Simply Vietnam

Archers Holidays - www.archersdirect.co.uk
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“Simply Vietnam”

★★★★★

written by on 17/03/2015

My husband and I returned from the above tour on March 8th, it took us a long time to decide which tour company to go with, we had previously traveled with Travelsphere and Titan but decided Archers itinerary was what we wanted. We are so pleased we decided on Archers, from the moment we landed in Hanoi to the time we left Saigon to fly home we were taken excellent care of by their Vietnamese tour guide. Yes the itinerary is pretty busy and very cultural, some days you are out sightseeing all day, you have a few hours in the hotel and then are taken out for dinner. Dinner is always at a Vietnamese restaurant, i'm vegetarian and my diet was well catered for. All the hotels used on the tour were excellent, a really good standard. We had a welcome meeting the first night in the hotel in Hanoi, at the welcome meeting we were given a comprehensive idea as what to expect on our tour, and then told about the tip system. The tour guide suggested the amount of tip for the coach drivers, waiters/waitress in the restaurant we would visit and them selves, this was quoted in US dollar and was a bit hard to take in. The out come was that we gave him ( not mandatory) the total amount of tips for the entire tour and he did all the tipping for us, we were a bit taken aback by this at first but realized in the end it was the best idea, it saved us always having to sort out change for tipping and knowing what amount to give. We would definitely recommend this tour as you see so much of Vietnam, it gives you a great variety. There were several couples on our coach that only travel with Archers Direct which is a good recommendation. We would have to advise that there is a lot of walking involved and getting on and off local boats and some long days. The tour guide was excellent and really looked after his party, we were sad to say good bye to him in Saigon. One thing I would recommend is that you take US dollars to use as your currency, if you buy anything at the local markets/ shops the price is always quoted in US dollar, although we did take some VND and used that as well. There are plenty of ATM's in both Hanoi and Saigon and in restaurant you can use credit cards freely. We found that late February/ early March is the best time to visit as the weather in all three areas you go to is good.

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