Costs
The high cost of living is due in part to the taxes (18-25 percent) which are levied in restaurants and hotels, and also, more recently, to the International Monetary Fund, whose policies, aimed at restructuring the balance of payments deficit, have raised prices. Even on a rock-bottom budget , you're looking at spending US$25 a day for lodging, three meals and the odd bus ticket. Campers and hardy cyclists have been known to do it on US$15 a day, but this entails sleeping either in a tent or in somewhere pretty dire. You'll be far more comfortable if you count on spending at least US$20 a day for accommodation and US$12 for meals. That said, bus travel , geared toward locals, is always cheap - about US$0.25 to US$1 for local buses, around US$4 or US$5 for long-distance buses (3hr or more). Eating , too, needn't be that pricey, while fruit, beer and cinema tickets will all seem very reasonable to visitors from most other countries. Students with ISIC cards may be entitled to some discounts at museums in Costa Rica. More useful is local student ID, available to visitors on language courses and other education programmes, which may get you discounts at museums and theatres.
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