Best Friend
For A Week
You don't travel alone with BBE. You travel with us.
Why this is different from any other solo trip
Daily Check-In
Your Experience Concierge texts or calls every day. Not once at the start. Every day, for seven days. You decide how much space you want.
Group Dinners on Demand
When you don't want to eat alone, you don't have to. You eat with Zeek, Jonas, the team. Show up as a stranger, leave as part of the crew.
Safety Briefing Built In
Before your first night out, your concierge walks you through the neighborhoods, the signals, the ride protocol. No surprises. See the Rio Safety Guide.
Lone Wolf Moments
Not babysitting. Beach day with a chair and a cooler, no one hovering. You call the shots on how much company you want each day.
Plus-One Nights
For nightlife, a concierge or network member walks in with you if you want it. No figuring out who to wave at the door.
Female Traveler Routing
Ezequiel and IZRRA both work this angle specifically. Specific neighborhoods, specific timing, specific contacts for women traveling alone.
Seven Days, On Your Terms.
Five guided days with your concierge beside you, plus two self-guided days you run yourself with a full written itinerary in hand. The two self-guided days are built in on purpose, the beach day and the rest day, so the trip stays affordable and you get real room to breathe. Every night out still has a plus-one option, and your concierge stays on call by WhatsApp the entire week. This is what "solo, never alone" actually looks like.
Airport Pickup + Meet Your Crew
Ezequiel picks you up from GIG. No rideshare roulette, no figuring out the meter. You land, you see a face you recognize from the photos, and the week starts right there.
From the airport it's straight to brunch, your first meal in Rio, your first hour with your concierge. He walks you through the week, the neighborhood, the two numbers to have on your phone at all times.
Afternoon: Drop bags, walk the neighborhood at your pace. First caipirinha. Dinner at a vetted spot in your immediate area, close enough that you can find it again on your own tomorrow.
Beach Day + Free Afternoon
Rasta Beach or Ipanema depending on your vibe. Chair, umbrella, cooler, music. No agenda until you create one. This is the first of your two self-guided days, with the whole plan written out for you in advance so you never feel lost.
Lunch wherever you land. Your written itinerary names the beach, the safe route, the vendors to use, and the lunch spots worth your time. If you decide you want company, your concierge can meet you at the beach for an hour as a paid add-on.
Evening: Optional group dinner. If you're ready to meet the crew properly, this is the night. If you want to eat solo and decompress, no one's checking.
Pedra do Sal + Pequena Africa
Jonas is your guide today. He was born in the North Zone, grew up around these streets, and knows Pedra do Sal the way a local knows their block. Not a tour. A walk with a friend.
Start at Pedra do Sal in the morning before the crowds. Jonas explains the history of enslaved Africans who passed through this port, the capoeira circle that still meets here, what the tree actually is. You'll leave knowing things that aren't in any guidebook.
Afternoon: Pequena Africa walking tour with Jonas as your guide. Lunch in the neighborhood at a spot he knows. Back by late afternoon, evening is yours.
Vidigal + Group Dinner
The hike up Vidigal is one of the few things in Rio that is better every time. The view from Bar da Laje is the city below, the ocean beyond, the mountain behind you. Worth doing once. Most people wish they had done it twice.
Today your concierge or a network member hikes up with you. Not because you need a guide, because the conversation makes it better.
Evening: Group dinner in Leblon or Ipanema with whoever from the crew is around that night. This is the night you stop being a visitor and start being part of something.
Day Off. No Schedule.
This day is built in on purpose. Rio is a lot. The energy, the noise, the heat, the beauty. By Day 5 you need to breathe without anything being optimized. This is your second self-guided day, and that is the point of it.
Options, all written out for you: a wellness day at a spa your concierge pre-books, a slow morning at a coffee shop with nothing open in your notes app, the Botanical Garden at your own pace with no one explaining anything, the hotel pool, sleeping in. The written itinerary lays out each option with the how and the where.
Your concierge checks in by noon and again at 6pm, and stays reachable in between. That's it. The rest is yours.
