Travellers Reviews
Hello Hochiminh tour
We’ve just returned from Indochina. We had a great holiday package was arranged by hochiminh tour and they help us in planning tailor made holidays to the most beautiful place in the Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
They have a very good reputation on any destination that our trip through. We’ve never had any problems what so ever with our 20 days trip. The service provided by hochiminh tour were absolutely wonderful, great value for money, well arranged schedules time and flights. Will definitely recommend to my friends !!!
Kindest regards,
Thomas Müller (Germany) , thomas0073@gmx.de
Excellent As Previous Reviews
We had 14 excellent days in Vietnam. hochiminh tour replaced our love of Vietnam Grand tours 14 days/ 13 nights. The service was outstanding with everything constituent I came across attuned to my needs. They were extremely knowledgeable, efficient, friendly and always had time to help us on any situation. we were very satisfied with customer’s service on our happy trip through Vietnam. we would like to meet up again with the lovely people at hochiminh tour .Can’t delay to get back.
Andrei Makarov, Russia
a_makarov@yahoo.com
Great tour
I booked a day tour to Cu Chi Tunnel last sat with hochiminh tour. this is my first time to book a tour thru internet where their response was very quick that everything has been confirmed within a day. Our guide, Giang was smart, friendly & great in controlling the time that our whole trip went very smooth with full of fun. i’m sure i will use hochiminh tour’s service again when i next time visit Vietnam.
Anthony Ryan
E-mail: Tony.Ryan@oracle.com
41 North St. Mt Lawley WA 6050, Australia
Our expectations were fully met!
Hi all at hochiminh tour! Last month I placed a booking using your website for the first time and it has been the easiest and fastest I’ve ever done, not to mention the great price that was offered.
Everything is explained clearly and that is a big plus. Looking forwards to using your website again in the near future. Keep up the fantastic service !
Maria-Rose Schumann
maria-rose.schumann@web.de
Kellinghusenstr.23, 20249 Hamburg, Germany
Dear Mr Minh
I’m sorry it has taken me a week to provide this review for you of our wonderful Holiday. In fact, I did it last week as a direct email, only to lose everything when the computer system collapsed, so this time I have completed the review as a word document which was easy to save…
We had a fantastic holiday, and I would like to thank and congratulate you and Hochiminh tour both for all your work in making it so enjoyable. Vietnam is an amazing country, incredibly diverse and different, and full of happy people who were pleased to share their lives with us.
We enjoyed ourselves so much that we are confident that our family will be coming to Vietnam next year. We are going to send them! , and I have already spoken to a close neighbor about his family also visiting. Naturally, we will be recommending Hochiminh tour as the company with whom they should plan their itinerary.
I have also received two emails from a gentleman in the USA, ( Mark), who you must have directed to us for a reference about your company. I was happy to assist him, and to give Hochiminh tour a glowing recommendation.
The attachment is a detailed review of the entire tour, with comments about what we enjoyed, the quality of the service, and some suggestions for you to consider when organizing tours for others in the future. These suggestions are not criticisms, simply things which could assist in making the next trip
Even more pleasurable for the next group of travelers. Once again, thank you both for assisting us in having the trip of a lifetime.
Dirk Reyle
d.reyle@arcor.de
Trajanweg 3, 71642 Ludwigsburg, Germany
Wonderful Holiday in Vietnam
We recieved a great service from Hochiminh tour agent based in Vietnam. We got a great deal on our hotel and tours also recieved a complimentary water puppet show in Hanoi and folk song in the Mekong delta the agent did a great job in keeping up with our enquiries. The staff are very amicable and exceedingly effective and the nourishment is truly incredible and very helpful. Great will book again.
Evelyn Mary Soh Eu Chern
Unit 1/83 Wattle Street, Tuart Hill WA 6060, Australia
Dear Mr. Thuc
Just a note to say that after days of searching for accommodation for the our holiday in the Indochina ( Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia ) , I found your website and it took exactly 10 minutes to find a great hotel at a great price and get a confirmed booking receipt. I’ll be using Hochiminh tour’s service whenever I travel in the future to Asia. It really couldn’t be simpler or more effective. Thank you.
Sin Li Wang, shazky@gmail.com
181A Fern Road, Wilson WA 6107, Australia
Great things I have in Vietnam
My family and I recently arrived home from a holiday in Vietnam. We had a few days in Hanoi and 1 of those days, we spent with Lam. A guide who works with Hochiminh tour.
