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No. We start from luxury hotels because that is what most of our travellers ask for, but where a 4-star hotel is the more sensible choice for a short stop we say so and price both.

The hotel comparison on this site marks those stops.

Yes. Send its name with your dates. If the setting and the season work for the route, we build around it. If they do not, we explain why before you spend anything.

Because the largest part of the price is the room, and room rates at these hotels change with the date, the category and availability. A number on the page would be wrong for most dates. The pricing page explains what moves the total.

Send the form on any page. We reply by email to the address you give, with questions first if the trip needs them, then a draft route with named hotels.

Yes, by dropping Halong Bay and taking one night from Hoi An. We would not cut Luang Prabang or Siem Reap below three nights; with two nights each they become places you pass through.

We check at quote time whether a non-stop runs between Da Nang and Luang Prabang on your dates. Going through Siem Reap uses flights we can confirm and puts Angkor on the way.

Yes. Starting in Luang Prabang and ending in Hanoi works the same way. The Siem Reap–Luang Prabang flight days still decide the order of the middle of the trip.

The authorities suspend sailings in bad weather. When that happens we keep you in Hanoi for the extra night, and the boat portion is refunded on the terms the boat operator applies, which we show you before you confirm.

Not at this pace. Three mornings at the temples with afternoons free uses three days, and the fourth is rest. With three nights you have two temple mornings and no slack.

Yes. Hanoi links non-stop to both Siem Reap and Luang Prabang, so a Hanoi stay fits naturally at either end.

Choose the riverside resort in the valley if you want quiet and do not mind a drive into town. Choose the town hotel if you want to walk out of the gate to the temples and the night market.

That depends on your passport, so check each country's official government portal for your nationality. Laos runs an official e-visa portal; apply only through government sites, never look-alikes.

Usually because the two quotes do not describe the same rooms, the same boat or the same car. Compare the named hotel and the named room category at each stay first; most of the difference is normally there.

If the hotels and categories really are identical, tell us and we will look at the rest line by line.

Only a wide one, and we would rather not, because it is the number people remember. With a month and a room level we can give a quote that holds.

No. Planning is included in the trip price. You pay nothing until you decide to confirm.

Domestic and regional flights on the route are. International flights and visas are not.

Because these are the four places where we have stays worth building a trip around and enough to say about them. Other places appear inside the journeys where they fit.

Yes, as part of a custom route. Ho Chi Minh City appears as a one-night stop before departure on the North to South route.

It depends on the season. In October and November we drop Hoi An because of the rain. From March to May we shorten Siem Reap because of the heat.

At the beach for a stay of four nights or more; near the old town if you want to walk in at dawn and after dinner and do not need the sea.

At 07:30 and after dark, yes. Between 10:00 and 16:00, much less so.

As a long day trip, about three hours each way by road. If Hue matters, give it its own nights.

From spring into late summer, usually. In the rainy months the sea is often rough.

Yes, from a respectful distance and away from the busiest stretch. Your guide knows where to stand.

The valley for quiet and the hotel itself; the town for walking to temples and dinner without a car.

Yes, as a half-day by car. Go early; it fills by late morning in the dry season.

Not at this pace. The free days are the stay; two nights rarely gives the town time to work.

February and March come closest. Hanoi is cool, Hoi An is drying out, and Angkor and Luang Prabang are still in the dry season, though haze can start in Laos in March.

Not in Cambodia and Laos, where rain usually comes in afternoon bursts. Central Vietnam in October and November is the one we plan around.

For late December, January and the Lunar New Year, as early as you can, especially for hotels with fewer than thirty rooms or suites.

Not on this site at present. Send the form; if you prefer to talk, tick the call-back box and add a number.

Yes, if they relate to a trip you are planning. The destination pages and the when-to-go page answer the most common ones.

Yes. Put them in the notes field. We will say which fit your dates and route, and why.