Just wanted to reach back out to you . . .we are back home in California . . . back to reality. I wanted to let you know that we enjoyed ALL aspects of our trip . . . let me give you a few specific details:
~the Villa - We found it absolutely amazing for our group. For me, I like a house that is neither too big nor too small; and it was perfect! It fit all of us comfortably and had comfortable/stylish features. Some of our favorites included . . .the infinity pool with amazing views, the 2 ice makers, the coffee maker, a/c in every room, the game room.
~the staff (Erika aka "my angel", David aka "master scheduler", Adonis + Carlitos (our welcome committee), Tony/other shuttle van drivers - Collectively, all these people are excellent at taking care of all the details for us which allowed us to be able to just relax and enjoy our stay. For me, Erika was such a blessing; for me to know that the kids/dads would be served a delicious hot breakfast every morning that I didn't have to prepare was so valuable. Not only that, she cared for the house responsibilities so that I could really feel like I was on vacation. Please relay to her how much we appreciated her service & her patience with my broken "Spanglish". David spent a great deal of time listening to our list of activities and then making sure we had a reservation for exactly what we wanted to do. And I also just remembered that Gustavo also had a bunch of suggestions, especially for dinner, before we even arrived. And I am so happy that I was able to reach out to you on numerous occasions before our visit to help finalize our reservation. I am glad that you recommended the 4 wheel drive vehicles; my husband had fun driving to/from our destinations.
~location - Perfect!; we could travel by car just a few minutes to be in the cute town Ocotal, shopping/visiting the fruit stand and also found many fun places to visit that were an hour or so away (Tamarindo, Playa Danta, Rio Celeste, Llanos de Cortez, and many more)
~additionally, people were friendly, and currency conversion was easy
I will always remember our trip to Costa Rica!
~currency - Thank to you for recommending that we use the ATM that provided dollars; it was very easy to use our credit card or pay in american dollars without having to worry about changing money to colones
I will always remember our trip to Costa Rica as being one of the most relaxing!
Thanks so much for a