Advice, tips, and suggestions for first timers @ OBH17?

[Katphan]

Certainly not new to Jacket but we are to OBH. Would appreciate any advice, tips or suggestions from past attendees. We booked with the pre-sale RC, is it February yet?

Katphan and Mrs. Katphan leaving from Louisville, KY

[Bulldog]

Be prepared for the time for your life.....Great music, Great people, great location. I'll try and post the link to the thread from the last one there was a ton of good information complied that should cover most questions you may have and of course for anything additional there are a number of us who have been to the past two and are planning on atteding this year as well that are more than happy to help.

http://mymorningjacket.net/index.php/topic,18569.80.html

Bull

[walterfredo]

my tip (really my wife's because she is smarter than I am). Before you crash out at night/early morning, order breakfast room service for a particular time, and go crazy on it! Wake up to breakfast in bed. If you try to order when you awake, you'll be waiting a while!

[hendo9591]

Just prepare yourself for one of the best experiences you will ever have in life.

[coldnebraskablue]

appreciate any advice, tips or suggestions from past attendees.

"Don't take the brown acid!"      

[vandemusser]

Skip the buffets and try and do the sit-down restaurants. All of the bad food experiences I heard about were from those sketch buffets...

Bring a TON of dollar bills with you. Giving the waitstaff a tip for bringing you drinks is not only good karma (since they are all hard working folks), but you also will get much better service.

You'll get some "resort dollars" when you first arrive... if you know what you want to do with them, get it scheduled as soon as you arrive. My wife and I booked a couple's massage with ours and we got a pretty good time slot, but only because we booked immediately after we arrived.

I agree with everyone else, though... the whole thing was a blast. You will remember it for the rest of your life.

[piton87]

I am really trying to go this year, however I have no one to go with should I just bite the bullet and pay for both guests and go by myself. I don't want to latch onto a group and feel like a burden cause I am by myself. Its not that I don't have friends, I just don't have friends that have the capital or the interest to go. Also my wife is scared of the Zika virus and insists I get tested after I get back. She will not go.

[APR]

I am really trying to go this year, however I have no one to go with should I just bite the bullet and pay for both guests and go by myself. I don't want to latch onto a group and feel like a burden cause I am by myself. Its not that I don't have friends, I just don't have friends that have the capital or the interest to go. Also my wife is scared of the Zika virus and insists I get tested after I get back. She will not go.

That is a big bite to pay for two people when only one is going.  There is a good chance you can find a roommate to split the cost.   If not, you will still have a blast and make friends all weekend (even on the way to the resort in the van).

[rmpotsy]

I am really trying to go this year, however I have no one to go with should I just bite the bullet and pay for both guests and go by myself. I don't want to latch onto a group and feel like a burden cause I am by myself. Its not that I don't have friends, I just don't have friends that have the capital or the interest to go. Also my wife is scared of the Zika virus and insists I get tested after I get back. She will not go.

That is a big bite to pay for two people when only one is going.  There is a good chance you can find a roommate to split the cost.   If not, you will still have a blast and make friends all weekend (ESPECIALLY on the way to the resort in the van).

[mancityzens]

Be prepared for the time for your life.....Great music, Great people, great location. I'll try and post the link to the thread from the last one there was a ton of good information complied that should cover most questions you may have and of course for anything additional there are a number of us who have been to the past two and are planning on atteding this year as well that are more than happy to help.

http://mymorningjacket.net/index.php/topic,18569.80.html

Bull

Excellent! Thanks for posting that link. TONS of valuable info there.  I'm sad I've missed the first 2 OBHs, but am super thrilled to be attending the 3rd edition.  Dragged my wife to RR a couple weeks ago and it changed her life.  She is now letting me spend all of our spare money on MMJ   

One question I have - when the dates get closer, will people start to plan adventures/excursions on the forum?  Instead of using the booking service offered by Cloud9 or the resort, will folks say "Alright, we are getting a group to go to Xel Ha on Feb 6!" (Or Gran Cenote)...or something of that sort?

I suppose booking those trips from the resort will yield the same result - i.e. you are going to do these excursions with MMJ fans, because the other people booking from the resort are also MMJ fans lol. 

[RaspberryJam]

Be prepared for the time for your life.....Great music, Great people, great location. I'll try and post the link to the thread from the last one there was a ton of good information complied that should cover most questions you may have and of course for anything additional there are a number of us who have been to the past two and are planning on atteding this year as well that are more than happy to help.

http://mymorningjacket.net/index.php/topic,18569.80.html

Bull

Excellent! Thanks for posting that link. TONS of valuable info there.  I'm sad I've missed the first 2 OBHs, but am super thrilled to be attending the 3rd edition.  Dragged my wife to RR a couple weeks ago and it changed her life.  She is now letting me spend all of our spare money on MMJ   

One question I have - when the dates get closer, will people start to plan adventures/excursions on the forum?  Instead of using the booking service offered by Cloud9 or the resort, will folks say "Alright, we are getting a group to go to Xel Ha on Feb 6!" (Or Gran Cenote)...or something of that sort?

I suppose booking those trips from the resort will yield the same result - i.e. you are going to do these excursions with MMJ fans, because the other people booking from the resort are also MMJ fans lol.

We just met cool folks, and shared a ride to Tulum with them. Easy!



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[Katphan]

Lots of good stuff here, thanks everyone!

[robb]

my tip (really my wife's because she is smarter than I am). Before you crash out at night/early morning, order breakfast room service for a particular time, and go crazy on it! Wake up to breakfast in bed. If you try to order when you awake, you'll be waiting a while!

damn, you can do that?!?

[Angela D Vice]

Do your cell phones work at the resort?

[walterfredo]

Do your cell phones work at the resort?

Definitely, if you have an int'l plan, which most people do not.  Turn off roaming, use the wifi to text, and/or viber.

[piton87]

Pulled the trigger piton87 will be in Mexico in 2017

[vandemusser]

Do your cell phones work at the resort?

We added 1000 international minutes through Verizon for a pretty reasonable amount of money by calling customer service. I think it added like $15 to that month's bill. I guarantee you that all of the cell providers can do the same thing. It's a nice insurance policy if you need to make a call when you are off the resort.

[staurie28]

I recommended downloading an app like whatsapp for texting on the resort. iMessage doesn't always go through, since both phones must be on wifi for that to work when you're out of network. whatsapp also works for iPhones AND droids, and was the easiest way to keep in touch with friends on the resort and back home


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[Angela D Vice]

Thanks everyone! 
We were in the Bahamas and the cell situation was awful, so I wanted to check ahead of time. 

[slappymoe]

maybe it's a generational thing, but for me, a trip like this is a four-day window to disappear and disconnect from life as we usually know it. sure, i'll bring my phone, but once i'm on the resort i doubt it leaves my suitcase.  anyone who knows me knows i'll be back wednesday night. whatever it is can wait til then.

"put your phone down, get your party on!" - prince