Brazil’s New Year celebrations are world-famous. In coastal towns, beaches are covered with throngs of revelers and fireworks light up the sky. Not surprisingly, the country-wide party has become a notorious tourist destination.
However, with crowded hotels and expensive rates, first-timers are often unaware of some basic tricks that can make your experience that much smoother. To help plan your perfect New Year vacation, we came up with a few tips to upgrade your trip to Brazil.
Book in advance!
Although it seems miles away, you might already be late for the party. Prices for New Year celebrations, or Reveillon, as Brazilians call it, rise by the day. In fact, hotels in major destinations are often sold out in a blink of an eye. The safest time to book your trip is around the end of June or early July for the best prices and availability, but it’s certainly not too late to find cool spots around the country.
Don’t believe us? In 2018, the prediction was that 95.35 percent of hotels in Pipa, a tiny beach town in the northern state of Rio Grande do Norte, were to be occupied. In fact, bookings surpassed expectations, according to the Brazilian Association of the Hotel Industry (ABIH), and the little beach town hit 100 percent...
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