A Costa Rican Honeymoon: The Packing List

I have a confession to make... I am an over packer. Always have been. When we went to Hawaii last spring I actually had to pay more because my suitcase was so heavy.

So when we booked a flight on the smallest of turbo props from San Jose to Tamarindo my husband informed me that my bag would have to weight in under 25 pounds... eek!

{Images of Nature Air flight from author's personal collection}

So I made a packing list for our Costa Rica honeymoon and pretty much stuck with it. I also weighed my bag at home to know if I could squeeze anything else in there. I have to say, Costa Rica is the perfect vacation to pack lightly- even for over packers. The packing list is pretty basic but it helped to keep me a bit more organized...

• Skirts - 3
• Sundresses - 4
  
• Shorts - 3
• Jeans (you never know) - 1
• Tank tops - 5
• Tee shirts - 2
• Swimsuits - 4
• Beach cover up/tunic - 2
• Three quarter length Tee - 1
• PJs
• Flip flops - 2 pairs
• Toiletries
• Sunscreen
• Costa Rica road map
• Sunscreen
• Bug spray (very necessary)
• Camera
• Hat
• Spare contacts
• Ear plugs
• Ipod
• Novel/Beach read
• Umbrella
• Passport!

We also had a few extras that we ended up not needing really like hiking shoes and the ponchos but we had planned on doing more hiking than we did. I will say that it was pretty nice to have a more manageable suitcase and a "uniform" of skirts and tanks or dresses... little thought went into which outfit to wear that day! I just might be reformed into a light packer...

We will see how well I do packing for our anniversary trip to Europe {hopefully} next year as that will be a whole new ballgame.

Next week I am going to post about a few of the DIY projects we did for the wedding but that I didn't have time to post about when we were working on them. Have a good weekend!

Comments

[Courtney]

We are going on a Costa Rican honeymoon on Sept 14. Thanks for all these insights! Could you share you husband's packing list?

[El Conway]

What time of the year did you exactly go to Costa Rica?? I am looking to have my honeymoon there during early September, but am getting scared off by the sketchy weather patterns. Any thoughts?

[Tara]

Hi El, We went to Costa Rica the first 2 week of August. So it was during the green/rainy/shoulder season there. We stayed on the west coast and while there was rain nearly every afternoon it was not a big deal at all. Every day we had sun until around 3pm which was about when we were ready to get out of the sun anyways! So the weather was just part of the experience and wasn't unbearable by anymeans.