My Travel Optimizer

In the near future I will be devoting most posts on this blog to traveling in Costa Rica.  I think it will be better to focus on one particular country at time. I know Costa Rica well so it’s a perfect place for me to write about.
I was there earlier this year and I will [...]

Some things to know about Costa Rica

Costa Rica abolished its army in 1948.  Jose Figueres Ferrer, the founder of the modern Costa Rican state, was influenced by H.G. Wells’ “Outline of History” which he read in 1920 while studying at MIT.  Figueres believed that “The future of mankind cannot include armed forces; Police, yes, because [...]

I’d like to point out I don’t work for Spirit Air or have any sweet deals with them. I’m only trying to find the cheapest airfare possible. It is a short flight to Costa Rica from the Southern United States so I’m not worried about luxury or uber-friendly service.
I’ve flown on Spirit to Costa [...]

I was looking at prices on the Delta web site. The cheapest flight from Atlanta to San Jose, Costa Rica was $938. To fly from Tampa was well over a $1000. In addition to that we would have had to fly north to Atlanta. The same is true for Delta flights flying from [...]

Martin Air is a Dutch airline that used to fly from Orlando and Miami to San Jose, Costa Rica and they were usually the cheapest fare available. I called them today to ask for a ticket prices to San Jose and back and I was told that they no longer fly routes from Florida to [...]