Flying into the San Jose Airport

The soon to be defuncted, 'official' taxi of the Juan Santamaria International Airport.
It appears the ubiquitous orange taxi's (all 75 of them), that provide service only from the Juan Santamaria International Airport aka San Jose Airport, to the surrounding San Jose area, are being 'kicked to the curb'.

Doesn't really matter WHY, but in about 3 months it looks like their licenses will be REVOKED- figuratively and literally.

So, here's our NEW video, combined with the old yet still pertinent footage about flying into the San Jose Airport- Hope it Helps.



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Taxi Info you NEED to KNOW

Taxi's in La Fortuna, Costa Rica and AROUND the country, appear to have a METER problem.
Whether you're visiting La Fortuna, or really, ANYWHERE in Costa Rica, and plan on using the lil' red taxi's to get around- then CHECK OUT this video. This is definitely something you need to know or at least be AWARE of, and especially if you're a NOVICE traveler or traveling Costa Rica on a budget. And you EXPERIENCED travelers, be reminded of things you've forgotten you know when traveling abroad.



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Here's our original TAXI video in case you missed it, which has MORE info:



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Costa Rica- Taxi's Lower FARES

Even when gas prices were UP, I thought taxi’s were a fairly cost effective way to get around, especially in San José, ‘Where the streets of no Names’, and double especially when you’re out Clubb’in in San José (walk out the door of a club, into a cab and dropped off in front of the next club, no worries- especially convenient for those of you who think CRIME is lurking around every corner in Costa Rica. Costa Rica Crime is your Fault

Yup, since gas prices have fallen, the good folks who oversee those ubiquitous red cabs have dropped the fares a little bit more than 6%. A savings of about 12 cents a mile. Muchas gracias.

And of course the ‘legal’ red cabs are always competing with the ‘piratas’ or ‘pirate’ taxis for the tourist dollar so they need to keep their prices down to stay competitive. For those of you who may not know, pirate taxis are the guys that just use their private ‘car’ as a taxi and as you might have guessed, they don’t really use a meter and the 'legal' taxis HATE them. I’m probably one of the view people who think pirate taxis can often be a good deal, but of course using a pirate taxi is done so at your OWN risk. *You should know about how much it would cost to reach your destination and a little Spanish would also be a good idea when using a pirata.

In all actuality, most tourists don’t really worry about taxi fares, but it is nice to know that they have gone down a little. So there you have it.

Here's our VIDEO about Taxi Service in Costa Rica:



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