What You Pay

The payment for the your Football Enthusiasts Tour of South America is broken down as follows:

  • 980 GBP / 1440 EUR / 1950 USD (or equivalent when in another currency) paid 60 days before tour start date or at time of booking)
  • $300 US local payment

A deposit of US$200 (or equivalent) is accepted as an initial payment to reserve a place on a tour. Full payment is due 60 days before tour departure day.

Included in the Price

  • 11 nights 3 star accommodation
  • Entry to two first division or above soccer matches in superior seating
  • Optional participation in three organised social matches
  • Visit and entry to Iguazu Falls
  • Local tour leader throughout
  • A stay at Brazil's idyllic tropical beach coastal town of Paraty
  • 2 domestic flights
  • All land transport
  • All breakfasts
  • Tour of Maracana and La Bombonera stadiums

Not Included in the Price

  • International Flights to Join tour
  • Visa and passport fees
  • Travel or Medical Insurance
  • All meals (except for breakfasts)
  • Drinks
  • Tips
  • Optional activities/day-tours/excursions
  • Departure taxes and excess baggage fees

Single Supplement

If you prefer having a room to yourself throughout the tour, you can elect to pay extra for this on the booking form. Otherwise, the accommodation is on a twin share basis and, if you are traveling on your own, you will be sharing a room with another traveler of the same sex. If there are an odd number of group members and you end up with a room to yourself, you do not have to pay extra.

The single supplement for the Football Adventure is US$350.

Personal Spending Money

How much you take along with you on the tour is obviously a personal matter. If you intend to purchase many souvenirs, or if you enjoy spending it up on a big night out, we would recommend that you take a bit more than the estimated amounts below.

In total as an estimate, you need to allow about US$400 for expenses for the two weeks trip not including local payment and souvenirs.

Personal Tour Budget Summary

Expenses you will have once you arrive:

Tipping on the Tour

There are times during the trip where there is opportunity to tip the local guides. This is a completely optional practice to show your appreciation for excellent service and you should never feel obligated to do so, especially if you feel you did not receive good service. You may do this individually, or your tour leader will offer to collect the money and tip as a group.

At the end of the tour, if you felt your tour leader did an outstanding job, tipping is appreciated. See also tour leader.

For local guides on day trips and other optional activities, as a suggestion we recommended a tip of $2 to $5 per person.

Local Payment

The local payment must be handed to the tour guide at the first group meeting in Buenos Aires, usually on the morning of Day 2 of the tour. This will be accepted exclusively in the form of US$250 cash.

A Local Payment (or final payment) over the last few years, has become a common practice in the tourism industry for this type of group tour. The local payment allows us to keep the overall cost of the tour down, as sending the large amounts of money required to run the tour can be costly and at times complicated. In some developing countries the transferring of funds is at times problematic.

The local payment is not attributable to any one particular aspect of the tour, such as the local flight, or accommodation, but rather a nominal proportion of the funds that are required to run the tour. The local payment is in addition to, and not included in, the base tour price.