We arrived late in the night at the airport in San Jose. After clearing customs, we walked out to a huge crowd of people holding signs with names. We couldn't find ours, and had many offers for rides, but eventually someone told us to look at the counter with the blue TAXI sign. There, stuck to the window was Shveta's name.
From there we rode a cab through downtown San Jose, which looked pretty sketchy, and then arrived at our hotel Don Carlos. It was a nice small hotel, old spanish style, with a friendly English-speaking staff.