How far in advance should I book a trip to Vietnam? - S6- E13 - What About Vietnam

"Kerry, how far in advance should I book my trip to Vietnam?" 

If I had a penny for every time this question has come up in the last year.

I just wish there was a one-size-fits-all answer—but there isn't.

Who YOU are as a traveller,... and what type of experiences you want to have, will shape my answer.

In this episode, I break down the booking timelines that have the biggest impact on your experience in Vietnam—from budget backpackers and families to luxury travellers and adventure seekers. I flesh out why Vietnam doesn't always follow the same booking patterns as Europe or Japan, and why understanding local travel habits can save you money, queues, stress, and disappointment.

Whether you're planning your very first visit or returning to explore more of this extraordinary country, this episode will help you decide when to book, what to prioritise, and how to create a smoother, more enjoyable trip.

You’ll discover :

• Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) travel considerations
•  Vietnam's school holiday periods and peak domestic travel seasons
•  Cruises, wellness retreats, Golf, and boutique stays that book out early
•  Tips for independent travellers, families and luxury travellers alike                   
• A major city by city guide

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Transcript

Kerry Newsome

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Now let's get back to the show.

Kerry Newsome

Xin chào and welcome to the What About Vietnam podcast. So today's question is how far in advance should you book your trip to Vietnam? And that's a kind of evolving question that's been happening over probably the last five to ten years and it's definitely been a moving platform, so to speak. So my first thought when this question comes up is you know, what kind of traveler are you?

And I wanted to tackle this subject and maybe break it down into a few areas that I think will hopefully resonate with you. Firstly, it is really important to recognize the kind of traveler that you are and, you know, be reasonable, fair and appreciative of the things that you want to do and, you know, whoever you're traveling with the same. Secondly, I want to talk to you about seasons and, you know, the various elements that those seasons affect and impact. So I will kind of go into that in a little bit more detail.

And then I want to break it down into location. You know, that saying location, location, location. Well, it's certainly is a factor as far as when your booking is concerned, as some areas are definitely more impacted about when you do actually book. So let's look at the kind of traveller you are.

Are you a budget traveller? Are you a backpacker? Are you a traveller that can get around on 10 kg and be pretty flexible, can move and not be too upset if things don't work out exactly? So I would say that for you, you're probably looking about three to eight weeks ahead.

Hostels and budget hotels and homestays are plentiful, and there's all standards and all kinds of reviews. There is still a hierarchy amongst hostels and homestays, in my opinion, and that is Some of the homestays are more like kind of mini boutique hotels now, not under that kind of original format of being a family and they're inviting you into spare rooms that they have in their home. Spontaneity is part of the adventure for you. So I get it.

You know, things not working out or whatever, you know, just, you just got to stay chilled. So that's definitely for the budget traveler. If that's, if that's you. Now if you're a mid-range traveler, I would suggest maybe four to six months ahead.

This is usually the sweet spot. Enough time to secure good flights, preferred hotels, rooms and activities. I think in this category, there's definitely a big market. are certainly for your hotels and for your accommodation styles and for activities. There's definitely a lot out there and some cities more than others.

So I think four to six months is a good place to start there. If you are a luxury or a solo traveler and you want to be very particular about the rooms you stay in in the hotels, how you get to one location to the next, and just some elements of your trip that you want to refine and be a bit more discerning about. I would probably suggest for you it would be around 6 to 12 months ahead, particularly if you want you know, a particular time of the year, like Christmas, you know, you want a premium suite. Like some of the river cruises are fantastic, but if you want, you know, the best room on that river cruise, you've definitely got to get in early.

Some of the major resorts are booking up, you know, their beach views, their on beach to, you know, walk to sand kind of rooms. They go very quickly. Same for wellness retreats and you know if you've got a special anniversary and you want to put something together and you're bringing You know a family group or a party of six or you want to include some golf and things like that you've really got to book ahead and golf in particular and Then if we're talking to you and you're a family so you're bringing some you know younger children and things like that and you want to Have rooms maybe on the same floor as your hotel. you want to kind of be able to get into the activities and things that you think are going to interest your family the most. Once again, I think six to nine months is a really good time for you to start booking and really solidifying those activities that you want to do, because they really do get booked up very quickly now.

