Hotels…Vietnam
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Don't book any hotels in advance, except for the one on your first day / night of arrival.
We took a month for the trip, no rushing what so ever.
Guessing you starting in Hanoi, then take your first ride out to HaiPhong.
Ride the bikes onto the ferry to Cat Ba Island. HaLong Bay.
Stay there for a couple of days, 3 max,
From Hanoi, its about a 3 hour, easy ride.
Hai Van pass,
Nah Trang,
Ca Na
Phan Theit
Mui Ne
Ga Saigon
Mekong river
Just approach any hotel that takes your fancy, and ask for a room for a night, or a couple of nights.
If they say full, then the next hotel is just 5 minutes away.
They will all offer to ask you to bring your bike(s) into the lobby, where you should padlock them.
Its that easy.
After a couple of days in Cat Ba, take the same ferry back to Haiphong, and head south.
Simple as.
We used to hit the road about 10:00 am, riding for about 2 hours, then a light roadside lunch, then another hour or 2.
Then start knocking on hotels,
Rinse and repeat for as many days as you want.
We generally had our hotel sorted by around 3 - 4 pm.
Bike(s) put away for the night.
We would do it again in a heartbeat.
Eventually arriving in Saigon (HCMC)
We went to the train station, and arranged our 2 bikes to be crated, and trained back to Hanoi.
We stayed in Saigon for a few days, then also got the train back to Hanoi.
Next day collected our bikes, and took them back to the renter shop
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We took a month for the trip, no rushing what so ever.
Guessing you starting in Hanoi, then take your first ride out to HaiPhong.
Ride the bikes onto the ferry to Cat Ba Island. HaLong Bay.
Stay there for a couple of days, 3 max,
From Hanoi, its about a 3 hour, easy ride.
Hai Van pass,
Nah Trang,
Ca Na
Phan Theit
Mui Ne
Ga Saigon
Mekong river
Just approach any hotel that takes your fancy, and ask for a room for a night, or a couple of nights.
If they say full, then the next hotel is just 5 minutes away.
They will all offer to ask you to bring your bike(s) into the lobby, where you should padlock them.
Its that easy.
After a couple of days in Cat Ba, take the same ferry back to Haiphong, and head south.
Simple as.
We used to hit the road about 10:00 am, riding for about 2 hours, then a light roadside lunch, then another hour or 2.
Then start knocking on hotels,
Rinse and repeat for as many days as you want.
We generally had our hotel sorted by around 3 - 4 pm.
Bike(s) put away for the night.
We would do it again in a heartbeat.
Eventually arriving in Saigon (HCMC)
We went to the train station, and arranged our 2 bikes to be crated, and trained back to Hanoi.
We stayed in Saigon for a few days, then also got the train back to Hanoi.
Next day collected our bikes, and took them back to the renter shop
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Make sure to spend some time at Hoi An, it's a lovely little town, especially at night. We've stayed there several times, and spend a few days there each time.
Top TIp -
There's a small strip of plastic-chair restaurants across the river, better food than most of the overpriced tourist retaurants in town and a tiny fraction of the price.
The link below is one of them so you know where to find them. Despite the reviews, I would say Mr Son's is good, but not always the best place there.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g2...
Top TIp -
There's a small strip of plastic-chair restaurants across the river, better food than most of the overpriced tourist retaurants in town and a tiny fraction of the price.
The link below is one of them so you know where to find them. Despite the reviews, I would say Mr Son's is good, but not always the best place there.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g2...
smifffymoto said:
Your suggestions please.
We are doing the well trodden path from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh taking in the usual stops.
Hanoi: peridot grand hotelWe are doing the well trodden path from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh taking in the usual stops.
Hoi an: Ann Retreat and Spa
Just come back from 4 weeks in Vietnam, standard of accommodation was very good everywhere but these two hotels were excellent, basically got everything right.
Depends on your budget, the quality of the hotels in Vietnam for what you pay is fantastic.
