We were ca 90 minutes late. The driver who brought us to the hotel didn’t speak a word English and was extremely unfriendly. He yelled at me because he stopped somewhere and told us to hop off. We didn‘t as we didn‘t know where we were. In the end it was the right place but we didn‘t know and he didn‘t tell us. Maybe we could have had a look at google maps, but it is still not a reason to yell at me. Never again!
Don't expect to be able to sleep on the sleeper bus. Overall, it was not the worst bus experience I've had, but not one I'd love to repeat, either.
Cons: Very bright lights on most of the ride, lots of yelling on the bus, even with the vent closed, the a/c still comes out and is very cold so make sure to have some warmer layers as an option. Every stop they would fling open my curtain and poke me to wake me up. We left an hour after scheduled.
Pros: it was very nice to have a van at the dropoff point that took me about a 5 minute walk from my accommodation instead of needing to also pay for a taxi at 4 in the morning. Also, there is a USB charging port in your pod (it made my cord and phone very hot and was a slow charge, but helpful nonetheless)
Took a bus from Ha Giang to Hanoi. It dropped is like 15 km out of the city, where we were shifted to a car which didn't have enough space for the luggage or the people. Reached one and a half hours later than advertised.
At first I got tested that they would pick me up at the hostel. Whe I asked to conform they did not reply. Then just on beforehand thee said I neede to go tp the bus myself and that they could order a taxi for me. That was okay but then I had to pay for it myself, which was double the price of a Grab. Wheb I asked them about it they did not replay to my teksts. Very bad service.
In the end I had contact with the manager and I got a full refund, that was good service.
The bus was on time, but the driver drove so so so fast, we couldn’t even sleep, almost felt from bed.
Also he drop off to the airport but outside of it.