I was curious about withdrawal limits so I checked a BCR ATM in Liberia. It gives you withdrawals of up to 500 000 colones each per day. I usually com...

I took my Amex Gold card to Costa Rica thinking it would be accepted everywhere just like back home. Big mistake. Most restaurants in San José either ...

I usually withdraw straight from an ATM on arrival and Costa Rica was no different. My Monzo card worked perfectly at the Banco de Costa Rica machine ...

I had this issue in Tamarindo and it turned out the shop’s card reader wasn’t set up for foreign cards. The cashier told me it happens often with inte...

I was backpacking through Costa Rica last month and tried to keep it light. I usually had about 20000 colones on me at a time which worked fine for lo...

I spent a month in Costa Rica earlier this year and taxis were almost always cash only. The only exception was in Escazú where I used a local private ...

Just got back from Costa Rica last month. I mostly used my card for payments but still needed cash in places like Drake Bay and Dominical. I stuck to ...

Happened in Puerto Viejo with my Wise card. The machine just took it and shut off. I didn’t even get an error message. I called Wise through the app a...

Stayed across five towns in Costa Rica during my trip and here’s the pattern I noticed. In cities and popular digital nomad hubs like San José and Nos...