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<\/a><\/h3>\nFirst things first: book your flights and accommodation<\/a>. With the start of the Games now less than a month away, time is definitely of the essence. Be quick, but don\u2019t worry too much. A number of major airlines fly to Rio from several airports in the U.S. \u2013 and, indeed, most of the world. And here\u2019s a tip: If you don\u2019t mind missing the beginning or end of the Olympics, you might be able to score a cheaper flight arriving\u00a0there midway through the Games. Or if you can\u2019t stay well after the Games finish, you might find your return flight costing a lot less than if you leave during or immediately after.<\/p>\nFor a Limited Time Only: No Visa Necessary<\/h2>\n![\"T](\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/shutterstock_188781878.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h3>\nUsually visitors from the U.S. must apply and pay (more than $150) for a travel visa when going to Brazil. But to encourage tourism during the Olympics, no visa is required from June 1 to September 18, 2016 for stays up to 90 days.<\/p>\n
CoSport, the Official Booking Site<\/h2>\n![\"lazyllama](\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/shutterstock_189406904.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h3>\nCoSport is the \u201cRio 2016 Authorized Ticket Re-seller for the United States\u201d (and most other countries too). For tickets to any event, you need to create an account (it\u2019s free) and browse around for what\u2019s available. As you might expect, many of the most popular events are already fully booked, but there\u2019s plenty still to choose from. Your best bet is to go to cosport.com<\/a> ASAP for a look at what you can still attend.<\/p>\nExplore Beyond the Games<\/h2>\n![\"R.M.](\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/shutterstock_316241720.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h3>\nAnyone who has ever had the pleasure of attending the Paralympics (including the writer of this post) knows that they can be just as riveting and exciting as the Olympics (or even more so!), with world-class athletes not only competing against each other but also against their own physical disabilities. This makes for some of the best and most compelling sporting action you can ever expect to witness. The 2016 Paralympics run from September 7 to 18, 2016, also in Rio.<\/p>\n
Know Before You Go<\/h2>\n![\"Filipe](\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/shutterstock_149105258.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h3>\nIt\u2019s hard to bring up Brazil these days without someone mentioning the Z <\/em>word. But how much of the talk about Zika hype? The World Health Organization<\/a> offers some practical and easy to follow advice for travelers to Brazil concerned about Zika.\u00a0The U.S. Department of State<\/a>\u00a0also has a great checklist for folks attending the Olympics with tips about avoiding Zika staying safe in general during the Olympics.<\/p>\nAre you going to the 2016 Olympic Games or planning a sports themed vacation this year? We would love to hear about your plans. Please share in the comments section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Olympics are almost ready to take over Brazil! The Games kick off Friday, August 5th with a calendar of amazing athletic events running until Sunday, August 21st. Can you imagine how samba-licious that Opening Ceremony is going to be or how hot the competition is going to get? Rio 2016 promises to be one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":97179305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1018,1887,56],"tags":[2155,819,976,103,239,2153,825,2156,2154],"class_list":["post-97179301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-destinations","category-south-america","category-travel-tips","tag-2016-summer-olympics","tag-brazil","tag-gig","tag-olympics","tag-rio","tag-rio-2016","tag-rio-de-janeiro","tag-sports","tag-summer-olympics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97179301"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97179854,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179301\/revisions\/97179854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97179305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97179301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97179301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97179301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
For a Limited Time Only: No Visa Necessary<\/h2>\n<\/a><\/h3>\nUsually visitors from the U.S. must apply and pay (more than $150) for a travel visa when going to Brazil. But to encourage tourism during the Olympics, no visa is required from June 1 to September 18, 2016 for stays up to 90 days.<\/p>\n
CoSport, the Official Booking Site<\/h2>\n<\/a><\/h3>\nCoSport is the \u201cRio 2016 Authorized Ticket Re-seller for the United States\u201d (and most other countries too). For tickets to any event, you need to create an account (it\u2019s free) and browse around for what\u2019s available. As you might expect, many of the most popular events are already fully booked, but there\u2019s plenty still to choose from. Your best bet is to go to cosport.com<\/a> ASAP for a look at what you can still attend.<\/p>\nExplore Beyond the Games<\/h2>\n<\/a><\/h3>\nAnyone who has ever had the pleasure of attending the Paralympics (including the writer of this post) knows that they can be just as riveting and exciting as the Olympics (or even more so!), with world-class athletes not only competing against each other but also against their own physical disabilities. This makes for some of the best and most compelling sporting action you can ever expect to witness. The 2016 Paralympics run from September 7 to 18, 2016, also in Rio.<\/p>\n
Know Before You Go<\/h2>\n<\/a><\/h3>\nIt\u2019s hard to bring up Brazil these days without someone mentioning the Z <\/em>word. But how much of the talk about Zika hype? The World Health Organization<\/a> offers some practical and easy to follow advice for travelers to Brazil concerned about Zika.\u00a0The U.S. Department of State<\/a>\u00a0also has a great checklist for folks attending the Olympics with tips about avoiding Zika staying safe in general during the Olympics.<\/p>\nAre you going to the 2016 Olympic Games or planning a sports themed vacation this year? We would love to hear about your plans. Please share in the comments section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Olympics are almost ready to take over Brazil! The Games kick off Friday, August 5th with a calendar of amazing athletic events running until Sunday, August 21st. Can you imagine how samba-licious that Opening Ceremony is going to be or how hot the competition is going to get? Rio 2016 promises to be one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":97179305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1018,1887,56],"tags":[2155,819,976,103,239,2153,825,2156,2154],"class_list":["post-97179301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-destinations","category-south-america","category-travel-tips","tag-2016-summer-olympics","tag-brazil","tag-gig","tag-olympics","tag-rio","tag-rio-2016","tag-rio-de-janeiro","tag-sports","tag-summer-olympics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97179301"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97179854,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179301\/revisions\/97179854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97179305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97179301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97179301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97179301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a><\/h3>\nUsually visitors from the U.S. must apply and pay (more than $150) for a travel visa when going to Brazil. But to encourage tourism during the Olympics, no visa is required from June 1 to September 18, 2016 for stays up to 90 days.<\/p>\n
