Trip Prices

PRICE AND DISCOUNTS

Why do we show our tour price in US Dollars?

Our suppliers in Asia price all of their products and services in US dollars for consistency.
Therefore, we have to pay them in US dollars.
To avoid having to re-price our journeys every day because of currency exchange rate fluctuations (CAD vs USD), we simply show the actual price in US funds.
We therefore ask our Private Journey guests to pay us directly in US dollars by bank draft or bank transfer.

Payments Required

Due at time of booking - Deposit 1 - US$ 3000 per person
Due August 15, 2027 - Tour Balance (including tip kitty & Visa fees)

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Pre-tour hotel price for extra nights in Hanoi prior to start day of the tour

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel	This cost is usually around US$ 500 per room per night including breakfast and all taxes. We will confirm the exact rate whenever you need it.

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What's Included? (and what's not?)

Some parts of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos can present a few challenges when it comes to getting things done, so we take this into account when planning what to include on each day of the itinerary.
For our entire journey, we include all breakfasts and many other meals in the price but we also encourage our guests to try local cafes, restaurants and bars during their free time in many places. Our staff are always available to recommend great finds and our guests certainly enjoy poking about a bit on their own.
We include all transportation, all transfers, all hotels, all club lounge access fees in Bangkok, all taxes, Halong cruise cabins, all guides and drivers and driver's helpers, all group luggage-handlers' fees, all internal air flights as described below, all cyclo driver fees, all site admission fees including UNESCO sites, museums, temples, farms, boats, camps, Angkor ID passes and the assistance of our own staff along the entire route. This approach gives our guests a more carefree experience and reduces the hassle factor considerably.

Meals

Breakfasts: At our hotels you will wake up to a feast including breads, rolls, croissants, pastries, yogurt, tropical fruits, cereals, omelettes, eggs, cheeses, meats, and Asian dishes including congee, roasted fish and vegetables of every kind. Add to this some of the best fruit juices anywhere and coffee that only the French could have invented! Breakfast will often be able to carry you right through lunchtime and up to dinnertime, so there may be days where you really may not need lunch at all.
Selected Lunches and Dinners: Whenever it is more convenient to eat lunch as a group we will do so and the cost is included. Usually this happens during an especially full day of sightseeing where it would be best to enjoy a quick lunch together and carry on. Dinners are included if we think our guests would especially enjoy a specific restaurant, usually one of our favourites, or in locations where our guests may not yet be familiar with the culture and/or layout of the city or town.
It would be unwise on this trip to include all meals since the selection of excellent eating and drinking places is outstanding throughout these countries. Our guests continually tell us that they loved the freedom to choose where they wanted to eat on certain days rather than eating with the group at every meal. We agree and we believe we have this well-designed.
All meals which are included in the price are indicated on the detailed itinerary. Please see our Summary on Extra Costs (button below) for an estimate of the likely cost of those meals which are not included.

Transportation

We include all transportation whenever the group moves from one place to another. This includes our comfortable and private vehicles, private rickshaws and cyclos, songthaews, tuktuks, elephants and more.
We also include all four internal flights during the journey on modern turbo props and jet aircraft.

• Hanoi-Danang
• Danang-Siem Reap
• Siem Reap-Luang Prabang
• Luang Prabang-Bangkok

Transfers

Unlike many other travel companies, we include all transfers throughout the entire trip: private arrival transfer in Hanoi between airport and hotel and the private departure transfer in Bangkok between hotel and airport.

Private Guides and Drivers

In many locations we will be accompanied by professional local guides and drivers.

Accommodation in all locations

We include a wonderful and varied selection of hotels as well as the Halong Bay cruise boat along the way. To see details of all our hotels, click "Trip Details" on the previous page then "Our Hotels".

Entrance fees, park fees and other fees for all sites included in the tour.

This includes (but is not limited to) the following items: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Ho's house, One Pillar Pagoda, Hoa Lo (Hanoi Hilton) prison, Temple of Literature, Ethnology Museum, old quarter cyclos, Water Puppet performance, UNESCO ticket fees in Hoi An, fisherman and farmer village fees, monk fees, the Angkor Park pass, entrance to all temples and monuments including Angkor Thom, Bayon, Baphuon, Phimeanakas, Ta Prohm, Angkor Wat and Banteay Srey, Tonle Sap boat trip, Puok Silk Farm, Longtail boat and many other items.
If you were to travel through this region on your own, you would be paying significant amounts for each of these items and others, separately, on the spot, every single day.

TrailFinders Documentation

We include a comprehensive Trip Planning Guide which is distributed about three months prior to departure.
As well, we issue a daily journal and several local maps and recommendations which are handed out along the way.
We also provide a pre-departure package containing detailed instructions for your arrival, recommendations in case you are delayed in arriving in Hanoi, your air tickets and itineraries, insurance information, a comprehensive packing list and more.
Plus we include the full support of the TrailFinders' Tour Leaders and a few surprises along the way.

Pre-Paid Extras

There are two additional items which are administered by TrailFinders staff during the journey on behalf of our guests, thereby freeing them from the hassles of finding the appropriate exact funds for specific items on demand. These amounts are collected from our guests at time of booking and while the amounts are not technically "included in the tour price" they are collected ahead of time to avoid inconveniencing our guests along the way. These items are:

• Group tips to guides, drivers, boat crews, assistants and other facilitators along the way; and,
• Visa fees for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. TrailFinders will obtain your visas for you.

What's not included?

We do not include the following specific items in the price of our land tour.

• International air for Canada-Hanoi and Bangkok-Canada.
  We are experts in international airfares and can help you decide which routing, airlines, class, arrival day and time and departure day and time would be best for you. Please call Miral at 613-789-1900 or 888-765-7662 and we can discuss these and other options with you. If you are arranging your own air transportation, please check with us first.
• Travel Insurance premiums
• Visit to a Travel Medicine clinic and any prescribed vaccines or tablets
• As on any trip, you will of course be expected to pay on the spot for your own personal expenses such as laundry, souvenirs and so on.

We have estimated extra costs. Please click on the button below.