Travel Review: Honeymoon in Vietnam & South Korea, Seoul, Hanoi,Chen Sea, Halong Bay Cruise, Biking, Vespa Tour, Spa Treatments

I would look up the air quality and condition of the land. Go through a different travel agency. Ask for 2-3 hotels/resorts per location to choose from. 

Travel Company's Comments

Dear Christie,

Thank you very much for taking the time to give your feedback on your trip. I’m also disappointed in the things that went wrong for you and hope you appreciated our effort to address the things that you took the time to inform us about.

Unfortunately, there was a miscommunication between our ground operators and the Saigon Airport’s fast track service, which resulted in your missing the fast track service on arrival. I completely understand how this would be an immediate disappointment and frustration for you. Fortunately, you were able to make it through immigration and collect your luggage, and call our Vietnamese customer service team as I explained you should do during our pre-departure phone call in situations like this. By the time you exited the airport, your guide was there waiting for you to transfer you to your hotel. We reimbursed you while you were still in the country for the visa fee and fast track service that you missed. In addition, we also arranged a complimentary private romantic beach side candle-lit dinner with sparkling wine at your resort on Phu Quoc. 

We did promise you a local mobile phone for your use while in Vietnam and I was disappointed to only learn from you after you completed your trip that just a prepaid SIM card was provided. If you would have let us know about this at the time, we would have immediately arranged to get you a phone. Some clients prefer to have a prepaid SIM card so they can have access to all of their phone’s features.

I’m sorry to hear that you got food poisoning towards the end of your time in Vietnam and I understand how that would have impacted your enjoyment of the rest of your trip. You did not let our customer service team or myself know of your illness and if you needed to see a doctor. I’ve asked you that if you truly think that you got it on the cruise, please confirm that with me so that we can bring it to the attention of that company and make sure they improve their food handling standards. However, you have not responded. The cruise you took is one of the most luxurious on Ha Long Bay, with unique and interesting activities away from the crowds of other tourist boats and feedback about it from all other clients is overwhelmingly positive. However, we have forwarded your feedback to the cruise company and they have taken note and will try to address the issues you mentioned.

I understand that you were given expired tower tickets in Seoul and had to repurchase them…and that must have been very frustrating. We have heard back from the guide, saying that using those expired pre-purchased tickets hadn’t been a problem for them before, but still no excuse really. I’m glad they reimbursed you and you were still able to visit the tower.

I’m also sorry that you felt pressured to do a longer version of the tour in Seoul than you wanted to based on how you were feeling. From what I understand, the guide just wanted you to be able to see the most interesting parts of the tour that only happen in the morning and that he discussed that with you and you agreed on the itinerary. But still, he should have had more empathy to understand your situation and request.

I’m not sure if you realized it because you didn’t acknowledge it, but prior to your departure we arranged some other services to help ensure a great experience for you. First, when the room category that we quoted for 5 nights at your beach resort was not available due to the short notice of your booking, we upgraded your room to a beach front villa at our cost. We also arranged for a complimentary lunch to be a welcome surprise on your first day in Ho Chi Minh City.

We truly try to go above and beyond with our service levels for our clients and regret that we weren’t able to satisfy you. We have already addressed the mistakes that you experienced with our ground operators so that they do not happen again.