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Indochina overland tour, Saigon to Bangkok, independent reviews
 Reviewed 7 May 2008 by Graham Dalby |  |
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Angkor Wat and the other temples around Siem Reap. Home Stay near Vinh Long.
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Be aware that the hotels vary greatly in standard. Also, there are quite a few guides, drivers etc to tip - this adds a fair bit to the cost.
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?
Pretty much - the visits to local 'cottage' industries were unobtrusive and were, presumably, welcomed. The home stay was great and would have directly benefited our hosts.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Very good - excellent guides and reasonably flexible as the group size was small.
My slight reservations were the standard of one hotel in particular was not up to scratch. Maybe the company would have been better to have booked a better one and upped the tour price by, say £30. One or two days involved a lot of travelling, leaving little or no time to explore the area we were staying in. Tipping guides and other locals providing a service is reasonable but in a couple of cases, where for example, the company had arranged travel from A to B, tipping the driver was expected. I think the company would do better to simply increase the amount they pay the driver to include what they would expect to get in a tip. The company were good and we would use them again but they were not so good that we would not consider other companies if their tour more closely matched what we wanted.
