Costa Rica Real Estate, from Coast to Coast, the Right Way!!!

By Ivo Henfling for the Easy Times

A client of mine is coming for a Costa Rica real estate closing in March and asked me which beach hotel they can stay for a week after the closing, taking advantage of their trip.

They are well traveled and are used to stay in 4 and 5 star hotels. The wife is able to send and receive emails but that’s about it, so an internet search is not too easy for them.

But they are good clients and they know it takes me only minutes to check for them and send her the links to click on and make her reservation. Yeah right.

The Five Star Alliance

There are 15 five star hotels, all on one website, the Five Star Alliance and they were all booked. Their rooms go for a cost of somewhere between $225 and $1,000 a night, depending on your lifestyle. But they are all full, wow. I did find them a room, but after quite some calling around.

Northern Guanacaste

Of course, we are in the middle of the high season but tourism has been pretty slow for the last two years. So I called around and asked our different affiliate partners in the different locations in Northern Guanacaste, who sell property in that area and the Nicoya peninsula why these high end hotels are all booked. As you probably know we have affiliate agents in Flamingo - Potrero, Coco – Hermosa, Tamarindo - Langosta and Samara Beach.

The new Liberia Airport

All our affiliate partner in the North Pacific told me the same thing: tourism has picked up tremendously and especially the higher end market.

Also the real estate business in those same beach areas has picked up a lot and beach condos are sold again. Why is that? Is confidence in the market back again? Again, all gave me the same answer: the new Liberia International airport was inaugurated on January 12, 2012 and lots of charter flight arriving every day.

Started by the past Arias government and finished by the actual Chinchilla government, the new expanded Liberia International airport terminal was re-inaugurated on January 12, 2012. The old and very small, not air-conditioned terminal was remodeled at a cost of  $41 million dollar and turned into a real International airport. The 20-year concession was awarded to Coriport S.A. a corporation with various shareholders and operated by ADC & HAS Airports worldwide.

The beaches in Guanacaste

Playas del Coco, Playa Hermosa, Playa Ocotal and Playa Panama and quite a few other beautiful beaches are only 30 minutes away from Liberia International and they all have incredible beach real estate for sale. The new airport is attracting lots of charter and regular flights from different parts of the world, which in turn, makes Northern Guanacaste and the Nicoya Peninsula the new investment attraction of Costa Rica. If you are looking for ocean view property or beach front property for sale, you can contact our affiliate partners here.

Airlines flying to Guanacaste

See some of the airlines from different parts of the world flying into Liberia International airport. Why would any of these airlines fly there if the area wasn;t booming?

Air Berlin Seasonal: Düsseldorf
Air Canada Seasonal: Montreal-Trudeau, Toronto-Pearson
Air Transat Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver
American Airlines Dallas/Ft. Worth, Miami
CanJet Seasonal: Toronto-Pearson
Copa Airlines Panama City [begins June 24, 2012]
Delta Airlines Atlanta, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Frontier Airlines Denver
Jetairfly Brussels Cancún
JetBlue Airways New York-JFK
Miami Air Seasonal: Miami
Nature Air San José-Tobías Bolaños, Tamarindo
Thomson Airways Seasonal: London-Gatwick
United Airlines Houston-Intercontinental, Newark. Seasonal: Chicago-O'Hare
US Airways Charlotte

By Ivo Henfling, your Costa Rica real estate agent who tries to keep you up to date with what is happening in the Costa Rica real estate market, Guanacaste and North Pacific beach real estate and the development of the country. If you are looking to find a real estate agent who will tell you the good and the bad about the country and any property you might be looking to buy so you compare better, you have arrived at the right place. Contact Ivo now or look at his properties for sale.