It was a great day, Lam was full of information, had a great sense of humour and was just a lovely gentleman. The tour we did was the Hanoi City, Sapa by train, halong Bay Cruises, Hoa Lu – Tam Coc by small Boat…
We were at Bac Ha Market early before the influx of tourists so we were able to see the Local people going about their business. We had breakfast at Lao Cai, the best noodles from the award winning noodle lady and then we were at Sapa Town. This was definitely the highlight of the day. When we return to the city, we saw a side of Hanoi that we didn”t know existed. We saw the local people working at country side, out of Hanoi City, we talked with local people & children they were very cute. We had a fantastic time. The lunch was fresh Vietnamese local foods and fresh fruit, prepared by a local family, also great. This was definitely the Hightlight of our day, the traditional village is worth visiting. We also went to the Dong Xuan Market, where we did some greats shopping.
Overall the day was one of the best I have ever had with my family and we will be using Hochiminh tour again and again. Thanks Lam and thanks Hochiminh tour for putting so much effort and love into your Tours. We will be seeing you again.
Iris Hin Yee Man, irisman@gmail.com
Unit 33, 29-31 Johnston Street, Annandale NSW 2038, Australia
Dear Thanh and Hochiminh tour.
Thanks for your note. We very much enjoyed our stay in Laos and Viet Nam. In general, we had an outstanding time and would recommend you and Hochiminh tour to others. Indeed, I have already. I will provide some comments in the spirit of helping you improve the experience for others, not as a complaint.
Jason Russell Herron, jherron34@yahoo.com
14582 Outrigger Dr San Leandro CA 94577
This was an outstanding visit. Exceeded our expectations.
La Residence Phu Vao is wonderful. Our Hochiminh tour’s guide was the best of the trip. Knowledgeable and a good style. We were fortunate to go and see Kwang Si Falls. Would have been a loss to have missed that. Thanks for arranging it.
The Hmong village is difficult to visit. Little to really see and the level of poverty is very sobering. You need to be sure your clients are up to that.
The countryside around Luang Prabang is beautiful. People should get out and walk — perhaps near the falls or the cave.
Do not know if bike rides are an option but if your can help people appreciate the countryside they will likely enjoy Luang Prabang even more.
Roger John Farmer, rogerandmarg@hotmail.com
11 Hooper Drive, Currumbin
Dear Hochiminh tour company
Thanks for arranging a walk through of French Quarter between planes. Good intro to Hanoi, although quite humid on the day we were there. Much better than sitting in airport. Hotel Metropole was wonderful. A step back in time and in great area. Hard to imagine anything compares to it in Hanoi.
Vertical is a good restaurant, although I had a friend that went there and said it was terrible. Difference is when Chef Corlou is in. Cooking school – you need to either clarify with the chef or clarify with the client that the chef will give you the cooking lessons. The description clearly states that he will give the lesson and frankly I thought it would be at the restaurant. Clearly, he feels he has the option to do it himself or give it to his wife to do at his house. We did it at his house which turned out nice. However, you were left with the feeling that you were not getting what you were told and that somehow you were being pushed off. My suggestion is to clarify with him or also work with Bobby Chinn. You will have an option and he will not take you for granted. Our evening turned out fine but I had doubts for some time. As you know there are beautiful cooking schools in Hoi An too.
Hanoi is not as interesting of a city as HCMC and other places in Viet Nam. Of all the places it was the least interesting but I am glad we went. There is a developed art scene in Hanoi, a number of artists. You may want to consider tracking a couple down and adding visits to their studios or galleries for the interested clients. We visited San Art and a gallery in HCMC. What the artists are working on often reflects the issues of the culture. Also it likely introduces you to some of the academics.
Ha Long Bay was magnificent. Long drive from Hanoi. Stopping at the stores halfway was not our cup of tea especially since the one on the return essentially sold what the one going sold. There must be someplace else more interesting to stop along the way. The boat was fantastic and romantic. Know it was very expensive. We really enjoyed ourselves
Hoi An was very interesting. Knowing what I know now I may have tried to add Sapa and leave Hoi An out and perhaps reduce HCMC or add some time to my trip. The old city of Hoi An was very interesting, restaurants nice but of course the entire area is starting to be surrounded by major developments. We got up very early (practice from Luang Prabang) and bike road to watch the local fisherman throw their nets. Our bike ride through the rice paddies was fun. Glad we did that but hard to really feel that you were in “the countryside.” Our guide here was nice but unmotivated. The Life Resort was an interesting choice. Can see why you selected it since it was seemingly the nicest place in Hoi An, but it is really as tourist hotel for families who stay there for about a week. (Mostly Australians when we were there) Felt a bit like Miami to me and hence in contrast to the area. I wonder if there is an older but nice “historic” feel place in the city of Hoi An that would be in keeping with the feel of the Metropole and the old style boat from Ha Long Bay.
