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Skip The Macy's Parade For Four Nights In Rio This Thanksgiving

November 10, 2009 at 3:34 PM | by Heidi Atwal | 0 Comments

If it's good enough for Madonna and Jesus, then it's good enough for you. As we reported today, the transformative Queen of Pop recently landed in Rio de Janiero for "humanitarian" work and quite possibly to meet her boyfriend's parents. We're not sure if this contributes to Rio's international appeal or detracts from it, but we did happen to stumble across a four-night travel package, airfare included, for Thanksgiving travel to the Brazilian city.

Travelzoo recently posted a $699 (base price) all-inclusive deal which includes roundtrip travel from New York City, daily breakfast, four nights accommodations, and the option to tack tour extras onto your package. The catch is, as we mentioned, the date that you'll have to depart—either dangerously close to Thanksgiving on the 19th, or the day itself. So, you'll have to decide whether forgoing turkey, football, and that yearly screening of the MACY*S parade is worth the $700 pricetag.

We navigated our way through the first stages of the booking process and came across an average price of $798.70 per person for departure on the 26th. Some of the extras we saw included a full-day tropical island tour with lunch for $70.00 per person and a half-day Tijuca Forest Jeep Tour for $58.00 per person. Departure and arrival would take place at JFK, with a return date of December 2nd. Considering Rio's recently successful bid for the 2016 Olympic games, it's inevitable that its tourism industry will pick up in the coming years. Jump on this deal and you can say that you experienced Copacabana before others started descending onto the city en masse. Plus, you'd get to skip hellish Black Friday back in the States. Unless that's your thing, we say this Rio deal trumps most of the stay-at-home options for the four day weekend.

Related Stories
· Thanksgiving Rio Travel Deal [Travelzoo]
· Madonna Touches Down In RIo For The Poor And For Jesus [Jaunted]
· Rio de Janeiro coverage [Jaunted]

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