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Hotel Alajuela Costa Rica Airport

Alajuela · Costa Rica

Hotel Alajuela Costa Rica Airport

Punk Score
25% SHIT
High confidence 1,114 reviews
≈29 possibly bought
Could still be good with enough luck and social skills, but not inherently social
Sus reviews
≈29 possibly bought
Suspicious-review evidence ≈29 possibly bought

≈29 possibly bought · 124 top-rated reviews scanned

Explain how it works

We compare every 5★ review's word count against the global distribution. Hostels where unusually many top-rated reviews are suspiciously short — way under the typical length — start to look like the staff (or a boost-my-listing service) is padding the score with throwaway praise.

The detector flags reviews that are both top-rated and below a length threshold, then estimates how many of them statistically shouldn't exist. For this hostel we scanned 124 top-rated reviews and 1% were suspiciously short.

Length z-score: 5.25. A z-score measures how far this hostel's distribution of 5★ review lengths sits from the global average, in standard deviations. 0 = perfectly typical. 1–2 = slightly unusual but within normal noise. 3–5 = strongly anomalous. Anything 10+ means the pattern is so far from the global norm that it's effectively impossible to get there organically.

This is a heuristic, not a verdict — it surfaces hostels worth a second look, not proof of fraud. Read the actual reviews below and judge for yourself.

  1. Confirmed paid 114 words 20%
    Signal trace
    • Reward tied to a review paid attention to the review
    • Review-authenticity complaint paid attention to the reviews

    The breakfast and the staff friendliness. While I do understand that you get what you pay for this place is completely ridiculous, wifi signal is barely received on the third floor with occasional disconnection, being on a main street means that the outside noise can wake you up as early as 5am or before. The towels provided have seen their better years a long while Ago, didn't take pictures but the ones on the listing are misleading. If possible avoid this place, if you're on a tight budget look for another place, if you end up booking it good luck. Had I paid attention to the reviews I would have gone to another place.

    Nicaragua
  2. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    Si

    Costa Rica
  3. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    si

    Costa Rica
  4. Suspiciously short 1 word 100%

    excelente

    Spain
  5. Suspiciously short 1 word 90%

    Location

    Dominican Republic
  6. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Si No

    Costa Rica
  7. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Excelente atención

  8. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Muy apreciado

    Costa Rica
  9. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    La ubicación

    Costa Rica
  10. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Simplemente hermoso

    Costa Rica
  11. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    La ubicacion

    Costa Rica
  12. Suspiciously short 2 words 100%

    Buen ambiente

  13. Suspiciously short 3 words 90%

    Todo bien gracias

    Costa Rica
  14. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    Me encantó :3

    Costa Rica
  15. Suspiciously short 3 words 90%

    Desayuno La cama

    Costa Rica
  16. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    Ubicación Todo bien

    Mexico
  17. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    Muy bien.la pasamos.recomiendo

    Ecuador
  18. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    Todo en general

    Costa Rica
  19. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    Todo Todo bien

    Costa Rica
  20. Suspiciously short 3 words 90%

    Desayuno Precio jijiji

    Mexico
  21. Suspiciously short 3 words 100%

    Me gusto micho

  22. Suspiciously short 4 words 90%

    La ubicación El desayuno

    Costa Rica
  23. Suspiciously short 4 words 90%

    Todo bien Todo bien

    Costa Rica
  24. Suspiciously short 4 words 100%

    Buena atención al cliente

    Costa Rica
  25. Suspiciously short 4 words 100%

    La ubicación Todo bien

    Costa Rica

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🛁 Hot Tub

Facilities

👕 Laundry 🍳 Free Breakfast ☕ Café
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Free WiFi Free Internet Access Adaptors Luggage Storage Fax Service 24 Hour Reception ATM Housekeeping Wake-up Calls Internet Access Cable TV Wi-Fi Key Card Access 24 Hour Security Hot Showers Towels Included Ceiling Fan Late Check-out