Posts in Carnaval
Brazil dropping visa for U.S. citizens!

Brazil is dropping its visa requirement for U.S. citizens! Let me begin first by sharing that as the Co-Founder of VIP Journeys, I have been personally involved with fellow USA and Brazilian Operators and Brazilian Government officials to lobby and lift the tourist visa for Americans traveling to Brazil. This was a 15 year journey of frustration and revolving politicians who made promises that led nowhere.

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The wait is over! The Brazil eVisa is here!

VIP Journeys, your Brazil destination Specialist for both the Signature and Travel Leaders Networks, is proud to report that the Brazil eVisa is Live and it's affordable! The Brazil eVisa was launched in November 2017, and finally has the kinks worked out with an online application which speeds up the process of applying for a Brazilian travel visa. The eVisa for Brazil will permit eligible citizens to enter and travel around Brazil for many purposes...

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Brazil Vacation Spotlight

The breathtaking country of Brazil is the largest and most geographically diverse destination in all of South America making it an ideal place for holiday on your Brazil vacation. It boasts a huge number of entertaining activities, a very friendly people, an abundance UNESCO World Heritage sites and a whole host of things to see and do.

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Top 15 Facts You May Not Know About Rio Carnival

We’re just 10 days out from the beginning of Rio Carnival season on February 18 and only a few more days away from the official kick off of Rio de Janeiro’s biggest party of the year on February 24— Rio Carnival 2017!Although Carnival, which has its roots in Catholicism, is celebrated in almost 70 countries around the world (many of them in Latin America.)

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Top 15 Carnival Celebrations in Latin America

You may think it’s too soon to start planning for Latin America’s 2016 Carnival season, but accommodations fill up quickly (sometimes more than a year in advance) around what’s widely considered to be the biggest party of the year across Central and South America. So much so, tourists often pay inordinate amounts of money to stay in a local home on little more than a cot surrounded by other tourists who were tardy to the party.

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