Travel Information
Flights
LATAM and American Airlines fly directly NYC-RIO. Flights are around $500 and it’s 9:45 hours duration. It’s an easy journey since time zones are almost the same (varies 1 to 2 hours depending on the time of the year). All flights are overnight, so it’s like going to sleep in NYC and waking up in Rio! (From LA, Boston and other cities, there are options with layovers in Atlanta, Miami or Houston, or you can fly directly to São Paulo and get a 30min flight to Rio.)
Visa
Since 2019 Brazil dropped the requirement for a visa from American citizens. All you need is a passport with at least 6 months to its expiration date (September 2022). If you will be traveling with another passport other than American or European, make sure your Country’s relationship with Brazil won’t require you to get a visa prior your trip!
COVID-19
Unfortunately, Brazil has been behind on COVID-19 vaccination compared to the US or European countries. According to Brazil’s official vaccination schedule, by September 2021 most adults will be eligible for vaccination (Schedule per age group). We are optimistic that by the beginning of 2022 most of Brazil will have gotten their second shot and the country will be doing much better! We want our wedding to be a source of joyful memories so we are requesting that guests attending any wedding event are fully vaccinated.
Get Ready
What To Bring
Rio is a beach culture city. You should wear light fabrics and beach friendly clothes. People go to restaurants and events from the beach, so you won’t see people dress up at bars and restaurants. On this “very laid back” note, we recommend not packing flashing jewelry. Don’t pack beach towels! The hotel will provide, and real Brazilians don’t use towels, we use “cangas”. Make sure you bring sunscreen and your Travel Plug Adapter, as Brasil has a very unique electrical outlet 🙄.
Events Attire
Brazilians really dress up for weddings. In American culture its normal to wear short dresses, and no ties - in Brazil it is not! Our wedding dress code is Formal or Black-tie optional. Shabbat Dinner dress code is Tropical White. For the ladies interested in getting makeup and hair done, let us know ahead in time and we will arrange professionals to give you the glam. Here you can find our outfit moodboard. Keep us posted on your looks!
Wedding Culture
Not only is the way Brazilians dress for weddings different, the whole wedding experience will be something new for many of our guests. There’s no such a thing as a sit-down-dinner…it’s all about having fun and partying! There will be no assigned seats, and we want to make sure our guests know each-other before the Saturday event so it’s even more fun for everyone! This is one reason why we would love everyone’s presence for the Thursday and Friday events.
Listen up.
Get in the Rio mood! From old tunes, to Bossa Nova classics, with a lot of Samba and all the most iconic songs. Download this playlist and listen from check-in to landing! We can’t wait to see you dance samba and funk with you all! Any fun music requests for the party? Let us know and we will add them to this playlist too!