Vietnam

[kstrike]

Can anyone pls help to advise on the itinerary below ?
Will be going with my gf to vietnam for 6days 5nights.

Sinhtourist revert with the following itinerary:

14/10 - Pick up on arrival and visit Ho Chi Minh city
15/10 - My Tho & Ben Tre
16/10 - Cu Chi Tunnels and transfer to airport
17/10 - Ha Noi – Ha Long
18/10 - Ha Long Bay - Ha Noi
19/10 - Transfer to airport

Hotel is Liberty 3 Hotel

Price: US$540.00/person.
Including: 4 nights hotel, 01 night on boat, meals as above, tours as above, English speaking tour guide, A/C bus, transfer to hotel and airport, boat trip, flight Ho Chi Minh – Ha Noi and Ha Noi – Ho Chi Minh.
Excluding:Tip, personal expense, drinks, insurance, entrance fee(about US$4.00/person).

US$540/pax is kinda expensive and over our budget.

 

[Kensuke11]

thanks bro!!!

how abt bars? wan drink some cheap beer there

eh pai seh.. i didnt go and explore the bars..

 

[Techadd]

Can anyone pls help to advise on the itinerary below ?
Will be going with my gf to vietnam for 6days 5nights.

Sinhtourist revert with the following itinerary:

14/10 - Pick up on arrival and visit Ho Chi Minh city
15/10 - My Tho & Ben Tre
16/10 - Cu Chi Tunnels and transfer to airport
17/10 - Ha Noi – Ha Long
18/10 - Ha Long Bay - Ha Noi
19/10 - Transfer to airport

Hotel is Liberty 3 Hotel

Price: US$540.00/person.
Including: 4 nights hotel, 01 night on boat, meals as above, tours as above, English speaking tour guide, A/C bus, transfer to hotel and airport, boat trip, flight Ho Chi Minh – Ha Noi and Ha Noi – Ho Chi Minh.
Excluding:Tip, personal expense, drinks, insurance, entrance fee(about US$4.00/person).

US$540/pax is kinda expensive and over our budget.

is that a join in tour or a private tour?

 

[kstrike]

I duno. I did not ask for a private tour and I dun need 1.

 

[Boeing787]

Hi guys, is there anyone going to Ho Chi Ming City on the 8th to 11th sept, will be going alone, would love some company.

 

[juuzbe]

Can xplore also lor, sme stuffs much cheaper. Ben thanh can "chop" on rates, like i said 100k wallet at chinatown, come to ben thanh becm 450k b4 bargain.

Hi bro,
i went chinatown, they are selling in bulk and hardly chup you bec they are bz packing and handling their bulk purchases. but i realise their price seems quite similar to Ben Thanh. Even An Dong also similar prices. Actually not much of diff if you convert into our S$, eg 20K dong difference is only <S$2 diff.

 

[juuzbe]

What is nice in Mekong Delta?

You get to cruised along their river, seeing ppl 'trading' their stuff in their boats. get a 'sampan' ride in their river too. then they bring you to see those villagers lifestyle and how they make their earnings from making rice paper and coconut candies. That's all.

 

[juuzbe]

Thanks bro.

If chinatown really nothing much then i will skip and go to Ben Thanh mkt once and for all.

Recently went Cholon and AnDong Plaza, what you see there are basically you can find in ben thanh. When you approach them for prices, they quoted also almost similar to what you will hear from ben thanh. Lazy to bargain for they might not be good in english as those in ben thanh, so i did all my purchases in Ben Thanh, of cos through bargaining. i notice they 'chop' the ang mos more However AnDong area, many can speak mandarin, even the roadside stalls, because saw quite alot of Taiwanese tourists there. They even sell BING LANG which you used to find in taiwan.

You may want to try walking along Nguyen Trai street (if i get the name correctly), a long stretch with ppl selling stuff (eg fashion clothing, shoes, etc) in shops or laying on the floor.

 

[kstrike]

Can anyone pls help to advise on the itinerary below ?
Will be going with my gf to vietnam for 6days 5nights.

Sinhtourist revert with the following itinerary:

14/10 - Pick up on arrival and visit Ho Chi Minh city
15/10 - My Tho & Ben Tre
16/10 - Cu Chi Tunnels and transfer to airport
17/10 - Ha Noi – Ha Long
18/10 - Ha Long Bay - Ha Noi
19/10 - Transfer to airport

Hotel is Liberty 3 Hotel

Price: US$540.00/person.
Including: 4 nights hotel, 01 night on boat, meals as above, tours as above, English speaking tour guide, A/C bus, transfer to hotel and airport, boat trip, flight Ho Chi Minh – Ha Noi and Ha Noi – Ho Chi Minh.
Excluding:Tip, personal expense, drinks, insurance, entrance fee(about US$4.00/person).

US$540/pax is kinda expensive and over our budget.

Can anyone please help me with the itinerary ?
Are there any other places near HCMC and is fun E.g Da Lat, dun wan to take flight to Hanoi for just 1-2 days.

 

[ComTruise]

Can anyone please help me with the itinerary ?
Are there any other places near HCMC and is fun E.g Da Lat, dun wan to take flight to Hanoi for just 1-2 days.

