Frequently Asked Questions
Please be informed that our tours are fully inclusive (accommodation, tour guide, motorcycle rental, helmet, gas, protection gears, waterproof bags/raincoats, and entry fees), and what you need to pay is just your own food and drinks. So you can completely focus on your holiday, the sense of adventure and freedom. There are no hidden costs or other surprises during the ride with us!
We require you to deposit 30% of the total cost to ensure your days traveling with us, and the balance must be paid when we meet and start the trip from the start point of your choice.
We also accept Visa, MasterCard, and American Express credit, and debit cards if it is convenient for you.
We recommend you reserve your Easy Rider Tours in advance to avoid disappointment.
Reservations help us determine the number of guides we need to ensure that our groups remain manageable and enjoyable, and they allow us to notify you of changes to the tour due to weather or anything that could disturb the tours. However, you can show up at our office and if we still have tour guides/ motorcycles available by that time, then we can make your trip happens!
Yes, Easy Riders Vietnam organizes guided motorcycle tours for individuals or small groups so that the trip can be flexible, tailored, and able to meet our guests' expectations. Therefore, please don't hesitate to contact us and book your tour as you could experience more when you are alone.
However, if you want to join others for the tour, then please provide us the exact date, start point, and destination, we will then put you with others.
If you ride pillion on the back of the tour guide's motorbike, then you don't need to have a driving license or experience. You can just sit back, relax, enjoy and take a million photos! ;)
If you drive the motorbike by yourself, then a valid national driving permit or a valid license with motorbike amendment from your home country. That is all required because you are on a guided motorbike tour with us.
Our motorbike tours are not in a race. We travel slowly so that you could enjoy the scenic landscape, experience the rich cultures of ethnic minority groups and make sure you won't miss any photo opportunities during the ride.
We usually ride about 120 - 160 kilometers daily. Our goal is to help you to enjoy the motorcycle ride as we do and to take in as much of the local cultures as possible. It’s a trip of a lifetime, we don’t want you to miss anything!
If you are pillion passenger, then we put your luggage (rucksack) in waterproof bags and strap them nicely on the back of our motorcycle. You are able to lean back comfortably when you travel. And if you travel with suitcases and they are too heavy to carry on the bike, then we can send them to our last destination, we then collect them when we arrive.
If you are a group of self riders (more than 4 riders), we will provide a support van to take your luggage, eski for your cold drinks.
We drive on the right-hand side as in the United State of America or Canada. All speed limits are in km/h, 30-50 for towns, 50 for suburbs, and 70 for major (A) roads and dual carriageways. The way we travel is to get off the bustles of the cities and ride to the countryside or rugged mountains so there are often kids, dogs, buffaloes, chickens, etc., kicking around on the country roads...
Therefore, if you ride by yourself and if you see the tour guide using the brake, there’s a good reason, and you should use it, too! Many Vietnamese ignore the typical unwritten rules of road positioning and merging you are used to in the West. So rule number 1 is "follow your tour guide" and rule number 2 is "follow rule number 1"! ;)
We will be riding a Suzuki En Sporty Naked Bike, one of the best motorcycle touring available in Vietnam.
We also have the Honda XR150L for riding off-road as the latest edition of our fleet. The cost to rent one of our motorcycles is included in the price of the tour.
Please note: When you are in a group of riders, motorcycle riding on our tours is arranged in a convoy formation, with a tour guide leader in the front and a support vehicle at the rear. No independent riding is allowed during the tour.
Our Easy Riders Tours are really flexible, we are able to start and finish the trip anywhere you require, such as a hotel, bus station, railway station, airport, or even at a cafe! ;). For the self-ride tours, we need to start from a place where the motorcycles are or where we can take down our motorcycles from the truck.
Clothing, swimming suits, toilet bag, sturdy shoes, your passport, money, sunscreen, and something for the mosquitoes.
We recommend you to wear long pants/trousers and shoes (not thongs). Drinking water bottles can be purchased en route.
Food and drinks are pretty cheap in Vietnam, and we don't travel to the big cities but to the countryside of Vietnam so it's even cheaper than you expect. You might spend $12 US per person per day, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and soft drinks (not alcohol drinks though! ;))
Easy Riders Vietnam is not liable for any loss or damage caused to users of its travel services in this region.
We therefore strongly recommend that you obtain comprehensive travel and medical insurance before travelling. You should check any exclusions, and that your policy covers you for the activities you want to undertake.
Vietnam has a tropical monsoon climate. The best time to travel in Vietnam is during the dry season, which runs approximately from November to February. And of course, you can visit Vietnam outside of these months, only count on high(er) temperatures and the occasional tropical rain shower.
Please note: the dry season does not guarantee clear blue skies. It might still rain and storm heavily. Particularly, in the Central Highlands, the weather is unpredictable! It might shower heavily and then stop in 10 minutes.
Vietnamese people prefer to be paid by cash (in Vietnam Dong). You can check the exchange rate between your country's currency and Vietnam Dong HERE. You don't need to exchange your money in advance or bring a lot of cash to Vietnam as you are able to withdraw cash at the ATMs which are available almost every day on our tours.
Yes, you can pay for your tour online securely via our Easy Riders Vietnam website. You click and choose the tour that meets your travel plans and time, and then you can pay by credit card or PayPal there.
It's secure and convenient!
Yes, all of our Easy Rider Tours are surprisingly family-friendly! As what we show you on the tours are not only the destinations where we stay overnight but also the in-between places. Therefore, we stop frequently en-route to show you the beautiful sights, be with the locals to learn about the cultures or relax on the comfortable hammocks on the roadside cafes
We also provide a support van following the cycles if required. Therefore, if you have small children, then your children can travel with the support van while you (and your partner) enjoy the adventure of riding the motorbike by yourselves or riding pillion on the back of the Easy Rider guides' bikes.
Easy Rider Vietnam is a group of Vietnamese professional, certified tour guides and motorcyclists who have been guiding foreign tourists for over 20 years. Each Easy Rider tour guide at Easy Riders Vietnam company brings to the table a unique and valuable skill set.
Easy Riders Vietnam always strives to provide an exhilarating motorbike holiday that will open you to discover the best of Vietnam has to offer, within whatever time frame you have in Vietnam.