HCMC is the city where you should take people to buy something they want. Everyone is making something. Furniture, clothes etc. Interesting city. Would go back here as I did not get a sense of the real city. We enjoyed our art forays. Met a friend who works there.
All and all the trip was great. Hochiminh tour you did a very good job.
Thanks from Samuel and Lynn Schwab, sschwab@sschwab.com
485 Madison Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10022
(212) 584-2101, Cell: 917-297-9692
Hello Hong,
We too have been busy since we returned with our eldest son getting married last weekend.
We has a fantastic trip to Cambodia and Vietnam. We would definitely recommend your company Hochiminh tour to others. In fact we have done so.
It is hard to decide what we enjoyed most. All your Hochiminh tour’s arrangements worked very well with someone always there to collect us from airports, hotels etc. All the guides were very good and helpful. The accommodation was great.
The only place we found that was not as good was the Hoi An Trails Resort where the rooms were fine but the food not as good as elsewhere. It was not helped by the fact that there was a typhoon the first night we were there and we were advised to eat in the hotel that evening. Usually we explored the towns for somewhere to eat or took a recommendation from our guides.
Thanks again for your organization,
Cecily and John Pope
Katherine & Peter Tait
From Sydney, Australia
Email: popejc@bigpond.net.au
Hi Minh,
We had a wonderful time and much of that is due to the fantastic coordination on your part along with the reliability, knowledge and professionalism by our driver, Mr. Nam and our fantastic tour guide, The Nguyen. They did a great job and really made our trip special and that much more memorable.
The had given my husband a survey form to complete but it got misplaced during our packing, if you could send me another copy I would appreciate it.
The Halong Bay Violet junk was beautiful and comfortable, the staff was fantastic, the food was delicious and the activities were just enough for the 2 night stay. Our only disappointment was to see so much trash and pollution in Halong Bay – it is such a beautiful spot and it is terrible to see it ruined with so much garbage in the water and on the beaches.
We want to thanks Hochiminh tour again for giving us such a fantastic experience. We look forward to using Hochiminh tour’s services again on our next trip to Asia.
Best regards,
Deborah & Ian Wonson
From 29382 West Laguna Drive, CA, USA
Dear Minh,
Overall the trip was very successful – the guides were all good, always on time and flexible if we wanted to deviate from the set itinerary.
All accommodation was excellent although we had to change rooms in the Nam Hai as the air con was not working properly.
It was probably not the best time to visit Vietnam as the weather was very hot and humidity very high – however that is not a criticism of you!
The Marguerite cruise was interesting – I think it was worth what we paid but not the high season prices. The boat is very comfortable in the cabins and lounges but the corridors and decks were very hot. Most of the gym equipment was broken. The boat was not able to get all the way up stream and didn’t cover a lot of distance and the views from the boat were the same every day – just river banks. The daily excursions were interesting but the itinerary bore little resemblance to what actually took place. Our cruise only had 19 people on board. The food was good but I think there should have been more emphasis on Vietnamese food especially for the evening meal which only ever has Western food!
We were very satisfied with your Hochiminh tour’s service and thank you for all your efforts in organizing a trip that ran like clockwork. We would certainly recommend your company Signatures of Asia to others and would be happy to offer a testimonial to that effect if required.
Once again Kat, thanks and best regards
Mrs. Elizabeth Skeen and Mr. Ian Prendergast
From Sydney, Australia
Email: libby0063@bigpond.com
Dear Hochiminh tour,
Our family sends you many thanks for arranging our Hanoi/Luang Prabang stopover. it was indeed light and easy, full of lessons on culture and history. and, Halong bay was so, so beautiful. . . tranquil, serene, magical, mystical. we voted for it to be included in the 7 wonders of the world.
Our guide, Mr.. te’ ( i hope this is the right spelling ) and the driver was always prompt. we were most impressed with Mr.. te’s explanations of the temple of literature and his added stories to Halong bay. Since we’ve been to the north and south of Vietnam ,we hope to visit the middle country in the future.
our sincerest thanks
.
