Sao Paulo Reports

[Kcrl01]

My understanding is Cafe Millenium shut down or became Scandalo. You'the never know this on the web where outdated articles have been given new dates and it looks like an ongoing concern. Bamboa seems a reasonable choice. I didn't have time to try it. Cafe Photo I understand is a bit of a different vibe. Someone else may comment. I gather the girls are pretty high end as My Casarao girl Carolina said she used to ask 1000 R there and get it (yikes!

Was banned from Scandalo for smoking a joint in the john. Came back the next week used my driver's license for my documento instead of my passport which the ban was registered under. Fucking idiots!

[Member #4732]

I'm in Sao Paulo next week and need some recommendation.

I visited Scandallo last year and I loved it.

Should I go back to Scandallo or is there any place better?

How is Cafe Millennium, cafe photo? Ideally, looking for a place with room to bang.

I have written a pretty detailed comparison of Scandalo, Bomboa and photo within the last 2 years of my postings. View member posts is a helpful action.

[HarvestBoi]

I liked Bomboa a lot. I thought it a slightly down market version of Scandallos. The girls asked 600 not 800. I think the rooms 120 instead of 200 at scandallos. Food and drinks were also cheaper but just as good. I had a nice steak dinner and a lovely mulata for desert. She even let me finger her while I was drinking my coffee. I also liked the live band and the overall vibe was more relaxed. I'the definitely return on my next trip.

For what I hear Cafe Photo's time may be passed. Mostly older garotas and you have to negotiate a venue since there are none on site.

Bamboa may be worth a shot. I didn't enjoy it as much as Scandallo but it's better than Casarao IMO.

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[Steve 9696]

Bamboa may be worth a shot. I didn't enjoy it as much as Scandallo but it's better than Casarao IMO.

My understanding is Cafe Millenium shut down or became Scandalo. You'the never know this on the web where outdated articles have been given new dates and it looks like an ongoing concern. Bamboa seems a reasonable choice. I didn't have time to try it. Cafe Photo I understand is a bit of a different vibe. Someone else may comment. I gather the girls are pretty high end as My Casarao girl Carolina said she used to ask 1000 R there and get it (yikes!

[MixedSalad07]

I'm in Sao Paulo next week and need some recommendation.

I visited Scandallo last year and I loved it.

Should I go back to Scandallo or is there any place better?

How is Cafe Millennium, cafe photo? Ideally, looking for a place with room to bang.

Bamboa may be worth a shot. I didn't enjoy it as much as Scandallo but it's better than Casarao IMO.

[Member #4732]

Very excited for my upcoming SP trip but I have a few more questions (thanks to all who responded to my previous post).

Clinica Line-ups. I understand there is a lineup presentation at the clinicas. At which point do we discuss which services are offered / not offered and who do I discuss it with (CIM, GFE, Rimjob or as I believe they call it black kiss, etc.). I assumed it's the girls themselves, and not receptionist. I will be using google translate for a lot of the interactions but I really have no choice at this point. And if anyone knows any rimjob / black kiss specialists in the area I'd love some recommendations. I'm staying in Moema.

Currency exchange. I'm debating whether to bring USD and exchange at an exchange place or just withdrawal from my ATM card. My bank charges $5 fee and 3%. Not sure what anyone else does that's not a local?

Thanks for any and all help.

Arkayel.

There is a Disk Dolar cambio near Shopping Ibirapuera that some regulars use when they visit Moema. They give the current market exchange rate that you see when you google USDBRL. That is the best bet if you have cash, and don't have a fee free ATM card.

As I noted, I am in Moema, but I cannot contact you as your account does not have messaging.

[AltoBomGosto]

Getting a clinica garota to rim you may require a bit more than standard GT and you may get a lot of refusals or upsells. Always best to get everything settled before hand. If it's a short trip, buying some of ABG 's time is a good investment.

I personally had problems with the ATMs in Brazil and ended up using the cash I brought instead. It was a new Chase account but it's epdefiantely harder to get large amounts of currency out of those ATMs. Have a backup..

Please PM me, I'll be glad to help you.

ABG.