Casa Black or The Home
The last big night. Casa Black for the Afro-Brazilian vibe, or The Home if it's a Saturday and that Saturday crowd is calling you. Your concierge tells you which one is the right call for this specific week.
A network member goes with you. That means you're not standing at the door alone trying to read the room. You walk in with someone who already knows everyone in it.
How late you stay is up to you. Your concierge handles the ride home. Text when you're ready to leave and a safe car is outside in ten minutes.
Beach + Farewell Lunch
Last morning. One more hour at the beach, bags already packed back at the apartment. Your concierge or Jonas joins you for a farewell lunch at whatever spot you want to go back to one more time.
At the right time, a car arrives at your building. Your concierge makes sure you get to GIG with no drama. You land home already thinking about when you're coming back.
What's In, What's Not.
This is your Experience Concierge fee. It buys you the access, the planning, the presence, and the network. Flights and accommodation are separate.
Included
- 5 guided days with your Experience Concierge
- 2 self-guided days with a full written itinerary
- WhatsApp on-call support every day, all 7 days
- Airport pickup on Day 1 and airport drop on Day 7
- Daily check-in (morning and/or evening)
- All ground transport during guided days
- Cultural day with Jonas (Day 3)
- Vidigal hike with company (Day 4)
- Group dinner invitation (every night you want it)
- Plus-one for nightlife night (Day 6)
- Pre-trip safety briefing + neighborhood orientation
- All venue access and door coordination
- Female traveler routing with Zeek + IZRRA
- Written itinerary for your 2 self-guided days
Not Included
- Flights (book independently)
- Accommodation (we help source, you book direct)
- Meals and drinks (you pay at the venue)
- Individual experience fees (Cristo, Sugar Loaf, cable car)
- Spa or wellness bookings (pre-booked for you, paid direct)
- Travel insurance (your responsibility)
- Anything classified as off-menu (see Off-Menu options)
Right For You, Or Not.
This itinerary is designed for a specific kind of traveler. Read both columns before you book.
This Trip Is For
- Solo travelers who want a local crew, not a tour group
- First-timers to Rio who don't want to figure it all out alone
- Women traveling solo who want specific routing and contacts
- Travelers who want nightlife access without walking in alone
- Anyone who values knowing there's someone on-call
- People who want both independence and a safety net
- Repeat Rio visitors who want to go deeper this time
Skip This If
- You're traveling with a partner or group (see other itineraries)
- You want zero human contact on your trip
- You're looking for a resort-style all-inclusive
- You need Carnival-specific access (see Carnival Week)
- Budget is the primary constraint (see The Long Weekend)
What It Costs.
One person, seven days, a whole crew on your side. You get five guided days of 1:1 concierge time, which is more intensive than a shared group experience, plus two self-guided days with a full written itinerary so the price stays where it should be. Want a guide on those days too? Add them on.
That covers five guided days with your concierge, the airport pickup and drop, ground transport on guided days, a local crew on call, and a full written itinerary for your two self-guided days. 30% deposit secures your dates and locks your concierge. Balance due 2 weeks before arrival. Refundable until the balance is due.
Love your guide and want them every day? Turn a self-guided day into a guided one whenever you like.
Added to your package, not bundled in. Arrange it with your concierge before the trip or on the ground.
Why This Works.
Solo travel in Rio is possible. Plenty of people do it every year, figure it out, and have a decent trip. We are not telling you that you can't go alone.
What we're telling you is that Rio is better when you know people in it. The neighborhoods that feel sketchy at 11pm feel completely different when you're walking out of a venue with Jonas. The beach feels different when Ezequiel is beside you because everyone on that stretch already knows him. The nightclub line that looked intimidating from the outside disappears when you're on the list.
That's what we're selling. Not safety from Rio. Access to it.
The solo supplement exists because one-on-one concierge time is genuinely more intensive than managing a group. You get more of Zeek and Jonas's attention, not less, because you're not splitting it three ways. That's worth the difference in price.