Rajendra Supnekar

There was upside on every day of the 10-day tour we took of Vietnam and Cambodia with Fine Asian Escapes. Ms. Trang Nguyen was prescient in the places, hotels, meals she chose for us, not to forget that she was always ready to customize. We got drivers and guides to give us an experience we couldn't have figured out ourselves, since we were visiting these countries the first time. In Siem Reap in Cambodia, the guide experience was delightfully interactive, given that we (me and my wife) were raised Hindu and Angkor Wat and the other temples were originally built as Hindu temples. We were also perfectly at ease in the extremely dense concentration of shops in Hanoi, Hoi An and Siem Reap, because we have seen that in Mumbai before. The breakfast buffets were almost like brunch buffets. (If I would change one thing about the included lunches, it is that I would make them dinners, simply because it is hard to eat 5-6 course lunches after these breakfast buffets.)

One other suggestion I have is to combine the roles of driver and guide if possible. It could save some money. We chose the 4-star premium package and it was not a problem for us, but I do think it may bring more customers.

We also loved the break from sight-seeing when doing the class in Vietnamese cooking and lantern making. Definitely something we will cook at home.

While I have largely turned vegetarian and requested Ms. Nguyen for vegetarian meals, I had to suspend that diet in this trip for the best possible reason, that there was so variety of good food that I did not want to miss.

Ms. Nguyen and her small company punches well above their weight. You will get personal service that is harder with bigger tour operators. Absolutely worth comparing and considering. You won't be disappointed.