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Brazil has a reputation. A little local knowledge changes everything.
Every parent in Logan's Minnesota elementary school worried about safety when he tried to talk friends into a trip. Here is what they did not know: with a handful of local habits, Brazil is not only safe to travel, it is one of the most rewarding trips you will ever take. This free guide is the exact briefing Logan gives his own friends and family before they fly: visas and vaccines, money and phones, safety and scams, getting around, where to go first, and what to eat.
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The guide lands in your inbox right away. After that it's about one email a month: seasonal timing notes, places worth knowing about, and nothing else. Unsubscribe in one click.
Free guide · 29 pages
Beginner's Guide to Brazil
A free 29-page guide to everything a first-time visitor should know before landing: visas, safety, money, getting around, where to go, and what to eat.
What's inside
Twelve short chapters. Nothing you'll skip.
No listicles, no top-tens, no "hidden gems." Just what a local actually tells you: what to sort before you fly, the habits that keep you safe, and how to spend one to two weeks here without wasting a day.
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Before you go: the eVisa that Americans, Canadians, and Australians have needed since April 2025, which vaccines to ask about, travel insurance, and setting your phone up for WhatsApp and data, with the official links
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Carnival, plus ten more festivals worth timing a trip around, and how far ahead to book
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Money: cards, Apple Pay, tipping, whether you actually need Pix, and the card-machine setting that quietly costs you 3% on everything
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The three habits that block ninety-five percent of tourist scams
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Staying safe: the local habits nobody teaches you back home, the single most important one, and the numbers to call
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Getting around: Uber versus the local apps, overnight sleeper buses, and when the distances mean you just fly
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Brazil's five regions, each one its own country, with a first-timer rating and the best months to visit each
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The top five places for a first trip, plug-and-play 7, 10, and 14-day routes, the ten Portuguese words that matter, and the food you should not leave without trying
This is written for you if
- It's your first time in Brazil, or your first time beyond Rio
- You're planning roughly one to two weeks
- You've heard the reputation and want the real picture from someone who lives here
- You'd rather land knowing how things work than figure it out on the ground
Brazil changed my life before I was old enough to understand it. This guide is everything I actually tell my friends and family before they visit: the stuff that gets you past the fear and the headlines and into the real thing.
Logan
Founder, Your Brazil Guide, based in Florianópolis
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