Essential Costa Rica - Package with Guanacaste

Customer Reviews

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  Ana

  · September 17th, 2024
  The tour was efficiently organized and we have received all the support we needed from Destination Services. The hotels and arranged transportation were excelent, as well as all the guides and staff in general. The fact that it was a partially self-guided tour allowed us to travel at our own rhythm with more peace of mind. We certainly recommend this tour!
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  Destination Services Costa Rica commented on this review

  Good Day Dear Ana We are very glad to know you have a great time during your trip! We hope you have the chance to come back someday to discover more from Costa Ricaand create more amazing memories with your family. It was for me a truly pleasure... Show more
  Trip date: August 2024
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  Mahin

  · May 8th, 2024
  My son and I had a wonderful experience on this tour! The itinerary was very thoughtfully planned. The tour was impressively well-organized. We basically travelled across the country, from the capital to the Caribbean coast, to the central, mountainous region & then to the Pacific Coast. During the whole trip by land & boat with several transfers on route, there was never any confusion as to which transportation we would board or any other aspect of our trip. Our pick up transportation were always on time. The tour guides were very knowledgeable & friendly. The hotels were all very nice and located in areas with amazing views! The food was wonderful. The early morning boat tour around Tortuguero National Park was magical! Another special place was our hotel/resort in Arenal with a great view of the magestic mountain and wonderful hotsprings on the resort grounds. Karla, who was the contact person/tour organizer was wonderful. Her attention to detail, professionalism, responsiveness and caring were exemplary!! Thank you, Karla!! Our plane had to be redirected to Cancun on the first night & we were delayed by one day arriving in St. Jose but Karla & the team were on the ball immediately & made sure we caught up with the group as early as the next morning. I can't say enough good things about the way everyone did their job. Suffice it to say that I have decided to travel with this tour company to many all my desied destinations in the future!! Very highly recommend this company.
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  Destination Services Costa Rica commented on this review

  Hi Mahin Thank you su much for your comments, I really appreciate your feedback. It was a truly pleasure to have the opportunity to e meet you and be helpful for you my assistance to plan all the details of your trip. Please dont hesiate to contact... Show more
  
  Trip date: April 2024
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  Larry

  · April 29th, 2024
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  Trip date: April 2024
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  Mary

  · February 3rd, 2024
  Very organized. Good communication. Always kept me informed and answered all my questions in a timely manner
  

  Destination Services Costa Rica commented on this review

  Thank you for your very positive feedback. Your comments are very important for us to improve our services and I am glad you had a lovely experience with us and we met your travelling expectations. We hope to be your choice for your future holiday... Show more
  Trip date: January 2024
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  esther

  · January 25th, 2024
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  Destination Services Costa Rica commented on this review

  Good Day Dear Esther Yes, unfortunately not all the time people book the same itinerary and, in these cases, we schedule all the activities, hotels and transportation services for you. We are happy to know you like the trip even if you were not... Show more
  
  Trip date: January 2024
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  Chandradevi

  · December 4th, 2023
  We had a great time. Karla shared the details a few days before the trip and everything went smoothly. The pickups arrived on time and the hotels were decent. We would highly recommend our friends to book their vacations with Tourradar.
  

  Destination Services Costa Rica commented on this review

  Thank you for your very positive feedback. Your comments are very important for us to improve our services and I am glad you had a lovely experience with us and we met your travelling expectations. We hope to be your choice for your future holiday... Show more
  Trip date: November 2023
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  Terry

  · August 12th, 2023
  We were impressed by the flexibility and organization of all of our transfers and transports to each of our destinations and activities. Our guides were very knowledgeable and helpful. We enjoyed all of our unique accommodations. We felt like we experienced the beauty and diversity of Costa Rica's landscape and wildlife.
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  Trip date: July 2023
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  Bianca