Mrs. Ging Germano Aurora and family from the Philippines
Email: ging_germano@hotmail.com
To Mr.Thuc,
I would like to thank you very much for a wonderful holiday. Thank you for all your emails of assurance etc. You run a very well organized company. Every one was there for us a any appointed day or time. The Hotels were way above our expectations and we really enjoyed their services, views and especially the pillows.
All the best with your Hochiminh tour company in the future. Your web page today looks great.
We have been singing the praises of Signature to our friends already
Thank you once again
Have a nice day!
Love Maria
Maria Flanagan & Paul Flanagan
Email: mariaf4405@hotmail.com
Sydney Street MacKay QLD 4740
Hi Minh,
We’ve arrived safely back in Brisbane and have had a day of unpacking, washing, putting away etc.
Paula and David and Tony and I would like to sincerely thank you once again for a wonderful holiday. As usual, everything you arranged was perfect and all ran like clockwork. Thank you also once again for a wonderful dinner at Verticale
Once again many thanks
Leone and Tony Chant: Email: lm.chant@bigpond.net.au
Paula and David Thom: Email: pcthom@hotmail.com
From Brisbane, Australia
Dear Tony Ha,
Thank you for your help in organizing the trip. It was a memorable vacation. We found the accommodations on the Violet, as well as the food to exceed our expectations. I realize there are much less expensive options available in Halong Bay, but we were quite happy with our choice. The Victoria hotel was also a fabulous place and the train was sufficient. I would have preferred to have the option of not sleeping in a compartment with 2 other people I had never met and who did not seem happy to have me join them. Both our guide in Sapa and the drivers provided were helpful and efficient. Perhaps asking more questions about suggested treks in the Sapa area would have been helpful for everyone prior to our arrival.
Once again, thank you Hochiminh tour and I will reference your help in any recommendations I pass along to friends.
Roger & Becky Kearns (Family of 5 pax) from Texas, USA
Email: rbkearns@gmail.com
Hi Lien.
We just came back and I’d like to thank you for very good organize trip. All tour guides were very careful and spend there time as we need. All hotels were good or very good. Generally, this was one of our pleasant trip. If my friends decide to visit Vietnam I will strongly recommend Hochiminh tour agency.
Good luck.
Boris Lurye & Lyudmila Lurye from West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Email: lurye@optonline.net
Dear Xuan,
Thank you very much for all the arrangements you made for me so that I could be in time for my flights from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city and then from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok. It was very important for me to return to Bangkok to teach my class here today. The hotels that you booked were also good and very helpful. Overall I have enjoyed my trip to Vietnam and I thank you and your Hochiminh tour company. I shall recommend your company to my friends.
Dr. Sudhir Saha from Canada
Email: sksaha@mun.ca
Dear Mai Anh,
Firstly I would like to say everything went well with our golf trip, the guides in Hanoi and Cambodia were terrific the one in Saigon was ok but was not as lively and helpful as the other two.
The best courses we found in Saigon was at Long Thanh and in Hanoi was King’s Island. The rest of courses including the ones in Siem Reap were good as well so I’m glad I chose the right ones.
So on behalf of Phillip, Bernie and David we would like to thank you for doing a great job.
Now as a matter of interest, do Hochiminh tour arrange golf tours for Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia?
We are thinking of doing a golf tour of these three countries and Vietnam, this time playing at Dalat, Da Nang and etc.
Regards,
Bernie Pang and group from Australia
Email: bmpang@optusnet.com.au
Hello Thanh,
Thank you to you and your Hochiminh tour. We had a wonderful time on our holiday in Vietnam. Hanoi was beautiful, The Sofitel was fabulous. All of our tour guides were fantastic, especially the one in Hanoi, he was very knowledgeable and informative. We liked all of the tours he took us on. Halong Bay was breath-taking, the Jasmine boat was a treat, we especially loved being on the boat, our daughter said this was her favorite part of our trip. Hoi An was charming and relaxing. The resort we stayed at was a much needed rest. the lady who was our tour guide was also kind and knew a lot of information. Ho Chi Minh city was a busy city, the hotel was great, or tour guide was fine, we enjoyed our tour one day however on the second day we would suggest that going to the tunnel is enough for one day, it was difficult for our daughter & us to continue on that day and also go to the church for a worship ceremony, it was ok to see but made the day very long, but other than that the tour guide was also very nice.
