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Thanks for the reply, you confirm my sense that an SUV is ok. When I have 7 in my party, I will have two passengers flexible enough to get in the third row seat.
The difference is $1000 over 16 days. Yes I am certain about the no luggage when all 7 adults are in the vehicle. I’ve driven a Prado before in CR without any issues, reminds me of driving in Manhattan in the 70s. Of the 7 adults three are very agile, non are large or tall. (None over 5 ft 4 in other than myself as the driver.) Two are limber, I traveled 11k miles in the US in an SUV with all but two of them this last fall without issue. However 7 adults means a third row seat needed not just two as you know.
I think I will save the $1000 and go with the Prado, but thanks anyway for your help.
Thanks David, do you feel the Prado would be much less comfortable than a van for 7 adults with no luggage ?
Hmmm that explains what I think I saw in looking at all the rental agency fleets online. My party is all 60 to 86 other than one niece at 25. We all still have our knees…so sounds like Prado or van it is. I still cant figure out while vans are so much more expensive than say the Prado or other large suvs.
I have found the 7 passenger Mitsuibishi SUV. How would it compare to the Prado or Fortuner in your view? I didnt see a Hyundai SUV for rent that handles 7 adults yet.
What about the so called standard size SUV, Fortuner or something I think its called? Says it seats 7 and is fair less expensive. Comes with a 3.0 l diesel engine. Not in the luxury category but it looks like the right size.
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Thanks, what is the prado like inside, three rows of seats? I assumed the rate would be high but had no idea at this point. I could do two smallers cars but nto sure any of the others will be ready to drive in CR. I have done so nearly all 6 trips so far and its not an issue for me. Although the size will be a challenge, I had a Toyota land cruiser one trip it was more challenging. Is this vehicle similar sized if not how much larger or smaller?
Thanks for this pointing out this article. I have the same idea / future need but envision privately owned housing as a living arrangement as well as apartments. This demonstrates to me the concept will work, the question is the market and cost for this arrangement. Also independent homes owned rather than leased might complicate things .
Thanks for your response. I think a development with independent homes where some individuals needed full time nurse coverage makes sense. Each needing full time nurse coverage could have one nurse as a live in and for vacation and other coverage get nurses from a shared pool available to those in the development. The common facilities for the development could include living quarters for the shared nurses as well as any specialized exercise or other equipment that might be needed by more than one but which could be shared.
I am not aware of the development in Mexico you mentioned but will check to see what they offer a model.
I had heard he was investing in costa rica to ride the wave of retirees from the US who he thinks will seek a better place to retire. I did not know he had eyed Santa Ana, so thanks. I assumed he would focus on the middle class as a target market not higher end so it will be interesting to read what he has in mind in more depth as it unfolds.
My idea is to have both a maid/cook as well as a live in nurse.
It may take two nurses to provide enough coverage with the limits on hours worked and vacation/days off. My idea is get a home that has maid’s live in space, and potentially one additional space for a live in nurse. Once the work for a nurse is high enough to require more than one, I would convert one of the car bays to a second live in space or convert an extra bedroom. If I can get a place with enough land to build a simple two bedroom/bsth building nearby, that would work as well.
While having this space and paying for help isn’t a low cost option, it certainly costs less than the $200/day for assisted living in Houston and that is for one person not the potentially three I might have.
A business opportunity might be to provide nurses as vacation or peak demand supplements to those who might need it or in my case when one nurse might not be enough.
Another opportunity might be to build a small planned community with independent homes in it with access to common facilities including support for the needed medical care, nurses, access to a medical doctor if the community was not in a major city area etc.
The ladies in my wife’s family live to mid 90’s in relatively good health but need assistance. I expect that to be true for my wife even with her lupus and arthritis. They say the key to long life is to have a chronic disease and learn to live with it. I hope I have my mom’s genes, she is mid 80s and in great health living on her own in the country not far from town in Oklahoma.
Thanks for the issues/concerns to help me plan this more completely.
Thanks for the comment. My mother in law lives with us and will potentially need home nursing care before either my wife or I. So my idea is to have home care for her then us if needed, and prefer the stay at home idea to another type facility at this stage.
You left out one. Belief of individuals that home prices would go up for ever even if no one could afford the load to buy one, without lying about their income.
Its not all big institutions, a core issue is individuals who bought more home than they could afford or used rising home price of the home they originally could afford to borrow more than they could afford for that home.
It sounds nice. Can you tell me what the climate is like where you are? I’ve stayed at the Intercontinental nearby as well as Alta and found I like the cooler climate of escazu to santa ana along the major road in front of alta. I have heard up the hill where you are is a breeze and its cooler than lower Santa Ana but not as much as the higher elevations in Escazu mountains. Can you advise if that is so, so help me rule in our out some homes to see in August in that area?