And families have that small window, you know, you've got school holiday dates, you've got larger rooms that you need. So sometimes the hotels only feature the bigger rooms and have cots in some of them. Some of the hotels have adjoining rooms, but not all. So that starts to you know limit or kind of isolate the hotels and the Experiences that you want for your family as part of your holiday Sort of Vietnam is it's it's really not like Europe or Japan and this catches people by surprise and In Europe and Japan, you know, trains operate with military precision, hotel standards are pretty consistent, and information is centralized.

Can I say this? Vietnam is wonderfully different. It is wonderfully different if you're prepared for it. And when I say prepared, you know, ready to be a bit fluid with things.

Sometimes hotels change names. the ownership and then they'll slightly adjust the name. You've booked it in one name and then all of a sudden you see it in another name and you think oh gosh, are you going to get the same deal? Are they going to follow through on your booking? You know, all those sorts of things.

Services, and sometimes the timing of those services change, the opening hours change. You know, some of the shows that appear in the Opera House in Saigon, they'll be also appearing in other cities throughout the country, but you're going to want to see that show in Saigon, but guess what? It's now playing in Hoi An and you've missed out. So you've really got to, I guess, get a little bit more honed in on the nuances of Vietnam.

And that includes guides. The best guides do get swamped and get booked up very early because they're good. They're known to be good. They work on a first in best dressed kind of thing.

They know the operators that they want to work for because, you know, the amount of money that they get paid and also the time availability that they have because, you know, they have lives, they have families and they have their own commitments. So, you know, just being able to access good guides is another factor to include. And, of course, domestic flights. We've seen lots of changes in recent times where domestic flights have changed in frequency.

There's been lots of services that have been literally squashed. So they've been cancelled totally and they're not going to those areas with the same frequency as before. And then, of course, there's price. So when we talk about who you are and how you want to book to make sure you get the premium experience of Vietnam, I hope that's a bit of a guideline for you as a traveler when I'm kind of breaking you down and putting you in boxes, which is not always a good thing because I don't think any one of us are just one box.

We're probably a couple of boxes at the same time. Now I want to talk to you, if I may, just about the various elements of your trip. So, you know, if we're talking flights versus hotels, I always say secure your international flights first, then build your trip around them. Now, there's a really good reason why international airfares fluctuate significantly.

And you can be looking one month at a price, you go back a month later and it's completely different. And the pricing for airfares is just so dynamic. And it's all about making sure that those planes, when they lift off the ground, are as full as they can be. So in saying when to book, it's that fine line between making sure you get the right flight, the right time, the right destination, but also at the right price.

So leaving it too late can sometimes break that myth of that last minute deal kind of thing. It just isn't there anymore because the airlines, to make sure that they can cope with extra fuel charges, all of the extra costs that go in running an airline, they really have to make sure that they've got full planes going to and from destinations. So definitely for your international flights, you're possibly coming into one city and going out another. And of course, I'm talking to you, the planner.

You're the person I We're coming, you know the 27th of December and we're leaving on the the 10th of January or something like that then you you've got a start and a finish and Also, you've got locked in prices that you can be sure to count on as far as your budgeting is concerned It's a really big deal, but I really stress to people to get those international flights First and then you can start to look at your hotels Okay, so let's talk about hotels in Vietnam. The supply is really endless and the options in different categories. What I've been fascinated when I get more involved with Vietnam and with travelers is the bigger market in the four-star hotel. Whilst there's a lot of three-star and five-star, the four-star market seems to be a very popular category of hotel because you're getting a lot of the things that you want but you're not paying the five star price and you're just getting that cut above the three star as far as options is concerned.

