Your local guides in Costa Rica
Lush nature, beach towns, mountain communities, warm weather, outdoor living, and a relaxed lifestyle that attracts many expats and retirees.
Meet Your Costa Rica guides
Two people who’ve actually made the move, pick whoever fits what you’re after.
Debra Rogan
Relocation, Cost of Living & Practical Living
- Central Valley, Costa Rica
Debra traded Kansas farm country for Costa Rica in 2015, selling nearly everything to start fresh. After more than a decade living in different corners of the country, she now helps sharing what she knows with aspiring expats who want to know what daily life in Costa Rica is really like before they make the move.
Northern Costa Rica guide
Slow living & cost of living
- Tamarindo · profile coming soon
A long-term expat in Costa Rica laid-back north — sharing the real cost of living, visa runs, the digital-nomad and retiree scene, and settling into temple-town life.
Why book with us
Why book a call with our Costa Rica guides?
Carefully Vetted
Every guide on Retire Abroad Hub has been carefully vetted. We verify lived experience, assess communication skills, and ensure they can provide honest, balanced perspectives , not sales pitches.
Real Lived Experience
These aren't consultants reading from a script. The guides have personally gone through the visa process, navigated bureaucracy, and built actual lives in the new country. They know what works and what doesn't and share their expirience.
Pick Their Brain
This is your chance to ask the questions you can't find answers to online. What does banking really look like? Which neighborhoods should you avoid? How hard is the bureaucracy? What do people get wrong? Ask anything.
Honest & Unbiased
No Sales pitch, no real estate upsells. Our guides are paid for their time and knowledge , that's it. You get the truth, including what's difficult, frustrating, or not ideal about living in a new country.
Just exploring?
Don't wait to start planning
Book a free discovery call and we’ll learn what you’re after, point you in the right direction, and help get your move on the right track.