Jaco / Jaco Beach

[QUOTE=Yellowpaul]I'm heading to Jaco this week. I guess there are no real good options down thre?[/QUOTE]


Yellowpaul

There may be a cover charge now at the Beatle Bar....as reported....but it should not be soo much to hamper your trip to Jaco. Granted the beach itself in Jaco Beach is not the best maintained or cleanest in the world...but it's OK, and the town has a good beach vibe to it....so you should still enjoy yourself there.

Look around and you will see alternatives places to monger instead of being at the Beatle Bar.......and if you just do not want to pay the cover charge.....I think you could do just as good sitting at the chairs and tables at the small convience store which is just right beside the Beatle Bar. And then also head down the street a couple of blocks to the Monkey Bar...there is some action going there...and so far no cover charge - that I heard about.

And here is good tip for some daytime action. Around 11 AM till about 2 PM (lunch time) go down to the Colonial Restaurant in the middle of town, and get yourself one of the outside tables (almost right on the sidewalk).....and it has been my experience that lots and lots of the working gals will be walking up and down the sidewalk there.....with no place else to go at that time.....and you can make eye contact with them (when a good-looker passes by). chat her up a bit, offer to have her sit down with you for a drink.

I have pulled countless Nooners from doing just that at that location....several times....and perhaps you will find that the afternoon sessions are fairly cheaper than trying to pull them out of the Beatle Bar in the evenings.

Have fun..........

[QUOTE=Yellowpaul]I'm heading to Jaco this week. I guess there are no real good options down thre?[/QUOTE]


Yellowpaul

There may be a cover charge now at the Beatle Bar....as reported....but it should not be soo much to hamper your trip to Jaco. Granted the beach itself in Jaco Beach is not the best maintained or cleanest in the world...but it's OK, and the town has a good beach vibe to it....so you should still enjoy yourself there.

Look around and you will see alternatives places to monger instead of being at the Beatle Bar.......and if you just do not want to pay the cover charge.....I think you could do just as good sitting at the chairs and tables at the small convience store which is just right beside the Beatle Bar. And then also head down the street a couple of blocks to the Monkey Bar...there is some action going there...and so far no cover charge - that I heard about.

And here is good tip for some daytime action. Around 11 AM till about 2 PM (lunch time) go down to the Colonial Restaurant in the middle of town, and get yourself one of the outside tables (almost right on the sidewalk).....and it has been my experience that lots and lots of the working gals will be walking up and down the sidewalk there.....with no place else to go at that time.....( as many of them stay at the little cabinas within a couple of blocks of that location) and when they stroll by, you can make eye contact with them (when a good-looker passes by). chat her up a bit, and then offer to have her sit down with you for a drink. One thing leads to another......and just perhaps you can do some good doing that.

I have pulled countless Nooners from doing just that at that location....several times....and perhaps you will find that the afternoon sessions are somewhat cheaper than trying to pull them out of the Beatle Bar for a session in the evenings.

Have fun..........

Thanks to Stevewxly for giving me some info before going - I was there from Nov 3rd to Nov 7th. The weather was down right depressing as it rained for almost the first 3 days, only Sunday when I was leaving was it a nice day.

Now on the action:

Me and 3 other guys used the services of JacoVIP - and they were excellent and I would recommend to first timers who really want to live it up. Our first 4 bedroom villa was damaged due to the weather before arrive so we got upgraded to huge 6 bedroom Villa right on the beach with it's own pool, cabana, massive patio etc. We paid $400 a night or $100 each which I consider a great deal to rent a great party house which costs almost $3M.

Beetle Bar: I was a bit of disappointment with very few A list's - I my opinion only 5 or 6 girls I would a "8" - the rest were the B or C team for sure. The hot ones seem to get scooped up quick and on Fri & Sat things got worse with more Mongers in town. In total over 4 days I had 5 girls and never paid more $100 from the best 2 of the A team and others being the best of the B team.

Villa: That really made the trip as from the first night we started getting the girls numbers to come over from 3-7 pm when they really nothing to do and again we never paid more $100 for 3-4 hours. If you want the true GF experience in terms of having pool parties (despite the rain), getting massages, lapdances and partying with them - get your own place.

I've included a few of girls in the photo section.

