The Source · Guanacaste & the Costa Rica Coast
Five short reads that answer the questions new Guanacaste operators most often ask in their first month.
Hostaway · property management blog
The clearest plain-English summary of the 2026 regulatory stack: ICT registration, IVA, ISR, the new platform reporting rules, what's enforced and what isn't. Print it and keep it in the project folder.
Quatro Legal · Costa Rica law firm
What's actually moving through the Asamblea Legislativa right now. The two bills that, if passed, will tighten ICT enforcement and give municipalities zoning-level STR power. The piece to forward to a partner before underwriting a new build.
Quatro Legal
The single most consequential STR rule change in Costa Rica in a decade. Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com now report your activity to Hacienda annually. If you've been operating informally, this is the article that explains why that ended on January 1, 2025.
OpenCasa
The most operator-useful market data on Guanacaste in 2026. Town-by-town ADR, occupancy, supply growth, demand shifts. Nosara at 35% more bookings on 12% less inventory; Santa Teresa at 22% YoY ADR growth. The 'what does this market actually look like' answer.
Bluewater Properties
Operator-flavored walkthrough of the 13% IVA: how it applies to STR, what platforms collect, what falls on you. The mistakes Costa Rica operators most often make on tax. Worth the 12 minutes.
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About the curator
Costa Rica & International Operations · Ohana Vacations
Leads Ohana's Costa Rica team and oversees the company's international operations. More than a decade of building hospitality teams across Latin America, Europe, and South Africa. Curates The Guanacaste Source because the Pacific coast deserves an operator-level guide, not another listicle written from a laptop in another country.
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