Great experience in Vietnam and Cambodia
I've already reviewed sections of our trip with regards to the guides but this is to cover the organisation of the trip. The trip was almost perfect and I would have rated it at least 4.5 if possible. We are relatively experienced travellers having done many self organised/guided tours in Europe, USA and NZ. However we were uncertain about doing that in SE Asia and looked for a bespoke individual guided tour that was affordable. Asia Highlights fitted the bill. Our tour was organised by Yeliz who created an itinerary for us which we refined over the course of a few weeks by email. A later flight cancellation did mean further revisions were needed closer to the trip starting but that was all handled smoothly. The only point where the tour didn't meet expectations was the Ha Long bay cruise. I had misgivings about the area being too crowded and it was suggested that we did the two night cruise with the idea that it would go beyond the area of the one night cruise. In fact the cruise anchored in exactly the same spot both nights and the one night cruise passengers were on the same boat. The additional days activities were not of great interest and the itinerary in our Asia Highlights document didn't match the cruise itinerary (another cave trip was included which we didn't want and skipped) Other points really come down to experience. We would include more time for self exploration/rest and probably better level of hotel as the prices in that area were so low (we'd specified mid range to keep costs down). To sum up we had a great experience and wouldn't hesitate to us Asia Highlights again.
