps 80's.
This means that the crowd that would enjoy that kind of tunes would likely be in the late 50s into the 70 year old range.
Based on our many trips around Tom's group that age demographic seems to represent the bulk of the travellers with that group.
We stated at the beginning we were looking for music that came out in the 21st century.. this DJ could not actually name 10 songs on last years current Top 40, did not know a number of the younger artists and appeared tragically out of date.
One of the challenges that Hedo faces is trying to appease the old timers, while attracting the younger visitors.
Unless the music gets updated to something contemporary, it runs the risk of the younger crowd pass it by.
We are going to be back at Hedo this January and will get to experience once again the Tom's Trips idea of music.. we don't expect it to be different.
That is one reason why we have our own music setup on the beach in order to allow our local ppl to listen to contemporary music and basically ignore the DJ.
We dont think he provides a value add, IMHO unless you are part of the older generation.
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