So most of the time you can still find great stays if you, you know, you're cutting it close but you're going to get that that difference about the room. So if you want a premium deluxe room, if you want a room in the hotel that is close access to the beach, or you want it to have certain views Once again, this all impacts how far in advance you book to get that. And the later you leave it, the less options you've got. So, you know, you don't want to end up with the hotel you want, but a room with no window.

And trust me, I've done that. So I've learned the hard way to make sure that, you know, if you want the luxury suite, if you want the the views, if you want the garden view or you want the balcony, the dream hotel often sells out long before the destination. So we've covered now your international fares and your hotels. Now I want to kind of talk about where we're at with seasons.

When I talk about seasons, I'm talking about not just your obvious peak season and your shoulder season. I'm talking about peak seasons, shoulder seasons, Tet, public holidays, Christmas, school holidays, all of that sort of thing. And I just want to break it down in a fashion that you can appreciate that when these seasons happen, you have got a lot of movement in Vietnam. And whilst you may think that's all international travelers, you'll be surprised to know that a lot of it is Vietnamese traffic.

So when you're standing at queues in security to go through or immigration queues and things like that, you know, if it's Tet, you've got a lot of Vietnamese that are coming home to Vietnam to see family for Tet. It just gets crazy. And whilst you think, oh, you know, you're the international traveler and you might be special to Vietnam, you might find in a very short amount of time You're not that special. Sure, they care about you, but you've just got to queue up like everybody else.

So let's talk about peak season versus shoulder season. So it doesn't have one tourist season, it has many. So in North Vietnam, you know, around that Peak season best weather is October April Central Vietnam Probably February to August and that would likewise depend if Tet is in February they may be a bit of a joint issue as far as Accommodation is concerned because Tet is in February and central Vietnam Ideally starts to warm up to some beautiful weather Around that, you know late February March South Vietnam, you've got best weather, December, April. So this means, you know, demand moves around the country.

You can sometimes find excellent availability in one region while another is heavily booked. Shoulder seasons can be fantastic because you've got obviously fewer crowds, better greater flexibility, easier restaurant reservations, more guide availability because they're not swamped. And some of my favorite trips happen in shoulder seasons. And I'm a big fan of shoulder seasons.

I don't really wanna be there in the throngs. I don't really wanna be there typically in the periods of time where I know there's going to be an onslaught of major traffic because everything becomes a little bit cumbersome then. You start to get sick of queues. Your favorite restaurant that you used to go to, you can't get a table.

You want to go to some iconic place to show somebody that you've been telling back home that they've got to come and see this. And all of a sudden there's long queues and everybody's not going to get the same experience that you've got because you've traveled in shoulder season. So definitely don't discount shoulder season. Now let's talk about Tet and public holidays.

This deserves its own warning. If you're traveling during Vietnamese New Year, you need to plan much further ahead. I've done a whole episode about Tet. and I suggest you go back and listen to that because it's totally focused on when to visit to enjoy Tet both before, during and after. I think, you know, if you're coming in these public holidays, you've really got to book You know, maybe even 12 months ahead Domestic flights as well.

They be they start to really Hike the prices up during those Set dates where the public holidays are announced popular hotels sell out trains fill buses fill you know guides often take leave during that time and some businesses close entirely so you know, just what you might have planned may not be exactly what you're going to get during that time. So you've got to be really flexible around Tet and public holidays. The last area that I want to talk about as far as things that can get impact about how far in advance that you book is around cruises and special experiences that sell out. This is where people really get caught out.

Vietnam has plenty of hotel rooms and we've already talked about that, but it has endless experiences. So the things that sell first are often luxury cruises in Ha Long Bay and Lan Ha Bay. And that's with, you know, the cruise lines that are super popular, that offer the best food, the best accommodation, and the best staff, et cetera. Boutique cruises in Lanhart Bay are often affected.

Cave expeditions in Phong Nha, you want to get into those, they only take small groups. Once again, you're looking to plan ahead. Specialty wellness retreats often get booked out. just for the things that you want to do in particular, because they only take small numbers to increase the quality of the experience. And then there's the premium trains.

