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Old Dec 22, 2021, 4:16 pm
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GIG Rio Airport Transfer

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere. For various reasons, I am travelling to EZE via a quite joyful Avios routing that gives me a night in Rio.

I am staying at Cocopacabana, having not quite appreciated when I booked the likely airport transfer cost. We have a significant amount of luggage (6-8 cases all told).

What is the best way of doing the Transfer with a nice balance of cost and comfort? Uber Black is showing 80 BRL (13/14 USD). Will that be suitable for 2 people and that number of cases?

The online radio car and private transfer services is showing fares of 100-160 USD so quite a difference.

Any help/advice would be appreciated.
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Old Dec 23, 2021, 3:08 am
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I don’t think it’ll all fit in a car, store the luggage at the airport and Uber to Copacabana.
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Old Dec 28, 2021, 1:37 pm
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The luggage storage is called Malex, it is on the left side after exiting from the secure area.
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Old Dec 31, 2021, 4:36 pm
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There's a taxi desk and they typically can get you a minivan or larger car. It would be more expensive than uber but not by that much I suspect.
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Old Jan 2, 2022, 9:38 am
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Uber Black won't work. You will get a smallish vehicle that might accept 2-3 bags. Many vehicles in Brasil use natural gas which means a large tank will take up about 1/3 of the carge space.

You'll need to pay up or store it.

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