I am from CR do I know about this, you'll need at least $20 for meals in a day specially because in tourists areas it's a bit more expensive. If you want souvenirs take as much as u want depending on what you want, I recommend $100 for that. Candies and other stuff like that is cheap so only like 5 bucks a day depending on what you want. Hotels and other recreational activities are depending on what you want. I recommend for you to take an old phone instead of a super fancy one for safety reasons and make sure you practice a bit of your Spanish so taxi drivers etc don't take advantage of you and charge you more, make sure you have someone with you at all times because people sometimes take advantage of Americans...anyway I would say from 700 to 1000 bucks :)

I would bring $500 and take back what you don't spend. You can always bring less and use your ATM card to get money. ATM's are everywhere. You should pay in the currency the price is listed to avoid a currency exchange. In other words, if a price is in USD, pay in USD. For example, souvenir shops usually list prices in USD. With that said, it's usually better to pay in colones in most places.

Taxis take colones, although they will take dollars at a big exchange hit. Don't take taxis parked in front of hotels; they won't use a meter and will rip you off. The typical fare anywhere in town should be no more than ￠1500 ($3). Know how to quickly do an exchange in your head so you don't get fooled.

Don't carry more money than you need for the day. Don't bring jewelry or expensive electronics. Wearing jewelry in the street will make you a robbery target. Jewelry and electronics (smartphones, laptops, cameras with shoulder straps). Bring a small pocket camera.

Lunch: around $6 at regular local restaurants, not fancy restaurants

Dinner: $10 and up

Taxi: it depends, but in general is 570 (around $1.25) colones per every kilometer, for example from Escazu (town near San Jose) to Downtown San Jose it can be around $10 - $15

Beer: National beer: $1.5 at a liquor store (around 600 colones) , $2 or more at a bar or restaurant

Water: (600ml) $1.5

Coffee: $1

Mcdonald's, Bk, Wendy's, etc: Regular burger, fries and soda : around $6.25

Tickets to National Parks: It depends but it is usually around $10

Regular breakfast at a local restaurant: $4

Buses: depends on where you are going, less than $1 in downtown san jose and nearby towns (alajuela, heredia).

Cigarrettes: (national brands) $3

wait isnt colon salvadorian? and im pretty sure el salvador much less another country isnt using the colon nomore they use the USD

How much spending money is reccomended to bring for 7 days? For lunches, dinners, taxis etc . Right 100 usd is 50218.60 colones how far would that get you in cr? Should we pay for everything in.usd or colones?