www.CostaRicaTicas.com

i also pay between $300-$400..

i think you need to have another choice in the poll for people who pay under $500. seems like there are quite a few of us that fall in that bracket.

Something else......Does the poll mean "with or without" additional add-on fees included: checked bag fees, seat preference fees, etc.?

Dude, about phucking time you get it. We send you to school, we buy you the books and we give you CRT and you still figuring out P4P.


But in a serious note, you have to understand that a guy like me cannot jump to CR for a 2-4 day weekend so any trip is normally a 8-10 day rump that needs to be maximize. Look at my related costs. Airfare -$300, Hotel - $1000 (Penthouse, that is how I roll), food $300. And I still have not gotten laid. Yep, it does create some expectations.

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I simply refuse to change planes and clear customs in the USA, so I take the Air Canada direct flight from YYZ to SJO, I bought a flight pass last year that brought the average cost to approx $900 per return flight.

I could go as low as $600 and change if I wanted to change planes in Charlotte, Atlanta or Miami, but have had too many bad experiences as I have to clear USA customs first in the Toronto airport then again later?

Um, pass.......

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many sheep, limited crow.....

Most I've ever paid is $255.

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mh

interesting results ... yes i should have added a below $500 category though i am surprised that some folks *never* bought a ticket for more than that. also, i was thinking total price, taxes and whatnot included.

there seems to be a huge disparity in prices to central america ... i was looking forward to discovering some new countries in april next year, but a quick search through several travel sites kept on returning cheap fares (from NYC) for SJO but not other c.a. destinations. not sure why it is. so i picked up LGA -> SJO for $330 (all taxes included), not so bad. beats the other prices i was seeing for c.a. and the $700+ i was seeing for puerto plata.

So with that said, it makes me wonder how different your approach would be if you lived here in SoFlo.. Perhaps none at all..

But there could be a different dynamic traveling from further away..

Hmmph, I never thought of it that way. And yes, I'm still trying to learn this P4p thing

Cujo

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Personally when I book these trips, I take everything into account, the airfare, the hotel, my perceived food expenses, entertainment THEN I factor in the girls.

Like J0sie, there's no benefit to a short trip, the numbers don't work

For example, airfare = $900 let's say 4 nights at HLH $500 and about $200 for 4 days of eating and cervezas, so I'm out $1,600 but I now have access to "cheap" gash. Let's say that I take 2 HLH girls at $40 each plus I allow an $80 girl later from SL or HDR, in 4 days 12 girls will run me about a grand.

Add that grand to my original outlay of $1,600 and I spent $2,600 to get laid 12 times at approx $216 per pop (not including ED drugs or test shots)

I can get laid here for $216 and many different options of girls, I can stay in my own bed, eat my own food and as much as I enjoy travel, the walk I make the most is the Gulch triangle between HDR, SL and HLH

Why?

So again, using J0sie's example, same $900 flight, now 10 nights at HLH for about $1,300, $500 for food and cervezas for 10 days, and $2,500 for 3 girls a day for 10 days

This trip costs me $5,200 and if I can keep up my stamina, I will pop 30 times, average cost becomes $173, still not dirt cheap but just cheap enough to want to make the trip

Now keep in mind, once you have a much shorter and cheaper flight and you have comfortable accomodations cheaper and you refuse to buy beers for your cheap CRT brethren, the math works better.

but for me, once you factor in what the REAL cost is per pop and the time needed to make it worthwhile in terms of vacation time, you end up wondering why I'm leaving a pretty damn good location for p4p at home to go to SJO

Yet I do go, and often apparently!

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many sheep, limited crow.....

How much are the SJO or MDE "intangibles" worth in this cost / benefit analysis?

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Intangibles are important, such as meeting other guys who pass on info and contact info.

You can't put a dollar value on things like reliable wingmen especially when trying new locations

The more trips I make, the more I find ways to save money, this past trip I was able to lower my food costs and I developed more discipline when it came to expensive chicas at HDR and MM

When guys freak out about others overpaying, it's easy to see how $20 here and there might not seem like much but when added to average cost per pop, it can make a trip a little more expensive and needlessly so.

And once you've made a few dozen trips, those frequent flier miles add up and a "free" or low cost flight is always welcome

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many sheep, limited crow.....

Whether a short trip from guys who live far away is monetarily beneficial is irrelevant if responding to my post...


Cujo

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Enlighten us and show your Adonis-I-Do-Not-P4P-Jedi-Mind-Spell and make us see the light. Please!!!!

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Wut?


I do have to concede its tough to write what my point/inquiry is and it be completely understood..

My question more derives from a convenience stand point. How would it change your outlook/style on CR knowing its such a short flight away..

Any lights go on?

Cujo

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"Pain is the fuel that fans the flames of my pyre. A battle plan is only as good as the general carrying it out on the field. This is my war son, and I have the biggest bombs and the smallest conscience"...

I equated short flight with "much cheaper" and illustrated why I have a greater sense of urgency to "get to it" so to speak

Hence my style is different than a SoFla guy that can visit 3-4 times to my 1 and would have greater patience.

Still say that if I lived in SoFla, MDE would be my choice of destination

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many sheep, limited crow.....

If I lived 3 hrs away, I'd probably visit a bit more (weekly versus 10 days). I don't know if I would change much as far as mongering technique or outlook. As much as I like the chicas and what they provide, I also like the time away from work, meeting other CRTers, and partying.

Dean

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my first wingman sent me this, how true

" most of the girls down here, lie as a self defense mechanism and to not have to face the truth, thinking most men couldn't accept them knowing the whole truth. Simpler, they may just want men to think they are as perfect as they want to appear to them, trying to hide what they consider to be the ugly truth about themselves. And I may be reading more into it than is there, but I do believe they consider the basis of the lies to be justified."