Comments on: How Much Does It Cost to Travel Costa Rica on a Budget? [Infographic]

By: Campbell

Campbell — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:21:03 +0000

Hi Charlie, nice entry. I had a great time traveling in Costa Rica with my girlfriend, we spent less than $20 per day each and had a great time! My favorite place was Corcovado National Park, we spent a week here.

Our budget for Costa Rica: $512 (270 479 CRC) in 26 days, thus $19.69 (10 400 CRC) per day, including accommodation, food, transport and activities and we had an amazing time. Biggest money savers, we stayed away from alcohol, drank the tap water, no taxis and the biggest one, food we bought food at supermarkets and cooked ourselves.

Break up of our budget:
Transport: CRC 29 377 ($55) avg CRC 1129 ($ 2.11) per day
Food (shopping): CRC 71 850 ($135) avg CRC 2763 ($5.20) per day
Accomodation: CRC 146 886 ($276) avg CRC 5321 ($10) per day
To see what we did, where we stayed, what we ate and for a break up of our budget
http://stingynomads.com/traveling-costa-rica-on-less-than-20-per-day/

By: Charlie on Travel

Charlie on Travel — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 22:29:39 +0000

In reply to Samantha.

Thanks, Samantha! I hope that you and Yeison are keeping well :) Did your travels in Taiwan go well? Are you back in CR yet?

I agree, travelling in CR means really paying attention to your budget but it is possible – and I definitely agree that going online isn’t the cheap way to find hostels or hotels here. House sitting really made a massive difference to us and I don’t think we’d have been able to stay in CR for so long and enjoy such awesome places without it actually. I don’t include the money we save from house sitting in the budget infographics though, otherwise it’d make CR look crazy cheap haha!

By: Charlie on Travel

Charlie on Travel — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 20:17:34 +0000

In reply to Jennifer. It is really expensive and staying on budget took a lot of conscious effort! We've managed to spend a lot of time in Costa Rica thanks to house sitting (not included in our travel budget costs), but I have to say that if we didn't have house sits we probably would've been stressed out trying to stay on budget. Are you travelling in CR now?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:53:32 +0000

I’m very impressed with the budget that you were able to stay within. It is expensive here! I love the sodas too – great tip!

By: Samantha

Samantha — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 05:47:21 +0000

I love your infographic! It’s definitely possible to travel Costa Rica on a budget, it just takes a little bit more careful planning. As you probably know not all information about CR is online so a lot of it you can find when you’re there – but a lot of people don’t like to show up without a hotel booked at least which costs more. We found that it’s fairly easy to travel (and live) in CR on a good budget, even in the beach town we’re at which is considered one of the most expensive in the country. It’s definitely not as cheap as Nicaragua but that’s just how it is.

By: Charlie on Travel

Charlie on Travel — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:15:02 +0000

In reply to Lorna Whitton. That's awesome! I hope you have a great time travelling here :) Which places will you be visiting?

By: Lorna Whitton

Lorna Whitton — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:12:00 +0000

So happy I have found your blog! Off to Costa Rica and Nicaragua in october – have a flight home after a month but looking to see what happens and stay longer! This has made me excited indeed!

By: Charlie on Travel

Charlie on Travel — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:26:25 +0000

In reply to Annika – Live Laugh Explore.

Costa Rica is incredible for nature for sure, though we were pretty much as roughing it as you get during our travels without camping or cutting out 2 coffees per day haha.

I’ve not been to Guatemala but was just reading about it today. We’re hoping to head north next year, after some more time in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. We’ve not been to the Caribbean side here yet, so that’s a must!

By: Annika - Live Laugh Explore

Annika - Live Laugh Explore — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 02:09:17 +0000

I was in Costa Rica briefly in February on my way to Nicaragua and am now thinking if I should go back to Costa Rica or perhaps Guatemala next winter..And travel costs play a big part in decision making!! I don’t really like to ‘rough it’ anymore but I would love to see more Costa Rica. And not spend tons of money. I know, it’s a challange :D But at least I found that in Costa Rica you get what you pay for, usually anyway!

By: Charlie on Travel

Charlie on Travel — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:01:44 +0000

In reply to Agness.

It takes a bit of searching to find well priced accommodation, but there are sodas everywhere, so finding affordable food is a breeze!

Jaja, I’m always happy when I’m eating healthy, veggie foods. I actually get really moody eating fried or greasy foods haha :/