RENTING A CAR IN COSTA RICA

If you are traveling to Costa Rica for Semana Santa (Easter Week) for fun in the sun and are planning to rent a car…a word of warning ..obey the traffic laws because there will be a lot of highway patrolmen  on the open highways esp Highway 1  better known as the Intermaerican  Highway.  Also the [...]

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If you are planning to travel to Costa Rica and rent a car , it is best if you do not drive in San Jose. The traffic is extremely congested with  many large  buses everywhere.  You can’t read the street and avenue names because they are rubbed off the sides of buildings where they  were [...]

Continue reading about Traveling to Costa Rica, Should I Drive in San Jose?

We  are traveling to  Costa Rica and want to see the countryside, not stay around the bigger cities.  We thought about getting a fixed itinerary tour where we are driven in a tour bus with lots other people.   However:  we would like to know if the other option of renting a car in Costa Rica [...]

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If you are traveling Costa Rica by rental car:  These are things you should know. First: Rent from a reputable rental car agency.  So how do you know if they are reputable?   First  are the well know companies such as Dollar, Avis, Hertz, etc  but then there are the Costa Rican companies many of [...]

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Ann on February 9th, 2009

I have often been told by my clients- We want to see as much as Costa Rica as possible, but not spend all the time in the car. So what are the condition of the roads?  Costa Rica is a mountainous country so to get most anywhere you have to drive over, thru, or around [...]

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