I provide private guide services based on ½ day charges, each ½ day being 4 hours. My standard rate is $USD 30 per person per half day and $USD 50 pp for a full day for 2 people. This fee includes bicycle hire if required, water and standard entry fees. Hoi An entry fees are $USD 6 pp. I can only accept cash. This charge does not include the services of a car and driver which is negotiable depending on need and numbers in your group. If there are more than 2 in the group or for families with children, I will discount the rate further. Because my services are tailor made to your needs it is always difficult to determine a rate in advance until I know of your needs. Additionally I can help with accommodation, cooking classes, motorbike tours and other more specific needs.

Lunches/dinners

Because Vietnam in general is famous for its food and Hoi An in particular, it would be neglectful of me if I didn’t try to entice you to sample our famous cuisine. Therefore any of the guide options can include lunch and or dinners. These can range from restaurants to awesome food cooked in street stalls on a 2 burner stove, or a beautiful, quiet dinner of superb seafood on the beach. Most dinners are either absurdly cheap or inexpensive relative to Western standards. I can either refer you or I would be delighted to join you and talk to you about Vietnam. Who knows, if you shout me dinner after a tour and you are nice people, I may accompany you for free. It is always my pleasure to speak about my country and its culture in good company.

Cooking classes

Speaking of food brings us to cooking classes. The key to Vietnamese food is freshness and preparation. Most Vietnamese do not own a refrigerator. They don’t need to because they buy everything fresh each day. You will note the meat and fish markets are empty by noon. Hoi An has a number of wonderful cooking schools and I would be only too delighted to recommend some to you or organise a booking. I can also organise food tours where you get to experience the sights and smells of the market to tasting many exquisite dishes during a rambling walk through the town. Like a food mystery tour. Don’t worry about calories ladies – you will not see many overweight Vietnamese!

Shopping

Ladies, this is for you. Let me take you to shopping nirvana. Leave hubby by the pool with his cheap beer or send him on a motorbike trip. i can have him dissapear for 1 day or more with my motorbike staff. He will have a ball and you can shop until you drop. I will only take you to reputable places because my reputation depends on it. Let me bargain for you. Then we'll have lunch, maybe a couple of cheap Mai Tai's, then more shopping. After all that you will need a foot massage and prepare for a romantic dinner on the beach. Only then will you dare tell him what you bought. By then you will have him in the best of moods with a hint of expectation! Single! - never mind - we'll have a ball with no conscience to appease. Maybe hit the nightlife.

Car/driver

I can organise a modern, air-conditioned car or mini bus with a driver for airport pick ups or tours. Cost will depend on need, time required, kilometers traveled etc. If going to Hoi An and depending on your arrival time, a quick tour of beautiful Da Nang on the way to Hoi An from the airport can be included. Nothing worse than arriving in a new city and too early to book in. Save yourself the taxi fee and let me or one of my staff personally pick you up and give you an orientation before setting you down to your hotel. like being picked up by an old friend.

Motorbike tours-see under 'New Tours tab"

Traffic in Vietnam is not for the faint hearted. If walking across a road, the golden rule is to never, ever stop. Do not hesitate. Just keep going and the traffic will go around you. I know it is a leap of faith but an essential skill unless you want to spend a day standing on the same street corner. A common form of transport is by motorbike. I can arrange motorbike tours for ½ day, full day or the works – several days or more touring Vietnam. This is a particularly fun way to experience my country up close and is safe.