Testimonials

I just want to say thank you to Quyen and all his crew at this great firm. Trustworthy, accountable, and hard working folks made our recent adventure to Vietnam and Cambodia wonderful. Count on them to fulfill your expectations.

I first heard about Asia Pioneer at tripadvisor and I decided to write an enquiry email right away. Best choice ever! 🙂 Got my first answer from Kata (our contact person for the whole time) within 24 hours and the first offer was very good. But until we could finally book the trip we had to do a lot of chances – no problem for Kata at all, she put in whatever I asked her to in our program. About the hotels we totally trusted her knowledge. We just wanted to have 3 to 4 star hotels. And I have to say every hotel that we stayed at was perfect for our needs, breakfast was always included. As were the entrance fees and meals if mentioned in our program.

About our tour: we did a 3 1/2 weeks Vietnam and Cambodia tour – all organised by Kata. In total we had 3 (international) flights, two trainrides (Hanoi – Sa Pa retourn) , a night at a boat in Halong Bay and the rest in “normal” hotels.
Everything worked out perfectly – we got a mobile phone at the beginning of our trip to call Kata at anytime if problems would occur. We had to do that once and within minutes our problem was solved, eventhough it was already 10 pm!

Every tour guide we had made a perfect job and tried to fullfill every of our wishes. It was no problem to stop by somewhere, leave early or late, whatever we wanted too do. Íf we wanted to buy typical stuff we got help negotiating the prices.
In Sa Pa our tour guide cooked a meal in a homestay house for us – a thing we wouldn’t have asked for as we wouldn’t have know that this would be possible! And we loved it!

All in all, I would not consider a second about booking my trip with Indochina Pinoeer again, I would just do it. We talked to people who did everything on their own, it was neither cheaper nor more relaxing or anything. It was just nice to have somebody taking care of us wherever we were.

We met Kata once in Hanoi – she extra came to our breakfast restaurant in the mornging – and it was really nice to finally see the person, I’ve been writing to emails for about 5 months.

It’s hardly to say what we liked most: but Sa Pa should be a must on every Vietnam trip and I would definitly go to Cambodia too, if I’m there, as it’s not a very long journey and absolutely worth it. Halong Bay was also beautiful too, of course. Vietnam in general is a very beautiful country with lots of different things to do and see, I wouldn’t want to miss anything that we did on our trip! It was just perfect as it was!

Thank you again, Kata and everybody else that made our trip unforgetable!

My wife and I just returned from 16 days in Cambodia and Vietnam. Lam at Asia Pioneer worked with us from our first inquiry all the way through our last day. He always answered any question or concern very promptly. He was very professional and very nice to work with. In fact we had the pleasure of meeting him for lunch in Hanoi.

Every hotel, flight, tour and guide he booked for us was as good or better than promised. We had four guides in total and they were all knowledgeable, reliable and very friendly.

The entire operation is first-rate.

We have just returned from a wonderful 11 days in Vietnam. Quyen arranged a wonderful itinerary that enabled us to start in HCMC, visit Hue and Hoi An and finish in Hanoi. A busy but great time was had by all 5 of us. Looking back Quyen was able to strike a balance of busy days and also time to meander and take our time which we greatly appreciated. It was a family celebration of a milestone birthday and a really nice touch was the amazing birthday cake that turned up on the day when we returned to our hotel! Everything was organised really well, with guides and drivers always on time- we felt so safe and cared for. All our guides were great and we enjoyed each one’s own way of explaining their country and Vietnam’s history. Our guides were able to give us ideas on where to head when we had time to ourselves and we appreciated both Thuy and Duy helping us when we needed to change our USD to VND. They both went out of their way to do this for us 🙂 Quyen took great care in following up with me when changes had to be made to the itinerary and hotels. Also his emails instilled me with confidence that things were in hand and we would not be let down. Thanks so much for a memorable time.

My husband and I organized a trip for 36 fellow travelers to Vietnam and Cambodia for spring break 2013. We are extremely HAPPY with the services provided by Asia Pioneer! Partners Quyen and Lam proved that they have the knowledge and experience to plan a trip that we can now truly call a trip of a lifetime. Our group enjoyed a customized tour with TOP NOTCH buses, drivers, guides, activities and dining. Oh the food was just delicious. You have to try it all. We were overly pleased with their suggested accommodations, Intercontinental West Lake in Hanoi, The Rex Hotel in Saigon and the Tara Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap. Thanks to Quyen for insisting that we spend 2 nights sailing Halong Bay with Bhaya Classic Cruises.

Here are just a few little things that made Asia Pioneer stand out. 1) We were treated to having Quyen as our national guide 24/7. He became one of the family and even arranged a birthday cake for a celebration during the trip 2) It was warm and humid but they always had plenty of free bottled water chilled for us on the bus. 3) Hotel check in was all pre-arranged. They just handed us our keys and we were on our way. Same with the domestic flights. Quyen checked in our luggage and handed us our boarding passes. Couldn’t be simpler.

We have organized 20+ group trips over the years and this company stands out as one of the best we’ve ever had! THANKS for an unforgettable adventure. I highly recommend a visit to the beautiful people of Vietnam and Cambodia.

This is my second trip with Asia Pioneer. After 2 weeks in Cambodia and Vietnam last June, I planned a group trip with 14 high school students to Siem Reap, Cambodia, Hoi An, Mai Chau, Hanoi and Halong Bay in Vietnam in late March. Once again, Lam did an amazing job panning our itinerary. Our guides were excellent: friendly, punctual and always willing to be flexible with our schedule based on our group’s needs. Many of our meals were selected by Asia Pioneer and included in our group tour price, and they were great restaurants with multiple course meals. Lam was able to make some last minute changes to our hotels to bring our price down when our group numbers were lower than originally planned. I was very impressed with all the hotels we stayed in. Staff was friendly and helpful, hotels were spacious and clean, and all had swimming pools.As always, Lam was prompt in replying to emails and helping us prepare for our trip. Our students are photography students, and our guide in Hanoi, Tan, area was also a photographer which as a great help. The itinerary included many special early morning trips to photographic locations which was a treat for the students. Asia Pioneer handled all aspects of our trip including flights from Cambodia to Vietnam, internal flights in Vietnam, transportation, guides, hotels and meals. All services were excellent!

It is with the highest regard that I recommend Asia Pioneer. I am planning another vacation to Myanmar in July and have already contacted Asia Pioneer to help with our itinerary.