Random Walks - Costa Rica Couples

Overview

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Itinerary Description

Adventures are always best when they're shared, and this couples' trip to Costa Rica will allow you to bond with your beau over a week of exploration. After a quick stay in the urban epicenter of San Jose, we will depart for a charming homestay in Santa Rosa de Pocosol where you'll live the simple life, feeling the flow of love as you meet your host family and connect with the community. The journey continues with stops in the gorgeous areas of Arenal and Manuel Antonio. There, enjoy a cooking class, a couples massage, and plenty of indulgent free time. We'll end back in San Jose, bringing you and your partner's adventure full circle.

Preliminary Itinerary*

Dates: Friday, August 30 to Thursday, September 5, 2024

View the Costa Rica Couples itinerary via TourHero.

*Activities and hotel selections subject to change.

KEY DATES

April 19
Random Walks Fair

April 22
Virtual Random Walks Fair

April 22
Online registration opens

April 25
Trip registrations suspended

April 26
Waitlist registration begins

Late May
Trip notifications

Mid June

Waitlist placements begin

Late June
Waitlist registration deadline

August 29- Sept 3:
Trips depart

Trip Leaders

Gihan (Gigi) Elashram

E-mail: gelashra@chicagobooth.edu

Hometown: Greentown, PA

Undergrad College: West Chester University

Undergrad Major: Finance, Marketing

Work Experience: Investment Management Booth Concentrations: Finance, Strategic Management

2023 Random Walk: Slovenia Couples!

Hobbies: Indoor Rock Climbing, pretending to be good at skiing, hiking, making soups, book clubs, coffee walks with friends

Fun Facts: I still get time zones confused, I started the first Boothie Book Club, many of my current plants I’ve owned for multiple years and apartments, I’m usually the first to hit the dance floor.

Kyle Whalen

E-mail: kyle.whalen.vt@gmail.com

Hometown: Sykesville, MD & Montpelier, VT

Undergrad College: University of Vermont

Undergrad Majors: Data Science & Mathematics Work Experience: Technology

Booth Concentrations: Board games & general tomfoolery 2023 Random Walk: Slovenia Couples

Hobbies: Skiing, rock climbing, crossword puzzles, concerts, entertaining our cats, board & video games, cooking

Fun Facts: I was a tour guide at the Ben & Jerry’s Factory for four years, I spent a month last winter skiing in Utah, I’ll never say no to a round of mini golf

Jack Sims

E-mail: jack.sims@chicagobooth.edu

Hometown: Evergreen Park, IL

Undergrad College: Columbia University

Undergrad Majors: History

Work Experience: Military and tech

Booth Concentrations: Marketing

2023 Random Walk: Slovenia Couples

Hobbies: Fishing, watching WWII documentaries, reading history books, generally lounging

Fun Facts: Doesn’t know how to whistle, last movie seen in theaters: Spider Man 3 with Toby Maguire

Emily Garfunkel

E-mail: emgarf@gmail.com

Hometown: Seattle, WA

Undergrad College: Columbia University

Undergrad Majors: Sustainable Development

Work Experience: Sustainability research

2023 Random Walk: Slovenia Couples

Hobbies: Ballet and tap dance, excursions with my dog, reading, searching for a London Fog anywhere I go

Fun Facts: We have a dog named Nancy, my knowledge of pop culture ends in 2003, I’m (very) distantly related to Art Garfunkel