[AltoBomGosto]

Very excited for my upcoming SP trip but I have a few more questions (thanks to all who responded to my previous post).

Clinica Line-ups. I understand there is a lineup presentation at the clinicas. At which point do we discuss which services are offered / not offered and who do I discuss it with (CIM, GFE, Rimjob or as I believe they call it black kiss, etc.). I assumed it's the girls themselves, and not receptionist. I will be using google translate for a lot of the interactions but I really have no choice at this point. And if anyone knows any rimjob / black kiss specialists in the area I'd love some recommendations. I'm staying in Moema.

Currency exchange. I'm debating whether to bring USD and exchange at an exchange place or just withdrawal from my ATM card. My bank charges $5 fee and 3%. Not sure what anyone else does that's not a local?

Thanks for any and all help.

Arkayel.

Please PM me, I'll be glad to help you. I'm free today afternoon.

ABG.

[Ksa Sing]

I usually use Bradesco ATMs at branches. No fee, can get large amount of of money, and never had any problems with them.

Use ATMs. But not all of them work with foreign cards. Last month I had success with most although some ATMs didn't work. Even at Bradesco I once had to try a couple of machines to get one that worked. Last time I tried to exchange USD it took 10 minutes at Shopping Morumbi and required forms being filled etc and the rate sucked.

[Jimmy Boy 99]

Snip. I personally had problems with the ATMs in Brazil and ended up using the cash I brought instead. It was a new Chase account but it's epdefiantely harder to get large amounts of currency out of those ATMs. Have a backup.

I usually use Bradesco ATMs at branches. No fee, can get large amount of of money, and never had any problems with them.

[Eszpresszo]

Very excited for my upcoming SP trip but I have a few more questions (thanks to all who responded to my previous post).

Clinica Line-ups. I understand there is a lineup presentation at the clinicas. At which point do we discuss which services are offered / not offered and who do I discuss it with (CIM, GFE, Rimjob or as I believe they call it black kiss, etc.). I assumed it's the girls themselves, and not receptionist. I will be using google translate for a lot of the interactions but I really have no choice at this point. And if anyone knows any rimjob / black kiss specialists in the area I'd love some recommendations. I'm staying in Moema.

Currency exchange. I'm debating whether to bring USD and exchange at an exchange place or just withdrawal from my ATM card. My bank charges $5 fee and 3%. Not sure what anyone else does that's not a local?

Thanks for any and all help.

Arkayel.

The best info I can give you now is:

A) Get a Schwab checking account, and be sure to call them and let them know you will be out of the country. Why? Schwab doesn't charge foreign transaction fees and will refund the ATM fees at the END of the billing cycle. They do need to hear from you if you are using your card abroad, unlike some banks.

Now that is the easy part.

B) Not every ATM in Brazil takes overseas debit cards. Which will is not always obvious as it not consistent. In my recent experience (this month) certain branches of Bradesco and Santander will take foreign debit cards and some will not. Here is the sign you should see outside of SOME Santander branches but not all (see photo). Imagine my sense of panic when the local Itau branch wouldn't take my Chase or Schwab debit cards. Fortunately, the Bradesco branch up the street did. I tried different places after that, just to see which ATMs would take my debit cards and had mixed results. I did not know that this would be a problem. I never encountered this in Europe or Asia (though I do recall an issue in Medellin a few years back). The Santander branch closest to my AirBnb rental did not, but around the corner on Av. Paulista, the closest branch did (which is where I took the photo.) Also, Rovnak showed me a sticker on certain ATMs that will take foreign debit cards at Santander branches, but I can't recall the verbiage on them (Rovnak if you are reading this, please scratch my memory).

Short story long, you won't be able to get money from the nearest ATM at every hour of the day. So, don't run short on cash to avoid cash problems at the wrong time. And no, currency exchanges are not that common in Brazil now.

The good news: debit and credit cards are taken just about everywhere. Some places scoff seem to have trouble making change and don't seem to have an issue with taking cards for small transactions. I tried to buy a bottle of water with a $R20 bill at a convenience store and the lady at the counter couldn't make change, but was happy to take payment with a credit card.

