What I Spent in a Week in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica + My Top Budget Travel Tips!

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1. Awesome

2. Great vid. Thank you. We hope to go there soon and this is so helpful

3. Καλησπέρα φανταστικό βίντεο!!! Έψαχνα καιρό να βρω κάτι τέτοιο. Εσείς τι περίοδο πήγατε ; ρωτάω και για λόγους καιρού και για να ξέρουμε περίπου αυτες οι τιμες σε ποια σεζόν αντιστοιχούν
   Ευχαριστώ πολύ!!!

4. $1192 per person for a couple of weeks is not that far fetch as they took measures to drop some "unnecessary" expenses. Cook some of their meals, Airbnb, rent a car. I would add about $100 more per person for things like repellent, personal higiene items and some medicine for dizziness (Costa Rica’s roads are very zig zagging), stomachache, headaches, you know what I mean. Also, may consider get a prepaid card with internet for the group for emergency cases because if you don’t get an all wheel drive medium size SUV, chances of getting "stuck" in the mud with a sedan is quite possible and with an emergency prepaid phone can make a huge difference. Remember, it is a tropical place, sudden rain, muddy road, potholes are as normal as sunlight. Careful for not leaving anything in sight in your car, valuable or not. If you have any question, feel free to ask. I’ve been living here for almost 40 years and still amaze me.
   I’m very happy to see you guys had a blast and are always welcome to visit, again, Costa Rica. Pura vida!

5. Thank you for posting, your video is very informative! Yall did so much and got to experience lots while there. Can you link or share which company yall used to dive with the manta rays? Great pictures 📷👌 also did yall have to book in advance or show up and book for the following day? Thank you!

6. Very interesting video, good detail and no typical youtuber nonsense 🙂 Couple of questions if you have time – Do you need to speak Spanish to go travelling around independently ? Did it seem to be a safe place to be travelling by yourself ? Final question – for the diving do you need lots of experience, or can you do it as a holiday maker who has snorkelled a bit and shallow dived once or twice ?

7. Great video mate! I’m planing my trip to Costa Rica and I’ll take a lot of ideas from this. Cheers!

8. Is this a Commercial? how much are you getting in kick-backs?

9. One hotel is 28 a night and then the hostel is like 17 a night so it’s cheaper to pay once you arrive there

10. This was a really helpful video. You explain everything clearly and I like it that you, as one of the few on YouTube, visualize the trip on a map. Much appreciated!

11. Really informative, thank you for taking the time to educate us.

12. Attention attention please remember your Visa card can cover the insurance in Costa Rica if you have a Visa that offer car insurance you do not need to buy their insurance we did that and we saved lots of money you just have to prove on paper that your Visa will cover accident
    So print the benefit of your Visa card for accident at health insurance and take it with you to Costa Rica that way you don’t have to pay for insurance in Costa Rica

13. Hello, I enjoyed your video it was very informative. We are planning to Uber places. We are staying in Jaco, from the international Airport how much money do you think it might cost to Uber? From the airport to Jaco

14. Can u book these air bnbs a night in advance or do u have to have it booked ahead of time?

15. Thank you! The video was helpful!

16. What a wonderful video! Thank you for sharing your experience with so many details.
    I’m not sure if you mentioned this to your video, but when did you visit CR?

17. It was a good deal. Everybody say Costa Rica is very expensive.

18. This was a really helpful video, thank you!! I’m planning a 1-month trip for later this year… How did you go about booking the car? Online beforehand or once you got there? I am seeing crazy fees on online sites that don’t even mention the insurance once you get there.

    Thank you!

19. Best video for prices and expectations. Thank you

20. Amazing and very useful video ! Where did you rent the car (the company) ?

21. Hey 👋🏼

    What currency were you using ?

22. Every country has their own unique hiding gem! Proud of my beautiful Costa Rica…..Exellent video, Eso es Pura Vida.

23. None of the Airbnb links work. 🙁

24. Nicaragua 😊

25. Loved the video and your great information. I’m just wondering, what dates did you go? I heard it rains practically everyday from April until December.. I want to plan a trip to CR in June.

26. Great video, one of my dream places to visit one day. Thank you for sharing.

27. Great breakdown! Thank you so much for the video!

28. What year & month was this trip?

29. When you say dollars do you mean USD?

30. This was so helpful!! Thank you for all the info. I wish every vlogger put this much amount of effort into sharing their travels. Thanks again!

31. Hey! Great video and information.

32. So far for me including flight I’m paying 1170

    Only sleeping in 2 different places and no car

    But I’m buying everything online in the us before I fly there that’s including plane ticket

33. sorry but you DO NOT need to buy their insurance in Costa Rica, I just returned from a 2 week vacation and used my CDW from my visa card as insurance, SUV only cost me $663 for 15 days, the only expense you have to have is a $10 a day 3rd party. No one tried to sell me anything.

34. This was quite the adventure! Great video!!

35. I would even say Santa Elena is better than Monteverde!

36. The thing that skews costs now is the insane prices on rental cars everywhere. That alone really stressed our budget on our trip. We had a great time during our 5 weeks though. Lots of videos to post now!

37. This is probably the most helpful video on YouTube for planning a trip to Costa Rica. Thank you for being thorough and taking us through it all.

38. Thank you for sharing this information, and mentioning Costa Rica!! 🙂

39. Great video. How far in advance did you book your rooms? I’m trying to figure out how strict I need to make my itinerary. Thanks

40. Muchas Gracias John
    I appreciate that you added the costs of all the activities you did, it truly helps a bunch which will help me out on planning my trip to Costa Rica this July.

41. As a Costa Rican I found this video very accurate. You had a great trip! Saw most of the Costa Rican gems This is a good time to come visit, the price has decrease and the weather is nice!

42. Hi mate, great video. Another greek here, I have the following question: How did it work with currency etc? Did you pay in cash or card mostly? When you got money from ATMs was it in Colones or dollars?

43. Excellent video and all the info you gave us! Thanks! Which month did you go to CR?

44. I’m going to Costa Rica on may . I’m Staying one week at The Riu Palace Resort . I know I don’t have a lot of time . What places would you recommend I go too on my tours . How much money do you recommend I take . It’s an all inclusive resort, I was thinking 400 dollars

45. Thank you. Costa Rica is beautiful.

46. Ωραίο βίντεο φίλε. Έχεις βάλει πολλές χρήσιμες πληροφορίες που δεν τις έχω βρει αλλού. Μπράβο, καλή συνέχεια.

47. Hello, I will go to CR this next July 2021 for my birthday… I loved your video, it has been quite helpful for me in order to prepare a nice itinerary… Just one tip: Please talk slower, because you give a bunch of fantastic information and I’m kind of slow hahaha… Congratulations man, keep doing this great job. Blessings from Mexico.

48. Great effort in your video, liked and subbed 😄 Could I ask did you film on a phone or go pro? The underwater footage is so clear. Cheers from Australia

49. Hear me out, Costa Rica is ridiculously expensive😱I was there

50. After Costa Rica we traveled to Madeira. Here’s the cost break down video. https://youtu.be/qEKF7ejXbho