If the Porto is girl friendly then it looks like a great choice. It's in a great location and looks newer and better maintained but as you said more expensive but no big deal. I attached a pic I took outside the hotel which shows nice balconies if you got one of those rooms. I like nice accomodations too, I've stayed at the Copacabana Palace in recent years on a non mongering trip and it was fabulous, best pool I've ever experienced but they have a policy that the only girl that can come in is the one you register on day one so not for me.
Please report back about your experiences during your trip.
I've stayed at Porto Bay and ordered a girl around 5 PM. Front desk called and asked if it was ok to send her up. No charges or extra registration hassle on my end.
As far as hotel itself goes I'm happy to sign off on that as well. I work in hotels and am self described hotel snob since I can sense the real level of cleanliness, always. I was impressed for sure. Nothing spectacular in terms of lay out or furniture but very clean, and the bathroom was actually really nice. Spend the extra money and go for a room with a balcony. You know that whole BJ enjoying the views thing people have talked about. The balcony isn't very private, you can easily see your neighbors and they can see you but at the right time of night its possible.
I'm a rookie to Rio. I've been looking at some apartments in Ipanema and Copacabana. It seems like everyone specifies "no guests" in their apartments. I was wondering if anyone has had an issue with this before? Or do they all just say this, but you bring guests anyway?
Personally I wouldn't chance it, you never know the owner could be in the same building or the doorman has instructions to stop any visitors, look elsewhere. It used to be before AIRBNB we stayed in apartments but we went through various agents. These agents knew what we were doing in those apartments and had no problem with it. Some of these agents are still around, send me a PM and I'll respond with a recommendation.
I got confirmation that Porto is garota friendly, I asked myself bcuz up staying there in November. I first booked at Pestana bcuz the price and location was great then changed to Porto bcuz of the poor reviews. I don't have first hand seen it myself experience like some of the forum members who say it's not too bad but now that I read it had poor reviews on trip advisor I'm glad I changed bcuz the poor reviews I spoke of were on booking.com . To each their own but me I'the rather spend a few more dollars and be comfortable. Porto was more expensive than Pestana the room not as big but still got a room with sea view and a balcony. YOLO the worst thing to me is being stuck in a shitty hotel for 5 or one that is sub standard by my standards.
If the Porto is girl friendly then it looks like a great choice. It's in a great location and looks newer and better maintained but as you said more expensive but no big deal. I attached a pic I took outside the hotel which shows nice balconies if you got one of those rooms. I like nice accomodations too, I've stayed at the Copacabana Palace in recent years on a non mongering trip and it was fabulous, best pool I've ever experienced but they have a policy that the only girl that can come in is the one you register on day one so not for me.
Please report back about your experiences during your trip.
Today I hit some private apartments.
Lots of presentations, I saw some cuties but nothing grabbed me, until I asked the elevator guy politely if he knew of another apartment.
He directed to me one, and a beauty presented and I was in.
Amazing what can happen when you treat people with respect and politeness.
What goes through their mind is this seems like a nice guy. He is not going to do something stupid that is going to come back on me.
Several days with the main girlfriend doing the lovey dovey thing and then off for some solo time.
I've been all over Centro, VM, Solarium, Tinder, Mosaico, etc.
I hit the jackpot several times really.
VM was slow, but hooked up with a hotttt negra, hit it off and took her to a place outside VM.
One night at Mosaico I got lucky with great chemistry with a hot morenita, last night was a sausage fest there, so I split.
Today I hit some private apartments.
Lots of presentations, I saw some cuties but nothing grabbed me, until I asked the elevator guy politely if he knew of another apartment.
He directed to me one, and a beauty presented and I was in.
Great update. My 1st trip is 30 days away. Any suggestions for termas? I'll probably try them all, but hear good things about solorium and 65? Any recommendations for a newbie?
I'm a rookie to Rio. I've been looking at some apartments in Ipanema and Copacabana. It seems like everyone specifies "no guests" in their apartments. I was wondering if anyone has had an issue with this before? Or do they all just say this, but you bring guests anyway?
So my AIRBNB host cancelled, so we just decided to get a hotel. Thanks to Rio Bob, I decided to get the ocean view room he suggested. Just over $100 a night.
The reviews on TripAdvisor are so bad though.
Is Pestena really Girl Friendly? That is the main reason I selected the hotel, that and the great location and view.
Can anyone confirm or deny. I also saw in the forum from a search that Porto bay was GF too?
Any confirmations. Tminus 33 days.
I got confirmation that Porto is garota friendly, I asked myself bcuz up staying there in November. I first booked at Pestana bcuz the price and location was great then changed to Porto bcuz of the poor reviews. I don't have first hand seen it myself experience like some of the forum members who say it's not too bad but now that I read it had poor reviews on trip advisor I'm glad I changed bcuz the poor reviews I spoke of were on booking.com . To each their own but me I'the rather spend a few more dollars and be comfortable. Porto was more expensive than Pestana the room not as big but still got a room with sea view and a balcony. YOLO the worst thing to me is being stuck in a shitty hotel for 5 or one that is sub standard by my standards.
Yoko is in my video from 2018 trip she is in the last 60 seconds of the video the last girl.
Yoko is #1 on my list next month. I sent her a message to see if she will be in town, she said may be leaving Rio mid October. I hope not, as I get in the 24th.
What are your recommendations for "mining"? Thanks.
I included a link to the site in my last post. I don't know why it didn't show. That's never been a problem before, as recently as a few days ago. Have a look at it and go for who you like. There are a bunch of new faces there I see. It's where I hooked up with porn star Elisa Sanches. I'll include the link here again. If it doesn't show, then just Google Rio Sex Site:https://www.riosexsite.com/.
I stayed there my first couple of trips down, but moved on to other, better hotels later. The Rio Roiss was in a great location. I can give it that much for sure.
We graduated to apartments. It's kind of fun booking a two or three bedroom apartment where you can have a mini-festa. Some of the Copa apartments have balconies and views of the ocean.
Rio Roiss is just a fun memory of our youth and my crew's first trip to Rio. I want to say that trip was the craziest, but the crew added new faces and got a bit larger. You felt like Santa when you took a newbie friend into a termas (or Help in the day).
Barra vip is legit and so is hotside, personally I wouldn't waste my time with photoacomphantes but you might get lucky. My daytime outcalls are from these websites.
Rio Sex Site is also legit and should be "mined" when in Rio. Agree photoacomphantes is a waste of time and not worth the effort.