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Dear Fellow Brazil Travelers!

First of all: A happy 2001 to all of you!

This time we include the following topics:
1) Rio and São Paulo - the differences.
2) Pricing Policy
3) The top tours to Brazil hit list
4) Cooperation with travel agencies and our new brochures
5) New toll-free number
6) Our current specials!

1) Rio and São Paulo - the differences.
Who doesn't know something about the differences between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro,
the economic powerhouse of Latin America versus the proverbial Party Town,
between the place where money is made and where it is spent in Latin
America?

In the Sunday Supplement of the Journal do Brasil dated 10th of December
2000 we found quite an entertaining article about clubbers giving an
excellent insight of the souls of these two cities.

Clubbers from Rio:
1-enliven the dance floor with emotion

2-are naturally independent; they do not go for in-brands

3-love House music

4-Do not spend much money on clothes, do not have any idea about fashion trends

5-Do not have time for "after hours" and late nights; since there is a beach awaiting the next morning, why then spend all night listening to techno?

6-are tanned

7-Complain that there is nothing going on in Rio and always try to escape to São Paulo for the weekend. (Oddly?)

8-Have a lot of short-term love relationships. Afterwards the two remain friends.

9-possess disarming humor

10-do not read much; however and of course there is always the pesky character who has read Death in Venice and therefore thinks he is 'The intellectual'.

11-live the cosmopolitan culture by talking to everybody in the in-beer bars at Copacabana.

12-Sunday is beach day, swimming, bicycling or even jogging

13-are always good humored.

Clubbers from São Paulo:
1-lose precious quality time with a bored face analyzing the "concept" of the DJ, the "concept" of the flyer and the "concept" of ...

2-live in cliques, only go out with the same people, only talk to the same people, a visit to another clique could be seen as treason

3-like Trance

4-they know the international fashion scene, buy expensive clothes

5-A Saturday night without "after-hour" and "chill-out" is not complete. There is nothing else to do on a Sunday.

6-get lots of tattoos

7-Say that Rio is terrible and behind the times, but come to Rio on every possible long weekend. (Oddly?)

8-Date the same person for a long time and would die at the thought of someone from Rio taking away their girl/boyfriend. Say people from Rio are dangerous. With difficulty, once a relationship is over, the two struggle to remain friends, separation is always a drama...

9-possess disarming humor

10-Read the most important fashion or music magazines. Not a thought is given to Thomas Mann and Truffaut.

11-They do not mix. Rich clubber does not talk to poor clubber, Rock 'n Roll not to House, hairdresser not to waiter, banker not to farmer etc.

12-Sunday is spent in restaurants. Truly, no exaggeration, the entire Sunday afternoon is spent in restaurants.

13-have an attitude (But, about what, one asks.)

2) Pricing Policy
Flight prices listed in our Website or in our new brochures are the MOST LIKELY prices. Unlike some competitors, we do not simply list the cheapest "from" capacity controlled prices. As soon as we receive a confirmed reservation, we negotiate with the airlines in order to get the best possible price. The savings are then passed on to the customer.

Early bookers can often save substantially off the listed prices.

4starBrazil offers "one-stop-shopping". We'll quote you the best possible flight price available at the time of booking!

3) The top tours hit list
In case you have been wondering what to book, this may help:

The Route of Gold came out on top again. Probably due to the fact that most people booking with us are returning to Brazil, and this time want to see more then Rio and Salvador.

The most popular additions are - also not surprisingly - the Iguassu & Serra do Mar pre-tour and the Amazon Jungle Towers post-extension.

4) Cooperation with travel agencies and our new brochures
Frankly, we are pleasantly surprised how many travel agencies have an indepth knowledge of Brazil. In our recent survey we found almost 1000 travel agencies in the US and Canada dealing regularly with Brazil. For them, we have produced a new brochure and modified our download version to be more easily printable.
If you, too, would like a copy of our new brochure...just let us know or ask your travel agent - they might already have some!

5) New toll-free number
From the 3rd of February, we are improving our service by offering a new toll-free number.

Just dial 1-866-go4star (1-866-464-7828) to reach us.

6) Our current specials
And of course never forget to check out our latest specials! Our sympathy to all Canadians! It seems to be rather chilly there right now. Almost half of all requests coming in this January originate from there.

There must be something attractive about tropical heat...