Laundry Service includes making the bed with fresh linens, and supplying fresh towels. Your personal laundry is also done for a package price, again depending upon size; normally, laundry service is about US$25.00 for load. This includes pick up, detergent, fabric softener, ironing, and delivery to your apartment later in the day or next day if it is later in the day. Drop-off laundry services are very expensive in Rio and don't normally include ironing; and they don't do as good a job as Teresa.

Maid Service. Teresa takes care of the cleaning (U$ 50.00). You can schedule to have your apartment cleaned which washing dishes, emptying the garbage, marking the beds and general cleaning. The normal charge for this is according to the size of an apatrment. Apartment cleaning does not include laudry service.

Only $5.00 US per day.

Incoming calls are free. To make phone calls you need to purchase credits which come from phone cards which can be found at any newsstand. Local calls are around R$1.00 per minute and calls to the United States are around R$1.50 per minute.

Very handy tool to have in Rio.

Guides are independent contractors. Feel free to book any tours you want with them directly. We will help you if you would like assistance. Vitor has proven to be not only reliable but he is very well liked. The earlier you book your tours, the better chance you have that the guide will be available. You can also book tours based on "Pending good weather". Vitor and Renato both have a fantastic day trip on a 50' Schooner to Isle Grande which everyone really enjoys; it is a spectacular day if you like boating, swimming and a nice relaxing day with beautiful sites.