Thanks again to you and your staff of Hochiminh tour for a wonderful vacation. As we were recommended to your company by one of our friends, we will also give our friends high recommendations of your company.
Sincerely,
Jess & Andrea Crookston’s family from Washington DC, USA
jesse.crookston@usa.net
Dear Julia Nguyen,
We have now returned from our trip to Vietnam and Cambodia and I wanted to say THANK YOU so much for organizing every thing for us. All the arrangements were excellent and the guides and drivers were all so nice, courteous and efficient. The cruises were great and we just want to let you know that we loved our trip so much we are planning on another next year and will contact you!! Thank you very much for all your patience in making the arrangements – I know it took a lot of time for you but it was worth it for us!
If you are not the boss – please pass this on to him or her because your service to us was exceptional!
Kind regards
Jane Robinson & Husband from the United Kingdom
Email: janenrobinson@btinternet.com
Dear Hochiminh tour,
Before we leave Vietnam we want to thank you. We were very happy with the trip and satisfied with your service. We won’t hesitate to recommend Signatures of Hochiminh tour to our friends and German people.
We wish you all luck for your further life
Ingrid Lutz & Siegfried Schulze
Birkenstr.6 66129 Saarbrücken
E-mail: ilutz92@ar4cor.de
Dear Hochiminh tour,
Attn: LongVu,
Best wishes for 2010.
I would like to thank you and your organization for a wonderful holiday in Vietnam and Cambodia. If European traveling to Vietnam would like to have references concerning the quality of your travels, I will be very glad to testify that you offer value for money.
Friendly greetings,
Paul Hautekiet from Brussels, Belgium
(E: paul.hautekiet@pandora.be)
Dear Hochiminh tour:
Our vacation was really wonderful. All your staff was very helpful.
The Sofitel Metropole was excellent — in particular, the club level services were outstanding. Just an FYI — for a family traveling together, the layout of the bedroom and bathroom in our suite was not ideal, because there are no doors to close for privacy. The room would be better for a couple. But we managed just fine. The puppet show was a real treat — thanks for suggesting it.
The Violet is a beautiful ship — wonderful crew, great activities, great chef. A few minor plumbing issues in the bathroom, but nothing major.
The Nam Hai was gorgeous. The spa experience was one of the best I’ve ever enjoyed.
The Sofitel Angkor Wat is a beautiful property, but compared to the other hotels, I’d rate the room as good, but not great. Of course, it’s hard to compete with the first 2 hotels!
The pacing of the trip was good for us. I’m glad we did not try to squeeze in Ho Chi Minh City. That would have been too much.
I hope we have the chance to come back someday. The hospitality we experienced was lovely. Thanks for all your help in arranging our trip.
Susana Hernandez
E-mail: susana.hernandez@dhl.com
Phone: +852 2976 7550
Address: Kwai Cheung Rd
Dear Hochiminh tour,
Attn: Vu
Just want to wish you a wonderful 2010. Hope it will be a great year for all of us.
We arrived back last night from our trip to Asia. Our cruise onboard La Marguerite was fantastic. It is such a comfortable ship and cabins very luxurious. We had such a great time. It is so scenic a long the river. We have already recommended the trip to 3 friends. Hope to be onboard again sometime soon but I have noticed the bookings are very booked up already. We also met the owners’ wife. She was also onboard and kept training the staff. Her husband could not be onboard as he was involved with the new ship they have started to build on 29 Dec.
Thank you again for your help with the booking. Much appreciated.
Kind regards.
Rodrigo Soza Barros
Navarra 3744 City: Santiago, Chile
Tel: 5622086012
Email: Rsozab@hotmail.com
Hello Jia Nguyen and Hochiminh tour staffs,
I am glad you enjoyed your present, you certainly deserved it.
Our experience of Vietnam was positive in every way. The tour guides were brilliant. All three of them shared their extensive knowledge of the history and culture of Vietnam with us, which made our trip that much more interesting and valuable, as we were able to understand the differences in the regions and the people more clearly and appreciate Vietnam fully. They also all had a good sense of humor, which we Australians appreciate.
The accommodation was very, very good and the trip to Halong Bay on the junk unforgettable. We were certainly happy that you suggested it. The van and the drivers provided were also of a high quality.
I will certainly recommend your company to all. We had a very enjoyable and interesting trip. We have a great respect and admiration for the Vietnamese people.
