With our Costa Rica Destination Tool, you can quickly and easily determine where you should go in Costa Rica according to your specific wants and needs. Best of all, unlimited use of the tool is free for DIY Costa Rica members!
Current DIY Costa Rica members: log into your DIY Costa Rica account, then visit this page to access the Costa Rica Destination Tool.
Potential DIY Costa Rica members: continue reading below to learn about our awesome Costa Rica Destination Tool!
How the Costa Rica Destination Tool can help you with your Costa Rica trip planning
Imagine you met up with us for coffee to chat about your Costa Rica trip. One of the first things you might pick our brains about is places worth visiting in Costa Rica. We receive inquiries of this type a lot. A lot. It doesn’t matter if you’ve visited our blog (the Costa Rica Travel Blog), if you’ve read our travel guidebook (Moon Costa Rica), if you’re one of our clients (through our business, Pura Vida! eh? Inc.), or if you’ve signed up for our Costa Rica Trip Planning 101 e-Course, like most other people who are destined for Costa Rica, you’re probably wondering: “Where should I go in Costa Rica?”
Fortunately, we can determine exactly which Costa Rica destinations you should visit during your trip. Fourteen years of helping travelers build their own Costa Rica vacations has taught us, though, that we can only draw conclusions about what’s best for your trip after we get to know your wants, needs, and preferences. Everything from the types of activities you would like to experience to the type of ecosystems you wish to explore should be taken into consideration to ensure a proper fit. Even more specific criteria, such as your dietary preferences and the type of vibe you want a destination to have, should factor into the decision to make sure it’s the right one. Costa Rica resources that recommend only the obvious, top destinations aren’t helpful, they’re insufficient. In contrast, our Costa Rica Destination Tool allows us to get to know you on a more personal level so we can recommend the very best Costa Rica destinations for you to visit based on your unique circumstances and interests.
How the Costa Rica Destination Tool works
The tool is designed as a one-page, online questionnaire that has a series of checkboxes. It’s confidential, quick (it takes less than two minutes to complete), and incredibly easy to use. All you need to do is select the checkboxes associated with the Costa Rica destination criteria that matter the most to you, and the tool will provide you with our Costa Rica destination recommendations that best match your chosen criteria. Currently, the tool is designed to filter 66 Costa Rica destination recommendations according to nearly 150 different criteria that span the categories of geographical region, popularity, atmosphere/vibe/style, ecosystems, climate/temperature, cultural interests, must-have sites and attractions, must-experience tours and activities, accommodation types, and other preferences. (Scroll down to the bottom of this page to see which Costa Rica destinations are included in the tool.) You’re welcome to use the tool as many times as you like, selecting different criteria each time if you want to receive different destination recommendations.
Examples of how you can use the Costa Rica Destination Tool to your advantage
The tool can be used in a few different ways.
For one, the tool can be used to narrow down destinations according to a specific criterion. For example, if you wish to learn which destinations have an active nightlife, select the “vibrant nightlife” criterion, then view your results. The results page will display all Costa Rica destinations that have vibrant nightlife. Similarly, if you wish to learn which destinations are best for vegan/vegetarian/gluten-free travelers, select the “destinations that provide a variety of vegan/vegetarian/gluten-free dining opportunities” criterion, then view your results. The results page will display all Costa Rica destinations that have a decent selection of restaurants that cater to vegan/vegetarian/gluten-free travelers. When you select only one criterion, you’ll receive a list of several Costa Rica destination recommendations because the results page displays all of the Costa Rica destinations that match that specific criterion.
In addition, the tool can be used to narrow down destinations according to several specific criteria. For example, if you wish to learn which destinations generally have warm temperatures, a Zen/tranquil vibe, a surf break, and a walkable town center/hub, select all four of these criteria, then view your results. The results page will display only the Costa Rica destinations that match all four of these criteria. Note that the more criteria you select, the fewer Costa Rica destination recommendations you’ll receive because your focus is narrow.
Lastly, if you’d rather browse through all of our Costa Rica destinations to learn more about each place, the tool can assist with this action too. Simply leave the tool blank (i.e., don’t select any criteria), then view your results. When no criteria are selected, the results page displays all of our Costa Rica destination recommendations. Simply click on the title of one of the destinations to learn more about it.
How to access the Costa Rica Destination Tool
The Costa Rica Destination Tool is provided on DIY Costa Rica. All DIY Costa Rica website content (including the tool’s results page where you’ll be able to see our Costa Rica destination recommendations) is private to DIY Costa Rica members. If you’re currently a DIY Costa Rica member, great! Once you’re logged into your DIY Costa Rica account, simply visit this page to access the Costa Rica Destination Tool. If you’re not yet a DIY Costa Rica member, you can become one here. When you become a DIY Costa Rica member, you’ll not only gain access to our Costa Rica Destination Tool, which you can use repeatedly to learn which Costa Rica destinations match different criteria, but also all of the private content on DIY Costa Rica.
Destinations that are included in our Costa Rica Destination Tool
