Rio Perdido

The Venue Index™ · #532 of 500

Rio Perdido

SLH · Bagaces, Costa Rica

Nicole Case / Google

Index score

59.2/ 100

Ranked #532 of 500

Held at #532

The strongest verified eco story — CST Élite, Blue Flag, and a named carbon-neutral certification — set on a geothermal canyon with a mile-long thermal river.

How Rio Perdido scores

Guest Experience · 25%Computed86.2

Service depth, suite product, and the arrival-to-departure feel for a top performer

Source: Google verified guest ratings (review-volume weighted), blended 50/50 with editorial assessment

Group Readiness · 25%Editorial · Fact-anchored51.4

Meeting space, group F&B, event operations, and incentive-program track record

Source: Anchored to verified property facts — rooms, meeting space, max group, buyout (shown below)

Setting · 20%Editorial71.6

Location, views, grounds, and the sense of place a program trades on

Source: Editorial assessment against published criteria

Dining & Wellness · 15%Editorial0

Restaurant program, spa and wellness facilities, and signature experiences on property

Source: Editorial assessment; Michelin & recognized-spa signals forthcoming

Value · 15%Editorial69.7

What the program budget buys relative to peers in the same tier and destination

Source: Live median nightly rate (Google Hotels), quality-adjusted and blended 50/50 with editorial

Verified by two independent sources

#1 of 1 hotels in Casa Vieja

Guest sentiment, triangulated

Google4.8810 reviews
TripAdvisor4.91,540 reviews
Travelers Choice Best of the BestTravelers ChoiceTravelers ChoiceLocation 4.8Value 4.7Service 4.9

Traveler mix

based on 1,309 TripAdvisor reviews

Who travels here

  • Couples53%
  • Family32%
  • Friends12%
  • Solo2%
  • Business1%

54% of reviews come from business and couples travelers — a proxy for adult, professional-skewing demand over family leisure. Context only, not part of the Index score.

Rooms38keys on property
Max group70realistic incentive size
Meeting space1,200 sq fttotal function space
Full buyoutYesexclusive-use availability

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Methodology

How this score is computed

total = 0.25 × 86.2 (Guest Experience) + 0.25 × 51.4 (Group Readiness) + 0.20 × 71.6 (Setting) + 0.15 × 0 (Dining & Wellness) + 0.15 × 69.7 (Value) = 59.2

Guest Experience 86.2 — consensus of Google (4.8★/810) and TripAdvisor (4.9★/1,540), each Bayesian-adjusted and review-weighted, then blended with the editorial base (base weight decays as pooled reviews rise), Jul 26, 2026

Five pillars, each scored 0–100, weighted per the published methodology. Each pillar is labeled Computed or Editorial above, per venue: Value and Guest Experience convert to a 50/50 blend of the editorial base and the computed input as live rate data and verified guest ratings land; Group Readiness is editorial, anchored to the property facts shown above; Setting and Dining & Wellness are editorial judgments against published criteria. Every change lands in the append-only readings ledger below, and venues may submit verified data for the next edition. No venue pays to be ranked.

Index log

DateTotalRank
Aug 1, 202659.2#532
Jul 26, 202659.2#532
Jul 25, 202659.2#532
Jul 20, 202659.2#532
Ranking historyOur published record of how Rio Perdido has moved over time