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For a Brazilian Vacation, 7 Rules to Save By
Brazil is too expensive for budget travelers. Or is it? Evidence in the affirmative is strong. Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo are now the most expensive cities in the Western Hemisphere, by some measures. The dollar that used to get you 3 or almost 4 Brazilian Reais at various points in the last decade now gets you just 2. Flying to Brazil from New York takes at least nine hours and can easily run $1,000. But there is no need to be intimidated. By following just a few guidelines, a trip to this country of astonishing cultural, geographical, economic, ecological, musical and culinary diversity might just be affordable. Or at least more affordable than you think.
Here are the Frugal Traveler’s Seven Rules for making every dollar (or every real, for that matter) count.
1. ‘CONSOLIDATE’ A LOWER FARE
It’s just plain dumb to book a flight to Brazil through big online travel companies or the airlines’ sites. Yes, dumb — as in feeding-cash-to-a-paper-shredder dumb. Instead, to find much lower fares, check with consolidators (agencies that negotiate with airlines for special rates) that specialize in Brazil. I generally call [OTHER PROVIDER], but this time, for variety’s sake, I tested a competitor, AirProjects.com. Searching online for a 10-day trip from New York to Rio de Janeiro four weeks out, I found a $923 (taxes and fees included) nonstop fare on the Brazilian carrier TAM. Repeating the search on Kayak and Expedia, the best prices were $998 with a layover or $1,109 for nonstop...
RIO – O custo de vida nas cidades brasileiras não é alto apenas para os moradores locais, mas também para os turistas estrangeiros. Ciente de que Rio e São Paulo são as duas cidades mais caras do mundo, o site “New York Times” elaborou uma lista com sete dicas para economizar em viagens ao Brasil.
“O dólar, que chegou a valer entre US$ 3 e US$ 4 na última década, agora vale apenas R$ 2. Voar para Nova York, no Brasil, leva pelo menos nove horas e custa facilmente mais de US$ 1.000. Mas não há motivo para se intimidar”, escreve o jornalista Seth Kugel, que mantém o blog de viagens Frugal Traveler do New York Times e mora parte do ano em São Paulo.
A primeira dica de Kugel é evitar comprar passagens aéreas pelos sites das principais companhias aéreas e agências de viagens online. Em vez disso, ele aconselha comprar passagens aéreas por meio de agências especializadas no Brasil para negociar tarifas mais baixas, como [OUTRO FORNECEDOR] e AirProjects.com . Segundo ele, você pode economizar quase US$ 200 dessa forma.

