Eleven years ago Aerocasillas was the first company in Costa Rica to offer an innovative mail service. Since then the company has grown by leaps and bounds . What they basically do is provide a mail drop and P.O. box in Miami and a physical address where people can send or receive letters and packages. This enables customers living in Costa Rica to have their mail sent to the Miami address from where the company forwards it to Costa Rica.
On December 12, 2007 the company inaugurated its new branch in Heredia, Costa Rica. I had the pleasure of attending the celebration because I have been one of their long-time clients. I run several businesses based in Costa Rica and most of my customers live in the U.S. and Canada. It has always been vital that I get my mail to and from the North America as fast as possible. I am happy to say Aerocasillas has provided me with the service I have needed to run my businesses successfully. Without them it would be have been virtually impossible.
In addition to the basic services mentioned above, people can access mail order products from the United States, subscribe to magazines and newspapers at U.S. domestic rates, obtain replacement parts from abroad and order directly from mail order catalogs such as Land’s End, J.C. Penny and L.L. Bean. Large automobile parts may also be ordered from the United States. Customers can pick up their correspondence directly from Aerocasillas’ offices or have letters and packages picked up and delivered to their home or office. Aerocasillas will also get packages out of customs, thus saving their clients a lot of headaches and costly delays.
NewswireToday – /newswire/ – New York, NY, United States, 11/18/2007 – A recent survey found that ten percent of baby-boomers are interested in retiring outside of the United States.
The approximately 76 million members of the baby boomer generation show a great interest in retiring to Central America. Most of these retirees will head for Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Belize or Brazil, all of which have beautiful beaches that thousands of Americans have already discovered.
By Ecorazzi*, celebrity gossip and news
Mel Gibson hasn’t exactly had the best last couple years. Religious passions, anti-Semitic slurs, and various alcohol-related charges have clouded what otherwise has been a spectacular career. Financially, thanks in large part to Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, money is no longer a real concern — and it appears now that media scrutiny is making Mel leave the U.S. behind for a new jungle retreat.
Reports are coming in that Gibson has purchased a us$24 million 400-acre ranch in Costa Rica. Already, he’s sold two of his homes in the United States and sources are reporting that “he’s planning to live in his new location for most of the year.” From the article,
“Gibson’s move will endear him to a nation that is big on conservation. Costa Rica is famed for the richness and variety of its rainforest and wildlife and is home to five per cent of the world’s flora and fauna. The ranch is well away from temptation, located more than 300 miles from Costa Rica’s capital, San José.”
Mel’s new home will no doubt feature some green additions. The actor has been active in eco-friendly initiatives; including starring in 2006’s Who Killed The Electric Car documentary. Recently, he also became a primary investor (along with Bruce Willis) in Green Rubber Global. According to a post we wrote last month, Green Rubber “will use waste-free environmentally friendly technology to produce a rubber compound that can be used to make all kinds of products – including more tires.”
Space and a new setting may be just what Mel needs — he’ll also be using his new southern home to scout locations for his next film, an epic about the Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez De Balboa. Groovy. Hit the jump for more.
Costa Rica’s Central bank recently announced that foreign investment will top one billion dollars this year.
Wendy’s, Baskin Robbins 31, Dunkin Donuts and Cinnabon will open branches in Costa Rica within a year. Global Financial Group will build a 215 room Hyatt Regency Hotel at Brasil Beach in Guanacaste. Hyatt operates 216 hotels in 44 countries.
The Calvin Klein Group will open a store in the Multiplaza Mall within a month. They plan to open more stores here in coming years. The James Monroe Capital Corporation will build a multi-million dollar time-share resort in Guanacaste.
The interview was done in the garden of the Torremolinos Hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica. Mark Mullen from NBC asked me a series of questions about and living and investing here. He stopped me about every three minutes to make sure the cameraman and sound people recorded what I said. We also stopped when I touched on something that he wanted me to expand on. For example, I was talking about people leaving their brains on the plane and not using common sense when investing here. When I said that Mark had me stop and go into greater detail.
I was asked many questions about why people choose to move to Costa Rica. I mentioned the great weather, affordable medical care, the lower cost of living, the nice people and all of the intangibles.
Finally, they interviewed three of the people who were on my relocation/retirement tour to see what brought them here. Everyone had different reasons for wanting to relocate here.
On Saturday we had the NBC crew aboard our tour bus as we traveled around the San Jose, Escazu, Rohrmoser, Santa Ana and Heredia.
After working with the crew for three days I really learned to appreciate all the work that goes into filming and producing a television show.
The show will be aired on March 15th.