Once again thank you for your efforts in planning our trip. Nothing could have been done better than it was.
Ms Carolyn Aarons and group of 4 pax
Robertson street, Port Kembla, sjeav@me.com
NSW – Australia
Good Morning Tony Ha,
Just few words to let you know that we had a great holiday . Vietnam is amazing and beautiful and your service was perfect. Everything was fine, drivers and guide (Hanoi and Saigon). All hotels were perfect. The cruise was great too.
Want to keep in touch with you for further travel, especially for the Mekong delta cruise (1 week). Saigon is great and need more time to be discovered.
Thank you to all the team of Hochiminh tour and to you especially.
Sarah Razakaboana & friend
Montreal, Canada
Email: lalaoraza@yahoo.fr
LongVu & HochiMinh tour,
In November 2006, we had a fantastic vacation in Vietnam from Hanoi down to the south of Saigon because everything you organize was perfect and in line with the tour program you prepare.
So my wife and I didn’t had any hesitation to contact you in June 2008 for ours January 2009 vacations. We ask you to summit us a program beginning January 16th in Chiang Rai (Thailand) to Saigon on February 5th 2009.
We had a wonderful 2 days cruise on the Mekong rivers from Houeisay (Laos) to Luang Prabang. We also enjoy every moment in Vientiane, in Phnom Penh and Angkor (Cambodia) and Hue, Hoi An and Saigon. At a couple of occasion due to airline schedule modifications you always do your best to find the best available solution in ours interests.
We had asked for a five stars vacation and you deliver perfectly. Previously we travel with the help of a Canadian or European travel agency who offer also nice tours but sometime it was difficult to get in touch with our agent…but with you, one of your strongest point I would say is that in 95% of the time I received answer to my Emails in less than 15 minutes; this is a plus and was very appreciate.
This vacation from Thailand to Saigon, was definitely our best we had and all the guides were perfect and your choices of hotels.
Sincerely
Jacques Fortier
Quebec City, Canada
Jacques.w.fortier@sympatico.ca
Dear Minh,
Just to say thank you for your help in organizing part of our visit to Vietnam. We had a wonderful holiday in your beautiful country!
Your tour guides were excellent, helpful & knowledgeable, with good sense of humour! The drivers were very good, punctual and safe, cars very comfortable.
The boat trips on the Bassac & Ginger Cruise were fantastic!!!
I will certainly recommend your company to all of our friends.
Thank you and your colleagues once again for making our visit so special.
Regards
Chris Le Blond, chrisstc@googlemail.com
Laburnum Lodge
Hammersley Lane Penn bucks, United of Kingdom
Hello Hochiminh tour,
Our travelers are very happy. Their comments are “Great trip”, “On a scale of 1-10, this is an 11″ and “Fabulous”
The only constructive critism is that they would have like to see Hanoi and perhaps on less day on the boat. Other than that–all is good. I have seen all of Paulette’s photos and they are marvelous
I hope to have another group–if so, I will certainly use you!!
Best wishes,
Annie Schroeder, annie.schroeder@gmail.com
3655 Constance Street
New Orleans, LA 70115
Dear Lien,
We totally enjoyed the trip with your company. The Jasmine was great especially the service and the surprise cave. Metropole Hanoi and The Nam Hai were all outstanding! Thank You.
Richard Tashman and group of 8 travelers.
Tashman.richard@gmail.com
10441 Jefferson Blvd, Suite …
Culver City, CA 90232, USA
Dear Hochiminh tour,
We are back in Greece , have “recovered” and just found the opportunity now to drop you a few e-lines. We are pleased with all the arrangements done from your office for us in Vietnam/Cambodia. All the travel guides were knowledgeable and professional in their manners and conduct. In fact they went the extra mile helping us with our special requests, as you did yourself taking us to the SOS orphanage village, and all the other families in central Vietnam , even Siem Reap. A special big “thanks” to you and all your able and helpful colleagues. Please communicate it to them. The touring vehicles we comfortable and practically brand-new. The hotels/meals/restaurants and service were great.
In the immediate future we are going to send you an email for a program as we see it fit our market here to work on.
Again, we thank you for the great job, keep up the good work and we’re looking forward to a mutually beneficial business relationship.
