Using your eSIM in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
What you get with every Costa Rica plan
Where it works
Costa Rica
Networks
Claro
Hotspot
Allowed
When your plan starts
When you land
Install by
Within 180 days of buying
Questions about Costa Rica eSIMs
Will there be signal at a lodge up in the hills?
Not something anyone here can tell you.
The coverage list on this page names Costa Rica and nothing inside it, so a hillside, a valley or a track to a gate is not answered, and the further off the main road you are the less there is to count on.
Do I need data if the phone stays in a drawer?
For the parts of the week that are not the retreat, which is the arrival, the day off and the ride to the airport.
A handset that can find a car or read a message is worth having even if it spends the afternoons switched off.
What about a trip out on the one free day?
That is the day the handset earns its place.
A booking, a meeting point and a lift back are all easier to hold on a phone than on paper, and a change of plan arrives as a message.
Is the retreat connection enough on its own?
While you are on the property, perhaps.
It does nothing at the airport, in a town or on the road in, and those are the hours when being out of touch actually costs you something.
What should be written down before I arrive?
The gate, the name of whoever is collecting you and the hour they gave.
Anything you would hate to be hunting for on a back road with a dead screen belongs on the handset before you set out.
Questions about every Ryvo plan
Will it work on my phone?
Does it come with a phone number?
No.
Ryvo eSIMs are data only.
There's no phone number, and you can't make calls or send texts on the eSIM itself.
Can I keep my usual number?
Yes.
Keep your main SIM on for calls and texts, and set the eSIM as your mobile data line.
Your carrier's roaming rates still apply to calls and texts, so check them before you go.
Can I share my data as a hotspot?
It depends on the plan.
Each plan says whether hotspot is allowed before you pay.
What if I run out of data?
Add data from your order page if your plan can be topped up.
If it can't, buy another plan for the same destination.
What if my eSIM won't connect?
Email us and we'll work through it with you, starting with your phone's mobile data settings.
If we can't get it working, our refund policy explains what happens next.
Before you go
The coverage list on this page names Costa Rica and what your plan runs on, and it answers for the country and no part of it.
A lodge down a track in the hills is its own question.
Send yourself the pickup time and the driver's name as text before you go quiet for the week.
A timetable you can read without a connection beats one buried in an inbox.
A retreat that asks for the phone to be put away still needs you to find the place on the first afternoon.
Have the address and the gate written where you can see them.
Keep your usual SIM switched on for calls and texts, and choose the eSIM for mobile data.
Still need help?
Email us your order reference, and we'll help you get connected.