car rental in costa rica

10-03-2006, 02:18 PM

Can you rent a car and take it to Nicaragua and then back to Costa Rica ?

Janice · 05-28-2007, 12:22 PM

You cannot take a rental vehical that you rented in Costa Rica out of Costa Rica, the Tica bus lines are exceptional

mysharonany · 06-05-2007, 09:40 AM

As far as I have been told, you can't take a rental car across the border (but it never hurts to call your rental car company to confirm). But you can save yourself the drive by taking the bus with either TransNica (Nicaraguan bus company) or TransTica (Costa Rican bus company).

I did it a few weeks ago and it is normally relatively painless. It is $25 round trip from the Central Valley (I picked the bus up in San Ramon) to Granada. It was approximately a 7 hour trip including a rest stop and both immigration and custom stops at the border (and they take care of getting your passport stamped). The buses have a bathroom and usually movies showing as well.

Good luck,

Sharyn

10-03-2006, 02:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
nanoose69 Guest Posts: n/a	car rental in costa rica Can you rent a car and take it to Nicaragua and then back to Costa Rica ?

05-28-2007, 12:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
Janice Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1	Re: car rental in costa rica You cannot take a rental vehical that you rented in Costa Rica out of Costa Rica, the Tica bus lines are exceptional

06-05-2007, 09:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
mysharonany Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 21	Re: car rental in costa rica As far as I have been told, you can't take a rental car across the border (but it never hurts to call your rental car company to confirm). But you can save yourself the drive by taking the bus with either TransNica (Nicaraguan bus company) or TransTica (Costa Rican bus company). I did it a few weeks ago and it is normally relatively painless. It is $25 round trip from the Central Valley (I picked the bus up in San Ramon) to Granada. It was approximately a 7 hour trip including a rest stop and both immigration and custom stops at the border (and they take care of getting your passport stamped). The buses have a bathroom and usually movies showing as well. Good luck, Sharyn

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