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Can anyone recommend a company to receive mail from overseas, similar to a PO box system, in San Jose. I know there are several companies that pass mail through customs and hold it , but don’t know how to contact them. When I said mail, I’m thinking just letters, Christmas cards and magazines and NOT legal documents or things of value that I would normally send Fedex or DHL. Thanks. Alex
You can see more at one company’s website Aerocasillas
I receive TONS of books etc., from Amazon etc., through this method without a problem.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comWhy not just get a post office box? That’s all I have for letters and magazines, and things seem to get there just fine, and you can’t beat the price of $3.00 per year.
I don’t know about now and I imagine it depends which area you’re in, but one of the reasons the other types of PO Box systems took off for people in the Central Valley area was because the gov’t post offices had run out of smaller PO Boxes in some of the city areas of CR. I couldn’t believe it when a friend of mine let her Guadalupe PO Box expire and then couldn’t get a new one a few years ago, she ended up finding one in San Pedro…I guess you just have to ask. Also try not to have anything sent to you in a box (no matter how small) thru the gov’t post office or it will be referred to Aduanas (customs) and although it’s inexpensive, it’s very time consuming to get out. All of the public systems have been trying to revamp in order to keep up with demand, but sometimes this takes a bit longer than we’d hoped for…
Hi Hummer, This is the info I had when I used them. Try this http://www.aerocasillas.com which leads you directly to http://www.aeropost.com/sjo/home.htm Even if you only use the the http://www.aeropost.com part you can choose the country at the top right hand corner of the screen and then the CR site will appear. This is for Aerocasillas S.A. Tel 506-208-4848 Fax 506-208-4872. This appears to be their email but I’ve never used it. servicessjo@aerocasillas.com Hope this helps…Pura Vida!
yeah… It does depend on what area you live in. At present I live in Croton Falls, NY, where there is no mail delivery and surprise… there is a shortage of PO boxes available at the Post Office and a waiting list.
It seems to be a problem that exists not only in CR, but in the US too.
Ha! Croton Falls is lovely…
We had a home in Ossining for many years and although the area was beautiful, the close to $1,000 per month we paid in property taxes was not so comfortable – and that was in the 80’s, I don’t ant to imaging what their property taxes are now…
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comHi Scott, I’m really lucky. I’m single and live in an apartment. $1000/month including utilities, AND, NO PROPERTY TAXES. My apartment’s not huge, but is in the country and it’s fine for me. That’s why I have trouble deciding on whether or not to move to CR.
thanks for the comments guys. I live out in the sticks and there are no PO Boxes available, but I do visit San Jose every 4 or 6 weeks and areocasillas tell me they can hold stuff until I arrive. Cheers, Alex
Have you try skybox!, they deliver right to your door, there is a “process” to register involved, but ones you have done that, it is pretty much a smooth ride. I have been using it for many years and I am happy with their service. See info at http://www.skybox.net.
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