You can take a bus to Dalat for less than $10. Takes half a day. Go enjoy the cool weather and beautiful scenary in the countryside. See rice wine, coffee, pepper, peanut, flower plantations.

One possible way is

2 nights HCMC
2 nights Dalat
2 nights HCMC --> SG

 

[Techadd]

Recently went Cholon and AnDong Plaza, what you see there are basically you can find in ben thanh. When you approach them for prices, they quoted also almost similar to what you will hear from ben thanh. Lazy to bargain for they might not be good in english as those in ben thanh, so i did all my purchases in Ben Thanh, of cos through bargaining. i notice they 'chop' the ang mos more However AnDong area, many can speak mandarin, even the roadside stalls, because saw quite alot of Taiwanese tourists there. They even sell BING LANG which you used to find in taiwan.

You may want to try walking along Nguyen Trai street (if i get the name correctly), a long stretch with ppl selling stuff (eg fashion clothing, shoes, etc) in shops or laying on the floor.

anDong and Cholon were far cheaper back then, however due to the increasing influx of Chinese, Taiwanese, Malaysian and Singaporean Tourists there, the sellers there have followed the price from Ben Thanh, bargain like crazy if you have to, if you are lazy with bargaining, then just go to ben thanh to save time

 

[dreamer75]

need some help here.

where to buy cheap and real raoul shirt in HCMC?

 

[davivang]

Can anyone please help me with the itinerary ?
Are there any other places near HCMC and is fun E.g Da Lat, dun wan to take flight to Hanoi for just 1-2 days.

US$540. Tour r always a ripe off. If your a first timer , pay a bit more it ok, a good guide, a good hotel, a good holiday make your trip memorable.
I spend around S$500 (excluding airfare 2 way trip only S$94) for a 5day 4night trip to HCMC. I will be travelling by JETstar on 14Oct2010

 

[dreamer75]

Recently went Cholon and AnDong Plaza, what you see there are basically you can find in ben thanh. When you approach them for prices, they quoted also almost similar to what you will hear from ben thanh. Lazy to bargain for they might not be good in english as those in ben thanh, so i did all my purchases in Ben Thanh, of cos through bargaining. i notice they 'chop' the ang mos more However AnDong area, many can speak mandarin, even the roadside stalls, because saw quite alot of Taiwanese tourists there. They even sell BING LANG which you used to find in taiwan.

You may want to try walking along Nguyen Trai street (if i get the name correctly), a long stretch with ppl selling stuff (eg fashion clothing, shoes, etc) in shops or laying on the floor.

how to get to Nguyen Trai street from Ben Thanh mkt?

 

[kstrike]

US$540. Tour r always a ripe off. If your a first timer , pay a bit more it ok, a good guide, a good hotel, a good holiday make your trip memorable.
I spend around S$500 (excluding airfare 2 way trip only S$94) for a 5day 4night trip to HCMC. I will be travelling by JETstar on 14Oct2010

Same me by Tiger airway on 14 Oct 10 as well.

 

[juuzbe]

how to get to Nguyen Trai street from Ben Thanh mkt?

Hi, is very diff to explain to you over here. If you have a general map (sometimes you able to get it from your hotel), you will be able to see this long stretch of road. It stretches around Dist 1 to Dist 5. A very long stretch. I happen to chance upon this road when i was hunting for An Dong Plaza, trying to walk fm my hotel (D1) to D5... and realise is a super long walk.. but luckily along the street has shops and roadside stalls that sells clothings, bags and shoes for me to look around. Otherwise it really kills me to walk up and then down back to hotel >1hr ok... only on the very last day then i realise i can take bus to and fro AnDong from Ben Thanh mkt

One more way to get a free general map which i chance upon, is there's an information counter in their Famous Post office, there's a brochure that talks abt thier water puppet show or the counter you can buy the show tix from, there's a map in this brochure, which can comes useful if you really not able to get any map.

 

[Techadd]

how to get to Nguyen Trai street from Ben Thanh mkt?

try googlemap dude

 

[dreamer75]

Hi, is very diff to explain to you over here. If you have a general map (sometimes you able to get it from your hotel), you will be able to see this long stretch of road. It stretches around Dist 1 to Dist 5. A very long stretch. I happen to chance upon this road when i was hunting for An Dong Plaza, trying to walk fm my hotel (D1) to D5... and realise is a super long walk.. but luckily along the street has shops and roadside stalls that sells clothings, bags and shoes for me to look around. Otherwise it really kills me to walk up and then down back to hotel >1hr ok... only on the very last day then i realise i can take bus to and fro AnDong from Ben Thanh mkt

One more way to get a free general map which i chance upon, is there's an information counter in their Famous Post office, there's a brochure that talks abt thier water puppet show or the counter you can buy the show tix from, there's a map in this brochure, which can comes useful if you really not able to get any map.

try googlemap dude

Thanks!

Which famous Post Office you referring to? Water Puppet show? Quite unique i must say.

 

[JustOneOfUs]

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to do a Mui Ne tour of the sand dunes n canyon within a day from HCMC n back by evening?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Viera90]

ANyone knows if honghan guesthouse offers free airport pickup services? Also is it good to travel to Dalat n mekong delta without any tour package?