About SouthAmerica.travel

SouthAmerica.travel is one of the leading South America tour operators and travel agencies. We have our own operations offices and sales staff in Buenos Aires, Lima, and Rio de Janeiro.

Here is a brief overview of our company history:

• Nov 1999 Founding of Universal Understanding GmbH in Stuttgart, Germany, with mission of exploring culture ties to Brazil and to promote expert custom tour planning to Brazil over the internet to a worldwide audience. Launch of 4starBrazil.com.


• Feb 2000 Founding of Universal Understanding LLC in the USA, to offer legal security to our US customers.


• Dec 2001 Launch of 4starArgentina.com and 4starChile.com websites, under the new umbrella website 4starSouthAmerica.com - set for further expansion across South America.


• 2002 Founding of 4star Turismo do Brasil, Ltda as Brazilian Incoming Operator in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Peru and Bolivia added as travel destinations.

• Jan 2003 Purchase of Latin America destination flight consolidator Value Travel Inc. in Washington DC, relaunched as 4starSouthAmerica.


• 2004 Ecuador and Uruguay added as destinations.


• 2005 Founding of 4star Turismo del Peru as Peruvian Incoming Operator in Lima, Peru and 4star Turismo (Argentina) S.R.L. as Argentina Incoming Operator in Buenos Aires, Argentina.


• 2006 Recognizing the decline in the flight consolidator business, Value Travel is spun off to allow 4starSouthAmerica to concentrate on its core Travel Planning business, and lands contracts with multiple flight consolidators to offer clients more choice at lower prices.


• 2007 Awarded coveted website www.SouthAmerica.travel by the .travel administrator Tralliance.


• 2008 Colombia & Paraguay added, as well as expanded Specialty Tours for Golf, Wines, Adventure, Railway, Cruises and Beach Resorts.


• 2009 Consolidation of all 4star websites under www.SouthAmerica.travel website. Celebration of 10th anniversary as South America Travel Specialists.

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