Travel Coordinator Services

Here is how this works in practice. Brazilian travel coordinators book and manage cast-and-crew movement across the full domestic-and-global map. Domestic carriers have LATAM Brasil (the country's flag carrier. With global SkyTeam-equivalent network), GOL Linhas Aéreas, Azul Linhas Aéreas, and Voepass for regional routes including Manaus, Belém, Recife, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Florianópolis, and Foz do Iguaçu. Global routing covers the 12-hour direct GRU (São Paulo Guarulhos) to LAX corridor for US co-productions, GRU-LHR and GRU-CDG for European routes, GRU-EZE for Argentina Mercosul cross-border, and GRU-LIS for Brazil-Portugal lingua-Portuguesa co-productions.

Here is the layout. On the ground, Private-charter via Helisul, Líder Aviação, Aero Rio Helicópteros, and Helivia handles helicopter access to Amazon, Pantanal (UNESCO 2000), Iguaçu Falls, Fernando de Noronha (UNESCO 2001), Chapada Diamantina, and Lençóis Maranhenses. Hotels are pre-blocked at São Paulo (Tivoli Mofarrej, Hyatt Paulista, Fasano Jardins, Renaissance), Rio (Copacabana Palace, Fasano Ipanema, Hotel Emiliano), Brasília, Salvador, Manaus, and Foz.

Here is the short of it. Visa-and-immigration handling runs through Polícia Federal records for global cast and crew under the standard B-visa / VITEM-V audiovisual work-permit type. With Receita Federal/Aduana ATA carnet preparation for with gear and SAT customs clearance. Yellow fever vaccination is required for global crews bound for Amazon and Pantanal — we manage Anvisa-logged pre-departure clearance. Carnaval February-early March demand peaks need 6-to-12-month advance booking across all major cities (Salvador hosts the largest street carnival worldwide. With Olodum, Ilê Aiyê, and Filhos de Gandhy blocos).

Here is how the work shapes up. On the ground, Festival-window booking (Cannes May, Berlin February, Venice September, Toronto September, Sundance January, Festival do Rio, Mostra São Paulo, Festival de Gramado Kikito) is run through standing agency partnerships. SindCine and SATED sign-ups is standard. Reciprocal Travel Industry Association of America plan cover US co-production travel. CLT/FGTS/INSS/13º/30-day vacation accruals are managed in-house.