Some experiences have very limited capacity. Cooking classes, trekking, specialty caving tours, marathons, you know, all these things and golf. Golf in particular, I wanted to highlight. You know, people say, oh, well, we want an early tee off on the golf course.

Bop, bop, that's just not possible because everyone else had the same idea. Because they're going in peak time and unfortunately to beat the heat, everyone wants to get out there early. And once they're gone, they're gone. No amount of money can recreate that availability.

So I really want to bust through that last minute Vietnam myth. There is a myth that Vietnam can always be booked at last minute. Sometimes that's true. Sometimes it isn't.

I see social media saying, I booked my whole trip a week before and everything was fine. Great. But that's survivorship. You know, you don't hear about the people who couldn't get the hotel they wanted.

They paid double for the flights. They ended up getting one room on one floor and one room on the next floor. It was so packed. They got to breakfast and everything was gone.

It's not optimal. So being ahead of the plan is definitely the way to go. So lastly, I want to look at the location breakdown. In talking about the subject of locations, I wanna highlight the need to appreciate Vietnam's domestic travel patterns.

Because many travelers don't realize that the biggest impact on availability and prices often comes down to Vietnamese families traveling within their own country. It's not just overseas visitors. The key periods I want to mention are, of course, Tet holidays, January or February, and you need to check that because it changes according to the lunar calendar every year. It's the biggest travel movement of the year.

You've got the Hung King's commemoration day, that's March, April. And you've got Vietnamese summer school holidays. Huge domestic tourism season. This means the main summer holiday period is Long approximately 1st of June to the 31st of August it is a really long period and Intermittently families will try to squeeze in the most they can out of that time so being aware of school holidays because you know you go to a hotel and as I said that the pools packed and I 2nd of September, another major travel time.

And then you've got Reunification Day and Labor Day, 30th of April to the 1st of May. Often creates like a four to five day holiday section. Now, this is without things like, you know, the football or any major event, or there is a major artist coming to town, you know, like it can go crazy, especially in the big cities like Saigon, to a lesser degree, Hanoi, but certainly into Saigon. So let's do a bit of a breakdown.

And remember, I'm just doing high level at this point, because I could do a podcast on literally each destination. So let's talk about Hanoi. Definitely two to four months in advance for peak season. Definitely, you need to take into consideration Tet, Reunification Day, Labor Day, and the National Day, because it's a very traditional city, Hanoi, and they take these days very seriously.

So, if you want to travel during that time, you may find some difficulty in getting around, or you may find, you know, just some choke points in the city at that time. The old quarter gets extremely busy with domestic tourists and definitely on weekends, very hard to get into certain restaurants. Popular boutique hotels, they often sell out. So the recommendation I have for you there is as early as possible that you book and be flexible.

So staying in the north, if we talk about Sapa, three to six months would be my advice on booking ahead there. And that's mainly to get good guides, really good boutique hotels, get your planning down pat so that you feel secure in what you want to do and how you want to do it, what What kind of experience do you want? Domestic families do tend to flock to Sapa during school breaks to escape the heat. So, you know, your cable cars and your hotels and trains become very busy.

If I was giving a recommendation for Sapa, you know, especially if you want to go in that September, October, The the rice or what I call the rice season. I think you need to book probably six months out at least because that particular time is You know the favorite for your Instagram is for anyone in the travel industry that wanted to wants to take photos It's it's a very scenic time of the year and obviously very popular if we talk about Ha Giang and the Ha Giang loop I think about three months in advance, three to four months at least, depending on how you want to experience Hazang. If you're going to join a group or you're going to ride yourself, there's two different approaches to how to do that. If you want to secure certain guides, if I was advising you or if you wanted to include Hazang, they'd be the questions I want to ask you.

