13 days/12 nights Vietnam Highlight & Leisure Vacation

Route : Hanoi – Halong Bay – Hanoi – Hue – Danang – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh – Phu Quoc – Ho Chi Minh - Hanoi
Nationality : (Poland)
Travel Consultant : Andrew
Travel Date : 2011/02/13-2011/02/25

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your greetings and help on our return transfers in Hanoi. Sorry for a late response but time after returning from holidays has always been hectic and full of  work. I will give you some feedback with a pleasure. Please see my comments below.

Additionally I would like to ask one more things from you.  We are thinking about visiting China next year for sightseeing. Do you organize such trips? If yes - I would have few questions:

- what is the ideal month to come and a part of the year we should absolutely be not  coming?
- what is the exemplary route for 2 weeks?
- is there also a way to merge sightseeing and having a rest on the beach/ mountain/ lake resorts in China? 

Many thanks in advance for your perspective on that.

1. What do you think of our guide service? Who impress you best and who impress you poorest?

Overall very good - well organized, very friendly and polite, knowledgeable about places we have been sightseeing and able to facilitate our extra requests well. The best guide we had in In Hue+ Hoian: Mr Nguyen Viet Linh.

He had a great sense of humor and great English with a great accent to follow.

2. What do you think of our driver service?

Again very good - always on time, clean cars, big enough cars to have a very comfortable travel.

3. What do you think of the hotel service and their breakfast? Can you please name the best one and the poorest one in your trip?

Overall a good value for money choice on our hotels when you go for sightseeing and you move from one location to another one - good locations, good standard of rooms yet not luxurious and decent breakfasts.

Best hotel - Saigon Phu Quoc Resort**** - extremely nice locationthat offers all you need for resting - friendly staff, good food, plenty of  facilities (e.g. tennis, driving range for playing golf, bicycles) free of charge, nice sandy beach. 2nd best has been Hoi An Riverside - I wish had more time to enjoy its SPA and even swimming pool :)

The worst hotel: Golden Sun Legend Hotel in Hanoi when it comes to the room standard(more like 2* not 4*) and a bit noisy localization but the breakfast was great there, on the other hand. Thus, I would still book this hotel because of its localization opposite to a great and reworded restaurant Madame Hien and the quality breakfasts.

The only suggestion I would have is to look for hotels with outdoor swimming pools in Ho Chi Minh so there is a nice rest opportunity after sightseeing when it is so hot. We were missing this a bit.

4. Which meal makes you memorable? Please name the reason why you like or dislike it?

Probably all meals we have had on the charter boat - they were so fresh and exotic in a way to us that we wished portions were a bit bigger. Also lunch in Mekong Delta was great. 2nd place was in Hanoi Madame Hien - OUTSTANDING local food and seafood we had for the dinner.

5. Would you mind sharing your pictures in the trip with us? A brief description of where your photos were taken is highly appreciated so that we can better understand your creation.

No problem but I will try to send a few only as they are quite heavy.

Me and my son Michal taking a boat trip on Delta Mekong. It has been so insightful to see how the life of farmers/ fishermen looks like there.

6. Would you like to be our reference by authorizing us to give out your email address?

no problem feel free to give my contact details in case it can help anybody with their travel booking.

 Kind Regards,

Iza Hryciuk

March 6th, 2011