Vietnam & Cambodia Travel Review: Angkor Wat, Phu Quoc Beach Resort

Review by traveler

Mani S.

on

1.6.2014

General Info

Traveler Review

Which Country (Countries) did you visit on this trip?

Vietnam

Cambodia

Your overall comments on the trip and the travel company:

Selected our tour operator for their expertise in Vietnam and Cambodia -- they are based in Vietnam and have a good network of guides, drivers, and local resources. They quickly created a sample itinerary with most of the basics filled in for us.
They arranged hotels, local air travel, guides and drivers, and activities in addition to sight-seeing (such as ATV tour, etc.)
Hotel recommendations were suitable given our parameters.
Company did well when we had to work around a flight delay and quickly obtained a refund from airline on a missed connection for us.
Guides were knowledgeable, friendly and professional, as were drivers and other local vendors; strongest on the "standards" with a few special experiences (like cooking class at former residence of US ambassador in Saigon); Company could offer more special experiences that go beyond tourist basics
Travel planning was professional and responsive, although most of the actual trip planning was done from Saigon and 12 hour time difference made interaction pretty stilted -- it could take a day or longer to resolve a question and since we were traveling peak season it took a bit of back-and-forth to make the itineray work. I would recommend the company use their California office as main contact point for US customers rather than relying just on in-country staff.

What were the most enjoyable or memorable parts of your trip?

Cambodia Angkor Wat ruins
Chen Sea Beach Resort in Phu Quoc
Dinner at teh home of a Cambodian scholar whose father had been killed by Khmer Rouge
Coffee with a hotel owner who turned out to have been an ex-South Vietnamese green beret

If you could take your trip again, what would you do differently?

Arrange for more off-the-beaten-path experiences

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