Big Vacation Giveaway to Costa Rica

The Institute of Tourism Institute of Costa Rica is holding a raffle Oct. 17 to award 80 vacations to North Americans. You can enter through Facebook.

To enter the raffle, a person has to be at least 21 years and have or open a Facebook account. The first drawing is Oct. 17. When someone registers for the raffle, the individual must select one of five different vacation packages. If they win, that is the package they get. Air fare is included. Four of the packages include arrivals at Juan Santamaría airport. One has an arrival at Daniel Oduber airport in Liberia. Winners cannot take their trip over Christmas or Semana Santa (Easter Week). They also have to pay their own departure tax.