Name: Vida Tropical Bed and Breakfast
Address: De los semaforos de la Corte de Alajuela, 300 este y 300 norte, AL, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Alajuela, Alajuela, Alajuela, 20101, Costa Rica
Rating: 9

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Juan Santamaria International Airport

Tobias Bolanos Airport

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Vida Tropical Bed and Breakfast

Mgmt is great.  Friendly and helpful: where to eat late at night; on-time cabbie to the airport; where to buy odd items cheap.  Seriously friendly and helpful.  The place is modest but clean and comfortable.  Breakfast is better than any similar place.  Well located to the town square and airport.  Very good value.  No-brainer for us coming in and out of town.

We were happy with our choice to stay at Vida Tropical. Mario was very helpful and friendly and the room was clean and comfortable. The area was a great location from the airport and is close to restaurants and shops while still feeling safe. I found the mattresses quite comfortable and we both had a great sleep. I would stay here again!

It is very well situated for staying near the airport.  The breakfast was excellent.  Overall no great issue.
The floors appear to be quite worn and maybe a little dirty.  Bathroom/shower floor could use some bleach.  I'm not a very picky person so this may mean a good bit.

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Reliable, friendly place: home in Alajuela

Nice place to start and end your trip

Probably a 3.75 so I rounded up as I had to.

February 2020 Stayed for 2 nights, booked online.  The owner was helpful with emails while booking.  However, huge disappointment on arrival, but we were just too tired after 23 hour travel to move.  The upside:  Breakfast is great, the owner comes during the breakfast hour only and was helpful and cheerful.  Downside:   Our room had a private bath, but we had no water pressure at all on arrival and a few times during our stay, and if it did run it was just a trickle, barely enough pressure to get a shower, sheets were synthetic and sweaty, towels were threadbare.  Walls need a new coat of paint.   No where to hang anything, no place to put luggage except the floor.  The whole house is tired and worn, needs lots of maintenance to return it to what is in the pictures, it is just not worth the price.  There is a new BnB just three doors up that would be a better bet.  
The whole house needs a fresh coat of paint, some maintenance done, new sheets and new towels, and fix the whole water pressure issue and it may be back to being a decent place.

Disappointing.  Owner not in residence, not as shown in the photos.

I had high hopes, but it appears the new management hasn’t kept me he place up to its previous standards. The rooms do not look like the pictures on TA or the website. Instead of cheerful, cute rooms, my room was dingy and sad.  A woman staying upstairs said the same thing. The WiFi didn’t work well, and the 7 am breakfast wasn’t out yet when I left at 7:15. The manager was nice on the phone and arranged a car for me, and the front desk guy was nice, which was great, but the hotel itself really disappointed. 

Dingy 

I stayed here with the previous owners (Isabel & Randy) who deserved the great reviews. But the place unfortunately has changed with the new owner. The pictures on TA do not depict the current place. No hammocks, uncomfortable beds/linens. Staff was one of the most aloof and unfriendly I've ever had in this country. Was not given fresh towels, room/bathroom not cleaned during stay, trash not emptied. Lights are not turned on at night. Breakfast not good.

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