World Cup Brazil 2014

For the World Cup 2010, FIFA partnered with some travel agencies to offer travel packages to South Africa; by buying packages with these agencies, visitors could rest assured that they would have accommodation and tickets to watch matches.

However, Brazilian visitors have reported that these FIFA travel packages lack flexibility.

All visitors who bough packages in Brazilian agencies were accommodated in only two cities: Durban and Cape Town; according to the managers of the travel agencies, these cities were chosen because they offer the better infrastructure, and also have other attractions to entertain tourists in between the games.

The problem, however, is that  to attend the games in Johannesburg, the tourists had to take a 24 hour trip.

This problem could be repeated in Brazil in 2014. Tour operators will probably try to accommodate visitors in cities with a good supply of hotels and with easy connectivity to the other host cities.

So, it is likely that most customers of these packages will stay in the cities of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro (these two cities are by far the ones with most hotel rooms) and Brasilia (not so many rooms, but plenty of air flights connections).

For those who are planning to travel around Brazil during the Cup, or just want to stay closer to their teams, it is recommended to shop around; buying air tickets and booking hotels directly with tour operators (rather than buying a closed package) will probably be cheaper and will allow a more flexible schedule.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 at 2:55 pm and is filed under fifa, tickets, travel.