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San Jose Costa Rica hotel price comparison: 15 hotels across booking sites
This snapshot was for a stay that has passed.
Prices for the stay of Nov 4 to 6, 2026, as listed on September 30, 2026.
15 San Jose Costa Rica hotels, each priced on every booking site we recorded for it. Prices on this page are per night, all-in where the sites reported taxes and fees; the study's count below uses the before-tax prices of its CSV. The going rate is the price the largest number of listings that named a room or offered free cancellation agreed on (ties go to the lower price).
One snapshot on September 30, 2026 for Nov 4 to Nov 6, 2 adults, US market, USD. Prices change daily.
Which booking site was cheapest for San Jose Costa Rica hotels?
The study's count, before taxes and fees: in the September 30, 2026 snapshot, at 11 of the 15 San Jose Costa Rica hotels with a price, the cheapest listing was 5% or more below the going rate. The cheapest site there: Billabook.com at 2, Super.com at 2, Agoda at 1, Barcelo.com at 1, HomeToGo at 1, Hotel Presidente at 1, pricetravel.com at 1, Reserving at 1 and 1 other site at 1 between them. These are the San Jose Costa Rica rows of the study's per-hotel CSV (going_rate_usd and cheapest_usd, before taxes and fees).
On this page, all-in: with taxes and fees included as the sites reported them, at 11 of the 15 hotels listed below a site was 5% or more below the all-in going rate. The cheapest site there: Billabook.com at 2, Super.com at 2, Agoda at 1, Barcelo.com at 1, Etrip.net at 1, HomeToGo at 1, Hotel Presidente at 1, pricetravel.com at 1 and 3 other sites at 3 between them (a tie counts for each site). At the other 4, no site was 5% or more below it. Each hotel below shows every site's all-in price. Across all cities: the cheapest site to book hotels, measured.
- Auténtico Hotel
Lowest $90 on HomeToGo, 17% below the going rate of $109. 15 sites.
- Colours Oasis Resort
No site 5% or more below the going rate of $60. 3 sites.
- Costa Rica Marriott Hotel Hacienda Belen
Lowest $210 on pricetravel.com, 9% below the going rate of $232. 23 sites.
- DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cariari San Jose - Costa Rica
Lowest $132 on Billabook.com, 22% below the going rate of $170. 24 sites.
- Gran Hotel Costa Rica, Curio Collection by Hilton
No site 5% or more below the going rate of $164. 15 sites.
- Hotel Barceló San José
Lowest $75 on Barcelo.com, Vio.com and Etrip.net, 23% below the going rate of $98. 24 sites.
- Hotel Colonial
Lowest $56 on Super.com, 34% below the going rate of $85. 15 sites.
- Hotel Columbus
No site 5% or more below the going rate of $42. 10 sites.
- Hotel Cultura Plaza
Lowest $63 on Agoda, 14% below the going rate of $73. 10 sites.
- Hotel Presidente - San Jose, Costa Rica
Lowest $121 on Hotel Presidente, 10% below the going rate of $134. 5 sites.
- Hotel Terrazas Boutique
No site 5% or more below the going rate of $58. 3 sites.
- Hyatt Centric San José Escazú
Lowest $162 on the hotel's own site, 19% below the going rate of $199. 16 sites.
- Posada El Quijote
Lowest $75 on Super.com, 18% below the going rate of $91. 14 sites.
- Radisson San Jose-Costa Rica
Lowest $103 on Billabook.com, 25% below the going rate of $137. 11 sites.
- Sheraton Hotel • Escazú
Lowest $148 on Reserving, 13% below the going rate of $170. 14 sites.
Taxes and fees at San Jose Costa Rica hotels
At the 10 hotels with both an all-in and a before-tax going rate, taxes and fees, as the booking sites reported them to Google Hotels, added a median of 13% ($12 a night) to the before-tax going rate: from 11% at Hotel Columbus to 14% at Hotel Cultura Plaza. At 5 hotels no site reported a before-tax price, so their prices are listed prices that may leave out resort or property fees. Our data does not split the gap into taxes and fees.
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