The post today lists 10 “legitimate” risks of Costa Rica travel, along with Costa Rica Guy’s 10 tips for staying safe in Costa Rica… 1. Getting Robbed – keep your sh** with you (or at least within eye site if you’re a fast runner) and if renting a car, don’t leave anything in the car…anywhere…since valuables in […]
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I’ve written so much in the past about why Costa Rica is different. Why it is not a good candidate for the Hotel + Flight deal that is so prevalent in the tourist offerings out there these days. In fact, Google has pretty much allowed the search results for Costa Rica vacations and similar terms […]
I am no fan of TripAdvisor. Never have been. And never will be. In fact, my personal opinion is that TripAdvisor sucks. And here’s a good example of why… I recently had a potential customer call and ask for us to design an itinerary. And, by the way, there’s something very important you should know […]
Costa Rica is indeed the land of many rivers. Where I live is no exception. With the highest mountain (Cerro Chirripo at 12,533 feet) less than an hours drive away and the beach only about half that time, you can imagine that there are many Costa Rica rivers running through it. And sometimes quite ferociously […]
Most blogs about Costa Rica are promotional in nature (certainly this one is no exception). There are a precious few really good ones out there, but if you pay too much attention to what is being said, you could get the wrong impression. Often, since most people live in or around San Jose, you get […]
Here’s a novel vacation idea for you… I once had the notion of offering a traditional Costa Rica vacation package with a twist. And the twist would be allocating some portion of your vacation time to volunteering. The volunteer part would not just be about sloshing out ladles of soup in some downtown San Jose soup kitchen. […]
I’ve been ranting a bit lately about this new and alarming trend that I’ve seen develop over the last few years in Costa Rica tourism. I called it the other day a form of commoditization. In other words, Costa Rica begins to look and feel like any other vacation destination among the panoply of choices. […]
I don’t like to pick on clients, but this one deserves it. I received an inquiry about our perennially popular and often copied Pure Adrenaline design. It’s popular for a reason…it kicks ass and has kicked a lot of ass over the years… In short, folks love it…and some keep coming back for more. But […]
I thought I would bring to your attention a few cultural faux pas in Costa Rica that we gringos are often guilty of and that aren’t very endearing to the typical tico (or, tica). 10 that quickly come to mind are: 1. Slamming doors – this is especially the case with taxi cabs. You should […]
I gotta tell you it’s a real jungle out there when it comes to Costa Rica vacation site competition. I have been arranging Costa Rica vacations now for 10 years and I have never experienced this level of cut-throat competition. But wait, maybe things aren’t exactly as dire as they seem. After all, not all […]
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