How much should I budget for a week in Vietnam?

How much should you spend a day in Vietnam?

Thirty dollars a day in Vietnam? Maybe. Less, if you’re really pinching pennies. I remember struggling on fifteen, once. In Hanoi. Awful, cramped hostel. But the pho… man, the pho was good.

Fifty to eighty feels… manageable. Comfortable enough. A decent hotel, a few cocktails. You could see some temples, explore. It depends, though. Sapa’s expensive.

A hundred dollars plus? That’s living. You’re talking nice rooms, fancy dinners. Private car. No more squeezing onto buses. That’s what I’d do now. If I had the money. I don’t. Not anymore.

Key factors:

• Location: Sapa is way more expensive than Hoi An.
• Accommodation: Hostels are cheap. Five-star hotels are not.
• Food: Street food is amazing and cheap. Fine dining costs a fortune.

I wish I was there now. The smell of the ocean… the motorcycles.

How much is food in Vietnam per day?

Hanoi, summer 2023. Sweltering. Pho for breakfast. Dollar fifty. Amazing. Belly full. Later, banh mi. Another dollar. Seriously. Dinner, little place down a side street. Bun cha. Two bucks. Three beers. Two more dollars. Five bucks total. Crazy cheap.

• Street food: $1-3. So good.
• Local restaurants: $3-7. Even better.
• Fancy places: $30-80. Didn’t go. No need.

My hotel? Old Quarter. Tiny room. Fan barely worked. Ten bucks a night. Walked everywhere. Saw everything. Ate everything. Spent maybe fifteen bucks a day total. Loved it. Going back next year. Maybe Da Nang. Heard beaches are amazing. Food probably just as cheap.

How much spending money do you need in Vietnam?

Vietnam? Wallet-friendly wonderland. Think $30-50 a day, backpacker style. Flashpacker? Double it. Want five-star pho and silk pajamas? Sky’s the limit, darling. Seriously, $100+ a day.

• Accommodation: Hostels: $5-10. Decent hotels: $20-40. Fancy pants places? More. Way more.
• Transportation: Buses are dirt cheap. Trains, a bit more. Motorbikes? Freedom on two wheels, $5-10/day. Scoot scoot.
• Food: Street food is king (and queen). $1-3 a meal. Restaurant meals? $5-15. Foodie heaven. My personal record? 12 banh mi in one day. Don’t judge.
• Activities: Ha Long Bay cruise? $50-100. Cooking class? $20-30. Trekking? $10-20 per day. Bargaining skills essential. Channel your inner haggler.
• Miscellaneous: Massages are a must. Like, $5-10. Souvenirs, whatever your heart (and wallet) desires. Random stuff? Budget $10 a day, just in case.

Remember, these are 2024 prices. Inflation, you know. Things change. Like my hairstyle. Used to be a mullet. Don’t ask. Vietnam’s cheap, but not free. Unless you’re really charming. Wink.

How much money should I spend in Vietnam for 2 weeks?

Forty-nine bucks a day? Pshaw! Like finding a unicorn riding a bicycle. More like sixty, seventy, maybe eighty, especially if you’re, you know, living. Think street food feasts, not sadness noodles.

• Budget: Forget $700 for two weeks. Double it. Minimum. Unless you’re sleeping in rice paddies. Which, hey, could be cool. My cousin Jeff tried that once. Mosquitoes loved him.
• Flights: Seventeen hundred? Two thousand five hundred? Someone’s selling magic beans. Check Skyscanner, Google Flights. Deals are out there, like buried pirate treasure. My grandma found a flight for $800 roundtrip. True story.
• Food: Pho, banh mi, spring rolls… deliciousness overload. Budget $20-30 a day. Or more, if your stomach’s a bottomless pit, like mine.
• Booze: Bia Hoi, local beer, dirt cheap. Like, ridiculously cheap. Cheaper than water, sometimes. But don’t tell anyone I said that.
• Stuff: Souvenirs, clothes, random junk. Depends. Could be $50, could be $500. I bought a silk painting once. Still haven’t hung it up.

Two weeks in Vietnam? Easily $1400-$2000, excluding flights. Maybe more, if you’re fancy. Or if you buy that silk painting. Don’t. Just…don’t.

How much do I need per day in Vietnam?

35 dollars. Wait, no. VND. Ugh, so many zeros. 551,835 VND. That’s… cheap. Like, backpacker cheap. Ramen every day. My trip in ’23, definitely spent more. Phở is amazing, worth the splurge.

Mid-range… 96 dollars. 1.5 million VND. More realistic. Still gotta watch it. But cocktails on the beach. Possible. Definitely possible. Hanoi was pricier than I thought. Scooter rental, so cheap though.

High-end. Luxury. 282 dollars a day. Crazy. Almost 5 million VND. I could live like royalty. Private car, fancy hotels. No street food for me! Just kidding. Street food is the best. Always.

• Budget: $35 (551,835 VND)
• Mid-range: $96 (1,505,004 VND)
• Luxury: $282 (4,414,678 VND)

My friend, Sarah, went last year. Spent a fortune. Silk, paintings. Souvenirs galore. I’m more of a minimalist traveler. Carry-on only. Learned that the hard way. Lost luggage in Bangkok once. Nightmare. Never again. So, 551,835 VND? Maybe. Need to factor in beer. Lots of beer. Bia Hoi. So good. And cheap. Okay, maybe closer to that mid-range. Definitely the mid-range.