apartment swaps can be arranged via sites such as exchange away  or home exchange vacation, and typically permit a wide choice of apartments and locations.

for adventurous revelers, camping in rio de janeiro is mostly available in the zona west of the city, past barra, via hostel bookers or camping clube do brasil.

camping is possibly the least expensive lodging option in rio de janeiro, and allows very young travelers, or people with limited budgets to fully experience expensive events such as carnival.