Paying bills due to Costa Rican companies for the electricity, telephone, water and more can be quite a task. Since the mail delivery service is spotty, most companies employ a man who delivers bills via motorbike. His job is not to ensure you receive the bill, rather to make sure he at least sticks it in your gate.
Problem: most houses have a large gate, prohibiting the bill delivery man from actually getting the bill near your residence. What happens next? Usually the bill is stuck in your large entry door for the outside gate just waiting to be found.
Once you have your bill in hand you can pay it at the local bank, most pharmacies and select supermarkets. Banks always have long lines, so get used to it!
You can avoid the lines by using Internet banking, if you have a Costa Rican bank account set up. Get ready to practice your Spanish though; the best banks for online banking only offer their web-sites in Spanish… for now. Here is a link to the Banco Nacional of Costa Rica.
*Tip: Don’t wait for the bill to be delivered. Get your account number off your bill and plan to go and pay it around the time it was due the first month. This ensures you won’t miss a payment because you didn’t see a bill, which is a very important thing here in Costa Rica. One missed payment and they will shut off your power, water, etc.
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