Concierge - Your Costa Rica Concierge
YOUR COSTA RICA CONCIERGE
http://YourCostaRicaConcierge.com
CONCIERGE SERVICES:
SHOPPING & SERVICES CONCIERGE
Bought/Built a new home? Let our team take you to find everything from appliances, furniture, building materials, decorative items - especially at Gringo Standards.
We have LOTS of Service Providers to connect you with from sustainably conscious architects, photographers, various workers, movers, personal & business laundry & dry cleaners, Feng Shui Masters & MORE!!
Our Team consists of one member who's teamed up with her husband to develop at least 40 more upscale homes/condos/vacation rentals around Costa Rica, a few English-speaking van & taxi drivers who have done this MANY times & Vicki - an Information Junkie with numerous information blogs/websites http://LivingLifeInCostaRica.blogspot.com is one of the top sites when searching for things in/around Costa Rica), is a Connector & who is VERY resourceful when it comings to finding just about everything findable in Costa Rica!
As much as possible we seek out English-speaking, Trustworthy & VERY Customer Service-oriented people (RARE) as we find most customers feel much more in the loop when sales people/service people aren't talking behind their back in Spanish!
With over 5 & 16 years living there, we specialize best in the Escazu area but have lots of information on many parts of Costa Rica!
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HOTEL & RESTAURANT CONSULTING CONCIERGE
REVIEWS•HELPING SPREAD THE WORD
Need help spreading the word of your adventure?
Invite us to dine at your restaurant or stay at your hotel & we’ll share our experiences on our HIGH ranking Costa Rica blog – http://LivingLifeInCostaRica.blogspot.com , on various travel review Costa Rica sites (& get you listed on them if you’re not already), on message boards, add it to our being enhanced http://CostaRicaEatsRestaurantGuide.com (this is mainly focused on the Escazu/West end of the Central Valley but with Specialty restaurants around the country as well), on Facebook (we have over 1,000 people IN Costa Rica on our FB) plus I’ll share these lists with you so you can ask your clients to share their experiences (do NOT invite me if you don’t want an HONEST review as even with you paying/treating me, I will ONLY speak my truth so show me the best you have!!).
SOCIAL MEDIA SET UP
Not on Facebook or Twitter yet or some of the social media business sites (like LinkedIn)? We can get you set up on them. Need more in-depth hand-holding/consulting? We have people we can connect you with for that also!
QUALITY CONTROL CONSULTING
Need to upgrade your hotel, restaurant, store? Do you find Customer Service might not be at the level your clients/gringos are use to/expect? We will come in & be a “Secret Shopper/Client” & evaluate what areas can be enhanced.
We can give you the evaluation &/or connect you with someone that can help train your employees to those levels!
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DENTAL / MEDICAL & HOLISTIC CONCIERGE
I’ve spent over 5 years seeking out some of the BEST Doctors, Dentists & Holistic-oriented Practitioners around Costa Rica! We’re VERY PICKY with whom we share having received MUCH POSITIVE feedback on them for Quality, BedSide Manners/Customer Service & Equipment & MANY speak various levels of English (if not, we have people you can hire to go with you & help with translation [this is usually for one of the budget minded providers]).
Our http://CostaRicaMassageTherapistGuide.com (currently under http://LivingLifeInCostaRica.blogspot.com/2010/01/massage-therapists-in-costa-rica-legit.html) is one of the top sites in Costa Rica to help you find DETAILED information on legitimate Massage Therapist!
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ECO-FRIENDLY / SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESOURCE CONCIERGE
We’re quite tapped into this community or people who are! Showing your love for Mother Earth is CRUCIAL these days (she’s showing us daily how unhappy she is!).
We can connect you with everything from Eco-friendly cleaning products, Organic Ferias/Farmer’s Markets/Farmers & Products, to Solar Panels & LOTS MORE for your
Restaurant • Hotel • Vacation Property • Store • Business or Home!!!