Because, you know, you do need to be licensed under Vietnamese law to ride legally in Ha Giang. And I wouldn't have you doing it any other way. If you want to join and go as a pillion passenger, you know, I want to make sure that you're with a reputable company. And if you want to go by car, that is definitely an option.

And I'm really encouraging people to look at the private car option. As it's a long trip, it takes probably four or five days, seven or eight hours a day driving. It's a long, long loop. So unless you've got the time to invest in Ha Zang, don't make it a short trip.

You'll miss half of it. You'll be exhausted and you won't really have the experience that you thought or maybe social media sold to you. You've really got to have flexibility with Ha Zang. awesome place to visit, but you do need to plan it right. The famous loop, it's not a hidden gem anymore.

Accommodation in Dong Van and Myo Vak can become fully booked in particular during long weekends. So if you can do during the week even better. Now let's jump to Mai Chau. Mai Chau is a fairly easy.

It's an interesting textile and very culturally diverse farm area, beautiful rice fields. Maybe one to two months in advance would be the plan there. Try and avoid weekends and the summer holidays. It is a favorite short getaway from Hanoi, so weekends can feel much busier than weekdays.

So when I'm planning for people, I do try and get them there on the weekdays. Halong Bay, we can't not include Halong Bay and that would be Halong Bay and Lan Ha Bay. Definitely four to six months in advance and that's to get the right cruise ships to get the right accommodation you know, there is Holiday pressure there that sometimes they are booked out due to the summer school holidays the National Day reunification Labor Day and Ted they in a lot of people a lot of families are now looking to join together and and kind of rejoice and enjoy that time together by going to Lan Ha Bay after the official days and have a holiday together. So once again, crowd impact is thousands of Vietnamese families take short cruises during the school holidays, making the bay and other cruise ports very, very busy.

So luxury cabins and family suites are often the first to disappear. And then we've got the Mekong. Definitely four to eight months ahead. The Mekong can get really super busy a lot of families Vietnamese families going home during Tet will be going back into the Mekong area So it can be chock-a-block with families rejoining there the school holidays are are definitely affected and I think you know, I think focus on Tet and Christmas New Year and and if you can try and avoid those for crowd impact as small vessels have very limited cabins, meaning late bookers often miss out altogether.

Ho Chi Minh, because of its expansive hotel and various properties that they have available and activities, probably two to four months in advance. Sometimes, you know, as short as two months, you can still get good deals. Once again, looking out for Tet, National Holidays, Reunification Day. It is a busy, thriving, bustling city and, you know, If you want the hotel in the right location, you don't want to be stuck out into a district that you don't feel comfortable in.

If you want D1, D3, D2, then definitely you need to look at probably two to four months max. Most popular hotels do fill out really particularly, you know, the Park Hyde, Caravelle, the Reverie, those in particular do book out. Hoi An. I wanted to throw Hoi An and An Bang into the mix here.

I would say at least three to five months ahead. And I mentioned An Bang because some people like to stay out at the beach. And between An Bang and Hoi An, you're talking a 10 to 15 minute drive. So why wouldn't you, if you love a beach stay, stay out at the beach.

But if you leave your booking attendance to Last minute, you'll find that those properties go super, super quickly. I know the last trip I did, I wanted to stay out at the beach and there just wasn't anywhere that I liked that I wanted to stay. So I ended up having to stay in the old town. And you know, once again, with a 10 to 15 minute drive, it's not a big deal.

But if you want to wake up in the morning with the sea view, then you definitely need to get in at least, I'd say probably closer to five months for Hoi An and An Bang. And there are regions within Hoi An that you might prefer to stay over others. The ones that people know are good go super duper quickly. The ancient town, and I'm sure you've seen, can get super packed.

And, you know, both An Bang and Hoi An during those, you know, probably March through to May, June is super popular with travelers that love hot weather, warm weather, and it's an idyllic location to spend that time. If we're looking at Da Nang, probably about two to three months, there's quite a bit of properties available in Da Nang. There's certainly big resorts with, you know, big levels of rooms available. So if you're looking for a big resort, definitely from Da Nang through to Hoi An, you're going to find them there.

