Hello Asian Travel Vietnam, THANK YOU for all that you did to organize our recent trip. Like our last trip with you to Vietnam, everything went off without a hitch. The logistics were seamless; all our guides were first rate; and the itinerary was well thought out. We will definitely travel with Asian Travel Vietnam again in the future and are already thinking about where to go on our next trip. Thanks again!

Dear Le, I write to thank you on behalf of my party for an outstanding trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. From the moment we set foot in Hanoi to our departure from Phnom Penh everything went exactly to plan and was to the highest standard. The travel arrangements went like clockwork. The flights, transfers, pick-ups etc were all efficient and punctual and meant that no time was wasted on any part of the journey. The hotels were of an excellent standard with service to match. Our five guides were extremely knowledgeable, informative, helpful and friendly. The dining arrangements were very good, allowing us to experience a wide selection of Vietnamese and Cambodian food in local restaurants. Our programme was full to overflowing but, as we were an individual tour, always flexible enough to meet our demands. The sights we visited were both interesting and spectacular, and our guides knew how to get the best from them.

Dear Mr Freddy  Le,

Remember me, Tommy Bonham. You planned our wonderful trip to Vietnam in March. Sorry to take so long to respond to your e-mail asking for our comments. We returned to our home in the UK the end of April and then we had to take care of some...

As for our trip to Vietnam, it was wonderful and we have many enjoyable memories of the experience. You and your associates did an excellent job of recommending activities and coordinating the arrangements necessary to fulfill our desires and make the entire twelve day tour run smoothly. We were particularly impressed with the knowledge and professionalism of our guides, and they easily changed schedules and timing to meet our needs and respond to our energy level...

Thank you for your part in this experience. I have already, and will continue to recommend Asian Travel Vietnam services to friends. You did a great job for us and we appreciate your efforts very much.

Hello Freddy  Le, the last time I was in your country was 39 years ago with the U.S. Air Force, brought a allot of memories at Da Nang Air Internationl Airport I would like to thank your company and especially Ms Thanh Nga for the great service on making my resversation for air fare and hotels booking in your country. I had a very fast responds on the travel arrangements. To me that your Company will become a great one, I will inform my friends and any body who's going to your country to used asiantravelvietnam.com. I'm thinking of returning to your country within a years time, knowing that you have also tour guide and transportation arrangements. Now that your country at peace will travel more on the outside of Da Nang example: Hue and Hoi An.

Dear Freddy,

Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you following our excellent holiday in Vietnam. I would like to thank you for taking the time to treat us to a cup of tea in Hanoi but more importantly could you please pass on mine and Lynne’s thanks to everybody who was involved in our tour, from Nga who put the whole trip together, to all the guides and drivers who escorted us during the trip. The whole experience was wonderful, the accommodation was first class, I enjoyed all of the food and we certainly saw everything we wanted too. I must specifically thank Dan our guide in Hanoi, on hearing that I wasn’t a great fish fan he contacted the boat in Halong Bay to tell them, I must have been very popular with the chef on board who prepared meat dished just for me. The food on the junk was absolutely fantastic even more so when you consider what facilities were available in the galley. The highlight of the trip was probably kayaking in Halong Bay at 7 in the morning, when the guide on the boat suggested we set off at 6.30 I thought I may just stay in bed, we mutually agreed that 7 was a better time. We were in the water at 7 and made our way to the lake in the middle of the islands , access through the cave, when we got in there we were the only 3 boats in the whole place, we stopped rowing………………..just silence, a couple of birds hovering overhead a family of monkeys playing in a recess in the rocks……..it was pure magic. We did a circuit of the lake all on our own, it did get much busier as we were leaving so we were really glad of the early start. We certainly got a flavor of Vietnam from the hustle and bustle of HCMC (which I loved) to the more sedate pace in Hoian, it was brilliant I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Asian Travel Vietnam to anybody wanting to visit Vietnam, or the surrounding countries. Once again many thanks for organizing the whole thing for us.

Dear Asian Travel Vietnam,

I have now returned to Canada after a month-long visit to Vietnam and Cambodia. In a journey filled with new cultures, new places and new experiences, it was essential that I engaged an efficient professional agency to complete some of my travel arrangements on my behalf. I am very pleased to have made some of my plans through the offices of Asian Travel Vietnam.
All of my e-mail inquiries were answered promptly and efficiently; all of my Visa deposits were smoothly processed and all of my tickets were personally delivered to my hotel in Hanoi within a minute or two of the time we had set for an appointment. It was, in every respect, very impressive . . . .

I would have no hesitation in using your company again or in recommending it to any other travellers who rely on trust, courtesy, efficiency and professionalism. I wish you every success in the future.

Yours sincerely,

Susan Kreit, Canada

Hi Freddy Le, greetings from California !! We are back home and I am back at work - that is hard after all the good times we had in SE Asia.

I figured I would give you a quick review of the trip for your records. I will break the trip into 3 parts as that makes most sense to me at least. I stated most of this in the "reviews" but figured I would write directly as well.

a) North Vietnam.
We REALLY enjoyed Hanoi and just walking the city and seeing the sites - you live in a dynamic city.
Going to Sapa and to Halong Bay was great although the weather could have been better. No big deal though - we still had a wonderful time in both these very unique settings.
Whin was a great guide. He was low key, seemed to know his stuff and knew when to step back and just let us be on our own - no concerns here.

ISSUES
It would have been nice to understand the weather better ahead of time. It was cooler than expected and moreso I thought we would have seen more sun.
It would have been nice to be given some guidance on tipping drivers and guides. We pretty much went with a $4-6 per day per person rate as this is what we heard from some folks here in California - I hope those numbers were okay - like I said we just had NO idea what to do. I certainly didn't want to give bad tips so if these were bad please accept my apologies.

b) Center Vietnam
Much warmer !! Beautiful beaches
In retrospect based upon weather in Hue and the lack of free time in Hoi An we would have just as soon had an extra day of R&R in Hoi An at the Beach and not gone to Hue.
Tiger and Handsome were good guide/driver combinations although Tiger is a bit more "over-concerned" about clients. Even during lunch he checked on things with us - Ann and I are much more relaxed than that and really didn't need the extra attention. No big deal for us but this might be a little overbearing for others. The Tourist locations we visited in Hoi An seemed a to be a bit more "pressure" than we wanted. The folks at these places really almost expected you to buy something even if we didn't really want or need something. You might consider scaling back on a few of these - those of note (the historic house in Hoi An (the daughter or whoever it was that toured us seemed very upset that we weren't going to but something), and the Marble works "factory" in C Vietnam seemed overly contentious when we just wanted to see what they did - not buy.

c) Cambodia
Getting the tickets was a bit of a hassle but worked out fine and it happened during a rainstorm so we were able to visit a bit with the folks that brought them by - very nice.
Kaden, the guide we had was great (not a single complaint) - The hotel was really good and a great way to finish the trip - another day or 2 would have been great in Siem Reap but we were limited by our time. We had 2 dinners at Khmer shows and one would have been fine and a dinner on our own the second night would have worked out a bit better. Angkow Wat, Angkor Thom etc were really outstanding places to see. I would love to visit S Cambodia and see the beaches there - maybe next time !!

All in all we rate the trip VERY Highly. It was wonderful to be back in SE Asia and to relax, sight see, people watch and eat GREAT food. I would recommend your service to anyone with no concerns (other than that written above) and if we return to SE Asia I would use your services again.

Thank you so much for all your help - I will send pictures in the next few days ....