On arrival get yourself somewhere around Hoan Kiem, so many to choose from (and never had a bad one), but if you want to treat yourself at the end in Saigon, splurge a few Dong on the Riverie, definitely one of the best hotels I've stayed at anywhere in the world.
On arrival get yourself somewhere around Hoan Kiem, so many to choose from (and never had a bad one), but if you want to treat yourself at the end in Saigon, splurge a few Dong on the Riverie, definitely one of the best hotels I've stayed at anywhere in the world.
This probably won’t go down well here, but being as I’m not a powerfully built director, I will post it anyway.
Mrs DG and I, usually spend 6 weeks to 2 months in Vietnam during the summer, so hotel costs are a big part of the holiday. Choose your destination, narrow down which area you want to stay in, then use trip advisor to find the hotels with facilities you want. Next, just walk in and ask if there are vacancies and a price for the night, then haggle, a couple of hundred thousand dong off can buy a couple a nice dinner (be aware, since the pandemic a lot of online information maybe out of date). Haggle is what the locals do, there is no shame in doing that.
Vietnam has some fantastic small independently run hotels, the scenery is outstanding and the local food is just something else. Language is major stumbling block, but tech like Google translate make it easy. Go with the right mindset and it’s an amazing place to visit.
Mrs DG and I, usually spend 6 weeks to 2 months in Vietnam during the summer, so hotel costs are a big part of the holiday. Choose your destination, narrow down which area you want to stay in, then use trip advisor to find the hotels with facilities you want. Next, just walk in and ask if there are vacancies and a price for the night, then haggle, a couple of hundred thousand dong off can buy a couple a nice dinner (be aware, since the pandemic a lot of online information maybe out of date). Haggle is what the locals do, there is no shame in doing that.
Vietnam has some fantastic small independently run hotels, the scenery is outstanding and the local food is just something else. Language is major stumbling block, but tech like Google translate make it easy. Go with the right mindset and it’s an amazing place to visit.
daqinggregg said:
This probably won’t go down well here, but being as I’m not a powerfully built director, I will post it anyway.
Mrs DG and I, usually spend 6 weeks to 2 months in Vietnam during the summer, so hotel costs are a big part of the holiday. Choose your destination, narrow down which area you want to stay in, then use trip advisor to find the hotels with facilities you want. Next, just walk in and ask if there are vacancies and a price for the night, then haggle, a couple of hundred thousand dong off can buy a couple a nice dinner (be aware, since the pandemic a lot of online information maybe out of date). Haggle is what the locals do, there is no shame in doing that.
Vietnam has some fantastic small independently run hotels, the scenery is outstanding and the local food is just something else. Language is major stumbling block, but tech like Google translate make it easy. Go with the right mindset and it’s an amazing place to visit.
I'd really like to hear more about this - maybe start another thread.Mrs DG and I, usually spend 6 weeks to 2 months in Vietnam during the summer, so hotel costs are a big part of the holiday. Choose your destination, narrow down which area you want to stay in, then use trip advisor to find the hotels with facilities you want. Next, just walk in and ask if there are vacancies and a price for the night, then haggle, a couple of hundred thousand dong off can buy a couple a nice dinner (be aware, since the pandemic a lot of online information maybe out of date). Haggle is what the locals do, there is no shame in doing that.
Vietnam has some fantastic small independently run hotels, the scenery is outstanding and the local food is just something else. Language is major stumbling block, but tech like Google translate make it easy. Go with the right mindset and it’s an amazing place to visit.
It sounds very much like Island Hopping in Greece during the 80s / 90s - and I have very fond memories of doing that - so much so that my wife and I are dipping our toe in to see if we can still hack it. Not booking anything apart from flight out and flight home, and then just winging it - possibly spending more per day than we used to (inflation and € adjusted) - but still not going into full on tourist mode. Expanding the same approach to Vietnam sounds really exciting.
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