Vietnam

Applied for visas to Vietnam for a family trip from Feb 7 to March 8. The husband and toddler received visas with the correct dates, but the exit date on one visa was entered incorrectly, making it valid only from Feb 7 to Feb 8. The mistake wasn’t noticed until March 3 when a...

Just got home after a few months solo in Asia and my brain still hasn’t caught up. I’m 23 and this was my first big solo trip that far from home, so everything hit harder. Japan honestly ruined me in the best way. Tokyo and Kyoto just worked. Trains on time, people polite...

Booked a fully prepaid, non-refundable 5-night stay (Dec 31 to Jan 5) at Seashells Resort in Phu Quoc through Agoda. Paid about $2,300. Booking was confirmed well in advance and we planned an international New Year’s trip around it. After we checked in on Dec 31, the hotel told...

I’ve been in Da Nang and noticed a pattern that’s kind of hard to ignore. Had a guy cut in front of me at a buffet breakfast, groups stepping into traffic on the beach road expecting cars to stop, yelling at Vietnamese staff in seafood places, and people slamming doors and...

Been bouncing around Hanoi, Ha Long, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Hoi An, and honestly I keep wondering if I’m in the same Vietnam everyone else raves about. I came partly to see if I could live here as a digital nomad cheap, beautiful, good culture, all that. But Hanoi felt like smog,...

Just did my first big solo trip (27M) and spent 3 weeks in Vietnam. Saigon’s chaos, Hanoi’s old quarter, Ha Long Bay sunrise, it all blew me away. Ate nonstop pho and banh mi, did a sketchy but amazing Mekong motorbike tour, and met awesome people in hostels. Even took a cooking...

Vietnam’s airlines are powering up for summer: Vietnam Airlines is launching new nonstop flights—HCMC–Bali, Nha Trang–Busan, and Hanoi–Milan—while boosting service to Singapore and Bangkok, with over 9 million seats and a 14% capacity lift planned Vietjet’s also stepping up,...