It was alright, driver was literally a rocket and drove so ultra dangerously fast throwing the bus around the corners, but that's just typical for Here
There’s no communication whatsoever and no one speaks English, not even a little. Waited a while for the bus to set off, one guy asked for my ticket, took it and threw it away and then later asked again where my ticket was… it’s really disorganised and It made me feel quite uncomfortable. When we stopped for a toilet break, the driver wouldn’t let my partner back on the bus and was really rude waving his hands telling him to go away so he had to wait 10 mins outside the bus until the driver decided to let him back in! Absolutely disgusting behaviour I wouldn’t recommend if you want a stress free trip
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Stephanie R
When I booked the price on the payment screen was more than the one advertised, when I questioned it I was told it was because the operators increase the price in holiday season?
The bus was comfortable but had no toilet. We set off late but arrived to Hanoi early! We arrived at a different destination to the one advertised on the booking.
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Andy M
The bus arrived to collect us and dropped us in Hue perfectly on time. The seats are not as comfortable as they look in the mini buses, but they do have USB chargers which was great!
The big irritating part with this trip was that about 20 mins from Hue, the bus driver pulled into a random service station and told us we need to change to another minibus to continue the last 20 mins of the journey with no explanation as to why, and then he drove off and we got into the second minibus which brought us to the arrival point in Hue 20 mins later. Very odd and frustrating.
The office girl, driver and the helper. All 3 were rude and behaving as if we are traveling for free.
The bed and pod is ok. But the initial experience by these people made us feel like we are not welcomed.
I booked the 10:30 pm bus and since i arrived 30 mins early, they transferred us into a bus which was about to leave. Not sure if this is a good practise.
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Ester R
They changed us twice from bus to bus and then finally to a private car, so it was a restless and exhausting experience.
My spouse, three sons (10 months and 3 and 6 years old) took the night VIP Bus from Sa Pa to Cat Ba. In Hanoi we had to change to another bus. The staff was stressed and not that friendly and attentive. However, the prices are super fair, the busses were clean, we found some sleep and we arrived safely and in time in Cat Ba.
The positives: we got to our destination on time.
The negatives: we had to transfer buses two times and neither time did we get information about it. Once we noticed our bags being packed onto the side of the road, then when we asked about it someone pointed in the direction of a random car we had to hop into.
Honestly a little communication would go a long way
We went to Da Nang first crammed with 6 people into a car, changed there for the van before changing to another van outside of Hue. Also made a lunch break of 20+ minutes just 20 minutes away from Hue. Arrived about 45 minutes late. And thats triple the price of a bus. :(
ViP Bus was actually a VIP bus (it's not uncommon that you book VIP amd get an old bus with tiny seats which would cost a fraction of the VIP). Unfortunately the driver honked even for vietnamese standards way too much (e.g. honking 4 times when one car on the other side of the street is driving normally) which didn't allow any of us to sleep. However, after telling and remining him he honked less. Other than that good driver and service, we arrived 30min before schedule.
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Israel Z
for some reason, once in the meeting point… someone told me (just me, not the rest of the passengers) to go with him as he needed to drop me somewhere else in his car. Was a little bit confusing and uncomfortable. So he dropped me off in a petrol station where another bus came to pick me up and I was the only passenger in that bus and they stopped on the road for more people and I was the only foreigner… and they asked me up to 3 times where should they drop me ? at least I arrived to my destination tho !
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Kaspar B
I arrived 3 hours later than expected. My seat did not have any options to change my devices & the Wifi in the bus did not work for me.
The only reason why I give 2 instead of 1 star is because of the very good support via whatsapp. I was constantly informed about the delay beforehand & got quick replies when I had questions.
Bus driver/staff was super rude and didn't even respond to polite enquiries and rather ignore you. After 3/4=4 hours of the journey there was the first break. The place was more like a farm than a service station without any facilities, shops or anything. We stopped for 45 minutes because the driver was chatting to his mates. Which resulted in us being too late at our destination.
To call this bus a VIP bus is actually a joke. The seat adjustments were all defect, there was no way to stow even a small bag so that you spend the whole journey with your bag crammed into the already far too narrow cabin. For people over 1.65cm it was impossible to lie stretched out in the cabin anyway... There was no water, the blankets on offer were absolutely disgusting, smelled and stained.
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Lex V
The ride was outsourced to Daiichi Travel. We were picked up 15 minutes before the set time, and brought to the Daiichi office where the bus was waiting. We received a goody bag with some water and bread. The tour guide spoke okay English and did his best to give us a pleasant ride. Everyone got dropped off at their hotel/hostel, which was a nice service. The chauffeur drove pleasant without any danger.
effective overnight trip from da lat to hoi an. they emailed me to confirm the booking, made stops for rest room and food and arrived safely. thank you!!
Fairly comfortable. Typical sleeper bus experience, stopping every so often and turning lights out, making too much noise
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Paulien D
Driver was ok, not as crazy as other drivers. 10 minutes before we entered Ninh Binh we were dropped of in at a random place without any comments. We had to wait for another bus, the people over there were very unfriendly. In the end they dropped us of at our homestay which was nice.
van was on time. one took us out of town and we had to change to another one. don't understand why we had a toilet break after just half an hour or sooner. everything else was great.
It was late but super comfy! They stopped at a rest stop half way too, which helped us get a nice meal. The bus station itself isn't great so make sure you stock up before you get on the bus.
The lady at the counter was incredibly grumpy too and quite unhelpful.
The bus was quite late but we still arrived earlier than predicted.
As with every bus driver in south east Asia, they're driving it like they stole it so you'll never have to worry about being late.
The beds themselves were good too, if a little firm! The cabin has good lighting but the LCD screen basically just mirrors the screen of the driver. So, if he's not playing tunes, that LCD doesn't make sense.
The chargers are USB-A so be aware that a USB-C cable won't help.
The view on this route was insanely nice too!
Still worth the money.