My Travel Optimizer

A question I often hear is whether people should make their reservations ahead of time or book as they go. It depends on when and where you are going and what type of travel you wish to do.
The beaches in Costa Rica get very full during the Christmas and Easter holidays. Its a Costa Rican [...]

This is a good website for finding hotels in Costa Rica. It passes the acid test with me because it includes most of the budget accommodations that I frequent in Manuel Antonio. You can find Cuptico here. I’ve linked to the Manuel Antonio page but you can click on “Home” and choose [...]

Despite the bad news in the media this country is not experiencing the hard times of the Great Depression (30% unemployment) or the suffering of poor countries in Africa or South America. Things aren’t great but they aren’t that bad either. I’m not trivializing the suffering of others but I am trying to maintain [...]

I’m posting this article primarily for people who are looking for beaches to go swimming at, enjoy the scenery, sunbathe, etc. I’ll make a couple of suggestions for surfers at the end.
The best and prettiest beaches are on the Pacific side, hands down. The Pacific side also has much nicer weather. The Atlantic/Caribbean side [...]

Costa Rica is one of the most developed countries in Latin America. The only Intel microchip factory in all of Latin America is located in Costa Rica. HP,Procter and Gamble and many other large corporations have offices and facilities in this country. You can read more about it here.
I mention this to illustrate what a [...]