Was in Jaco for a couple of days 10/31-11/2. I stayed at the Hotel Cocal condos. Pricey but very nice. Only draw back was no Internet. Had to walk over to the hotel to get free wifi. Cocal has generally been remodeled. Regular rooms are reasonable. Pool bar had chicas there from just before lunch until the bars heated up much as Copacabana does. So if you are looking for daytime action check them out. Two pools no chica fees.

Beatles Bar on Halloween was nothing like HDR the night before. IMHO opinion this place has declined materially since it was an open air bar. The music was too loud. The intimate setting it used to be has been replaced by disco BS. Still many chicas ready and willing but I had more fun daytime drinking with the ladies by the Cocal pool.

Frankly, CR in general has changed in the last six years since I have been there. Many hotels in the gulch charge big guest fees. I hear the Holiday Inn wanted $85 per chica. Sleep Inn was $20. Not sure what HDR is at the moment. Compare this with my recent trip to Hong Kong where I was greeted by the concierge with smiles and welcomes (no fees) in the hotel lobby of the Hyatt Regency in TST at 2am while returning with a gorgeous Viet girl from a Wan Chai club.

Based on what I consider to be the deteriorating situation in CR I do not think I will be back for a long time, if ever. Good luck to you all.

[QUOTE=FunLovingOne]Frankly, CR in general has changed in the last six years since I have been there. Many hotels in the gulch charge big guest fees. I hear the Holiday Inn wanted $85 per chica. Sleep Inn was $20. Not sure what HDR is at the moment. Compare this with my recent trip to Hong Kong where I was greeted by the concierge with smiles and welcomes (no fees) in the hotel lobby of the Hyatt Regency in TST at 2am while returning with a gorgeous Viet girl from a Wan Chai club.

Based on what I consider to be the deteriorating situation in CR I do not think I will be back for a long time, if ever. Good luck to you all.[/QUOTE]

There are a number of fine hotels in the gulch and close by that do not charge chica fees: e.g., the Sportsmens Lodge, Dunn Inn, La Amistad, Hotel Castillo, and The Presidente. It does appear that a number of major hotels have made a conscious effort to discourage us mongers from staying with them. No big deal, simply avoid them.

I will be staying at the Dunn Inn in San Jose for 7 days Feb. 9 until 16th, but am thinking about one night in Jaco at the Hotel Los 4 Grandes. However I cannot find a web site or email, etc. Can anyone help me with info? Also, I would be up for staying somewhere else there. Medium priced close to the action, etc. Well, reasonably close, etc.

Thanks,

Red

Hey fellow mongers sittin at sportsmans as I type. Anyways I just got back from four nights in jaco. I have visited there like four times starting like six years ago. Well first off beatle bar charges four mil just to enter thats 8 dollars fuck them I never went in fucker is ruining the hoppy in jaco went to divas instead payed the most ever cien at the strip club. But it was good two rounds. Also there are only a few hotels that let the putas in well. Clartitas was one but not anymore No guest policy inthe afternoon I had to conman the security guard and ignore and keep walking it worked but I don't think I will again. So fuck Beatle bar and fuck claritas. There is a hotel that has a nude poool very expensive the allow putas happy punting you mongers!

[QUOTE=Redfield10; 1107162]I will be staying at the Dunn Inn in San Jose for 7 days Feb. 9 until 16th, but am thinking about one night in Jaco at the Hotel Los 4 Grandes. However I cannot find a web site or email, etc. Can anyone help me with info? Also, I would be up for staying somewhere else there. Medium priced close to the action, etc. Well, reasonably close, etc.

Thanks,

Red[/QUOTE]Red,

I can help you with info on Hotel Los Four Grandes in Jaco, Beach.

It is right next to the Beatle Bar (and the other recent post says that the new greedy owner of the Beatle Bar is now charging guys 4 mil colones. About $ 8. 00 for a cover charge). As he says," screw that ". Just go down the road and go someplace else.

And the Los Four Grandes is about 50 yards from the Beatle Bar. It is a second floor only hotel, with retail shops on the bottom floor. It is up scale and usually runs about $ 75. 00 a night during the high season. But they seemingly do not have a great deal of business. So I have always gotten in for around $ 30-35. 00 a night.

Most all of the rooms are actually suites with a large master bedroom with a king bed and a great central air conditioning system with remote control, good large TV, decent bathroom.....and then this room also has a small adjoining room with a double bed with a door on it - for privacy.

