You'll find post offices almost every city and town in Costa Rica.
1. If you are sending a package less than two kilogram, you can mail it with from any Costa Rica Post office. It will take one to two weeks to arrive in the US or Canada depending on delivery location. Delivery to Europe and Asia takes two to four weeks.
2. Express Service costs less than a dollar more and speeds up delivery time by three days.
3. If you are travelling in remote locations, you can still rely on your hotel to post your letters for you.
4. EMS is available and is comparable to UPS of DHL. It takes within six days to delivery and the packages can be tracked online.
Cost: USA: $23.80 (100 grams); $30 (1 kilo)
? ? ? ? ? ? Europe: $33.85 (100 grams); $43.85 (1 kilo)
? ? ? ? ? ? Asia: $46.40 (100 grams); $60 (1 kilo)
Another option is M-Bag service (bulk media mail).
Costs: USA: $10 1 kilo; $3 per additional kilo
? ? ? ? ? ? ?Europe & Asia: $28 1 kilo; $3 per additional kilo
