Vietnam

[Henabi]

if you intend to use Grab or FastGo or any driver-hailing app...

Do expect the driver to call you to verify your exact pickup location and also let you know his/her ETA. I will usually ask my business client or hotel staff or eatery staff to help me

 

[pclow59]

I have no issue with the Grab booking on my recent Hanoi trip, only twice I booked during peak hours and they stuck in the jam when trying to pick me up, so they canceled my booking.

 

[Henabi]

Grab is very established in Vietnam. Any form of business which needs a transport to send something or someone or some food from Pt A to Pt B is well covered

Grab car, grab bike, grab shuttle, grab food, grab delivery

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[shichuanhua]

Hi Guys

Cu chi tunnel book tour online or book when we're there better?

gg hcm for 5D4N

So far planned only 1D each @
Cu Chi
Mui Ne
Mekong delta

any other place suggested?

Edit , Mui Ne most likely change to 2D1N as we want to watch the sunrise.

 

[Jibobo24]

HCMC

going to hcmc in april for 5 days. only for sightseeing and eating. For 2 person, how much do you think i will need? excluding hotel and flights. just daily expenses. im thinking 600sgd,

 

[beanstalk6]

going to hcmc in april for 5 days. only for sightseeing and eating. For 2 person, how much do you think i will need? excluding hotel and flights. just daily expenses. im thinking 600sgd,

$600 is definitely sufficient.

 

[beanstalk6]

Hi Guys

Cu chi tunnel book tour online or book when we're there better?

gg hcm for 5D4N

So far planned only 1D each @
Cu Chi
Mui Ne
Mekong delta

any other place suggested?

Edit , Mui Ne most likely change to 2D1N as we want to watch the sunrise.

Looks like you have no time for HCMC itself.
You might want to remove your very-large signature.

 

[Jibobo24]

$600 is definitely sufficient.

would you also say that 400/500 is enough as well? i’m trying to spend as little as i can haha

 

[Henabi]

going to hcmc in april for 5 days. only for sightseeing and eating. For 2 person, how much do you think i will need? excluding hotel and flights. just daily expenses. im thinking 600sgd,

Can share your itinerary?

From there I can give a good gauge

In terms of food... I will suggest to splurge on seafood, crab, clams, prawn etc

It's extremely fresh and affordable (as long as you avoid those fancy fancy restaurants like Ran Bien)

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[beanstalk6]

would you also say that 400/500 is enough as well? i’m trying to spend as little as i can haha

$600 over I assume 4 full days. That is $150 a day for the 2 of you, which is sufficient to have 3 good meals a day and other miscellaneous expenses. Even if you want to splurge a few times at a total cost of $200, that leaves you $100 a day- still sufficient. You can bring $600 and decide on the ground then, whether you want to save some of that.

 

[Jibobo24]

Can share your itinerary?

From there I can give a good gauge

In terms of food... I will suggest to splurge on seafood, crab, clams, prawn etc

It's extremely fresh and affordable (as long as you avoid those fancy fancy restaurants like Ran Bien)

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it would look something like that,

day1-SG>HCMC sightseeing around the neighbourhood
day2 tourings around hcmc, visiting independence palace, war remnants museum and benh thanh market.
day3 mekong delta
day4 cu chi tunnel
day 5 back to sg

 

[Henabi]

it would look something like that,

day1-SG>HCMC sightseeing around the neighbourhood
day2 tourings around hcmc, visiting independence palace, war remnants museum and benh thanh market.
day3 mekong delta
day4 cu chi tunnel
day 5 back to sg

Does your 600SGD covers these tours or exclude?

Mekong Delta tour can be potential carrot chop.

The people at My Tho ferry terminal wanna to chop me 100SGD per person for Vn speaking guide and 200sgd per person for English speaking guide.

My local friend managed to negotiate till 500K vnd per person for Vn speaking guide

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[Jibobo24]

Does your 600SGD covers these tours or exclude?

Mekong Delta tour can be potential carrot chop.

The people at My Tho ferry terminal wanna to chop me 100SGD per person for Vn speaking guide and 200sgd per person for English speaking guide.

My local friend managed to negotiate till 500K vnd per person for Vn speaking guide

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it includes the tour

 

[Henabi]

Then ok should be more than enough

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[MrTheROCK]

Your itinerary can be done

 

[Beta_Tester]

do we change VND there or use US dollars like how they do in Cambodia?

Heading to Da Nang, Hue, Hoi An. Any nice stuff, food to intro? Spening total of 4-5 nites there.

Thanks.

 

[shadow84]

For the mekong and cu chi tours, just book with Klook. Much safer. They paired with a local tour guide which includes everything, even lunch for full day tours (drinks pay extra to restaurant, but still decent food). At most tip the guide after tour and maybe those boat rowers for mekong delta.

The local guide agency is located just before the Bui Vien Street entrance, right side before crossing the road facing the big signboard.

 

[Henabi]

do we change VND there or use US dollars like how they do in Cambodia?

Heading to Da Nang, Hue, Hoi An. Any nice stuff, food to intro? Spening total of 4-5 nites there.

Thanks.

Change VND there and use VND for all transactions.

Many places, small shops, food stalls, non tourist places in Vietnam, don't accept USD because they know it's very difficult to find money changers.

The "misconception" to use ONLY USD in Vietnam is so 50 years ago

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[dede1217]

do we change VND there or use US dollars like how they do in Cambodia?

Heading to Da Nang, Hue, Hoi An. Any nice stuff, food to intro? Spening total of 4-5 nites there.

Thanks.

In vietnam, normally they use accept both VND and USD .
somehow find the price shown in usd might be slightly higher compared to using vnd ... For Cambodia most of the places use USD, even for small shops.

Can change some vnd in Singapore in case u need them for taxi etc ...
The rate at Singapore arcade today is about 17k ...

 

[dede1217]

Change VND there and use VND for all transactions.

Many places, small shops, food stalls, non tourist places in Vietnam, don't accept USD because they know it's very difficult to find money changers.

The "misconception" to use ONLY USD in Vietnam is so 50 years ago

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agree, i noticed usually bars or restaurants accept both vnd and usd
smaller shops or eatery places or supermarkets, they accept vnd usually ...