A little over a week ago I moved to Jaco, Costa Rica to work at a hostel as a bartender and for a marketing and management internship. There may be a bit of a misconception that life at a surf hostel is paradise and only a…

I was really excited when I got a fb message from Andreas. I met him a year ago June when he was a guest at Room2Board.  Andreas was ready for a change of scenery and a new experience.  He had lots of great work experience and…

  Anyone who has visited Room2Board this past year has had the pleasure to meet Kevin.  He was instrumental in helping make Room2Board the place it is today.  He is now traveling Central and South America with the dream of travel blogging.  Here is the latest installment…

On the first day of my trip to Costa Rica in January, I went on a Catamaran cruise to Tortuga Island.  Stacy, Cindy, Amina and Charlene (to be known now as the Quebec girls) were with us, as well as my two nieces, my sister-in-law and one of our…

The first group of volunteers at Room2Board all seemed to be from the University of Vermont.  My son, Bronson, graduated from there in 2012 and all his friends seemed to think Room2Board would be the perfect first “job”.  Caleb joined the staff in November and we are…

To the right of the reception desk at Room2Board, there is a small office where you can find Carolina busy at work. She started at Room2Board as our General Manger,  just a month after we opened our doors in May. Carolina (or Caro as we…

We get lots of requests to work at Room2Board.  I talk via Skype to one or two people every week from all over the world.  At any given time we have 6 “work for stay” staff members sharing a dorm.  It’s a tight knit space…