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Old Jan 3, 2012 | 3:19 pm
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greasy
 
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Originally Posted by teahan
Thanks. So:

- Apartments crazily priced
- Hotels ridiculously expensive
- Hostels are more expensive than 4* hotels in most European capitals

Where should one stay in Rio?
My advise. For business trip, its ok, company expenses, everything still pricey, but won't kill you.
For vacation, AVOID Brazil.

Everything is so ridiculously expensive. A regular lunch cost $20USD, a dinner cost $75. A nice steak dinner cost $150USD.

Those hotel I usually stay, to US/European 3-4 stars standard, charge $400USD a night.

And Hostels are mostly dump, and extremely dangerous. I'll bet you anything one day you wake up, half of your belongings will be stolen. (That happen to one of my co-worker, inside a so-called 4 stars hotel)
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