Last updated on May 31st, 2023 at 08:58 am EST
Become a Pura Vida! eh? member
Saving money on Costa Rica day tours has never been easier! As a Pura Vida! eh? member, you’ll gain access to the hundreds of discounts included in our Discount Database.
To become a Pura Vida! eh? member, you’ll first need to select the membership level (a.k.a., the “Discount Level”) that you want according to your needs. (If you aren’t sure which Discount Level you should pick, see the chart further down this page for assistance.) The Discount Level that’s right for you depends on the number of tour discounts you want to use and the number of people in your travel group. There are 5 unique Discount Levels in total (“Discount Level 3,” “Discount Level 7,” “Discount Level 10,” “Discount Level 13,” and “Discount Level 15”) but you only need one Discount Level—not all five—to access our savings.
After you’ve purchased your preferred Discount Level, you can upgrade or downgrade Discount Levels to suit your travel plans, if need be. For example, if you discover that you you’d like to access more discounts, you can upgrade your membership to a higher Discount Level than the one you originally purchased. Alternatively, if your travel plans change and you don’t want to access as many discounts as you originally thought, you can downgrade your membership to a lower Discount Level and request a refund for the difference in price between the two memberships.
All Discount Level purchases are 100% refundable.
If you purchase a particular Discount Level in order to access our tour discounts and you later need to cancel your trip to Costa Rica, we’ll refund your entire Discount Level payment—no questions asked. If you purchase a particular Discount Level and you need to downgrade to a lower Discount Level because your travel plans changed and you don’t require as many tour discounts (or the tour operator doesn’t have availability for the tour discounts you want), we’ll refund the difference in price between the two Discount Levels. If you accidentally purchased the wrong Discount Level, we’ll refund that error too. To help put your mind at ease, you’ll only ever pay for the tour discounts you use.
Not sure if becoming a Pura Vida! eh? member is worth it? Check out these examples of how much you can save.
Example A
A.A. and B.B. are partners who are traveling to Costa Rica together. They both want to participate in a white-water rafting tour for which we offer a discount that totals $59.40 across the group. As a group of 2 people who want to use one of our tour discounts, they (together, not per person) purchase one membership for Discount Level 3, which is $19.99. Though they pay us a one-time fee of $19.99, they save a total of $59.40, profiting $39.41 overall.
Example B
C.C., D.D., E.E., and F.F. are a family of four adults. They want to access two tour discounts (our discount for a combined aerial tram ride, canopy ziplining tour, and hanging bridges tour experience, and our discount for a night tour) for which we offer discounts that total $143.20 across the group. As a group of 4 adults who want to use two of our tour discounts, they (together, not per person) purchase one membership for Discount Level 7, which is $39.99. Though they pay us a one-time fee of $39.99, they save a total of $143.20, profiting $103.21 overall.
Example C
G.G. and six of her friends are traveling to Costa Rica together. The group wants to access our discounts for a canyoning tour, the Arenal Highlights Tour, and a hot springs pass, for which we offer discounts that total $627.90 across the group. As a group of 7 people who want to use three of our tour discounts, they (together, not per person) purchase one membership for Discount Level 15, which is $99.99. Though they pay us a one-time fee of $99.99, they save a total of $627.90, profiting $527.91 overall.
Discount Level Descriptions and Pricing
Our Discount Level membership prices are a one-time fee, not a recurring fee. The prices shown below are final prices; tax is already included. To purchase your preferred Discount Level, click on the corresponding “Buy now” button in the chart below.
| Discount Level 3 This Discount Level awards access to: One tour discount for 1-4 people each OR Two tour discounts for 1-2 people each | $19.99 USD | |
| Discount Level 7 This Discount Level awards access to: One tour discount for 5-8 people each OR Two tour discounts for 3-4 people each OR Three or four tour discounts for 1-2 people each | $39.99 USD | |
| Discount Level 10 This Discount Level awards access to: Two tour discounts for 5-6 people each OR Three tour discounts for 3-4 people each OR Five or six tour discounts for 1-2 people each | $59.99 USD | |
| Discount Level 13 This Discount Level awards access to: Two tour discounts for 7-8 people each OR Three tour discounts for 5-6 people each OR Four tour discounts for 3-4 people each | $79.99 USD | |
| Discount Level 15 This Discount Level awards access to: Three tour discounts for 7-8 people each OR Four tour discounts for 5-6 people each OR Five tour discounts for 3-4 people each | $99.99 USD |
Not sure which Discount Level to pick?
