So finally, after several months and 2 months before we leave for our Indochina trip, I am posting our 8d/7n trip's itinerary and confirmed hotel accommodations. Since my blog is more of 'anything-under-the-sun', I may not have continuous entries on our trip, but I'll make sure that I properly label each of the entries (just like Twitter's hashtags).
Anyways, to refresh you (and myself too), during the start of the year, me and my 2 female college buddies were able to grab some flights from various seat sales of the airlines here in the Philippines. We booked dead eye flight to Ho Chi Minh City via Cebu Pacific and a return flight from Bangkok to Clark via Tiger Airways. Our trip will begin on August 19, as we are expected to land to Vietnam and will end on August 26 as we fly out of Bangkok. Luckily, we have to be absent on our respective day jobs for 4 days only, as we have a holiday on the 21st and 4 weekends to use.
This is our rough itinerary for the trip:
18 (pm- mn): Flight to HCMC
19 (mn): Hotel check in
19 (wd): HCMC walking tour
20 (am): travel to Phnom Penh
(pm): hotel check in in Phnom Penh
21 (wd): Phnom Penh walking tour
22 (am): travel to Siam Reap
(pm): hotel check in Siam Reap
23 (wd): Angkor Wat tour
24 (wd): travel to Bangkok and hotel check in
25 (wd): Bangkok tours
26 (am): weekend market
(pm): Flight back to Manila
After reading very helpful posts in PinoyExchange and searching at Agoda, Hostelbookers, Hostelworld, Roomorama and TripAdvisor, we have come into these hostels for our accommodations. The best thing about our reservations is that they do not need reservation fees, thus, this will not make any charges on our credit cards and more so, we can keep track of how much are we spending.
Since we are three persons travelling, our choices of hostels are very limited due to availability of triple rooms. Saying this, the prices indicated are for triple, air-con rooms.
Our accommodations:
1. Ho Chi Minh City: SEVENTY HOSTEL (http://www.seventyhotel.com/home/html/homepage.html)
Location: 10-15 mins away from major sites in HCMC. Located in District 1.
Contact email: sales@seventyhotel.com
Rooms price: 35 USD per night = 70 USD
Inclusives: Breakfast, Internet free, welcome drink, wifi in the room also.
They are very fast to respond on your email. I emailed them in the morning, and after two hours, they sent me the room prices and finally booked one for us. Since we will be arriving to HCMC in the midnight, we decided to book 2 nights to cover for the first night.
2. Phnom Penh: VELKOMMEN GUESTHOUSE (http://www.velkommenguesthouse.com/)
Location: very near to tourist spots and near the riverside. 10-15mins walk from major temples.
Contact email: reservations@velkommenguesthouse.com
Room price (Twin room with double size beds): 24 USD per night = 48 USD
Inclusives: Ensuite, AC and Fan, Fridge/ Mini Bar, Cable TV with 70 channels
Similar to Seventy Hotel, they are fast to respond. After 2 emails to each other, we finally booked the room.
3. Siam Reap: PHROM ROTH GUESTHOUSE (http://www.prohmrothguesthouse.com/)
Location: 5 mins away from the Central Market. 15 minutes away from Angkor Wat (via tuktuk)
Contact email: phromroth_guesthouse@yahoo.com
Room price: 25 USD per night = 50 USD
Inclusives: Breakfast, wi-fi, AC and fan
Phromroth is a family owned business and Mr. Meang, the guesthouse owner, stayed in the Philippines for 10 years before going back to Cambodia, so he knows Tagalog. :) One thing that made me fall in love with the place is that Mr. Meang greeted me in Tagalog (a plus point for me) and they have internal tour packages for Angkor Wat. I do not need to go and find a travel agency to provide the Angkor Wat tour. And according to his website, Filipinos have discounts on the tours and accommodations in celebration of the Friendship day. :)
4. Bangkok: ERAWAN GUESTHOUSE (www.erawanhouse.net)
Location: near to the Central Weekend Market, along Khao San road (backpacker's area)
Contact email: erawanhouse@gmail.com
Room price: 35 USD per night = 70 USD
Inclusives: wi-fi. hot water and A/C
Erawan house was one of the few guesthouses in Khao San road that offer triple rooms. I was able to email them our reservations, however, nobody confirmed them. I sent them another email as I write this entry and hopefully, will be hearing from them soon. Or else, I have to look for another guesthouse in Bangkok.
I shall be updating this entry once we have our final itinerary (where exactly to go) and final Bangkok Guesthouse to stay in. I would be glad if I'll be hearing for you about my entry. :)
I would like to thank every blog writers who posted their Bangkok, Vietnam and Cambodia trips at PinoyExchange. It really helped me a lot in deciding which hostels to book and to finalize the itinerary.
Happy travelling to you! :)
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