Comments on: How much spending money for 8 days in Costa Rica? http://www.gracefultraveler.com/adventure-vacations/how-much-spending-money-for-8-days-in-costa-rica Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:43:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: amphitryon http://www.gracefultraveler.com/adventure-vacations/how-much-spending-money-for-8-days-in-costa-rica/comment-page-1#comment-2904 amphitryon Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:22:59 +0000 http://www.gracefultraveler.com/adventure-vacations/how-much-spending-money-for-8-days-in-costa-rica#comment-2904 both replies above are on the "safe side", and I'd go with ATM withdrawals rather than US cash to travel (besides a basic 'stock' of 1.00 bills for tips). pay with Colon wherever you can, it will be cheaper. remember, the average household income is about US 4,000.00 p.a. - so a "tourist spend" of 1,000.00 on food for eight days plus a few trinkets, is a lot. you will also note that people don't travel to CR for the food - it's a best rather bland, but a little Lizano will help there. Costa Rican cuisine is tasty rather than spicy-hot and is centered around beef, chicken and fish dishes, with rice, corn or beans and fresh fruit as supplements. for more info on the country, see here: http://www.therealcostarica.com/<br><b>References : </b><br> both replies above are on the "safe side", and I’d go with ATM withdrawals rather than US cash to travel (besides a basic ’stock’ of 1.00 bills for tips).
pay with Colon wherever you can, it will be cheaper.
remember, the average household income is about US 4,000.00 p.a. – so a "tourist spend" of 1,000.00 on food for eight days plus a few trinkets, is a lot.
you will also note that people don’t travel to CR for the food – it’s a best rather bland, but a little Lizano will help there. Costa Rican cuisine is tasty rather than spicy-hot and is centered around beef, chicken and fish dishes, with rice, corn or beans and fresh fruit as supplements.
for more info on the country, see here:
http://www.therealcostarica.com/
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]]> By: kapn http://www.gracefultraveler.com/adventure-vacations/how-much-spending-money-for-8-days-in-costa-rica/comment-page-1#comment-2903 kapn Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:12:59 +0000 http://www.gracefultraveler.com/adventure-vacations/how-much-spending-money-for-8-days-in-costa-rica#comment-2903 Just got back. Spent all of Feb traveling Costa Rica. 100 bucks a day would be more than enough. I used my debit card to grab cash at the ATM. They are everywhere. ALWAYS keep your radar up......Costa Rica has a bandit problem.......and............its not just in San Jose........got robbed in Arnal in less than one hour. Think safety any you'll be safe... Its a really great adventure........you need much more than 8 days....but its a start.<br><b>References : </b><br> Just got back. Spent all of Feb traveling Costa Rica.

100 bucks a day would be more than enough. I used my debit card to grab cash at the ATM. They are everywhere.

ALWAYS keep your radar up……Costa Rica has a bandit problem…….and…………its not just in San Jose……..got robbed in Arnal in less than one hour. Think safety any you’ll be safe…

Its a really great adventure……..you need much more than 8 days….but its a start.
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]]> By: mora http://www.gracefultraveler.com/adventure-vacations/how-much-spending-money-for-8-days-in-costa-rica/comment-page-1#comment-2902 mora Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:48:59 +0000 http://www.gracefultraveler.com/adventure-vacations/how-much-spending-money-for-8-days-in-costa-rica#comment-2902 Well, considering you are going to be in touristic places where the food is usually a bit more expensive than it normally is... Lets say you will be paying around $5-7 for breakfast each, a good lunch would be around $13-15 each and dinner probably around the same. So you would be spending around $600 in food between the two of you, you can add $50 or so extra if you plan on buying bottled water to carry around. And souvenirs, well here is depends on what you are planing on buying, there are many things from $1 to hundreds of dollars, what i would definitely advice you is to try and bargain a little because usually souvenirs are overpriced on purpose so people who bargain get discounts and people who dont end up spending more than they shouldve. I would say $1000 would be a good amount to take with you, I don't think you will spend that much but its better to be safe than sorry. Also carrying a debit/credit card is always a good idea in case something unexpected comes up. Most international credit cards will work anywhere here in Costa Rica. Hope this helps! have a nice trip! :)<br><b>References : </b><br>Costa Rican Well, considering you are going to be in touristic places where the food is usually a bit more expensive than it normally is… Lets say you will be paying around $5-7 for breakfast each, a good lunch would be around $13-15 each and dinner probably around the same. So you would be spending around $600 in food between the two of you, you can add $50 or so extra if you plan on buying bottled water to carry around. And souvenirs, well here is depends on what you are planing on buying, there are many things from $1 to hundreds of dollars, what i would definitely advice you is to try and bargain a little because usually souvenirs are overpriced on purpose so people who bargain get discounts and people who dont end up spending more than they shouldve.
I would say $1000 would be a good amount to take with you, I don’t think you will spend that much but its better to be safe than sorry. Also carrying a debit/credit card is always a good idea in case something unexpected comes up. Most international credit cards will work anywhere here in Costa Rica.

Hope this helps! have a nice trip! :)
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