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With a philosophy: Travel is not just about visiting and ticking off the sights on your travel map, but travel is about experiencing. Therefore, our luxury Vietnam vacation packages have a perfect combination of indoor Vietnam luxury travel services and outdoor experience on real Vietnamese daily life, stunning landscapes, culture, history………. It is not a good idea to fly thousands of kms to Vietnam and see Vietnam through the windows of 5 star hotels.
This philosophy and all our delicated professional tour guides who completed the universities of tourism and have tour guide licences issued by Vietnam tourism departments will make your Vietnam vacations amazing with the sense of ultimate luxury travel and real experience on Vietnamese life and culture.

The top luxury Vietnam vacation packages have all amazing Vietnam destinations. Visiting those destinations is done by our own way: Discover amazing Halong Bay by 4 or 5 star cruises, visit fascinating Sapa by the best trains in South East Asia like Victoria express trains, Livitran Sapa train, discover romantic Hue and enchanting Hoian with business flights and luxury cars, vans and buses. Discover daily life of local people on Mekong river by luxury 5 star cruises like Magrette cruise…. Surely, luxury Vietnam vacation packages will highlight your lifetime luxury travel.

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Weather in South Africa

South Africa’s hottest and busiest time is during the UK winter months of November to March.  This is also the busiest period for tourists and locals.  For a cooler temperature and less busy period, the UK summer months of July and August are a good time to go.  When I visited South Africa in July and August the weather was mainly sunny and warm but not too hot so this was the best time for me to travel.  It was perfect for all activities.  It was nice and quiet at this time too, and this is the cheapest time to visit South Africa.  I made sure I read a lot of South Africa Travel Tips before I travelled to ensure I travelled at the best time for me, which was July and August as I prefer the milder temperatures.

How to get to South Africa

The main airports are Johannesburg International Airport and Cape Town International.  Flights normally take 12 hours.  I flew from Manchester to Amsterdam to Johannesburg on the way there, and on the way back from Cape Town (extra £50 and extra 2 hours) to Johannesburg, to Amsterdam back to Manchester.  On the way there this took about 12 hours and was all during the day so left first thing in the morning and got there in the evening, but on the way back I spent about 36 hours getting home as I had long delays between my different connections.  I found Johannesburg very busy and had in fact managed to collect a lot more luggage than I started out with, but there is a place to store your luggage in the basement so you can wait for your flight without carrying all your bags around with you. 

Getting around South Africa

As a general guide, public transport in South Africa isn’t very reliable but the roads are good so it’s easy to hire a car, or the Baz Bus is a very affordable hop-on-hop-off bus service for backpackers which is an excellent way to meet like minded people.  You can also book an organised tour which can also be very economical.  I used all three methods of transport during my travels.  I started off with an organised tour which was a great way to ease me into travelling alone as you get to know new people really well, then I used the Baz Bus and met hundreds of people all travelling the same route as me, then I hired a car with 2 of the people I had become friends with on the trip.  This was a great way to see South Africa by splitting the cost and having more freedom to go where we wanted to in South Africa. The best South Africa Travel Tip I can give you is to make sure you trust people before putting yourself in vulnerable positions.    Read more...

Duty free items are those that can be purchased when crossing national borders. These items are taxes and duties free so they are generally a lot cheaper compared to regular retail stores. They are for export only and must be taken out of the country where they are purchased. What follows are top tips on how you can make the best out of your duty free shopping experience. Be a happy and satisfied duty free shopper!

Do not purchase over the allowable limits of goods or else you’ll be slapped with charges. In the US, you are allowed to return with up to $800 worth of merchandise, whether they were purchased duty free or not. There’s a charge of 3% for the first $1,000 over the $800 limit so you better be careful. In Australia, the limit is A$900 for adult travelers and $450 for travelers below 18 years old. Two adult family members who reside in the same address may pool duty free concession if traveling together.

Price differences depend largely on geography and currency conversion rates. Sometimes it is better to purchase in your local currency rather than redeem your money for dollars. Currency conversion fees may be higher than you think.

Compare shops, especially if you’re buying fragrance and cosmetics items. Sometimes, prices of these items are a cheaper at local retail stores. Duty free shops are originally set up to sell items tagged with higher duties like tobacco and liquor. Focus your buys on big ticket items to get the biggest value of your money.

Do some research and know the price of the items locally. This will give you an idea how much of a bargain you are getting.

Keep your purchase invoices ready to avoid delays in the customs.

You can’t reenter the country you are shopping the items from unless you’ve met the required length-of-stay outside the country – usually 48 hours.

Save yourself from headaches and possible tax charges by knowing the rules of the countries you are traveling to and from.

It pays to check Carry-on Luggages (LAGs) restrictions with your airlines if you are transiting and plan to buy perfumes, fragrances, cosmetics, or any other liquid, gel, or aerosol products. They should be carried in sealed, tamper-evident bags.  Read more...

The purpose of this article is to compare the new generation of price comparison websites against the traditional vacation search websites or online travel agencies. This is in reference to finding the cheapest deals for hotel stays around the world.

When websites like Expedia and later Laterooms were launched, they were revolutionary for consumers. To find deals on accommodation beforehand, you used to have to go to your travel agent and rely on them to look at the prices of different hotels, but these websites put the power of the travel agency systems in the hands of the end user. This enabled vacationers and business users to choose the best place to stay within their price range. This was later enhanced by user reviews submitted by independent members of the public and providing an average score of many different experiences.

So those are the traditional flight and hotel search websites that are essentially online travel agencies. The hotel price comparison websites are not agencies, because they search for and compare prices between the different sites like Expedia and Laterooms. It’s true that the first part of a search is the same, in that when you select the destination city, dates and number of people, they tell you what hotels have availability. But the next stage is when they retrieve prices from numerous merchants, and then provide the links to those merchants who are able to offer the hotel room for the cheapest price. This latter sort of comparison website do not actually sell anything to the consumers, they provide a free service to enable people to find the best deal.

Now the additional features of websites like Expedia have been transferred to the comparison websites like 2save.co.uk, whereby you can filter hotels by star rating, amenities, specific location and read and submit user reviews. These are not taken from the merchant website, but rather are a separate source of information.

So, which kind of website should you use to find cheap hotel deals? Eventually you will end up at the former category of website, because these are the companies that actually take payment and accept bookings for your stay. Using the comparison website is an extra step that is done beforehand (although any loss of time is made up because you do not need to search again on the second website). This is the step that lets you get the best price even after you are happy with your choice of where to stay in the city. So we thoroughly recommend that you compare and search all in one, rather than just searching and hoping that you’re getting a cheap offer.