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Costa Rica Money / Currency
In terms of Costa Rica money there are really two currencies in use - the US Dollar and the local Costa Rican Colones. Being of Spanish origin you should pronounce the ‘e’ as well as the ’s’ of the ending so that you say every letter in the word.
The best idea we found was to ensure you have US Dollars before you go - I have never had a situation where Dollars (Dollares in Spanish - again pronounce every letter) weren’t accepted.
Just appreciate that you may get charged slightly more for using dollars than colones but both should be accepted nationwide. Change is almost always given in colones.
The currency must have become devalued at some point because the pocketfull of coins I always seemed to end up with was virtually worthless. I would find myself almost unable to walk with so much change, yet I could barely buy a Coke with it when it came to paying so it kep piling up and eventually I left a stack of it for the maid at our hotel.
Due to the value of colones you’re likely to be dealing in minimum values of 10, and several thousand is likely. I.e. a $5 meal at the time of writing will cost you around 2,500 colones so keep the exchange rate in mind at all times just so you can see what is a bargain and what isn’t.
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