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I agree with NinjaPoodle...although I will admit that I am more of an "adventure" traveler rather than a "relax with a daquiri" traveler. Costa Rica is SUCH a beautiful, dynamic and vibrant country. I think if you stayed at an all inclusive resort you would miss all the incredible cultural and biological elements of the country.
I spent time volunteering in Kenya and Swaziland, and we stayed at a volunteer house. We had so much fun exploring the cities (after reading up on them of course to know where was safe, what not to do, etc) by ourselves and eating at the local places. Sometimes after we were done teaching/building we'd go to the five-star hotels and inclusive resorts for a (much needed) cocktail, and we realized that some people literally never left the property. I thought it was kind of pointless to travel so far and never really see the country when you can do that in America.
I'm not knocking luxury hotels by any means, because if you travel to relax they are amazing. I like roughing it, but nobody else in my family does and I think that's totally fine. But I do think it is important to get out and actually see the countries, and in my experience people who do the all-inclusive hotels vs. the normal luxury hotels are not really seeing the "real deal", and even the tours they book are often far more touristy than they would be if you simply explored on your own.
YMMV of course.
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