21 Feb 2025
So this is a positive review, despite my small irritations at the end of the review. FYI - I was with my husband and two adult kids.
Anna from Maximus Travel is excellent! Knowledgeable, funny, and willing and able to answer almost all our questions. It was a long day (almost 10 hours, a double tour), but she never lost her composure or sense of humor. Her speaking and understanding of English is very good.
The driver was quiet but competent. Highly recommend them both.
Complaints:
1) The ride on the Mekong was short and unimpressive
2) The slight pressure from the company to book all our tours in HCMC with them. Both by emails and from Anna.
3) The practice of taking tourists to “demonstrations” where they claim to teach us something but it’s just an excuse to sell us stuff at 4 or more times the cost at other markets. We pay for the tour - why not increase the price so we don’t have to do this waste of vacation time?
But these are minor irritations- the tour really was great!