Sinh Tourist Prices

Adrian, Agnes and family came over today for a short trip. They went to book their day tours and open bus tours from Sinh Tourist. Apparently, Sinh Tourist does not advertise their prices publicly now unlike in the past. Their brochures do not have any tour prices, only descriptions. You need to enquire at the counter - seems like overall costs have risen too rapidly and too much for them to keep printing new brochures. As of today, Sinh Tourist prices for the following tours are :

Day Tour to My Tho/Ben Tre : 218,000vnd/pax (US$10.38/S$13.70)
Half-day tour to Cu Chi Tunnels : 97,000vnd/pax + 80,000vnd/pax entrance fee (the latter to be paid to the tour guide on the bus) (Total = US$8.42/S$11.06)
One way open tour to Mui Ne from Saigon : 101,000vnd/pax (US$4.80/S$6.30)
Same price to come back
One day tour to Cai Be/Vinh Long : 280,000vnd (US$13.33/S$17.50)

Exchange rate today:
US$1 : 21,000vnd
S$1 : 16,000vnd

(Take note that Sinh Tourist normally round up the figures when you pay in US$; actually they will quote in US$ first, and then tell you in vnd if you ask)

Sinh Tourist (aka Sinh Cafe) - then and now

Just found a 2008 brochure of Sinh Cafe, which has changed its name to Sinh Tourist (probably too many "imitation" Sinh Cafes sprouting up in Vietnam), and compared prices with its recent brochures out of curiosity:

1D HCMC Tour  

then 112,000VND now 140,000VND

1/2D Cu Chi Tunnels Tour  

then 80,000VND now 90,000VND

(exclude all entrance fee)

1D HCMC Tour + Cu Chi  

then 128,000VND now 150,000VND

(exclude all entrance fee)

1D Cao Dai Temple + Cu Chi  

then 112,000VND now 120,000VND

(exclude all entrance fee)

1D My Tho & Ben Tre (Mekong)

then 160,000VND now 180,000VND 

1D Cai Be & Vinh Long (Mekong)

then 176,000VND now 210,000VND

2D1N Phan Thiet-Mui Ne

then 900,000VND now 980,000VND

(twin-sharing)

3D2N Phan Thiet-Mui Ne

then 1,460,000VND now 1,570,000VND

(twin-sharing)