Top Ten Tips for Saving Fuel in Costa Rica As part of our commitment to Earth Day, we’re providing a few tips on how to save fuel which is better for the environment and budget-friendly too! Keep to the speed limit As well as being a legal requirement, driving within the speed limit is an […]
How to find your way around Costa Rica Costa Rica is a small country but its general lack of road signage and few formal addresses, mean that a GPS is a travel essential for any vehicle. Backed up with a paper map from the car rental agency, navigating Costa Rica is a breeze—well, almost! No […]
Understanding Road Signs in Costa Rica Signage in Costa Rica can be few and far between but it’s helpful to know some of the frequently used road signs to help you navigate your way around. Signs indicating distance are not always accurate, so support driving with maps and GPS system for confident navigation around […]
Driving in Costa Rica Much like any other city driving in the world, Costa Rica’s cities are busy and traffic holdups are frequent with impatient drivers honking their horns at a millisecond’s delay at the lights. However, most visitors don’t spend their vacation fighting peak hour traffic and leave the relatively small cities of Liberia […]
Car Insurance Made Easy One of the confusing parts of car rental for many visitors to Costa Rica is the mandatory insurance requirement so let’s clarify that right now. Third Party Insurance (TPI) is a government imposed requirement for all car rental in Costa Rica, as it is in other countries in the […]
Unforgettable and ACAR ACAR members — Adobe, Mapache and Toyota car rental agencies — were invited to represent the industry in the launch of the Unforgettable Costa Rica campaign’s code of conduct. ‘Child sexual exploitation is an unacceptable practice that we must tackle comprehensively. This is a crime for which there are severe […]
