www.CostaRicaTicas.com

Do any of you know a good licensed ground transportation company. For example one that could take you from San Jose directly to the Tabicon Volcanic spring resort directly or Jaco Beach directly that would charge a reasonable rate and not try to rip off tourists. Some of the cab drivers in San Jose were honest but one took me in a big round about way to China town on purpose and then over charged even more.

Viajes Garmendia. (http://www.viajesgarmendia.com). They are our car service for the Lodge.

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https://www.interbusonline.com/ I don't know if they go to that resort, but they go to Jaco from San Jose.

Thanks I used Interbus lines web site to look up prices and it is way cheaper. They go to the volcano

I used Interbus a few years ago. They use vans. They pick passengers up from their hotels. If you are first on their list you will spend the first 30 - 45 minutes stopping at other hotels. They will pick up passengers headed to a variety of places.

They then meet at a large souvenir stand that’s on the road to Jaco and shuffle passengers to the vans headed to their destinations. You may need to change vans here. If one van is late they have to wait because those passengers would be stranded. I spent an hour there once on the way to Jaco as we waited. If you know the roads in Costa Rica you can understand there can be delays. Then the reverse at your destination. Everyone gets dropped off at their hotel.

It works and the price is reasonable. But it will probably be twice or more the time of a direct ride. They list the time San Jose to Jaco at 2 hours 50 minutes. It can be longer. If my destination was the airport I would want a good cushion before my flight departed.

The majority of passengers are American tourists. The American women will have a strong dislike of you if they are aware of your hobby, it can make for an uncomfortable couple hours. I was the first one picked-up at Sportsmans so only the driver knew where I stayed. I avoided that issue but spent time driving around San Jose to other hotels. And as first in I got shotgun.

Overall they are a viable option, but be aware of the trade off, mostly time.

Thanks for your thoughts, it's really important stuff

You can also check " gecko travel " .

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Thanks for all the good info