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[Member #3439]

I will be in Rio sept 07 and assume most centro termas and casas will be closed during this holiday. Can anyone with prior knowledge confirm?

Lonzof

No one has responded with certainty, so I will advise.
Every Sunday they are closed, and last year I was there during the during World Cup games they were almost all closed during the BR games despite it being normal casa hours. I would plan on them being closed 9/7.

[Lonzof]

I will be in Rio sept 07 and assume most centro termas and casas will be closed during this holiday. Can anyone with prior knowledge confirm?

Lonzof

[Poucolouco]

I need help from the board. My buddy has a 4 hour layover in Rio and he wants to leave the airport, hit a nearby hotel and fuck a GDP for a couple of hours. Is there any hotels in Centro that are near the airport that he can be back in like 30-40 minutes?

Here are moteis in Centro, Gloria and Lapa. All are w / in 30. 40 minutes from Galeao and 10 minutes from Santos Dumont airports.

Amazonas. R. Alexandre Mackenzie. 122 – Centro 2233-5445.

Gallery. R. Camerino. 15. Centro 2263-2885.

Snob. Av. Henrique Valadares. 150. Centro 2509-21818.

Villa Regia. R. Sacadura Cabral. 136. Pça Mauá 2223-4104.

Vina Del Mar. R. Joaquim Silva. 57. Lapa 2509-1857.

Sheik. Av. Gomes Freire. 55. Centro 2221-3348.

Lips. R. Senador Dantas. 46. Centro 2210-3235.

Fênix. R. Do Senado. 189. Centro 2242-8004.

Fluminense. R. Dos Invalidos. 176. Centro 2252-0069

Feitiço. R. Do rezande. 58. Centro 2232-9569.

Challon Hotel- R. Cândido Mendes. 521 Glória, Sta Teresa. 2242-8826.

Magic. R. Santo Amaro. 11. Gloria 2507-2037.

Alameda. R. Candido Mendes. 118. Gloria 2509-7880.

Love Time. R. Do Catete. 63 – Gloria

[Bravo]

I need help from the board. My buddy has a 4 hour layover in Rio and he wants to leave the airport, hit a nearby hotel and fuck a GDP for a couple of hours. Is there any hotels in Centro that are near the airport that he can be back in like 30-40 minutes?

[Eric Cartman]

Not updated for a long time .

Yep like I said, can't find good recent reports.

[Sperto]

Anyone have any recent info on the scene in Curitiba? Have to go there on business in a few weeks. Can't seem to find any recent reports.
-Cartman

Maybe you find what you need in the Curitiba thread:
http://www.internationalsexguide.inf...p?559-Curitiba

Not updated for a long time (like all the other threads, except Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo).

[Eric Cartman]

Anyone have any recent info on the scene in Curitiba? Have to go there on business in a few weeks. Can't seem to find any recent reports.

-Cartman

[Rio Bob]

True, it's rare that an owner does not provide internet and cable just to be competetive in today's market. However, you need to specify these things before you agree to the rental. When you are shopping at the bottom end of the price range, quality and amenities are not as good as a more expensive unit. As I said previously, your expectations are high for the price you want to pay in Copacabana.

I agree, I recently reserved an apto and was shocked by the increase in price.



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[Poucolouco]

How about expecting internet AND cable for 75 dollars a night? If I am 3 blocks from the beach, I expect a really nice place for that much. Then again, maybe I am out of touch because I have been renting from the same person all this time.

True, it's rare that an owner does not provide internet and cable just to be competetive in today's market. However, you need to specify these things before you agree to the rental. When you are shopping at the bottom end of the price range, quality and amenities are not as good as a more expensive unit. As I said previously, your expectations are high for the price you want to pay in Copacabana.

[Bravo]

The real estate market in Copacabana has skyrocketed in the past three years. The higher value of real estate has carried over to the seasonal rental market. One bedroom and studio apartments that ran for R$80 three years ago now rent for R$120 to upwards of R$200 depending on location and amenities. See Bubba Boy's comments on Brasilian inflation in the Rio de Janeiro thread today. Beach front for US$75? Yes, you are expecting too much.