Regards,
Theo Vourliotis & Sofie
Vourliotis-theo@hotmail.com
34 Proasteiou Street, Chalkis 34100, Greece
Hello Julia Nguyen,
Sorry for not replying sooner, but it has been busy trying to prepare for the 2009 season, amidst the difficult economic and financial news and client uncertainty. I believe we will succeed in spite of it all but we will have to be even more resourceful to secure the business that is still there and ready to book, especially after our New Year.
I know I owe you the comments from P and R. In short, they had a wonderful trip. They enjoyed your country and its friendly people, they liked the food wherever they traveled and thought your hotels were all superb. Their one constructive criticism was in connection with some of the guides they had. The clients told me that they frequently had some difficulties understanding the English of the guides. They thought that they were all very qualified and knowledgeable about Vietnam, the culture, the sights, the people, but needed to work on their pronunciation. Maybe this comment will help you in your work, to identify areas of improvement.
Of course they also had some rainy days, but as this is beyond anyone’s control and since their trip was a fairly long one, the total rainy days were in the end not so bad at all. Best part was that no matter what the weather, rain or shine, the temperatures were always pleasant.
I consider ourselves very lucky also that they passed through Bangkok before all the trouble started there. Had they been caught up in this, it would have made things rather difficult.
In any case, we have gained two good spokespeople for your product and they will hopefully bring us good “word of mouth” business in future. I thank you for setting it all up so well and for running an obviously excellent operation. I really want to work with you strongly in future.
I will be in touch shortly with specific ideas and comments.
Best regards,
Herbert, President of EW Travel
6299 Airport Road, Suite 701, Mississauga
Ontario L4V 1N3 , Canada
Dear Tony Ha,
Yes, my clients came back without problems. Everything was O.K., nothing happened during their journey. It was very important because the coordination was quite complicated, in case of missing one plane, the whole program would be destroyed by “domino effect”. But no flight was cancelled, no healthy problems, no hotel or program problems and therefore they returned very satisfied and I hope they will come back next time and also we shall have more clients for you. Many thanks for your cooperation and hope to continue in the future with your Hochiminh tour.
Best regards,
Bozena Teissingova
Managing Director
NH Production
Perucka 61/13, 120 00 Praha 2 , Czech Republic
Hi Minh,
Emma, Jess and I really enjoyed our two weeks in Vietnam and we want to thank you very much indeed for everything you did to help us have such a great time. All the arrangements with flights, accommodation, etc went very smoothly and our 3 guides were really excellent. Everything that you and the guides did was highly professional and we were very impressed. We would recommend you wholeheartedly to anyone who is planning to visit Vietnam .
Thank you again Minh and Hochiminh tour. We really appreciate everything you did for us.
Cheers
Martin Mansfield and family, martin@yahoo.au
14 Mulgray Avenue Baulkham Hills 2153, NSW, Australia
Your guys are is wonderful!
My husband and I are very impressed with all the service of Hochiminh tour – from both the organizing and bookings through to the excellent guides – Thank you!
Dr. John S. Smith & Wife
279 Oyster Shell Rd Mangrove NSW 2250, Australia
Great time Sapa,
Neikrug’s family had a wonderful trip. The guide in Sapa was particularly great. They thank you for a wonderful vacation.
Terry Williams-Keffer – West Wind Travel
343 W. Manhattan, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Highly recommend Hochiminh tour,
Thank you very much for the fabulous trip that we recently had with the Chants to your beautiful country. Vietnam is more like a lot of little countries- there were so many different communities and so many different styles of living. The Sapa mountain villagers were so different to the island dwellers in the Mekong. Quite amazing!
The trip went very well. The hotels were great and the drivers and guides very helpful and professional. They really made our trip very enjoyable. Thank you very much!
Margaret Bechly & group
4 Chardonnay Court, Carseldine 4034, Brisbane, Australia
Beautiful country, excellent trip,
This is just a note to thank you Hochiminh tour for arranging our visit to Ho Chi Minh and to Siem Reap. We enjoyed our very short stay there. Indeed, it was a highly educational and cultural experience for the entire family. We can’t help but admire the Vietnamese peoples’ courage and determination to rise above the effects of war. Also, please thank Hoa for us and the driver too (sorry to have forgotten his name ).
Pardon me, but I have also forgotten the name of the person and the driver who met us at the airport when we came from Siem Reap. He talks so fast we can hardly catch up with him.
We hope to visit Northern Vietnam in the future.
Mrs. Aurora Germano & family
23 V. Guevara St., Pag-ibig Housing, Camague
Iligan City, Philippines, 9200
Hi VU and thanks you for your email.
