Paying utility bills in Costa Rica is very different from the US. For starters, no one ever sends you the bill. That’s right, you never receive any type of notice that your bill is due or what the amount is…for those with accounts at the state banks in Costa Rica there is always an automatic payment option. And for the rest of us, well, you just need to check periodically with one of several designated locations to see if you owe anything and how much you owe. Where we live there are 2 such places, the first is at “Guido’s house.” If the gate in front of Guido’s is open you can stop in and tell him your account number and he’ll tell you how much you owe. So far Guido’s gate has always been closed when we went by so we have opted for place #2, a money exchange across from the beach in Puerto Viejo. We pay the electric, telephone and DirectTV bills here and are given a receipt…the best part of this arrangement is a stop at the beach. Photo is of Playa Negra at the beginning of town.
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