This is the opposite of Colombia, where card transactions are inconveniences imposed gringos, and the whole process of using a card is very slow. In Bogota last September, Colombians were paying cash everywhere for everything. Using a credit card at the places that took them sometimes got me odd looks.

Also note that many GPS now take credit cards, and prives do, as well. Just remember that a higher rate for using credit cards will apply. I paid are are $20 more at Enjoy for using my card (billed discretely to Car services Sao Paulo for $69.80 USD.

Also note that some girls do not take credit or debit cards. And they don't always have change (or they will claim they don't), so always have exact change for cash transactions with GPS. Actually, you should do that with all working girls anywhere, in the first place. I had two different GPS acquire a modest tip by claiming they didn't have change. Well, that is what they said.

[HarvestBoi]

Getting a clinica garota to rim you may require a bit more than standard GT and you may get a lot of refusals or upsells. Always best to get everything settled before hand. If it's a short trip, buying some of ABG 's time is a good investment.

I personally had problems with the ATMs in Brazil and ended up using the cash I brought instead. It was a new Chase account but it's epdefiantely harder to get large amounts of currency out of those ATMs. Have a backup.

Very excited for my upcoming SP trip but I have a few more questions (thanks to all who responded to my previous post).

Clinica Line-ups. I understand there is a lineup presentation at the clinicas. At which point do we discuss which services are offered / not offered and who do I discuss it with (CIM, GFE, Rimjob or as I believe they call it black kiss, etc.). I assumed it's the girls themselves, and not receptionist. I will be using google translate for a lot of the interactions but I really have no choice at this point. And if anyone knows any rimjob / black kiss specialists in the area I'd love some recommendations. I'm staying in Moema.

Currency exchange. I'm debating whether to bring USD and exchange at an exchange place or just withdrawal from my ATM card. My bank charges $5 fee and 3%. Not sure what anyone else does that's not a local?

Thanks for any and all help.

Arkayel.

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[Jimmy Boy 99]

Snip. Currency exchange. I'm debating whether to bring USD and exchange at an exchange place or just withdrawal from my ATM card. My bank charges $5 fee and 3%. Not sure what anyone else does that's not a local?

Thanks for any and all help.

Arkayel.

First Republic Bank and Schwab debit cards have no transaction fees and they reimburse any third-party ATM fees, but you have to have an account with them.

[Steve 9696]

Very excited for my upcoming SP trip but I have a few more questions (thanks to all who responded to my previous post).

Clinica Line-ups. I understand there is a lineup presentation at the clinicas. At which point do we discuss which services are offered / not offered and who do I discuss it with (CIM, GFE, Rimjob or as I believe they call it black kiss, etc.). I assumed it's the girls themselves, and not receptionist. I will be using google translate for a lot of the interactions but I really have no choice at this point. And if anyone knows any rimjob / black kiss specialists in the area I'd love some recommendations. I'm staying in Moema.

Currency exchange. I'm debating whether to bring USD and exchange at an exchange place or just withdrawal from my ATM card. My bank charges $5 fee and 3%. Not sure what anyone else does that's not a local?

Thanks for any and all help.

Arkayel.

I find ATMs to be the easiest and best value. Just make sure to say "do not convert" when asked if you want the local bank to convert (ripoff) or let your bank do it. You get great rates this way. Beware! It is not like the US and other countries where every hotel has an ATM. They tend to be only at banks and only open till 5 PM. So plan ahead!

[VictorHugo99]

Thanks big E.

Amazing report.

Appreciate it bro. A big help to a future trip to that part of the world.

Vic.

Quite a while back, I had a decent job with a company called Hotel Reservations Network, which later was renamed Hotels.com and acquired by Interactive Corp, then spun off in a bad merger with Expedia. I left around that time, but I did actually have a job writing the verbiage about the specific hotels on the website. Expect for half a dozen hotels in Vegas, Manhattan and South Beach, I'd never visited any of those places I wrote descriptions of. Occasionally, I get a yen to write a description of a hotel, and the love hotels I recently visited in SP fit the bill.

First stop on my first trip to SP was Hotel Metropolis, a love hotel widely favored by GPS and apparently by people who value discretion..