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GROUP • EVENT • WEDDING CONCIERGE
Have a group of guests/family coming to Costa Rica for a wedding/event? We can help coordinate transfers, tours/things happening in the area, restaurant recommendations/menus & reservations (Vicki has written a website - http://CostaRicaEatsRestaurantGuide.com), Know Before You Go information & whatever services you need! Vicki has a way of seeing even the tiniest details that can make your event/your life go much smoother!!!
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HELP SELLING YOUR THINGS CONCIERGE
Are you moving? Downsizing? Just letting go?
Let us help you get rid of it (we have LOTS of experience for AGES!!)!
We have a few options:
ULTRA-BASIC LIST PACKAGE - #1: We’ll email you a list of places YOU can list your things for sale along with some more creative ideas where/how to get the word out/sell it! Just $10
BASIC PACKAGE #1a: We set you up with a Web address (.com) & ONE basic canned page where you can post details (straight text). $25
BASIC PACKAGE #1b: You get a Web address (.info) & your own page where you can post details (straight text). $25
BASIC PACKAGE #2: Same as #1 but you can post pictures of your items for sale (pictures, details & prices REALLY help you!!).
You get us pictures & detailed descriptions of your items
For a commission, we can add your bigger ticket items (items valued at $200 or more) to our site http://Things4SaleCostaRica.com as well as put it out to our network.
Having a Garage Sale – add it to our http://GarageSalesInCostaRica.info site for FREE!!
Leaving Costa Rica? Know someone that’s passed away? We can connect you with someone that can come in & handle a whole Estate Sale & another person that may take nicer items on Consignment.
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VIC’S FAVORITES!!!
Soon we’ll be starting a website highlighting/featuring some of my FAVORITE Products, Services & People!!!
http://VickisFavorites.info
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TURNING YOUR HOME OR A HOTEL INTO A VACATION PROPERTY?
http://IWillSetUpYourVacationProperty.com
Let us Set Up Your Vacation Property to Gringo Standards!
We will come stay at your new hotel, B&B, Vacation Home & give you a VERY detailed assessment of things to make your properties attractive to gringo tourists as well as where to find them in CR & the U.S.+. I will gather information & make you a binder of menus, tours, lists of stores, things to do, English-speaking taxi drivers, doctors, etc. in your area.
I will share with you my list of things your clients should know before they come, give you contacts for English-speaking taxi or van drivers, car rental agencies & other forms of transportation to get your guests from the airport to your home+.
I will create a page you can use with this information on it.
I will get you set up on Trip Advisors, VRBO & other places for YOU to promote yourself (we do NOT do the actual promotions) & create a basic Facebook Page.
Already have an existing property? Let me help turn your property green/sustainable/more conscious & show your love for Mother Earth!!!
For over 20 years, Vicki’s been a Travel Writer, given Seminars to the Travel Industry, been a Travel Agent/Planner, specialized in privately-owned villas, condos & gay hotels in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for over 12 years & recently closed her guest house of 5+ years http://HouseOfConnectionsGuesthouse.com) to take a break & explore this country she calls home!
In these days of limited tourism clients & $s, you NEED to do whatEVER you can to stand out!!
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RETREAT • EVENT • GROUP
BOOKING•RESERVATION CONCIERGE
Do you have a retreat/event coming up & don’t have time, energy, or desire to take the bookings, reservations & coordinate the transfers, etc. We can take care of that! We have a U.S. phone number & 1-800 number they can call in on as well as a Costa Rica number & have been in the Tourism Industry & coordinated/booked tours for over 20 years! Details & organizing things are our passion!
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COSTA RICA TRAVEL INFORMATION CONCIERGE
Being Information Junkies & Connectors, we’ve been gathering information on things to do (especially less publicized/more unique!!!) in certain areas in Costa Rica. The areas you can currently purchase are:
COSTA RICA - Manuel Antonio • Arenal/La Fortuna • San Jose • Escazu • Puerto Viejo • Tamarindo & Playa Grande
NICARAGUA - Isla Ometepe • San Juan del Sur
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Within CR: (506) 8-378-6679
US/Canada: 1-941-312-7569
Skype: VallartaVicki
Info@CostaRicaResourceGuide.com
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Read Morehttp://YourCostaRicaConcierge.com
CONCIERGE SERVICES:
SHOPPING & SERVICES CONCIERGE
Bought/Built a new home? Let our team take you to find everything from appliances, furniture, building materials, decorative items - especially at Gringo Standards.
