Travel

Búzios Overview

Búzios is located ~2.5 hours northeast of Rio de Janeiro. To get there will require flight(s) and a transfer via car.​

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Flights

We recommend flying into the Rio de Janeiro international airport (GIG). There will be a closer regional airport to Búzios, however we would not recommend trying to fly there.

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In general, we tend to shy away from having to take connections and/or domestic flights within Brazil. The experience can be challenging for a few reasons:

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- Larger cities in Brazil can have multiple airports and sometimes the airlines will switch your arrival/departure airport (pay special attention to codes because of this)

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- Booking domestic flights with Brazilian airlines can be very confusing, with websites often times not working properly outside of Brazil

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- Language barriers can be challenging as well, and if anything were to go wrong with missed connections, re-booking and spending time in Brazilian airports is never fun (Shelby can confirm)

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Obviously book the travel that will work best for you. But overall, we would recommend leaving your home country and landing in GIG when trying to reach our wedding destination.​

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Here are some other tips and tricks that we've learned through the years when it comes to booking flights:​​

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- Flights to Brazil tend to be cheapest to and from cities in Florida (Miami, Orlando, etc.). Look into Azul airlines: we've found cheap flights with them in the past 

 

- Sometimes buying two separate round-trip tickets with different airlines can be cheaper than buying one round trip with the same airline that involves connections (e.g. find a cheaper flight to Brazil that leaves from Florida, and then book a separate round trip from your home city to/from Florida)

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It is also very important that you research visa requirements for traveling to Brazil. If you're flying on a US passport, you will need a visa. If you're flying on a UK passport, as of now, you don't need a visa. Research, plan, and give yourself ample time to apply for any necessary travel documentation.

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If you do find yourself wanting to book domestic travel elsewhere within Brazil before or after the wedding, it might be best to use a travel agent. We would recommend XXX

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Transfers to Búzios

 

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We will help you here. We're assuming that most of you will choose to spend some extra days in Rio on the front or back end of the wedding weekend, in which case organizing larger vehicles to drive us to and from could make sense. We will send out a questionnaire regarding your travel plans as we get closer to the event. 

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If coordinated group travel will not work for you, there will be many affordable options for private transfers between Rio and Búzios. We will share that information here as well.  

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We do not recommend trying to rent a car to drive yourself to Búzios

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Accommodations

We are currently working with a couple of hotels to block rooms out. We will send you recommendations on where to stay as soon as we finalize with the hotels.​​​