Vietnam: Goedkope Vakanties

Nice rooms with views of the river with great rooftop bar (pool, although we didn’t use) and delicious breakfast

Het hotel heeft een erg goede en handige ligging in Hanoi, waardoor veel bezienswaardigheden makkelijk bereikbaar zijn. Houd er wel rekening mee dat het verkeer rondom het hotel erg druk kan zijn. Een deel van het personeel was zeer vriendelijk, behulpzaam en gastvrij, wat ons verblijf zeker aangenamer maakte. Het hotel zelf is echter duidelijk oud en gedateerd en zou wel een renovatie kunnen gebruiken. De bedden waren acceptabel, maar niet bijzonder comfortabel. Al met al vooral een goede keuze vanwege de centrale locatie en het vriendelijke personeel, maar verwacht qua accommodatie en comfort geen modern hotel.

We hadden een fantastische tijd in dit hotel. Ligging uitstekend voor een verkenning van de stad!

Staff was very nice and helpful (especially Leon who's amazing!!) We ordered a day trip to TamCoc from the hotel and it was perfect. The location is great and the area too . The room was very clean and the breakfast was very nice and tasty.

As no known hotel chains can be found at Hanoi airport, which we needed for an early morning flight, we decided in favour of the Family Transit Hotel. As it's rated 2.5 stars we knew we shouldn't expect (and didn't want) anything fancy, but seen the reviews we did expect something which should make this hotel outstanding for its 2.5 stars. Despite the nice guy at the lobby, we didn't notice it: matrasses were so hard, best described as sleeping on wooden shelves (and trust me, we love a firm matrass), fridge not working, shower (something out of the wall) in between toilet and water fountain without any curtain, non-English speaking pick-up service taking you into the middle of nowhere (at least for your feeling) at midnight, mentioning of 2 restaurants and much more on-site in the hotel's description on the booking website which weren't there and a far from good functioning A/C. Only two towels and one chair for a four persons room are no good. Transit hotel or not, these things can and should be easily improved! For good order's sake it must be mentioned that bedding, room and (badly designed) bathroom were spotless and that staff is doing its best to help. However, should we need to be at Hanoi airport very early in the morning again, we'd rather get up even earlier but stay at a somewhat more comfortable hotel in Hanoi (30 km from the airport).