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A Well-Organized Trip
Four of us 1969 Tuy Hoa vets decided to return to our old air base and its environs and then to revisit places we’d seen only briefly during the war, and then to tour some of “North” Viet Nam. The question was whether to do it on our own or sign on with a travel agency. We concluded that doing it ourselves was possible (we’d been there before after all) and that it would be relatively inexpensive. However, we might run a lot of risks, small and large: coordinating all the stops and hotels, eateries, ground transportation; all the air connections; not to mention, our visas. Even a small misstep by any one of us could hamper our tour; a larger one could ruin the trip for all of us. We opted for professional help. And among the professionals, Audley Travel (with a lot of input from Meghan Berger) was the agency that topped our list. After weeks of massaging our trip --- changing places and lengths of stays as we four debated priorities --- Meghan put together a package that gave us exactly what we (ultimately) chose. She provided excellent air service from LAX to Saigon, handled all our air and ground transportation throughout Viet Nam, booked some awesome hotels for us, provided knowledgeable, local guides and responsible drivers, and even helped us go on to Cambodia and Thailand afterwards. The trip was fantastic! We got “a lot of bang for our buck.” The professionalism displayed by Meghan and her local “crew” was impressive. They were all friendly, helpful and informative; and they kept us on schedule, whether preparing for our journey or while we were there in Viet Nam. If I were to return to Viet Nam next year, would I travel with Audley? Maybe not, because I already learned so much from traveling with them this time. But if I were traveling anywhere else over there, somewhere I’d never been before, or traveling again with a group, yes, absolutely, yes!