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Many visitors coming back from Halong complaining about
the quality of service and prices here, I would like to
share some opinion. Hope to receive more positive
feedback from you.
1. Confusion between names of areas: Halong - Bai
Chay - Hon Gai
- Halong is the name of a city in Quang Ninh province,
including 2 main areas (developed in tourism and most
known): Bai Chay and Hon Gai, separated by Bai Chay
bridge.
Bai Chay: is a center of tourism, including many
entertainment and recreational activities; beach bars
and pubs; Night market for tourists to play all night
without getting bored.
+ Many villas and hotels close to the beach, sea view,
near the park.
+ The beach is wide, long, beautiful, and crowded
Hon Gai: mainly residents and public
administrative areas, many delicious restaurants with
cultural characteristics of Halong, many hotels and
cheaper prices than Bai Chay. If you need to move to Bai
Chay, it will take about 15 minutes.
2. Confusion about prices when booking services
- Many tourists often think that they should book
services through the owners (of the villas) or directly
at the reception (hotels, homestays) for peace of mind
and cheap prices. However, that is not beneficial for
you. Instead of booking through the owner, you should
book through reputable agents to get more favorable
prices (including hotels, homestays, villas or yachts,
Gulf tours, Sunworld tickets,...). So if you travel to
Halong, just book through a reputable agent, both peace
of mind and leisure.
3. Why did I check carefully but still ended up being
scammed?
- There are many reputable Halong travel forums, so you
can check the reputation of the booking agent you want
to book through. However, in reality, there are many
tools that can create fake likes and comments, so
scammers can completely spam dozens of "reputable"
comments on your post, before reputable agents can. So
please take it easy and wait for reputable agents to
check for you before making the booking.
4. Think that street food stalls, small eateries,
small restaurants or those bought at the market are
cheap
- Many people think that going to sidewalk restaurants
will be cheap, but when going to big restaurants, they
will be charged expensive prices. However, this is not
always true, especially in some shops around the tourist
center area because in fact there are many customers who
think it's cheap and come to experience it but complain
because the price is still the same as the restaurant's
price. not delicious, not air conditioned and not good
service.
In fact, there are also many sidewalk shops that sell
really cheap because they don't spend too much on
renting space or labor. As for restaurants, they have to
spend a lot of money to serve their business activities.
When customers come to dine, they can freely use
services such as air conditioning, table-to-table
service, without having to bother choosing food and
cooking for themselves... So when you go to a
restaurant, That means I'm spending money to buy both
food and service and the price in the restaurant will
almost double, even at high-end restaurants the price of
seafood is 3 times higher than the price of seafood. Buy
yourself at the market. Of course, that is completely
normal. So, please don't think that just going to a
restaurant will be "expensive". Expensive but worth it.
5. Confusion between restaurants in Sunworld Old Town
area
The Old Quarter now has many shops and bustling
businesses. However, there are a few restaurants with
names similar to the names of two famous restaurant
brands of Halong, Hong Hanh and Ngoc Phuong Nam, and
many restaurants with the name "Halong Tran Chau
Yogurt", which are not the same. Genuine facilities of
the major brands mentioned above. There are many cases
where you read reviews of people who have traveled to
Halong before, but did not carefully research the
correct addresses of reputable shops, so there have been
many times when big brands have been "disreputed". Many
other tourists who did not clearly understand the
situation also left a few disparaging comments in the
comments section, saying that the other brands had
enough to eat.
So we hope that when you travel, please research
carefully and go to the right addresses of delicious
eateries and restaurants to enjoy true cuisine and no
longer have to complain about the quality and food
service in Halong.
6. Compare seafood prices between cities
- People who come to Halong to travel often compare the
price of seafood in Halong with Nha Trang, Sam Son, Cua
Lo,... However you will find that the taste of seafood
in Halong is different from other coastal areas. Halong
sea in particular and Quang Ninh in general are mainly
Gulf sea water, with many rocky reefs, corals and calm
waves, so the source of marine flora and fauna is
extremely rich. Therefore, seafood also has a richer and
sweeter taste than other regions. So, please don't
compare Halong's seafood prices with other places, go to
reputable places in Halong to enjoy seafood to see that
price goes hand in hand with quality.
7. Compare the price of seafood purchased at the
market with the price in the restaurant - Compare
seafood prices between restaurants.
- When you visit Halong city, you often have two trends:
go to a restaurant to enjoy seafood or buy seafood from
the market to cook at your homestay or hotel. After
that, most people will judge that seafood in the market
is cheaper. As mentioned above, it is cheaper because
you have to "serve" yourself, but when you enter the
restaurant, you are served, so that's the difference. In
fact, I live in Halong and still eat seafood at the same
price as everyone else. In the market or restaurant,
they don't differentiate between locals and tourists so
it's important that customers choose a reputable
restaurant.
- When you come to Halong, you will often look at the
price list between restaurants to judge whether it is
expensive or cheap. But there are many types of seafood:
type 1, type 2, type 3,... or big size, small size,...
For example it's the same crab, but some sell blue crabs
(the most delicious type), some sell flower crabs or
moon crabs (the less delicious type), or crabs of 4
pieces/kg are also different from the type of 6-7
pieces/kg.
So, please don't just look at the price list and compare
expensive - cheap, in Halong we will say "reasonable
seafood prices", try to experience the reality of both
seafood quality and service quality. to make the most
accurate comments. You can choose some reputable and
famous restaurants such as: Ngoc Phuong Nam, Hong Hanh,
Cua Vang, Talata, Son Doong, Bimone, Huong Duyen... or
some other reputable and familiar restaurants. with
indigenous people such as Green Tree Restaurant, Luc Cua
Beer, Tho Restaurant, Thanh Rau, Trong Ha,...
Above are some explaination to the questions I saw in
recent time when visitors came back from Halong. If
there are any other things that make you want to know
when traveling to Halong, please comment below.
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