We have LOTS of Service Providers to connect you with from sustainably conscious architects, photographers, various workers, movers, personal & business laundry & dry cleaners, Feng Shui Masters & MORE!!
Our Team consists of one member who's teamed up with her husband to develop at least 40 more upscale homes/condos/vacation rentals around Costa Rica, a few English-speaking van & taxi drivers who have done this MANY times & Vicki - an Information Junkie with numerous information blogs/websites http://LivingLifeInCostaRica.blogspot.com is one of the top sites when searching for things in/around Costa Rica), is a Connector & who is VERY resourceful when it comings to finding just about everything findable in Costa Rica!
As much as possible we seek out English-speaking, Trustworthy & VERY Customer Service-oriented people (RARE) as we find most customers feel much more in the loop when sales people/service people aren't talking behind their back in Spanish!
With over 5 & 16 years living there, we specialize best in the Escazu area but have lots of information on many parts of Costa Rica!
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HOTEL & RESTAURANT CONSULTING CONCIERGE
REVIEWS•HELPING SPREAD THE WORD
Need help spreading the word of your adventure?
Invite us to dine at your restaurant or stay at your hotel & we’ll share our experiences on our HIGH ranking Costa Rica blog – http://LivingLifeInCostaRica.blogspot.com , on various travel review Costa Rica sites (& get you listed on them if you’re not already), on message boards, add it to our being enhanced http://CostaRicaEatsRestaurantGuide.com (this is mainly focused on the Escazu/West end of the Central Valley but with Specialty restaurants around the country as well), on Facebook (we have over 1,000 people IN Costa Rica on our FB) plus I’ll share these lists with you so you can ask your clients to share their experiences (do NOT invite me if you don’t want an HONEST review as even with you paying/treating me, I will ONLY speak my truth so show me the best you have!!).
SOCIAL MEDIA SET UP
Not on Facebook or Twitter yet or some of the social media business sites (like LinkedIn)? We can get you set up on them. Need more in-depth hand-holding/consulting? We have people we can connect you with for that also!
QUALITY CONTROL CONSULTING
Need to upgrade your hotel, restaurant, store? Do you find Customer Service might not be at the level your clients/gringos are use to/expect? We will come in & be a “Secret Shopper/Client” & evaluate what areas can be enhanced.
We can give you the evaluation &/or connect you with someone that can help train your employees to those levels!
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
DENTAL / MEDICAL & HOLISTIC CONCIERGE
I’ve spent over 5 years seeking out some of the BEST Doctors, Dentists & Holistic-oriented Practitioners around Costa Rica! We’re VERY PICKY with whom we share having received MUCH POSITIVE feedback on them for Quality, BedSide Manners/Customer Service & Equipment & MANY speak various levels of English (if not, we have people you can hire to go with you & help with translation [this is usually for one of the budget minded providers]).
Our http://CostaRicaMassageTherapistGuide.com (currently under http://LivingLifeInCostaRica.blogspot.com/2010/01/massage-therapists-in-costa-rica-legit.html) is one of the top sites in Costa Rica to help you find DETAILED information on legitimate Massage Therapist!
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ECO-FRIENDLY / SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESOURCE CONCIERGE
We’re quite tapped into this community or people who are! Showing your love for Mother Earth is CRUCIAL these days (she’s showing us daily how unhappy she is!).
We can connect you with everything from Eco-friendly cleaning products, Organic Ferias/Farmer’s Markets/Farmers & Products, to Solar Panels & LOTS MORE for your
Restaurant • Hotel • Vacation Property • Store • Business or Home!!!
