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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 8:40 am
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jimbo99
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Hsinchu (Taiwan), Saigon, London
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Originally Posted by maltasr
I have done exactly that. I'm using "TravelIndochine" ([email protected]) that quoted a rate of $20 each way. They use a seven passenger mini-van. They indicated in their e-mail that their driver would be seeing me at the airport with a hand held sign with my full name written on it. I am to pay the driver in US cash before leaving the airport. It sounds like a fair deal to me and takes some of the anxiety out of the transfer procedure.
Yep it's the crazy world of Saigon. US$20 is way more than a meter taxi. But to a visiting westerner it seems like a bargain just to take the pain out of things.

Don't blame you mate!

OH and please don't tip...
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