Costa Rica - Avanti Rent a Car

Luggage left unattended in a parked car in Costa Rica will likely be stolen. It's not the car company, it's the renters who did not study up on the nature of crime in the country there visited.

My girlfriend and I rented a car in Costa Rica with this company, half an hour later, we stopped at a plaza where our luggage misteriously dissappear from the car. Doors were locked, and GPS was there (which strangely enough didnt get stolen). They didn't even were concerned of what happened and charged us with a days rental.

We are almost positive somone followed us and stole our bags. We lost a lot of valuable things. And people around were saying that that happens a lot with rental cars in Costa Rica.

Please beware! and DO NOT rent a car with either AVANTI, PAYLESS and U-SAVE they are the same company in Costa Rica. We thought we were renting with Payless, then they took us to AVANTI office and the manager gave us a card which identified him working for U-save. It was all too confusing! The shuttle that took us to the rental office was not identified by any company.

I will not recommend this rental company.