Hello,
and thank you for visiting. For everyone reading this page, I
welcome you to my country, Costa Rica, and I would love the
opportunity to show you the REAL Costa Rica I Love....
The Costa Rica Team have been touring clients for 10 years. But
our Tour is unique, as we do not do group tours.
We do
small, personalized tours, and since most of our clients start
out as Founder Investors in the (few) Projects that meet our
stringent guidelines, we tailor the tour to what the new Clients
want to do and see, with a few recommendations.
More like driving around the countryside with someone from your
family that's been visiting Costa Rica for 30 years, and moved
his family to Costa Rica 10 years ago, and now knows how
everything works.
Here is the surprise. Even though we are not doing groups
and have the "volume" of people to make a profit from
tours.....Our
prices are actually cheaper.
Why? Because the tours are not a "business" that we make money
from, they are a way of cultivating and educating future
Investors and Clients.
So
typically the tours are planned after a potential Client has
responded to one of our projects, and has spoken with us in
detail, looked over project documents, submitted a priority
reservation form and $10,000 refundable deposit, and this really is
a buying/investing trip, to tour the areas to know they are
making an informed decision, see comparables of other projects,
etc. And we recommend that as well.
THEN THE TOUR IS FREE.
Why the $10,000 refundable deposit?
That is simple. A refundable deposit separate the "enthusiastic lookers" from
the serious and prepared investors. It separates the serious and
qualified investors who have verified their funding and other
details, from the people who think they are serious and
qualified, but truly are not ready yet.
There are a dozen variables that we can't control;
a) Availability and timing of funds discussed.
b) The final
decision makers in the investment, the other investors involved and
their liquidity or level of interest, etc, etc.
The best way to
make sure that the Investor, nor our team are not wasting
our time is to have a refundable deposit, as the act of sending
a wire "makes things real", and the potential
investor will check and verify the liquidity of the funds and
other critical details before coming to do an Investor Property
Tour.
Have we ever had to refund after a investor saw the property and
met the team?
Yes, in 3 years, there have been 3 refunds;
1. The Investor could not get the home equity loan to make the
investment.
2. The wife needed to be closer to modern medical, she had a
severe heart problem, and needed to be no more the 20 minutes
from the be3st Hospital.
3. I refunded the $10,000 before the client even saw the
property, it was clear he was not someone that was happy with
life, and we didn't want that anger in the community. So I
arranged for a General Realtor friend to show him around. Turns
out he didn't like Costa Rica, and never bought anything here.
But that is
balance against over 20 + people who did get involved as
Investors and Owners, and with our current project, that number
is over 80 happy owners.
So we look forward
to your Investor Tour.
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With our
Founding Investor Tours, you end up with a complete 1 to 2 week
guided tour with us along at every stage to translate, arrange
all tours and accommodations, and take care of all the millions
of details, so you can relax nd get to know Costa Rica as we do.
If you are a
Founding Investor in one of the Projects we recommend, your
entire vacation is FREE*,
a gift from us.
But even f you
are NOT a Founding Investor, or not sure yet, we are STILL the
best option in Costa Rica.
Often the "other
companies" Group Tours are $1500 to $2500 per couple for 3/4
days, with 5 - 10 couples in a Bus, so you go where they want,
when they say, and stay where they want you to stay.
Not with us.
We charge a flat
$350 per day, per couple
...all inclusive!
(double
occupancy).
That
$350 INCLUDES your rental vehicle (4x4) and Hotel, plus
our 24 hour "we're with you wherever you go" service, plus a
tour that is what you want, when you want, and where you want.
With
advance notice, 2 or 3 couples that are already friends "back
home" can do our tours together, we arrange a larger vehicle.
We tried
group tours before, and while profitable, we didn't feel our
tour clients really learned all they could, and often spent
valuable time doing things that really were of no interest to
them, (but that was what the group tour had scheduled).
The tour team is made up
of Canadians, US Citizens, and Costa Ricans, from ages of 25 to
60.
I was born Canadian, and lived 3/4 my life in Canada and the
US, (and a year in Europe and a year in China,
and a year in Mexico)
I have been visiting Costa Rica since the early 80's, married a
Costa Rican woman in 1982 and we moved "up north" as she refers
to it.
And after experiencing North America, Europe, Asia, and
Latin America, in 2000 we moved to Costa Rica "forever.
Myself,
my wife and 3 daughters (now 13, 19 and 24). So I am proud to
say Costa Rica is "My Country".
But I was very fortunate, as I had Family here, and so in my 1st
few months I was immersed in "The Real Costa Rica". and quickly
learned how to thrive in this Unique culture, and enjoy all the
diversity and differences from North America.
Because of what I learned at the early stages, my transition to
living, investing, doing business and enjoying life in Costa
Rica has left me with a deep love for this country and it's
people, and their completely different culture and ways of
interacting and doing business.
So let us do the same for you, with the personal touch. you will
get to see what is important to you, at the pace that you are
comfortable.
We welcome
you to Paradise, and look forward to helping you with everything
you need in Costa Rica.
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