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
GROUP • EVENT • WEDDING CONCIERGE
Have a group of guests/family coming to Costa Rica for a wedding/event? We can help coordinate transfers, tours/things happening in the area, restaurant recommendations/menus & reservations (Vicki has written a website - http://CostaRicaEatsRestaurantGuide.com), Know Before You Go information & whatever services you need! Vicki has a way of seeing even the tiniest details that can make your event/your life go much smoother!!!
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
HELP SELLING YOUR THINGS CONCIERGE
Are you moving? Downsizing? Just letting go?
Let us help you get rid of it (we have LOTS of experience for AGES!!)!
We have a few options:
ULTRA-BASIC LIST PACKAGE - #1: We’ll email you a list of places YOU can list your things for sale along with some more creative ideas where/how to get the word out/sell it! Just $10
BASIC PACKAGE #1a: We set you up with a Web address (.com) & ONE basic canned page where you can post details (straight text). $25
BASIC PACKAGE #1b: You get a Web address (.info) & your own page where you can post details (straight text). $25
BASIC PACKAGE #2: Same as #1 but you can post pictures of your items for sale (pictures, details & prices REALLY help you!!).
You get us pictures & detailed descriptions of your items
For a commission, we can add your bigger ticket items (items valued at $200 or more) to our site http://Things4SaleCostaRica.com as well as put it out to our network.
Having a Garage Sale – add it to our http://GarageSalesInCostaRica.info site for FREE!!
Leaving Costa Rica? Know someone that’s passed away? We can connect you with someone that can come in & handle a whole Estate Sale & another person that may take nicer items on Consignment.
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
VIC’S FAVORITES!!!
Soon we’ll be starting a website highlighting/featuring some of my FAVORITE Products, Services & People!!!
http://VickisFavorites.info
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
TURNING YOUR HOME OR A HOTEL INTO A VACATION PROPERTY?
http://IWillSetUpYourVacationProperty.com
Let us Set Up Your Vacation Property to Gringo Standards!
We will come stay at your new hotel, B&B, Vacation Home & give you a VERY detailed assessment of things to make your properties attractive to gringo tourists as well as where to find them in CR & the U.S.+. I will gather information & make you a binder of menus, tours, lists of stores, things to do, English-speaking taxi drivers, doctors, etc. in your area.
I will share with you my list of things your clients should know before they come, give you contacts for English-speaking taxi or van drivers, car rental agencies & other forms of transportation to get your guests from the airport to your home+.
I will create a page you can use with this information on it.
I will get you set up on Trip Advisors, VRBO & other places for YOU to promote yourself (we do NOT do the actual promotions) & create a basic Facebook Page.
Already have an existing property? Let me help turn your property green/sustainable/more conscious & show your love for Mother Earth!!!
For over 20 years, Vicki’s been a Travel Writer, given Seminars to the Travel Industry, been a Travel Agent/Planner, specialized in privately-owned villas, condos & gay hotels in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for over 12 years & recently closed her guest house of 5+ years http://HouseOfConnectionsGuesthouse.com) to take a break & explore this country she calls home!
In these days of limited tourism clients & $s, you NEED to do whatEVER you can to stand out!!
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RETREAT • EVENT • GROUP
BOOKING•RESERVATION CONCIERGE
Do you have a retreat/event coming up & don’t have time, energy, or desire to take the bookings, reservations & coordinate the transfers, etc. We can take care of that! We have a U.S. phone number & 1-800 number they can call in on as well as a Costa Rica number & have been in the Tourism Industry & coordinated/booked tours for over 20 years! Details & organizing things are our passion!
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
COSTA RICA TRAVEL INFORMATION CONCIERGE
Being Information Junkies & Connectors, we’ve been gathering information on things to do (especially less publicized/more unique!!!) in certain areas in Costa Rica. The areas you can currently purchase are:
COSTA RICA - Manuel Antonio • Arenal/La Fortuna • San Jose • Escazu • Puerto Viejo • Tamarindo & Playa Grande
NICARAGUA - Isla Ometepe • San Juan del Sur
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Within CR: (506) 8-378-6679
US/Canada: 1-941-312-7569
Skype: VallartaVicki
Info@CostaRicaResourceGuide.com
.