CoSport, the Official Booking Site<\/h2>\n<\/a><\/h3>\nCoSport is the \u201cRio 2016 Authorized Ticket Re-seller for the United States\u201d (and most other countries too). For tickets to any event, you need to create an account (it\u2019s free) and browse around for what\u2019s available. As you might expect, many of the most popular events are already fully booked, but there\u2019s plenty still to choose from. Your best bet is to go to cosport.com<\/a> ASAP for a look at what you can still attend.<\/p>\nExplore Beyond the Games<\/h2>\n<\/a><\/h3>\nAnyone who has ever had the pleasure of attending the Paralympics (including the writer of this post) knows that they can be just as riveting and exciting as the Olympics (or even more so!), with world-class athletes not only competing against each other but also against their own physical disabilities. This makes for some of the best and most compelling sporting action you can ever expect to witness. The 2016 Paralympics run from September 7 to 18, 2016, also in Rio.<\/p>\n
Know Before You Go<\/h2>\n<\/a><\/h3>\nIt\u2019s hard to bring up Brazil these days without someone mentioning the Z <\/em>word. But how much of the talk about Zika hype? The World Health Organization<\/a> offers some practical and easy to follow advice for travelers to Brazil concerned about Zika.\u00a0The U.S. Department of State<\/a>\u00a0also has a great checklist for folks attending the Olympics with tips about avoiding Zika staying safe in general during the Olympics.<\/p>\nAre you going to the 2016 Olympic Games or planning a sports themed vacation this year? We would love to hear about your plans. Please share in the comments section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Olympics are almost ready to take over Brazil! The Games kick off Friday, August 5th with a calendar of amazing athletic events running until Sunday, August 21st. Can you imagine how samba-licious that Opening Ceremony is going to be or how hot the competition is going to get? Rio 2016 promises to be one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":97179305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1018,1887,56],"tags":[2155,819,976,103,239,2153,825,2156,2154],"class_list":["post-97179301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-destinations","category-south-america","category-travel-tips","tag-2016-summer-olympics","tag-brazil","tag-gig","tag-olympics","tag-rio","tag-rio-2016","tag-rio-de-janeiro","tag-sports","tag-summer-olympics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97179301"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97179854,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179301\/revisions\/97179854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97179305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97179301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97179301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97179301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a><\/h3>\nCoSport is the \u201cRio 2016 Authorized Ticket Re-seller for the United States\u201d (and most other countries too). For tickets to any event, you need to create an account (it\u2019s free) and browse around for what\u2019s available. As you might expect, many of the most popular events are already fully booked, but there\u2019s plenty still to choose from. Your best bet is to go to cosport.com<\/a> ASAP for a look at what you can still attend.<\/p>\n Anyone who has ever had the pleasure of attending the Paralympics (including the writer of this post) knows that they can be just as riveting and exciting as the Olympics (or even more so!), with world-class athletes not only competing against each other but also against their own physical disabilities. This makes for some of the best and most compelling sporting action you can ever expect to witness. The 2016 Paralympics run from September 7 to 18, 2016, also in Rio.<\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to bring up Brazil these days without someone mentioning the Z <\/em>word. But how much of the talk about Zika hype? The World Health Organization<\/a> offers some practical and easy to follow advice for travelers to Brazil concerned about Zika.\u00a0The U.S. Department of State<\/a>\u00a0also has a great checklist for folks attending the Olympics with tips about avoiding Zika staying safe in general during the Olympics.<\/p>\n Are you going to the 2016 Olympic Games or planning a sports themed vacation this year? We would love to hear about your plans. Please share in the comments section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Olympics are almost ready to take over Brazil! The Games kick off Friday, August 5th with a calendar of amazing athletic events running until Sunday, August 21st. Can you imagine how samba-licious that Opening Ceremony is going to be or how hot the competition is going to get? Rio 2016 promises to be one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":97179305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1018,1887,56],"tags":[2155,819,976,103,239,2153,825,2156,2154],"class_list":["post-97179301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-destinations","category-south-america","category-travel-tips","tag-2016-summer-olympics","tag-brazil","tag-gig","tag-olympics","tag-rio","tag-rio-2016","tag-rio-de-janeiro","tag-sports","tag-summer-olympics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97179301"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97179854,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97179301\/revisions\/97179854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97179305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97179301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97179301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97179301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Explore Beyond the Games<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/h3>\nKnow Before You Go<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/h3>\n