Two guys can easily share this large room and split the cost.
Or what I've done several times is find another fellow at the Beatle Bar or elsewhereand tell him I am at the Los 4 G. And tell him I will sublet the small room for him to take a girl up for a pop for like $ 10-to 15.00. Which cuts down the price of my expense for the room.

I used to have a guy who hung out at the Beatle Bar....... Who stayed at another hotel- down the beach somewhere. He like the convienence (sp) of taking a gal up to the Los 4 G. (my room). So he would buy my drinks for the whole night at the Beatle Bar.
I only drank Cokes. So he got off pretty cheap......But it worked out well for both of us.
I would give him my room key, and he would take a gal up to the room- do his work, then come back down to the bar....and by that time I was usually ready to go up for a pop with different gal.

If there is no one in the office of the Los 4 G. when you get there to check in. Then go into the small convience (sp) store at the bottom of the steps. The girls there most all work at the hotel, and they will set you up with a room for the night.

I recommend this hotel. .........It is nice and clean, well located, well appointed, and fairly cheap if you can get the off season rate.

One other 'heads up'...I had a friend stay at the Dunn Inn last time there.....he used the room safe to put his excess money and valuables in...guess what...when he returned to his room later that night...the room safe had been cleaned out. It ruined his trip, as he lost around $ 700.00 cash, his passport, etc.
So be very careful with doing that.....after all the desk clerk has the keys to all the safes in all the rooms or the combination ------ if they are combo safes........and when you consider that those guys are making all of about $ 1.00 an hour...it would be very tempting for them to clean out the room safes on a regular basis...until they got caught !!!!

Hope this helps you.
Steve

[QUOTE=Stevewxly; 1107835]Red,

I can help you with info on Hotel Los Four Grandes in Jaco, Beach.

One other 'heads up'. I had a friend stay at the Dunn Inn last time there. He used the room safe to put his excess money and valuables in. Guess what. When he returned to his room later that night. The room safe had been cleaned out. It ruined his trip, as he lost around cash, his passport, etc.

So be very careful with doing that. After all the desk clerk has the keys to all the safes in all the rooms or the combination. If they are combo safes. And when you consider that those guys are making all of about an hour. It would be very tempting for them to clean out the room safes on a regular basis. Until they got caught!

Hope this helps you.

Steve[/QUOTE]Did he report to police? And to hotel management?

They might be earning 0. 75€ an hour, but still it is a criminal act.

Police might suspect an hotel customer can play once (maybe to get insurance giving him some reimbursement) but it cannot happen 2. 3. Or more times with different guests.

I don't use hotel safes for this exact reason but a tip, if you're going to: After you set the combination, wipe off the key pad. #1 sometimes the scammer will put a bit of vaseline or whatever on the pad so as to see your fingerprints, and #2 if you yourself have oily skin it can have the same effect.

[QUOTE=Stevewxly; 1107835]Red,

I can help you with info on Hotel Los Four Grandes in Jaco, Beach.

It is right next to the Beatle Bar (and the other recent post says that the new greedy owner of the Beatle Bar is now charging guys 4 mil colones. About $ 8. 00 for a cover charge). As he says," screw that ". Just go down the road and go someplace else.

And the Los Four Grandes is about 50 yards from the Beatle Bar. It is a second floor only hotel, with retail shops on the bottom floor. It is up scale and usually runs about $ 75. 00 a night during the high season. But they seemingly do not have a great deal of business. So I have always gotten in for around $ 30-35. 00 a night.

Most all of the rooms are actually suites with a large master bedroom with a king bed and a great central air conditioning system with remote control, good large TV, decent bathroom. And then this room also has a small adjoining room with a double bed with a door on it. For privacy.

Two guys can easily share this large room and split the cost.

Or what I've done several times is find another fellow at the Beatle Bar or elsewhereand tell him I am at the Los 4 G. And tell him I will sublet the small room for him to take a girl up for a pop for like $ 10-to 15. 00. Which cuts down the price of my expense for the room.

I used to have a guy who hung out at the Beatle Bar. Who stayed at another hotel- down the beach somewhere. He like the convienence (sp) of taking a gal up to the Los 4 G. (my room). So he would buy my drinks for the whole night at the Beatle Bar.

I only drank Cokes. So he got off pretty cheap. But it worked out well for both of us.