Use the chart below to learn which Discount Level is right for you according to the size of your travel group and the number of tour discounts you want to use. As a reminder, once you purchase a Discount Level, you can upgrade and downgrade levels while you work to build your Costa Rica trip, so if your group size and/or tour selections aren’t yet set in stone, that’s okay.
| 1 tour | 2 tours | 3 tours | 4 tours | 5 tours | 6 tours | 7 or more tours | |
| 1 person | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 7 | Level 7 | Level 10 | Level 10 | Custom |
| 2 people | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 7 | Level 7 | Level 10 | Level 10 | Custom |
| 3 people | Level 3 | Level 7 | Level 10 | Level 13 | Level 15 | Custom | Custom |
| 4 people | Level 3 | Level 7 | Level 10 | Level 13 | Level 15 | Custom | Custom |
| 5 people | Level 7 | Level 10 | Level 13 | Level 15 | Custom | Custom | Custom |
| 6 people | Level 7 | Level 10 | Level 13 | Level 15 | Custom | Custom | Custom |
| 7 people | Level 7 | Level 13 | Level 15 | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom |
| 8 people | Level 7 | Level 13 | Level 15 | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom |
| 9 or more people | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom |
How to purchase a Discount Level
To purchase a Discount Level, click on one of the black “Buy Now” buttons in the chart further up this page. Doing so will direct you to PayPal where you can complete the purchase. Please note that PayPal never shares customers’ payment details with vendors, so we’ll never see your payment information. Also, you do not need to have a PayPal account to complete the payment through PayPal.
What to do after you purchase a Discount Level
At any time (before or after you purchase a Discount Level), you’re welcome to browse our Discount Database to find the tour discounts you want for your trip. You can also add the tour discounts you like to your “Cart” but in order to checkout (i.e., submit an order for our tour discounts), you’ll need to be logged in to your Pura Vida! eh? member account. You’ll quickly create this account after you purchase a Discount Level. Immediately after completing the purchase, you should receive an email from us that asks you to choose the username and password you’d like to associate with your Pura Vida! eh? account (we see your username but we do not see your password). After you’ve made your username and password selections, you can use them to log in to your Pura Vida! eh? member account here, and you’ll be permitted to visit the order checkout page where you can officially request the tour discounts you want for your trip.
Important Info
“People” can be adults, students, or children. A family of 2 adults, 1 student, and 1 child is considered a group of 4 people.
A “tour” is an activity that has its own page in our Discount Database. If a canopy zip-lining tour is described on one page, it would be considered one tour. If a hanging bridges tour is described on a different page, it would also be considered one tour. But if a canopy zip-lining tour AND a hanging bridges tour are described on the same page (i.e., if they form part of a combo tour), then the two activities together would be considered one tour (i.e., the combo tour would be considered one tour).
Most tour operators require a minimum of 2 people to run their tours. Although Discount Levels can be purchased and used by solo travelers, in some cases, a minimum of two people is needed for tour requests to be accepted by tour operators. (See the “Additional Details” section on any tour’s listing page on our website for a confirmation of the minimum number of people that the tour operator requires to run the tour.)
Tour operators are permitted to change their tour rates at any time and without notice. This means that the discounted rates you’ll see noted in our Discount Database can change at any time and without notice. Once your tour request has been submitted and confirmed, though, prices won’t change, so be sure to place an order for your preferred discounts through our website as soon as possible. Of course, if you purchase a Discount Level with the intent to use a particular discount and that discount amount (or the tour operator’s tour price) changes before you have a chance to place and confirm your order, simply let us know and we’ll refund your membership purchase.
If your group consists of members who don’t want to participate in all of the chosen tours with the group (for example, if your group consists of 4 people and all four want to go rafting but only two want to go zip-lining), please contact us for a custom membership quote. Please let us know in our open forum here which tour discounts you’re considering and the number of people that want to participate in each tour, and we’ll respond via private email with a price quote!