We arrived home on Wednesday afternoon and I was going to contact you over the weekend. Once again, thank you for your hospitality – we thoroughly enjoyed your company and the lovely Vietnamese food.
Once again, we had a wonderful trip which lived up to all our expectations and the trip was enjoyed by everyone. We all had a fabulous time. What I said I would do is send your email address around to our friends and they can contact you directly with their comments. VU, I am more then happy to recommend your tour to anyone who asks and I’m happy for you to give my name and email address to Australians who are considering your tour.
As I promised, I will give my views on each place.
• Everything was very well organized and Vietnam is an extremely good guide for Australians. We like to be happy and have a joke and he was very happy. Once again the Sheraton Hotel was superb and in a great location. We were also able to use the laundry up the street from the Sheraton and this could be very useful information for travelers if you wanted to include it in pre-tour notes. Laundry is always very expensive in hotels all over the world. The driver of the bus was very good and was always very careful, but also very prompt and maintained a very clean bus. There was always plenty of water available. My only suggestion would be to just include an early check-in or late checkout within your original price if the tourists are going to Sapa.
• Sapa was a fabulous place – very interesting and we all loved our treks to the hill tribes. The local people are so lovely and friendly and we enjoyed going to three different villages. The driver in Sapa was also very good and also maintained a very clean bus. The hotel was fabulous – great meals in the dining room and also we used the spa which was also great.
• Halong Bay: As last time, this is the most beautiful destination. The Valentine Junk was superb so thank you for suggesting this for us. The meals and excursions offered were great as were the cabins.
• Hue: Once again we loved Hue – the hotel was Tony’s favourite last year and he loved it again this year as we all did. The facilities offered in the hotel are delightful and once again, we were able to find a local laundry which solved any clothes problem.
• Hoi An: Again, a beautiful town and we all had clothes tailored and dined in many lovely restaurants. The location of the Golden Sands Resort was absolutely superb as were the pool facilities. The Resort itself is very tired and needs quite a lot of maintenance. The rooms were lovely but there were quite a lot of things that didn’t work. (We were quite happy but I’m just giving you a totally honest report on everything)
• Nha Trang: We stayed in the Vinpearl Resort on the Island which was absolutely first class – pool facilities, restaurants, service etc. I must say that we think Thom (I think that is how you spell his name) was probably the most professional of all our guides. Perhaps he is a little bit older but he was superb.
• Mekong Delta: This was a great side trip and once again the Victoria Hotel was wonderful – great service and facilities, and also great restaurant.
• Saigon was once again an extremely interesting city. The tour of the city was fabulous. I would also suggest that you could possibly include the War Relics Museum in your tours. We went there ourselves on our free day and it was very interesting. The Renaissance Hotel was once again fabulous as were the facilities.
• The only small complaint of the whole trip which was totally beyond your control was in Saigon . Our guide Bien, who was very good during our stay, considered he wasn’t able to take us all the way to the airport when we were leaving as he would have been running late to meet his next tour group. He left the bus on the way to the airport and got a motorbike taxi to take him to the airport to meet them. We were a little disappointed that he didn’t finish seeing us off and then go on to the first group. It is only a minor detail but I did promise to tell you things we were not happy with, as well as the things we were happy with.
Anyway, as you see, we had a wonderful holiday. We have found the Vietnam people are delightful, the food absolutely scrumptious and the accommodation as good as anywhere in the world. Once again, we thank you sincerely and do hope to be back in Vietnam ourselves in two years. As I said, we are more than happy to pass your details on to anyone we know thinking of traveling to Vietnam .
Our warmest regards,
Leone and Tony Chant and group of 10 pax
Brisbane, Australia lm.chant@bigpond.net.au
Hello Tony Ha,
I want to thank you for your assistance in booking and confirming our stay on the Jasmine Junk April 26/27. The boat was perfect; Ann and I had an absolutely delightful experience and we will be highly recommending your company and the Jasmine to our friends in Singapore.
Many, many thanks again for this wonderful experience!
Michelle Herring from Singapore
michelleherring@gmail.com
Thanks to Hochiminh tour,
Just a quick note to thank you and your staff for a very enjoyable holiday. The guide Hai Hai was great as was the driver who drove very well.
Everything went to plan and my fiancée and I had a great time. I will be recommending you to my friends and customers.
Many thanks,
Mr. Ben Abrahams and friend from the UK
ben_flb@hotmail.com