I would give him my room key, and he would take a gal up to the room- do his work, then come back down to the bar. And by that time I was usually ready to go up for a pop with different gal.

If there is no one in the office of the Los 4 G. When you get there to check in. Then go into the small convience (sp) store at the bottom of the steps. The girls there most all work at the hotel, and they will set you up with a room for the night.

I recommend this hotel. . It is nice and clean, well located, well appointed, and fairly cheap if you can get the off season rate.

One other 'heads up'. I had a friend stay at the Dunn Inn last time there. He used the room safe to put his excess money and valuables in. Guess what. When he returned to his room later that night. The room safe had been cleaned out. It ruined his trip, as he lost around $ 700. 00 cash, his passport, etc.

So be very careful with doing that. After all the desk clerk has the keys to all the safes in all the rooms or the combination. If they are combo safes. And when you consider that those guys are making all of about $ 1. 00 an hour. It would be very tempting for them to clean out the room safes on a regular basis. Until they got caught!

Hope this helps you.

Steve[/QUOTE]Thanks for the info, Steve. I have heard nothing but good things about the Dunn Inn so this is a little alarming.

Re: the Los 4 Grandes, that sounds like a good idea. Is it ok to wait until I'm there, say, on Feb. 11th and / or 2 to make the reservation since I can't find anywhere on a web site how do reserve, not can I find a contact number?

Also, since my first trip to CR is 7 days total, and I do want to spend probably at least 5 in San Jose at the Dunn Inn and participate in the "Gulch" activities. If I did go to Jaco, would you recommend one day (night) or two days (two nights)? Also, which night or nights would be best to stay in Jaco, in your opinion?

Thanks for any info. I'm a CR virgin. Much experience in Asia.

Red

[QUOTE=Stevewxly; 1107835]Red,

I can help you with info on Hotel Los Four Grandes in Jaco, Beach.

It is right next to the Beatle Bar (and the other recent post says that the new greedy owner of the Beatle Bar is now charging guys 4 mil colones. About $ 8. 00 for a cover charge). As he says," screw that ". Just go down the road and go someplace else.

And the Los Four Grandes is about 50 yards from the Beatle Bar. It is a second floor only hotel, with retail shops on the bottom floor. It is up scale and usually runs about $ 75. 00 a night during the high season. But they seemingly do not have a great deal of business. So I have always gotten in for around $ 30-35. 00 a night.

Most all of the rooms are actually suites with a large master bedroom with a king bed and a great central air conditioning system with remote control, good large TV, decent bathroom. And then this room also has a small adjoining room with a double bed with a door on it. For privacy.

Two guys can easily share this large room and split the cost.

Or what I've done several times is find another fellow at the Beatle Bar or elsewhereand tell him I am at the Los 4 G. And tell him I will sublet the small room for him to take a girl up for a pop for like $ 10-to 15. 00. Which cuts down the price of my expense for the room.

I used to have a guy who hung out at the Beatle Bar. Who stayed at another hotel- down the beach somewhere. He like the convienence (sp) of taking a gal up to the Los 4 G. (my room). So he would buy my drinks for the whole night at the Beatle Bar.

I only drank Cokes. So he got off pretty cheap. But it worked out well for both of us.

I would give him my room key, and he would take a gal up to the room- do his work, then come back down to the bar. And by that time I was usually ready to go up for a pop with different gal.

If there is no one in the office of the Los 4 G. When you get there to check in. Then go into the small convience (sp) store at the bottom of the steps. The girls there most all work at the hotel, and they will set you up with a room for the night.

I recommend this hotel. . It is nice and clean, well located, well appointed, and fairly cheap if you can get the off season rate.

One other 'heads up'. I had a friend stay at the Dunn Inn last time there. He used the room safe to put his excess money and valuables in. Guess what. When he returned to his room later that night. The room safe had been cleaned out. It ruined his trip, as he lost around $ 700. 00 cash, his passport, etc.

So be very careful with doing that. After all the desk clerk has the keys to all the safes in all the rooms or the combination. If they are combo safes. And when you consider that those guys are making all of about $ 1. 00 an hour. It would be very tempting for them to clean out the room safes on a regular basis. Until they got caught!

Hope this helps you.

Steve[/QUOTE]Oh, forgot to add. Several folks on the CRT site recommended Hotel 9. It's a cab ride away, but what do you know about this hotel?

Thanks, again!

