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#316
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,018
Basically, it is one day for Cu Chi tunnels (Half a day) & Saigon city tour (Half a day) and one more day for Mekong Delta tour while you are in HCMC.
You need at least 3 nights for Con Dao island or Phu Quoc island. Mui Ne beach on mainland is also an option for 2 nights at that time.
Due to the limited time, pick two big cities (Hanoi, Danang and HCMC) and their surrounding areas would be better.
It is your plan!
You need at least 3 nights for Con Dao island or Phu Quoc island. Mui Ne beach on mainland is also an option for 2 nights at that time.
Due to the limited time, pick two big cities (Hanoi, Danang and HCMC) and their surrounding areas would be better.
It is your plan!
Thank you! I think we are definitely looking at 3 Days in HAN, 3 days in HCMC (with the sights you suggested) ...
After that, will think if we want to do 2 more nights elsewhere.
#317
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: BWI
Posts: 25
We went with this tour for the Mekong Delta day tour and would recommend them. They were booked through our travel agent so we didn't know about them beforehand but it was wonderful.
https://www.mangocruises.com/
https://www.mangocruises.com/
#318
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,018
We went with this tour for the Mekong Delta day tour and would recommend them. They were booked through our travel agent so we didn't know about them beforehand but it was wonderful.
https://www.mangocruises.com/
https://www.mangocruises.com/
#319
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: DinHo Ecotour (Mekong Delta, Vietnam)
Posts: 132
Regarding 2 more nights, you can consider spending in Mekong Delta instead of a day trip from HCMC or Dalat.
#320
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 187
My K6 flight from REP-DAD was cancelled and moved from July 4 to the 5th. I am considering Air Asia but after adding luggage, it is about the same price as Vietnam Airlines.
With VN, I would switch planes in SGN. Since I applied for my Vietnam visa with Da Nang as my entrypoint, would this be a problem?
With VN, I would switch planes in SGN. Since I applied for my Vietnam visa with Da Nang as my entrypoint, would this be a problem?
#321
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: DinHo Ecotour (Mekong Delta, Vietnam)
Posts: 132
My K6 flight from REP-DAD was cancelled and moved from July 4 to the 5th. I am considering Air Asia but after adding luggage, it is about the same price as Vietnam Airlines.
With VN, I would switch planes in SGN. Since I applied for my Vietnam visa with Da Nang as my entrypoint, would this be a problem?
With VN, I would switch planes in SGN. Since I applied for my Vietnam visa with Da Nang as my entrypoint, would this be a problem?
#322
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 781
I have a question for finding a mid-range hotel in Hanoi. I am not interested in major chain hotels there, because it seems like smaller hotels have pretty nice rooms too. I see in Tripadvisor that almost everybody suggested the Old Quarter, which seems shabby and too chaotic with backpacker hostels and foreign-centric eateries. I am thinking of the French Quarter, just below Hoan Kiem Lake. Is this a better choice? Where else do you suggest I consider?
Thanks very much.
Thanks very much.
#323
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 187
#324
Join Date: May 2022
Location: London
Programs: British Airways GCH
Posts: 47
Vaccine recommendations
A group of us are heading to Vietnam (from the UK) at the beginning of August and looking at some of the websites I can see a long list of recommended vaccinations/boosters, tablets: Hep A & B, Diphtheria, Typhoid, TB, Japanese encephelitus, Tetnus, Malaria and Rabies.
Main stop offs and hotels are in Hanoi, Halong bay, Hoi An/de Nang and Ho Chi Min. Can those that have been let me know which ones they had, all or selective (based on risk I assume)?
Main stop offs and hotels are in Hanoi, Halong bay, Hoi An/de Nang and Ho Chi Min. Can those that have been let me know which ones they had, all or selective (based on risk I assume)?
#325
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: BWI
Posts: 25
Went from the US in December. Visited Saigon, Hoi An, Hanoi, and Ha Long Bay. Didn't get any of the vaccinations/boosters prior to the trip. Edited to add: We all had the regular diphtheria/tetanus shots that are regularly given in the US. But none of the other ones you listed.
#326
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Land of Oz
Posts: 948
A group of us are heading to Vietnam (from the UK) at the beginning of August and looking at some of the websites I can see a long list of recommended vaccinations/boosters, tablets: Hep A & B, Diphtheria, Typhoid, TB, Japanese encephelitus, Tetnus, Malaria and Rabies.
Main stop offs and hotels are in Hanoi, Halong bay, Hoi An/de Nang and Ho Chi Min. Can those that have been let me know which ones they had, all or selective (based on risk I assume)?
Main stop offs and hotels are in Hanoi, Halong bay, Hoi An/de Nang and Ho Chi Min. Can those that have been let me know which ones they had, all or selective (based on risk I assume)?
#327
Join Date: Jul 2009
Programs: Delta Gold, silver, what yr is it?
Posts: 2,417
Before we did our Mekong cruise, we had all those immunizations. (Well, any we didn't already have). We knew we'd be in the country and around livestock etc, not just in cities. Plus, if there's a vaccine I'm eligible for and any question I might need it, I get it. I think only japanese encephalitis was new for us, and new malaria prep for the trip.Mosquitoes LOVE me, I will get bites.when no one else does and it's dry season. So I also bring deet.
#329
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Newton Centre, MA, USA
Programs: DL 2MM Gold, AA Plat Pro; Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium (via SPG), IHG Plat
Posts: 2,192
Asking for a friend (since she knows me as the STC - Senior Travel Consultant)... Has anyone successfully applied and paid for a Tourist EVisa for Vietnam recently (directly by themselves not going through an agency)? The payment seems to be failing and her bank claims they are never even seeing the payment request. She was trying to use a Local Massachusetts Bank Issued Debit Card. (And is now trying one of my Capital One Credit Cards).
#330
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: LON
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 3,918
Asking for a friend (since she knows me as the STC - Senior Travel Consultant)... Has anyone successfully applied and paid for a Tourist EVisa for Vietnam recently (directly by themselves not going through an agency)? The payment seems to be failing and her bank claims they are never even seeing the payment request. She was trying to use a Local Massachusetts Bank Issued Debit Card. (And is now trying one of my Capital One Credit Cards).
In this case, there are two options.
1. Ring the bank that issued the card, ask them to check for failed transactions, and ask if they can do a manual pre-auth for SCA for this failed transaction and then try again.
2. Find a bank card that supports SCA. Typically from a challenger/digital bank with modern backend systems.