Costa Rica Departure Tax
Feb 22, 2008, 10:38 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Chicago, IL
Programs: AA
Posts: 860
Costa Rica Departure Tax
Looking to confirm that my information is still current - is the departure tax $26 USD? Payable in cash only? (I thought there was a credit card line in LIR when I was last there, but maybe I'm mis-remembering...)
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Feb 25, 2008, 4:22 pm
#6
Join Date: May 2007
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
Programs: AA Gold, Mariott Rewards, OnePass, TACA, Priority Club
Posts: 92
That's right. IIRC, the implication is that a 3 or 4% surcharge is applied. That's because the tax of $26 needs to be paid exact; if it worked like a regular CC transaction it would be $26 minus the processing fee which is from 1% to 4% in CR.
Feb 28, 2008, 12:10 pm
#7
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: SNA Rwy 20L
Programs: QF Silver
Posts: 703
Just a caveat - a couple of years ago I was warned by my CR hosts that there might be people just outside of the airport offering to sell bogus exit stamps. This has probably changed but just to be safe make sure to purchase them INSIDE the terminal.
Mar 4, 2008, 1:31 pm
#9
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,867
It probably costs more to have a guy there collecting the money. I don't think any of it is going to "improvements".
I love CR!
Mar 11, 2008, 6:24 pm
#11
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: MA
Programs: DL DM/2MM Marriott Platinum, HH Diamond,
Posts: 8,906
You can also buy the exit tax forms at many hotels... pay a couple dollars more for service charge, but it goes on your hotel bill... maybe you will earn more Marriott points or Hilton points?
