# How we choose and check places

> Every place on Travel in Costa Rica is checked against its official website and other reliable sources before we publish, and every page shows the date we last checked it. We don't accept payment to be listed or ranked.

Source: https://www.travelincostarica.net/editorial-policy/
Last checked: 2026-10-20

## Our sources

- **Official sources first:** each business's own website, Costa Rica's national park service (SINAC), airport, ferry and transport operators, and government travel advice.
- **Reliable references:** encyclopedias and long-running travel references, used to confirm geography, history and distances.
- **Our own archive:** Travel in Costa Rica has covered the country since 2011, and many pages started as our older articles.

## How we check places

Before a hotel, lodge, tour operator or attraction appears on the site, we confirm it's operating, using its official website and recent listings. If we can't confirm a place is still open, we leave it out. If a place has changed its name or what it offers, we say so on its page.

## How we write itineraries

Our routes are built from published transport information: shuttle and bus timetables, ferry schedules and domestic flights. Drive times are estimates, and roads and weather in Costa Rica can change them, so we leave slack in every plan.

## What we don't do

- We don't accept payment to be listed, ranked or recommended.
- We don't publish prices, because they change often. Check each place's own website.
- We don't invent reviews, ratings or awards.

## Photos

Photos of businesses come from those businesses' own websites and are credited to them. Photos of parks, beaches and regions come from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses, with the photographer and license shown.

## Keeping things current

Each page shows the date we last checked it. We recheck every page at least once a year and whenever a reader tells us something has changed.

## Partner content

If an article is ever produced with a partner, it will be marked "Partner Content" at the top.