ATA suggests travelers How to Plan a Trip to Vietnam

Active Travel Asia (ATA) aims to suggest travelers who plan to travel
Vietnam some travel experience, tips before the trips to Vietnam. ATA
makes a desire to support travelers have good plan and memorial trips
in Vietnam.

Vietnam has blossomed into a tourist's paradise, with lovely beaches,
extraordinary shopping opportunities, and friendly and welcoming
people in recent years. In fact, more and more Westerners plan trips
to Vietnam every year. Active Travel Asia makes a desire travelers
plan to travel Vietnam carefully and smoothly before the trips

Step 1 Obtain a passport before travelers plan a trip to Vietnam.
Bring travelers original birth certificate (not a copy), one other
valid form of identification and two small passport-sized pictures of
travelers to traveler’s post office. Note that it can take 4 to 6
weeks to get traveler’s passport in the mail unless travelers pay a
significant fee to rush the process.

Step 2 Develop a travel itinerary for traveler’s trip to Vietnam. Many
tourists center their activities on the two main cities, Hanoi and Ho
Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), and arrange for travel between the
cities in advance. Travelers may be able to fly into one city and fly
back home from the other, or even include Thailand, Hong Kong or China
in travelersr flight plans.

Step 3 Schedule a visit with traveler’s doctor at least a month before
travelers leave in order to get proper vaccinations, since travelers
will need shots for yellow fever, hepatitis A and B and typhoid. While
the risk for malaria is relatively low in the major cities, travelers
may want to bring along malaria tablets if travelers're going to be
visiting rural areas. Check with the TDS website for latest
vaccination requirements (see Resources below).

Step 4 Contact an experienced and knowledgeable travel agent to help
travelers plan a trip to Vietnam. Traveler’s agent should be able to
help travelers find the best travel and accommodation packages, and to
help make travel arrangements between destinations within Vietnam.
Travelers can also use online resources, such as Travelocity, to find
the best deals on airfare and hotel rooms.

Step 5 Visit the website for the Vietnamese Embassy and arrange for an
application for a travel visa (see Resources below). Travelers will
need a valid passport and either a money order or traveler's check
made out to the Embassy of Vietnam. The cost of the visa will depend
upon the length of travelersr stay and the number of times that
travelers will be entering and leaving the country.


Tips & Warnings
Since there are no direct flights from the United States to Vietnam,
travelers will probably have to route travelersr flight through other
countries, such as Singapore, China, Hong Kong or Thailand.

Related to Vietnam travel guide
- Vietnam travel guide: http://www.activetravelvietnam.com/v...el_guides.html
- Vietnam travel tips: http://www.activetravelvietnam.com/v...avel_tips.html
- Vietnam tours: http://www.activetravelvietnam.com/tour.php