And, you know, two to three months will still get you a good room there. Try and steer clear if you can of the summer school holidays you'll find a lot of Vietnamese book up those rooms and you know love those big pools and that resort space that gives you that land mass and easy walkers walks on the beach It's a very favorite family beach destination If we talk about Phong Nha, you know, you've got tours that run in Phong Nha, you've got seasons where it gets particularly hot in Phong Nha. So if you want to try and find that sweet spot there, it's a super area to explore. You probably need about four or five days there as a minimum to do everything you want to do, especially if you're going to Add on a tour of the caves, the Oxalis company does those tours.

One tour can be four days in itself and that's only done the caves and some trekking. So if you want to do some other areas, which I encourage you to do so, then you really do need to probably book three to six months. ahead for Phong Nha. And definitely take a look at Phong Nha if you haven't heard of it before. I've done some episodes on Phong Nha and I highly rate it.

The other area that I don't know whether it comes up for you is an island hop as in Phu Quoc. Phu Quoc didn't have much in the area of hotels and accommodation variety for a long time. That's changed dramatically in probably the last three to six years. And there's a lot of properties now available, but they're spread right up and down. the coastal regions, and they vary in quality and price.

Probably looking three to four months out would be the time period you'd want to make sure to get the property that you want. I'm heading there in July, actually, and I'll be keen to see just how busy it is during that time, because I haven't been there before during that period. But once again, getting the chance to experience a beautiful beachside location. It is very popular with families You know, it's a very quick flight across from Saigon only one hour So it's a chance for them to have an ocean break away from the big city So, you know You want to try and steer clear of your summer school holidays if you if you don't want to get caught up with with a lot of family holiday Travelers tech once again and national days You know, people really try to take advantage of these holidays as they don't get many throughout the year.

So three to four months will get you what you want in Phu Quoc, I'm pretty sure. Moving along to Nha Trang, there's a lot of properties available and activities in Nha Trang, probably one to two months because of that, because of the, you've got Cam Ranh as well in Nha Trang, which is only kind of 15, 20 minutes out of the main city of Nha Trang. And in Cam Ranh, there's some awesome, awesome Resorts and they have massive rooms So, you know once again, you're going to see a lot of Vietnamese families traveling there But because there is a lot of rooms in those areas, I think one to two months out you should find Within the hotel inventory there. You're going to get the room you want just maybe an alternative from the main are cities that get under that, you know, banner of the idyllic locations or the tourist map, so to speak.

You might want to look at some very interesting places like Mui Ne, Phan Thiet or Quy Nhon. Looking at two to three months for these places, they're not considered on the tourist map. So for international travelers, you'll find there's probably a lot of inventory there available for you to book something really nice. They're not as popular, but they are well known to local, especially families that come from those regions.

During Tet, you'll find families going back to those regions because that's where their families originated from. So for crowd impact, you know, maybe try and avoid the summer school holidays or Tet mostly, but definitely some areas to look at Mui Ne, Phantip and Quy Nhon. So everyone, I'm going to wrap up here. I try to keep these episodes to short, sharp, but there's just so much to say. about this subject and I want to make sure that I get you as much information as I can.

I think the mistake many travelers make, if I was to summarize, is assuming Vietnam only gets busy with foreigners arriving. In fact, in reality, some of the biggest crowds you'll encounter are Vietnamese families traveling during their own school holiday breaks and public holidays. Understanding those dates can make the difference between a relaxed holiday and wondering why your dream beach hotel has completely sold out. So give it some thought, people.

I'd be happy to put together your trip plan when you're ready to do so. You can reach out to me at whataboutvietnam.com. There's a special travel services page there. That's what I do.

That's what I'm good at, and I'd be happy Listen to what you want to do, put together something that I think is particularly unique for you, and do it all according to your budget. I look forward to bringing you further episodes of the What About Vietnam podcast, and I thank you for being a listener.