Costa Rica Safe Traveling – Carrying Cash – 911
In remote areas, Police responds is slow since departments consisted of one or two rooms including the force.
Benjamin Franklin once said, “The man with the most sense is the man with common sense.”
When traveling and vacationing in Costa Rica use common sense like, don’t flash a wad of money, especially when in a crowded marketplace, thats asking for trouble. And avoid the shaky parts of town (red light district) and never walk down some small alley no matter which part of town you are in, either in the day or night time.
Many travel with money belts and there is a variety you can buy online (keyword: money belts). My friends that surf always have some sort of small waterproof bag they carry with them with about 40-$60 in twenties. And everyone always puts their money in the hotel’s room safe along with their Passports and other important papers, like airline tickets. Credit and debit cards are good, but you do get charged a conversion rate and sometime a service charge that can be as high as $10 a transaction, it all depends on the card and where the ATM machine is. In a Casino the fee is going to be a lot higher then in a hotel. Travelers checks are ’somewhat’ helpful, but it can cost you to cash them and not everybody takes them.
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