Awards
2023 Forbes Travel Guide’s 4-Star Award Winner
The Forbes Travel Guide Star Rating is a highly esteemed accolade in the luxury travel and hospitality industry. Properties are evaluated and rated based on a rigorous set of standards, which include exceptional quality and service in areas such as guest rooms, food, facilities, and overall guest experience. The rating process is conducted annually by a team of anonymous inspectors, ensuring impartiality and objectivity. Receiving a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Rating is a significant achievement and symbolizes excellence and distinction in the hospitality industry.
2023 Best for Green Practices & Sustainability
Condé Nast Johansens' Awards for Excellence is an annual award ceremony that recognizes and celebrates the best luxury hotels, spas, and venues in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Americas. The awards are based on the evaluations and recommendations of anonymous inspectors, who visit and assess each property. The awards are highly respected in the hospitality industry and are considered a prestigious honor for hotels and venues that are recognized.
2022 World's Best Honeymoon Hotel
This Boutique Hotel Awards' award recognizes and celebrates excellence in the boutique hotel industry. The award recognize hotels for their exceptional services, facilities, design, and overall guest experience. The award was judged by a panel of industry experts based on a set of criteria, including customer service, quality of rooms, and innovative features.
2022 Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Rating
The Forbes Travel Guide Star Rating is a highly esteemed accolade in the luxury travel and hospitality industry. Properties are evaluated and rated based on a rigorous set of standards, which include exceptional quality and service in areas such as guest rooms, food, facilities, and overall guest experience. The rating process is conducted annually by a team of anonymous inspectors, ensuring impartiality and objectivity. Receiving a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Rating is a significant achievement and symbolizes excellence and distinction in the hospitality industry.
2021 Philanthropic Star Award Finalist
This Forbes Travel Guide's award salutes a property that helped others who faced adversity in 2020, whether through an international campaign or a community-based effort. As part of the 2021 Star Awards, Forbes Travel Guide wanted to recognize the hardworking, passionate people behind the best properties by presenting some special accolades. The second annual Employee of the Year prizes celebrate the exemplary staff members who stood out in their service to guests and co-workers. To honor those who shined all the more during the pandemic, Forbes Travel Guide introduced the new Hospitality Stars of the Year awards.
Platinum level GreenLeader
Our boutique resort received the Platinum level GreenLeader award from TripAdvisor, the highest environmental standards in TripAdvisor.
The TripAdvisor GreenLeaders program recognizes the properties around the world that are committed to environmental sustainability. TripAdvisor recognizes these businesses, from the smallest B&B to the largest hotel chain, for helping to make eco-friendly trips possible for our community of millions of travelers.
Drake Bay Getaway Resort is fully committed to green practices and sustainable development. Our resort was build using 80% recyclable materials including some of the finest sustainably harvested teak wood in Costa Rica. We use Passive Cooling to keep our cabins cool without air conditioning, biodegradable water bottles, solar water heating, biodigester sewage treatment, food compost, greywater reuse, just to name a few.
For us, this is just the beginning. We plan to continue to innovate our green practices as we become a top destination for eco-tourism. As shown on our hotel's TripAdvisor listing, our boutique resort focuses on providing the best personalized services with the least impact to our environment. See our hotel's TripAdvisor reviews.
Top Hotel for Romance in Costa Rica
We received prestigious award from TripAdvisor as one of the Top Hotels for Romance in Costa Rica based on millions of valuable reviews and opinions from travelers around the world.
Award winners were determined using an algorithm that took into account the quantity and quality of reviews from travelers on TripAdvisor gathered over a 12-month period with emphasis placed on reviews marked as a couples stay.
“Travelers looking to enjoy a relaxing getaway with their special someone can confidently book these award-winning properties that consistently win over the hearts of their guests,” said Barbara Messing, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor. “From outstanding service, to lavish amenities and stunning surroundings, it’s easy to see why these hotels are beloved by travelers around the world. See our hotel's TripAdvisor reviews.”
