Reviews

Liz is always great this will be trip 5 we have seen Asia with Wendy Wu Tours
China, India, Vietnam,Cambodia, Thailand and now after 10 years back to China looking older and with more grey but still looking forward to the next Wendy Wu adventure with comfort.

Well looked after by the crew, modern and up to date boat, food of a high quality , with plenty of choice

It was a very memorable holiday with two great guides, amazing countries, delicious food and lovely hotels ! Highly recommended

Knowledgeable , concise and clear.
Able to advise and make helpful suggestions.

This was a very good holiday exploring Laos and Cambodia. Highlights were Laos Museum of Art, Vang Vieng. Ankor Wat and other temples and Kompat (the latter an alternative to Battambang due to border issues). It is sensible to have Laos as the first week as it does have a somewhat lower level of development / hotels than Cambodia.

An area to improve is the Laos travel from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang - using an early morning internal flight (from Vientiane) is really not great - please explore other options - rail / bus. There could be better hotel options in Vientiane and Luang Prabang - location not great and in LP little hot water / internet down).

Where do you start with a review of a 21 day holiday? Overall, it was good, but there are things to be aware of when booking.
Wendy Wu is positioned as at the higher end of group tours in Asia but some of the hotels were below the standard I would have expected. For instance, the Lotus Blanc rooms in Siem Reap were damp, mosquito infested and the aircon control unit didn't work. In addition, room service although offered, was non existent. Other hotels were ok, but not really of a high standard.
Food was included for all meals but the timings were sometimes odd. For example, in Haling bay, we had breakfast at 7, went on a quick excursion and then had a full brunch offered at 9.30 - just so that we could get to an airport transfer. It would have been better to have been given a voucher for food and drink at the airport. Another example was the house vitit in Hue with a "snack" that turned out to be a fantastic meal, only to be immediately followed by lunch. Often, late lunches were followed by early dinners which seemed a little unreasonable. Also in regard to food, the constant set menus got so samey and boring, we opted to miss a few. A little creativity around the set menus would have made the food a much more interesting part of the tour. I have a lot more to say but have limited space :-(

Very interesting itinerary comprising lots of different facets of the country
The guide duc was especially good and informative and went above and beyond to look after us all
The group was great as well and I really enjoyed it

Very efficient, helpful and professional, in particular Natasha Beach who assisted me throughout the whole process

Really easy, friendly and professional, nothing was a problem. We had a couple of requests that were accommodated, excellent

My second Wendy Wu tour - Egypt was utterly fantastic. Small group of 14 excellent guides - well thought out itinerary - excellent hotels.
It was an absolute joy to be on board.

Hope from Wendy Wu tours was extremely helpful and made the booking process easy ,she was knowledgeable and answered all my questions, as she has first had experience.

Easy transition to booking the trip ,the wait will be the hard part but looking forward to it.

So far the only experience I have had is making a booking via the web & speaking with one of the staff who was friendly & co-operative. It's too soon to comment further.

Great experience. Trip of a lifetime. Saw loads of interesting things I wanted to see most if my life but disappointed with time at GEM. I had been postponing my trip for the opening and half a hour of free time was not nearly enough. Another hour would have helped and another 2 would have been awesome! Things were a bit rushed in a few places but mostly very enjoyable and I learnt a lot of new things. Ravi was great and full of information and had some interesting theories I had not heard before.