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I have a couple of articles that explain how to drive to Dominical and back to San Jose.
San José to Dominical || Dominical to San José

Getting To: San Jose Costa Rica from elsewhere The airlines that service San José, the capital of Costa Rica are:

Getting Here :Dominical, Uvita, Ojochal Costa Rica

Car Rental :
Perhaps the most common is to rent a car. We have a car rental page that is currently provided to us by Orbit car rental. I use them for the level of customer satisfaction we have historically enjoyed with their service. You can have your car waiting for you at the Juan Santa Maria airport in San José, or you can schedule your car to be waiting for you at the Quepos or Palmar Sur, regional airports.
Regional (puddle jump)
There are two flights a day to Quepos, and one a day to Palmar Sur. You're more likely to find a route that fits your schedule with one of the two that fly into Quepos, but then you have the 25 mile bumpy road drive down from there to Dominical. If you can fit the Palmar Sur flight into your itinerary, you can then drive the 40 or so miles up to the Uvita and Dominical zone on one of the nicest highways in the country.
Bus
Here is a website that shows all the bus schedules of Costa Rica - amazing. TheBusSchedule.com :: E-mail 'em
To get to San Isidro and then down to the coast:
From the airport in San José, you catch a cab ( abobe description in how to) to a bus station in an area of San José called Plaza Viquez (plah-sah vee-kehs) to the Musoc (moo-sock) bus station or parada (pah-rah-dah). Right now I think that the trip'll run you around 10,000 colones or $20.00 USD. Musoc has luxury buses that run directly to San Isidro de el General where you can get a bus that runs to Dominical. The bus fare, last time I went was around 1,200 colones, but it has probably gone up some since then.
Here is a link to a discussion about Musoc on Lonely Planet.
Tourism Bus
This is the most comforable and sure way to get around Costa Rica. I have a client that introduced me to José, who has a beautiful, air conditioned tourism bus that can fit 9 people. José speaks great English and he can get you to whereever it is that you want to go. He will take any anxiety you may have out of the travel in a foreign country jitters you might have.
Click here to e-mail José.
I'm sure that there are others, but for now, José is it. Some of the hotels in Jaco and Manuel Antonio offer shuttle services as well.
About Getting a Cab at the Airport
Things have definitely changed for the good in this regard. When you have passed through immigration, and then customs, you will exit the airport. There are a number of guys there that are going to offer to help you. If you want a cab, you will directed to a window where a lovely young gal will ask you where it is you want to go. She will likely speak passable English. You tell her where you want to go: this can be the above mentioned Musoc station, or you might give her the name of your San José hotel where you are going to be staying. She'll tell you how much it is going to cost, which you pay right there, and then she'll give you a ticket stub. You'll be directed to the next available orange cab who will take you to your destination. No further payment is required. I am not even sure if you can give them a tip, but you can ask, if you are so inclined. The Spanish word for tip is "propina" (pro-pee-nah)