Originally Posted by
boboqui
Rio is a city where you always have be on the alert regarding security. Don't just take any taxi in the middle of the night and disappear into thin air, as has happened to some unlucky few. For about $50 you get a comfortable and reasonably safe ride to the hotel.
http://www.aeroportogaleao.net/en/ta...aneiro-airport

I decided to take Cootramo and, while the ride was fine (clean car, competent driver), getting to the car wasn't particularly easy. I prepaid and printed my voucher, and on arrival I went out to where the taxis are. No obvious blue cars. So I went back inside to look for their booth, which took forever to find. It's not with the other taxi company booths, but sort of hidden around a corner (and you have to enter an cordoned-off area guarded by two guards - which is why I didn't enter it until I explored the whole terminal and figured the ONLY place the booth could be is in this area). Anyway, at the booth, the agent leafs through a stack of papers and pulls out a big sign with my name on it. Uh, why wasn't she standing at the customs exit holding that sign? Isn't that what I paid for? Whatever. Welcome to Brazil!
Anyway, next time I come to Rio, I'll just take Aerotaxi.