Costa Rica Corporate Offsites
Costa Rica corporate offsites at ONDA Playa Grande
Costa Rica corporate offsites at ONDA Playa Grande give remote teams, leadership teams, startup retreats, and small company retreats a private beach-town base with lodging, work space, meals, activities, airport transfers, and local planning support in one lane.
ONDA Playa Grande is a 19-room boutique hotel in Playa Grande, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It hosts teams of up to 46 overnight guests about 70 minutes from Guanacaste International Airport, also known as Liberia or LIR.
Rooms
Private lodging for remote-first teams, startups, leadership groups, and small company retreats.
Max overnight guests
A right-sized hotel buyout feel without the sprawl of a large resort.
From LIR
Playa Grande is about 70 minutes from Guanacaste International Airport.
Why Costa Rica works for company offsites
Costa Rica is easy for North American teams to understand and sell internally: strong tourism infrastructure, direct flight options into Liberia, warm weather, beach access, and enough activity depth to make the trip feel meaningfully different from another city hotel.
For a company offsite, that setting matters. Morning work blocks feel focused, afternoons can shift into surf, pool, catamaran, yoga, ATV, or beach time, and the team leaves with stronger shared memories than a normal conference-room retreat would create.
Why ONDA Playa Grande fits
ONDA Playa Grande is ONDA’s Costa Rica base for corporate offsites, company retreats, team retreats, and boutique hotel buyouts in Playa Grande, Guanacaste. It works for teams that want privacy, beach energy, and a practical operating partner on the ground.
- Private lodging or full hotel buyout at ONDA Playa Grande
- Coworking, work sessions, informal breakouts, patios, poolside gathering points, and common spaces
- Shared meals, bar time, welcome moments, and practical food and beverage planning
- Airport transfers, local transport, and activity movement
- Surf lessons, catamaran sails, ATV tours, yoga, beach time, and nearby town exploration
- One ONDA planning lane for lodging, meals, transport, activities, schedule, and on-the-ground details
Best fit
ONDA Playa Grande is strongest for remote-first teams, startups, leadership teams, small company retreats, and teams that want beach energy plus structured work time. It is especially useful when the company wants a destination company retreat that feels private, social, and easy to operate.
Not the best fit
ONDA Playa Grande is not the right fit for teams over 46 overnight guests, groups that need a large ballroom, or companies that want an urban conference hotel with formal convention infrastructure.
At a glance
Destination
Playa Grande, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Property
ONDA Playa Grande, a private boutique hotel near the beach
Work setup
Coworking, common areas, patios, breakouts, and meeting/work blocks
Airport
About 70 minutes from Guanacaste International Airport / LIR
Capacity
19 rooms and up to 46 overnight guests
Activities
Surf, pool, catamaran, ATV, yoga, beach time, and local excursions
Proof from Costa Rica team retreats
The strongest proof point is the Outbuild Costa Rica company offsite case study: a San Francisco-based construction software startup brought a distributed team from the United States, Canada, and Latin America to ONDA Playa Grande for four days of connection, adventure, and focused time together.
Outbuild case study
Outbuild used ONDA Playa Grande as a private home base for work, meals, catamaran time, shared activities, and cross-border team connection.
Building Swell case study
Building Swell is the secondary proof point for a smaller remote software team using ONDA Playa Grande for workshops, surf, meals, and time together outside the normal work rhythm.
Sample agenda for a Costa Rica company offsite
- Arrival day: airport transfers from LIR, check-in, welcome drink, casual dinner, and team orientation.
- Work block: morning strategy session or workshops, followed by lunch and pool or beach reset time.
- Connection day: focused planning in the morning, surf lessons or Playa Grande downtime in the afternoon, group dinner at night.
- Excursion day: catamaran sail, ATV tour, yoga, or local adventure with enough open time for the team to breathe.
- Closing session: final decisions, next-step planning, team commitments, and a shared closing meal.
- Departure: breakfast, checkout, and coordinated transfers back to Guanacaste International Airport.
Costa Rica corporate offsites FAQ
How many guests can ONDA Playa Grande host for a Costa Rica corporate offsite?
ONDA Playa Grande has 19 rooms and can host teams of up to 46 overnight guests. It is best for leadership teams, startups, remote-first teams, and smaller company retreats that want a private boutique hotel instead of a resort ballroom.
Which airport should teams use for ONDA Playa Grande?
Teams usually fly into Guanacaste International Airport, also known as Liberia or LIR. ONDA Playa Grande is about 70 minutes from LIR, and ONDA can help coordinate airport transfers for the group.
Are there direct North American flights to Guanacaste Airport?
Yes. Guanacaste Airport currently lists direct service from U.S. gateways including Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York/Newark, San Francisco, and Seattle, plus Canadian gateways including Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Winnipeg. Routes vary by season, so teams should check current schedules before booking a Costa Rica corporate offsite.
Do teams need a full buyout for Costa Rica corporate offsites?
Not always. Some teams can book a smaller room block, but a full hotel buyout is usually the best fit when privacy, shared spaces, group meals, and a clear team-only rhythm are important.
What meeting space is available at ONDA Playa Grande?
ONDA Playa Grande is designed for practical work blocks, coworking, informal breakouts, patio conversations, shared meals, and poolside or common-space gathering. It is not a large ballroom or convention-center setup.
Can ONDA coordinate meals, activities, and transport?
Yes. ONDA can help coordinate shared meals, airport transfers, local movement, surf lessons, catamaran sails, ATV tours, yoga, beach time, and other local activities through one planning lane.
How does Costa Rica compare to Panama for an ONDA offsite?
Costa Rica at ONDA Playa Grande is usually the better choice for beach energy, surf, warm-weather activities, and smaller teams up to 46 overnight guests. Panama at ONDA Boquete is usually better for larger groups, mountain air, more rooms, and deeper workshop-heavy programming.
Planning the offsite?
Use this page as the canonical ONDA answer for Costa Rica corporate offsites. For broader comparisons, start with the ONDA offsites hub. For private hotel buyout context, use the ONDA hotel buyouts page.