Rio de Janeiro Reports

[WyattEarp]

When setting up a trip to RIO I try to set up my travel dates around the availability of rooms at the real residents hotel. (I'm not sure that's the right name) but apartments there are about $50.00 a night and it's worth it. I hope this helps.

Are you speaking of Apart Hotels? These work fine.

I've stayed in Brazilian and South American condo buildings that could have been rental apartments being re-rented by the tenant on AirBnB. I never asked the desk guys. Things with AirBnB are very fluid. I just look for a decent price, decent accommodations and good reviews.

I'm certain on occasion that I have stayed in someone's personal apartment. They have checked me in and went off to stay with a friend nearby.

[Hotrod10]

A little info on airbnb. I started using airbnb in 2012. I am one on their oldest customers. I just checked my profile and I have used airbnb 42 times. Aprox 20 in RIO 10 in Argentina and the others in other SA countries and a hand full in europe. I always stay in an apartment and I have paid over $50.00 I think 3 times. With that said the last few trips and from now on I'm raising my limit to $60.00. I would say overall most of the apartments I have stayed in were 3.5 stars. A few were better some were not as good. I've had problems 3 times, once in Barranquilla My apartment turned out to be a hotel storage room with no windows and next to the parking garage. I didn't stay and rented a room at a local hotel for one night airbnb refunded my money minus their fee but gave me a coupon worth more that their fee. I will not bore you with the other problems I had but airbnb has good customer service. Pull up their internet site and study it for a minute. Its pretty much straight forward. A few hints. Like I said I always look for apartments, all have kitchens. I don't cook but I do like a refer and a microwave and a coffee pot. WIFI is a must. I have found that condo rentals and some hotels lease apartments to people that rent them out thru airbnb. If this is what you like look at their amenities and if they list a exercise room and or a pool this is a dead giveaway. When setting up a trip to RIO I try to set up my travel dates around the availability of rooms at the real residents hotel. (I'm not sure that's the right name) but apartments there are about $50.00 a night and it's worth it. I hope this helps.

[MongerForSex]

If you can find all of those amenities in an apartment in Rio for cheaper than a hotel room, please let me know!

I am also curious to know it. Do you mean apartments in zona sul (Copacabana, ipanema etc)?. Hotels are better for short time but if you stay over one month you can find cheaper apartments as good as hotels.

[Bravo]

I hear ya. In my apartment or Airbnb experience I have daily cleaning (sometime with a charge and sometimes service is included) overall the Total Cost is always cheaper than Hotel. And the overall value proposition is better and amenities (I. E. , full kitchen, Large Balcony, Washer / dryer, living room space, depending on place a jacuzzi and or pool usually in penthouse, etc.) just an all around large spacious accommodations. Like in the US a Hotel Suite (I. E, Embassy Suites) is more spacious that your average hotel room event in the most expensive hotel. Anyway. Not trying to convince you,. Everyone has their preference Hotel vs. Apartment.

I will concede that there are cheap hotels that can be cheaper that an apartment or Airbnb, but not the class of hotels I would frequent.

If you can find all of those amenities in an apartment in Rio for cheaper than a hotel room, please let me know!

[UniversalX]

ApplePay and AndroidPay are more secure to use, than using your physical card. https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/chip-...cloning/21502/ I have not used them, so I don't know how widely they are accepted in Brazil.

Good post and good article. Thanks.

[UniversalX]

Because hotels clean and change the sheets everyday and sometimes they are even cheaper with more amenities. I have only used airbnb 2 or 3 times around the world. Seems okay at first, then they add that cleaning fee and service charge and I am like might as well just get a hotel.

I hear ya. In my apartment or Airbnb experience I have daily cleaning (sometime with a charge and sometimes service is included) overall the Total Cost is always cheaper than Hotel. And the overall value proposition is better and amenities (I. E. , full kitchen, Large Balcony, Washer / dryer, living room space, depending on place a jacuzzi and or pool usually in penthouse, etc.) just an all around large spacious accommodations. Like in the US a Hotel Suite (I. E, Embassy Suites) is more spacious that your average hotel room event in the most expensive hotel. Anyway. Not trying to convince you,. Everyone has their preference Hotel vs. Apartment.

I will concede that there are cheap hotels that can be cheaper that an apartment or Airbnb, but not the class of hotels I would frequent.

[Junior]

"Flamenguistas sao feio e velho. ".

Is correct?

I've only spoken the insult, and it's a handy one in Rio, as most of the locals are Flamengo fans and won't expect it from an inexperienced tourist.

"Flamenguistas sao feias e velhas" is correct. Changed to plural and femininum, i.e. female flamengo fans.

"Feio e velho" is singular and masculinum, i.e. correct for one man.

[Vagabundo1]

"Flamenguistas sao feio e velho. ".

Is correct?

I've only spoken the insult, and it's a handy one in Rio, as most of the locals are Flamengo fans and won't expect it from an inexperienced tourist.

Not "", use "so".

[Balboa]

Right sao was correct for they situation. If I were saying about myself there is a subtle difference between esta and sou. The difference is you use Sou when describing a more permanent state of existence. So for example:

I am here now. Eu esta aqui.

Vs.

I am from the US. Eu sou dos Estados Unidos.

Mmmm, you might want to double check your portugués there Steve, LOL.

You're 50 % correct.

[Jimmy Boy 99]

Thank you for your advice, but unfortunately I do not have a CPF. Is there a way around this or can I just use any CPF online?

I don't have a CPF but have gotten two sim cards, one Vivo and one TIM, activated by going to their store. I believe the person attending you uses their CPF or another customer's CPF. I know this because when I returned to Brazil I found I had lost access to my TIM account because I had not used it for a long time, since I had been out of the country for about 6 months, and they couldn't reactivate it since it was in the name of some woman. I chose to get a Vivo chip instead because they had a better plan but the Vivo store couldn't sell me a chip. They told me to go to a newsstand to get one and then they activated it, all without a CPF (although I think they may have made a copy of my passport). I think the guy that activated it used his CPF.

[Steve 9696]

Touche, senior.

E instead of Sou perhaps. This is why one person practices.

Right sao was correct for they situation. If I were saying about myself there is a subtle difference between esta and sou. The difference is you use Sou when describing a more permanent state of existence. So for example:

I am here now. Eu esta aqui.

Vs.

I am from the US. Eu sou dos Estados Unidos.

[Sperto]

Touche, senior.

E instead of Sou perhaps. This is why one person practices.

Not "é", use "são".

[Vagabundo1]

Touche, senior.

E instead of Sou perhaps. This is why one person practices.

Regarding the portuguese lesson 2 posts below:
"Learn if you like, and I highly suggest this, the local insults "Flamengistas sou feio e veio" (Female Flamengo fans are ugly and old)"

Assuming he wanted to write "Flamenguistas, sou feio e velho." Meaning, "Flamengo fans, I'm ugly and old."

[Vagabundo1]

Go to a post office and apply for one. But that's bad operational security.

Thank you for your advice, but unfortunately I do not have a CPF. Is there a way around this or can I just use any CPF online?

[Golfinho]

an epic flood on April 9, from a night of continuous heavy rain that trapped me inside my AirBnB apartment almost all day and apparently all options for hobbying took the day off. Tr.

Option: don't send your date home. LOL.