  · May 18th, 2023
  My overall trip experience was great! My only feedback to Destination Services is to make the posting more clear about how the tours work. I was unsure if I was joining a group or how it was going to work and took a leap of faith when booking after looking at independent reviews of the company and checking Costa Rica’s tourism site to ensure they are legit (they are!) Once I booked, Karla answered all of my questions and concerns. She was really lovely throughout the experience. For other travelers, the way this trip works is Destination Services will do all of the foot work to book independent tours and transportation. You show up on time at the pickup spots, which is typically your hotel reception, and that’s it! Very simple. You do not have one guide throughout your trip. Costa Rica’s tourism industry is unmatched. I have travelled a lot and am even from a big touristic city and have never experienced such a seamless experience. Maybe it’s just all Tico’s or maybe it’s the companies that Destination Services partners with, everyone I met was incredibly helpful, caring, kind, and full of knowledge. Even the chauffeurs were super kind and always asked how my trip was going, what I had seen so far, etc etc. I told one chauffeur that I had heard but hadn’t seen howler monkeys yet and when he spotted some in the trees he slowed down and pointed them out to me. Luckily there were no cars on the road in that moment, we pulled over to observe them. The cool thing about the independent tours is that your guides are really experts! Every one of our guides (and chauffeurs) were excellent. Particularly, Eli who was the guide during the whole Tortuguero portion of the trip. He was super knowledgeable, caring, and on top of things. Same thing with Monica who led the hike in Arenal. Not sure of his name, but our guide for the Monteverde cloud forest hike was super fun and crazy knowledgeable. He found a snake in a tree based on the bird calls he was hearing. He even found a quetzal!! Super rare. Overall, it was a really great trip. The hotels we stayed at were very clean and the folks very professional and helpful. If there was anything I was unclear on I could ask and they would go above and beyond. I recommend booking excursions through Destination Services. All of the excursions I booked through them were great quality and experience with really professional staff. I booked some other excursions online and one through a hotel and they weren’t the same. In particular, I ziplined twice. Once in Arenal booked through Destination Services and it was super professional production. The guides were helpful, friendly, and went over safety measures diligently. They were good about accommodating people who were nervous and at the end everyone was having fun. The second zipline experience was bad in comparison to the first. I booked the second one in Monteverde through the hotel. I guess, the three people in my group were allowed to come in late to join a larger group so the staff skipped safety briefing and rushed us through the first three ziplines. None of the group realized we were “late”as no one told us. Luckily I had done a zipline a couple days before so I knew what to do but that just put a sour taste in my mouth. The staff were all young men and kind of just got the job done, didn’t interact with the group. And there were some steep walks involved to get from zipline to zipline. This was not the case with the first company as they had a skylift. Alas that is one experience of the many that occurred on this trip. I extended my stay in Tamarindo. It was a jam packed 12 days so it was nice to relax at the beaches for the last few. Overall I highly recommend this trip and booking through Destination Services.
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  Destination Services Costa Rica commented on this review

  Thank you for your very positive feedback. Your comments are very important for us to improve our services and I am glad you had a lovely experience with us and we met your travelling expectations. We hope to be your choice for your future holiday... Show more
  
  Trip date: April 2023
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  Derek

  · May 17th, 2023
  All of the scheduled departures were on-time and the transport was comfortable.
  

  Destination Services Costa Rica commented on this review

  Thanks so much for your feedback! we really appreciate the time you took to write such a review! Hope soon you come back to Costa Rica
  Trip date: March 2023
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  John

  · February 21st, 2023
  The trip was excellent and we’ll organized! We saw tons of wildlife and didn’t feel too rushed. We had a lot of rain through Tortuguero, La Fortuna and Monteverde but made the best of it! A couple long travel days like others have said. Everything was organized perfectly, transport, guides and hotels worked great. Any questions were answered quickly by the operator. We were only part of a group in Tortuguero. Optional activities can easily be booked at the hotels the day before. We recommend a canopy tour in Monteverde!
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  Destination Services Costa Rica commented on this review

  Thanks so much for your feedback!, we really appreciate the time you took to write such a review!.Hope soon you come back to Costa Rica
  Trip date: February 2023