COMPARE YOUR SELF-GUIDED TOUR COST WITH A VIETNAM PACKAGE TOUR.

VIETNAM PACKAGE TOUR compared to a SELF-GUIDED TOUR.

These tour package prices are quoted on a per person per day cost, plus international airfare basis.
Budget Tours = Tours typically range from $45 to $130 per person. These tours basically get you from town to town with ground transportation including a hotel room with one or two local tours included. Local guides normally meet you at each destination.
First Class Tours = Tours typically range from $80 to $275 per person. These tours include town to town ground transportation, possibly one leg by air. Local tours. Hotel rooms with a tour or two at each destination.
Deluxe Tours = Tours typically range from $100 to $400 per person. These tours include the continuous presence of an attentive guide, private tours and private deluxe ground transportation, upscale hotels with spas, pools and restaurants. There may be two or more air legs to tour.
Luxury Tours = Tours typically range from $400 to $600 per person. They include most meals, fully guided tours and services of tour director, baggage handling, luxury accommodations and ground transportation. Two or more air legs to tour. Special considerations are made for guests before and during tour.

COMPARE THE COSTS of a VIETNAM PACKAGE TOUR with the following breakdown of the daily expenses of planning you own tour. A tourist class family run hotel: $10.00 - $20.00 per night. One flight from Saigon to Hanoi (maybe) - $100.00. OR 2 train trips - $15.00 ea. and a north to south open tour bus pass - $30.00.

A minimum cost package tour for 15 days - $675.00.

YOUR SELF-GUIDED TOUR COST - Hotel- $20.00 x 15 days = $300.00. Average transportation costs estimated = $150.00.
TOTAL = $450.00

Plus you get to do what you want to do when you want to do it.