Leaving SGN at 5:50am on UA---Lodging Options

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Mar 5, 2011, 7:37 am

sfdweller

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Leaving SGN at 5:50am on UA---Lodging Options

We are scheduled on UA leaving HCM at 5:50am.

Does it mean we need to be at the airport at 3am?? Wondering if there are lodging options at the airport? How far is downtown from the airport? Or stay up all night in hopes of sleeping on the flight back to the states....

Thanks in advance.

Mar 5, 2011, 7:47 am

IndyDavid

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At that hour, it takes only a few minutes to get to the airport from downtown. We left the Sheraton Saigon at 4:15 and were in the ghastly green lounge well before boarding.

Mar 5, 2011, 1:40 pm

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Agree with the above poster. I have done this flight numerous times. No need to get to the airport more than 90 minutes before flight time. No traffic at that hour.

Mar 8, 2011, 9:50 am

Lounge Expert

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Dont Sleep!

a few of us just went out late for dinner and few beers and didnt bother going to bed! depends on ur budget, but I hate paying a lot for decent hotel, only to get up at 3am and go to airport.

Mar 8, 2011, 11:04 am

jimbo99

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Originally Posted by Lounge Expert

a few of us just went out late for dinner and few beers and didnt bother going to bed! depends on ur budget, but I hate paying a lot for decent hotel, only to get up at 3am and go to airport.

Great suggestion. I too never really sleep on my last night in Saigon and really love wandering around.

Only problem is, I hate turning up at an airport hot and sweaty, so always keep the room. But then I don't stay in posh hotels in Saigon (or anywhere, these days)..

Mar 9, 2011, 3:27 am

SaigonCyclo

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Agree with Jimbo. Always nice to have a shower instead of showing up hot and sweaty for your 20+ hours of travel. You shouldn't have any trouble sleeping on the way home.

Mar 9, 2011, 7:46 pm

dsquared37

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Originally Posted by SaigonCyclo

Agree with Jimbo. Always nice to have a shower instead of showing up hot and sweaty for your 20+ hours of travel. You shouldn't have any trouble sleeping on the way home.

If nothing else OP will get a shower in HKG.

Mar 10, 2011, 1:00 pm

Daawgon

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If you'd like to be a little closer to Tan San Nhat Airport and be in an excellent hotel too, I suggest the Ma Maison Boutique Hotel. I stayed there last year and was blown away by the service - really more like a B&B with wonderful food and even better service.