BUG Backpackers Hostel Reviews: Reviews of La Choza Inn

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La Choza Inn

La Fortuna, Alajuela Province (near Arenal Volcano)
Tel 460 7454

Price
Dorm bed US$6
Single room US$15
Twin room US$25
Prices are in local currency and are inclusive of all taxes.

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Last Update: December 1, 2008

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Maintenance (4.00)

Cleanliness (4.00)

Facilities (1.00)

Atmosphere (2.00)

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Maintenance (4.00)

Cleanliness (4.00)

Facilities (1.00)

Atmosphere (2.00)

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(Review ID: 8444)

Nice rooms and clean, terrible staff, very rude, April 3, 2008

Reviewer: marti from California

Pros: clean, new
Cons: we were cheated and scammed

marti saw things this way

Maintenance		(4)
Cleanliness		(4)
Facilities		(1)
Atmosphere		(2)

Absolutly DO NOT book ANY tours with the tour company that runs through La Choza!! The tour company is called Eagle Tours. We payed them $88.00 USD to go to Monteverde for a canopy tour and they failed us every step of the way. They forgot to hire enough vans to drive us to Monteverde on the "Jeep-Boat-Jeep" part of the tour so were stuck sitting on the dirt road for an hour waiting for one to come and pick us up. Then they forgot to book the canopy tour and we had to accept a time that was 2 hours after our arrival date in Monteverde. After it was over they didn't pick us up from the canopy tour office and we had to wait another two hours in the dark for another van. (We were hungry but told that there would be no time to grab food because the van would get there "any minute".) When we were finally dropped off on the side of the lake there was a man with a flashlight who helped push our boat onto the water while our driver navigated back without ANY LIGHTS ON THE BOAT!!! It was pitch black and he used his cell phone out the window for the small amount of light it gave him. It was so dangerous I could not believe they would illegally endanger our lives! When the boat docked there was NO ONE waiting at the other end of the lake to pick us up. We waited until 9pm by the side of the highway on the bridge. I mean, how much more can a tour company make mistakes?

When we FINALLY got back to La Choza 13 hour later we politely asked for a full refund, completely deserved, and were refused. We argued with the tour operater for over an hour and he not only wouldn't tell us what had happened with the vans, he even refused to tell us the name of his superior. It was terrible. He even stooped as low to call us "Sweetie" in the most diminutive way imaginable. Don't book with them!!! Other people in the hostel reported similar experiences.

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