Town house 373 Hostel, Ho Chi Minh City
I
did a hell of a lot of research for my recent trip to Vietnam.
I've been to Asia before but always though a travel agent so booking
this trip by myself was a big thing. I knew that I was
going to be a long way from
home, very hot and very tired so it was pretty
important that I picked places that I could come back to relax after a
long day. I didn't want the stress of being unhappy with where I
was staying ruining my trip.
Whilst most of these things
are a given when you book a nice hotel, it was especially important to
me with my anxiety and OCD, that my accommodation was clean and safe;
and good A/C was a bonus. Our hostel in Ho Chi Minh City was particularly important because it was going to be the
first hostel we stayed at in Vietnam and the place we would go to having
come off of a very long flight. I picked Town house 373 which was part of three town house hostels in HCMC.
With
a 9.1 rating on hostel world, Town houses 373 seemed like a good
choice. They helped with booking my airport transfer and we arrived at
around 7.30am. Reception was bright, spacious and as soon as I entered, I
felt totally at
ease to leave my bags there in reception which is very odd for me.
They continued to make us feel safe throughout - I was very pleased to
see that they had a padlock on the door each night which they had to
open for us to get in.
Although it is located down an
alley way, a lot of places in HCMC were, it was the perfect location for
me as it was close to the
backpacker district but it was on a
different street so it was very peaceful. Whilst at first I was a little
worried about how far down the alleyway it was; after I walked
down it on my own for the first time, I realised that alleys here are
not like alleys in London and it was totally fine, there were other
hostel and shops the whole way down.
The room was my
biggest shock and that was in a good way. As we opened the door, we were
hit with cool air. The photos on Hostelworld look a tad bit digitally
created so I wasnt 100% sure whether to believe them but surprisingly, it looked
exactly the same. Again it was very light with white walls and a
blue stripe design behind the wall mounted TV. Yes, there was a TV; and a
safe. Amazing.
We
paid $90 for three nights in a private twin en suite room ($15 / £11
per person per night) but were upgraded to a private triple room so
there was loads of space. The beds themselves
were quite hard but I actually prefer that when it's not my own bed -
I'd
also say that these were actually the cleanest of the trip with not a
stain in sight.
The room came with a daily free bottle of water each, a complementary large and small towel and was cleaned daily - just like a hotel! The bathroom was also equipped with shower gel, shampoo and toothbrushes.
The room came with a daily free bottle of water each, a complementary large and small towel and was cleaned daily - just like a hotel! The bathroom was also equipped with shower gel, shampoo and toothbrushes.
It
was pretty perfect for what I wanted but I thought I better mentioned
the bad points here. These things didn't bother us in the
slightest but I guess it's worth mentioning. There wasn't a lift so we
had to
carry our stuff up two flights of stairs and the A/C was great but it
was
loud although that was nothing a pair of ear plugs couldn't fix - apart
from that, it was actually very quiet at night time.
Lastly our shower leaked so the bathroom floor did get quite wet but as I said, it was cleaned daily and I brought shower flip flops so it didn't make a difference to me.
The wifi was fast and the breakfast was great with a selection of fruit including bananas, many of which we took out on with us for the day plus they did freshly cooked eggs. There was also a fridge with the cheapest water that we found in the whole of our stay; a small bottle there cost 5,000 VND which translates to 17p.
Lastly our shower leaked so the bathroom floor did get quite wet but as I said, it was cleaned daily and I brought shower flip flops so it didn't make a difference to me.
The wifi was fast and the breakfast was great with a selection of fruit including bananas, many of which we took out on with us for the day plus they did freshly cooked eggs. There was also a fridge with the cheapest water that we found in the whole of our stay; a small bottle there cost 5,000 VND which translates to 17p.
This hostel wasn't social at all but that was just what I was looking for. There was always someone to welcome you at reception but apart from that, there was hardly anyone around. For me, it was the perfect place to come back to after an exhausting day exploring the crazy city outside.
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