[QUOTE=Redfield10; 1107899]Thanks for the info, Steve. I have heard nothing but good things about the Dunn Inn so this is a little alarming.

Re: the Los 4 Grandes, that sounds like a good idea. Is it ok to wait until I'm there, say, on Feb. 11th and / or 2 to make the reservation since I can't find anywhere on a web site how do reserve, not can I find a contact number?

Also, since my first trip to CR is 7 days total, and I do want to spend probably at least 5 in San Jose at the Dunn Inn and participate in the "Gulch" activities. If I did go to Jaco, would you recommend one day (night) or two days (two nights)? Also, which night or nights would be best to stay in Jaco, in your opinion?

Thanks for any info. I'm a CR virgin. Much experience in Asia.

Red[/QUOTE]Red,

I would plan my Jaco Beach trip for the weekend. Jaco is fairly quiet during the week but things get going better on the weekend. Which is to be expected at almost any beach location. Anywhere in the States or Cen. America.

Also I would try to spend at least two days and nights in Jaco to get a better feel for the place. The town is OK, the beach is nothing to write home about. Pretty views, but not as clean and well maintained as it should be. Not like we are used to when going to Daytona Beach or any of the Florida beaches.

On transport. There are several good ways to go from San Jose to Jaco and back. The regular bus leaves about 4-5 times daily from the Coca Cola terminal in SJ for Jaco. Takes about 3 hours. Give or take. New highway now. So it may be less. And costs only about $ 3. 00. The trip is OK, but watch your bags and possessions very closely. As the bus will have it's thieves just waiting to grab one of your bags or Ipod or whatever you are not watching.

When you arrive in Jaco - it is a 1/2 mile walk from the bus terminal - straight down the main road - to the Beatle Bar / Los Four Grandes Hotel...or you can grab a taxi for about $ 1.50-2.00 US.

Another way for transport is via small private air conditioned vans run by Grey Line and Interbus. The trip from SJ to Jaco or back will run you about $ 20. 00. But they will pick you up at your hotel (with a prior reservation) and drop you anywhere on the beach. At your hotel if you desire.

Taxi's will also take you. But that will set you back about $ 80-100. 00 - One way .......and I would not recommend it unless you had perhaps 2-3 others to share the fare.

The reg. bus, vans, or taxi will make one short stop for refreshments and such - at one of the small soda type restaurants on the highway about midway between SJ and Jaco

Have fun. Steve

Thanks for all the the helpful info.

[QUOTE=Stevewxly; 1111297]Red,

I would plan my Jaco Beach trip for the weekend. Jaco is fairly quiet during the week but things get going better on the weekend. Which is to be expected at almost any beach location. Anywhere in the States or Cen. America.

Also I would try to spend at least two days and nights in Jaco to get a better feel for the place. The town is OK, the beach is nothing to write home about. Pretty views, but not as clean and well maintained as it should be. Not like we are used to when going to Daytona Beach or any of the Florida beaches.

On transport. There are several good ways to go from San Jose to Jaco and back. The regular bus leaves about 4-5 times daily from the Coca Cola terminal in SJ for Jaco. Takes about 3 hours. Give or take. New highway now. So it may be less. And costs only about $ 3. 00. The trip is OK, but watch your bags and possessions very closely. As the bus will have it's thieves just waiting to grab one of your bags or Ipod or whatever you are not watching.

When you arrive in Jaco. It is a 1/2 mile walk from the bus terminal. Straight down the main road. To the Beatle Bar / Los Four Grandes Hotel. Or you can grab a taxi for about $ 1. 50-2. 00 US.

Another way for transport is via small private air conditioned vans run by Grey Line and Interbus. The trip from SJ to Jaco or back will run you about $ 20. 00. But they will pick you up at your hotel (with a prior reservation) and drop you anywhere on the beach. At your hotel if you desire.

Taxi's will also take you. But that will set you back about $ 80-100. 00. One way. And I would not recommend it unless you had perhaps 2-3 others to share the fare.

The reg. Bus, vans, or taxi will make one short stop for refreshments and such. At one of the small soda type restaurants on the highway about midway between SJ and Jaco.

Have fun. Steve[/QUOTE]

The beaches just a few kilometers south of Jaco, e.g., Playa Hermosa, are quite nice, really. Having read about pollution counts and sewage runoff, I can't imagine ever swimming again in the immediate Jaco area!