Canadians in Costa Rica: Why Are Wealthy Ones Moving Abroad?
Luxury Latin America Blog
by Timothy
1w ago
You’ve probably heard that Canada is bucking the usual rich country trend and opening up the doors to a record number of immigrants. What is getting far less press attention, but is heard in plenty of private mumblings, is that a smaller but far richer transfer is taking place in the other direction: wealthy Canadians in Costa Rica and other countries that are benefitting from lower tax burdens and a more attractive real estate market. Canadians have long been moving away to find sunnier weather, beaches, and better prices, but this latest exodus feels angrier and grounded in a desire to mak ..read more
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The Best Traveling Hacks for Savvy International Vacationers
Luxury Latin America Blog
by Timothy
2w ago
Do you sometimes feel like you're missing the boat on the right steps to take to get great travel values every time? Do you feel like you might be paying more than you need to, not for pampering but for overcharging? Well we've got some traveling hacks for you that are based on decades of trial and error, so we hope you find some useful advice that will put a few extra Ben Franklins in your pocket. A well-traveled friend once said to me, "Most things you see listed as a 'travel hack' are really just things that person recently discovered." Then there's the problem that "travel hacking" gener ..read more
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The 7 Best Punta Mita Luxury Hotels
Luxury Latin America Blog
by Timothy
3w ago
While there are fine hotels in Puerto Vallarta and the Nuevo Vallarta area just to the north of the Puerto Vallarta International Airport, the biggest concentration of luxury resorts is located about 40 minutes out of the city. Between Bucerias and Sayulita is a collection of Punta Mita luxury hotels around a gorgeous beach-studded peninsula. There's a little confusion around the nomenclature in this area because there's a technical difference over whether there's a "de" in the name or not. Punta de Mita is the entire peninsula and a village where locals of normal means live, while Punta Mit ..read more
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The 3 Best Guatemala City Luxury Hotels
Luxury Latin America Blog
by Timothy
1M ago
Some capital cities in Latin America have so many high-end hotels that we have trouble keeping up with them. In others your choice of where to stay is much simpler because there are only a few to choose from. With our latest addition to the reviews, we've gone from only having two in Guatemala's capital to now giving you the three best Guatemala City luxury hotels to choose from. Why so few? Well, when's the last time you heard someone planning a big vacation to Guatemala City? If they're coming to the country, they're probably headed to Tikal, Antigua, or Lake Atitlan. Most of the people wh ..read more
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When’s the Best Time to Go to Peru for the Amazon Region?
Luxury Latin America Blog
by Timothy
1M ago
If you're heading to the jungle region of Peru, what time of year should you go? When is the best time to go to Peru if you're heading for the Amazon region? In most destinations, there's a high season and a low season, which may or may not correspond to the months with the best weather. There are some destinations, however, where it doesn't make a whole lot of difference in terms of temperatures. In many tropical climates, the choices are either "wet" or "dry." Sometimes it's just "wet" and "wetter." Unlike with the highland areas, there's not a four- or five-month window that's ideal. You ..read more
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6 Things We Loved About Punta Islita in Costa Rica
Luxury Latin America Blog
by Timothy
1M ago
So many beach resorts around the world follow the same general playbook that when you visit a truly unique one facing the ocean, it makes you want to linger a while and soak it all in. I definitely felt that way after waking up at Punta Islita, a luxury hillside and beach hotel in a secluded part of the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica that is celebrating its 30th birthday this year. Getting there was not half the fun, I have to admit, especially since I had to do a fair bit of driving in the dark, some of it on winding mountain roads and some on roads with potholes and gravel. (We suggest ren ..read more
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7 Things We Loved About Four Seasons Costa Rica
Luxury Latin America Blog
by Timothy
2M ago
It's always a delight when we get to return to the best luxury resort in a country many years later and see how it has progressed. We recently returned to the Four Seasons Peninsula Papagayo in Costa Rica, just before its 20th birthday, and it was a great experience all around. We can't say it looks brand new since, unlike at a new resort, all the trees and plants are mature, but after major renovations, the hotel looks shiny and impeccably maintained all around. While the renovations were spread all across the property and more are on the way, like a hillside "Wellness Shala" yoga center wi ..read more
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Why You Should Trust Our Professional Hotel Reviews
Luxury Latin America Blog
by Timothy
2M ago
Here at Luxury Latin America, we promise to only bring you professional hotel reviews by contributors who are well-traveled and have a long history of evaluating luxury properties.   That shouldn't be such a stretch to claim for any publication telling you where to stay, but it is. As someone who attends travel conferences and surfs around Facebook groups regularly, I can promise you that a whole lot of hotel advice is coming from writers who have never set foot in the place, much less spent the night there. Sometimes they pulled plagiarized summarized descriptions from ChatGPT and thos ..read more
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A Rum Lovers’ Lounge at the Guatemala City Airport
Luxury Latin America Blog
by Timothy
3M ago
Imagine rolling into the airport lounge before your flight and instead of the bottom-shelf liquor, cheap wine, and bad beer you'll find included in U.S. lounges, you get to sip the best rum in the world instead. It's not a dream: that's the setting of the Ron Zacapa Casa de Ron in the Guatemala City Airport. And it can be all yours if you have a Priority Pass membership. We've made no secret here about our favorite rum, which is an opinion a lot of the experts share. The best Guatemalan rum, Ron Zacapa, beats out the rest of Central America and the Caribbean in our opinion and if you throw i ..read more
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Our Copa Airlines Review: a Solid Choice for Latin America
Luxury Latin America Blog
by Timothy
3M ago
We first wrote about Copa Airlines back in 2008, when I first flew down to Panama for the MV Discovery Panama Yacht Cruise. I've since been back multiple times and flew on Copa to there and also onward to Peru. While the airline won't blow you away like the experience of Emirates or Singapore Air might, when you compare it to your other options for getting down to countries in Latin America, Copa definitely scores above the average. For much of Latin America, this airline is your best choice, especially if you can't buy a business class ticket or score an upgrade on one of its competitors. C ..read more
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