★ Experience Concierge
Ezequiel
Rio + São Paulo. Former pro footballer and fitness creator who opens doors in two cities.
The Network
Your crew. One network.
BBE isn't a platform. It's the people who walk you into the city. Bryant connects the dots. Ezequiel, Jonas, Calvin, and Sivaldo are the ones on the ground, in Rio, São Paulo, and Salvador, when your trip is actually happening.
BBE, the Black Brazil Exchange, is a travel concierge and support company for Brazil. We plan private trips and run them with our own people on the ground in Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo: Experience Concierges who host your days and nights, and B.E Guardian, our safety support layer. We book your flights and your stay for every trip. Travelers, relocators, creatives, teams and partners have booked with us since 2020. The company behind BBE is Cross Cultural Exchange LLC, registered in Georgia, United States.
On the ground
Your Experience Concierges
The people who run the planned parts of your trip. They are included when your package includes hosted support. Need extra eyes for open days or nights? Compare Experience Concierge and Lookout support.
★ Experience Concierge
Jonas
Rio. Licensed taxi driver and former pro beach volleyball player. The night out anchor, door to door.
★ Experience Concierge
Calvin
Rio. Experience Concierge, jiu jitsu lead, and host with strong English. A steady first voice for travelers on the ground.
★ Salvador
Sivaldo
Salvador. Dancer, drag artist, and cultural elder. The soul of BBE’s Bahia.
Pedra do Sal · Rio de Janeiro
★ The Founder
Why I built this.
I went to Rio for Carnival 2020. A week later the world caught COVID, the borders closed, and I was stuck. What was supposed to be a quick trip turned into six months. Six months turned into six years. That is not a vacation, it is a different relationship to a country than most travelers will ever have.
Speaking Portuguese opened the real city up: mothers who fed me, friends who walked me into parties because their cousin was the DJ. I built those relationships before any fame caught up. DJ Talie before she went mainstream, Ezequiel back when he sold caipirinhas on the beach, Jonas through our boy Yuri.
Read the full story
Every connection in the BBE network is one I made myself, one year at a time. The barber inside the favela. The mãe de santo who lets respectful visitors into her terreiro. The friend who walks you into a party because his cousin is the DJ. None of that is a product on a shelf. It took six years to earn.
After a while, friends from home started flying down. Then their friends. By the time about fifteen groups had come through, every single one of them told me the same thing: you should be doing this for a living. So I built BBE. An agency books the flight and stops there; we book the flight and the stay, then walk you into the network I spent six years building.
"Six years on the ground in Rio. I built the network so you don't have to."Book the call with Bryant →
Why this matters
Soho House gives you access to a building. We give you access to people. Every relationship took years to build. None of it is on Google.
Ready when you are
Talk to Bryant.
Free planning call. Tell us your dates and what you want the trip to feel like. We map you to the right person on the ground.