Sad thing is you'll have to do this at any country you fly to. It's insane. That's crazy they say they will chew through the plastic. Wow. Yes, we didn't know the $75 long lay over/walking fee until we showed up at the airport. They asked about it in booking and I said no, but the airport said it was required. If there is no long layover, you should be good. Crazy that you have to have a customs person on the CR side. We didn't have to do that - my husband just went the next morning and picked her up since we got in at 2am and they had already closed the kennel area. There was a month's worth of quarantine we had to pay for - one time fee to take her home (or you could pay a daily fee and leave them at the airport). It is all kind of crazy and not a lot of fun.