How about expecting internet AND cable for 75 dollars a night? If I am 3 blocks from the beach, I expect a really nice place for that much. Then again, maybe I am out of touch because I have been renting from the same person all this time.

[Poucolouco]

My question to the board is "Is 75 dollars a night for a one bedroom apartment about right?" For that much, I expected a beach front, with internet and cable too. How much do nice studios go for? Let me know if I am on point or exepecting too much.

The real estate market in Copacabana has skyrocketed in the past three years. The higher value of real estate has carried over to the seasonal rental market. One bedroom and studio apartments that ran for R$80 three years ago now rent for R$120 to upwards of R$200 depending on location and amenities. See Bubba Boy's comments on Brasilian inflation in the Rio de Janeiro thread today. Beach front for US$75? Yes, you are expecting too much.

[Sperto]

My question to the board is "Is 75 dollars a night for a one bedroom apartment about right?" For that much, I expected a beach front, with internet and cable too. How much do nice studios go for? Let me know if I am on point or exepecting too much.

Yes, apto prices have gone up.
I rent from the same guy for at least 15 years. Not so many years ago I used to pay R$50/night. Now I have to pay R$80 (and that's with a "buddy-discount"). 1 quarto+sala, AC, cable, close to ex-Help and half a block from the beach.
Even with those high prices it's hard to find decent apartments. The competition isn't from gringos, but brazilians.

I think an apartment the way you described should cost maximum R$100.

[Baggio67]

I have been renting from the same guy in Rio for going on 12 years now. Within the past year, his apartments have gone up from 50-100% An apartment that I used to pay 50 dollars a night for (leopoldo miguez, in front of the Princess Hotel) is now 75 dollars a night! I didn't know he had jacked up prices that high until I got here, because it was always 50 dollars a night, so I assumed it was the same price. I damn near fell out of the chair whn he told me that it was now 75 bucks a night. (For an apart that is 3 blocks from the beach, no internet and no cable, that sounds like a terrible price!)

My question to the board is "Is 75 dollars a night for a one bedroom apartment about right?" For that much, I expected a beach front, with internet and cable too. How much do nice studios go for? Let me know if I am on point or exepecting too much.

I paid $80 per night 1 bedroom for a partial beach view at Rua Bolivar / Atlantica at the end of January which is the beginning of the high season. It had cable TV, Internet, and A / C.

[Bravo]

I have been renting from the same guy in Rio for going on 12 years now. Within the past year, his apartments have gone up from 50-100% An apartment that I used to pay 50 dollars a night for (leopoldo miguez, in front of the Princess Hotel) is now 75 dollars a night! I didn't know he had jacked up prices that high until I got here, because it was always 50 dollars a night, so I assumed it was the same price. I damn near fell out of the chair whn he told me that it was now 75 bucks a night. (For an apart that is 3 blocks from the beach, no internet and no cable, that sounds like a terrible price!)

My question to the board is "Is 75 dollars a night for a one bedroom apartment about right?" For that much, I expected a beach front, with internet and cable too. How much do nice studios go for? Let me know if I am on point or exepecting too much.

[Poucolouco]

I am greek recidence and holder of a Greek passport so I don't need a visa for entering brazil. I have the return leg of my sao paolo-rome-athens air ticket and I will be fly on October. Alitalia ina thens said me that they don't let me pass through check-in because I don't have a return ticket. I am thinking to buy a cheap condor air ticket (salvador-frankfurt for 299 euros)

Do you think with this I can resolve this problem?

You should be able to prove to Alitalia that this is the return leg of your trip if you provide documentation of your Brasil arrival ticket. It would be on file with the airline on which you arrived. If it was an e-ticket, you can locate it with the confirmation number on your return ticket. It should also be available on-line with the issuing airline or travel agent.