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If Road Scholar is arranging your air travel to and from the program, and you travel on the scheduled start and end dates, you’ll receive free round-trip transfers from the airport to the hotel.
Arrival day is on December 1, 2025
Start of Trip: 3:00 p.m. hotel check-in. 5:00 p.m. orientation. Due to varied arrival patterns, the welcome dinner takes place on Day 4.
Getting to the site: Participants who have purchased Road Scholar airfare and who are arriving on the day the program commences in Thailand will be provided an arrival transfer from the Bangkok airport to the first program hotel.
Participants who have not purchased Road Scholar airfare are responsible for making their own transfer arrangements and the costs involved.
To take a taxi from the airport to the hotel, take the escalator down to the public taxi stand on the ground floor. Take a ticket from the taxi queue machine and proceed to the line number indicated on your ticket. Queue and board your taxi. Taxis must be certified to pick up from the airport. The taxis have a metered fare structure - the fare to the hotel should be around 500 baht - plus a 50 baht airport surcharge and expressway fees.
Alternatively, there is also an Airport Limousine service that will cost around 1500 baht. This can be booked at the AOT Limousine counters in the terminal.
Hotel check-in is available from 3:00 p.m. onward on the program start date (Day 3). If you arrive a few hours early, the hotel can store your luggage at the front desk until check-in time. If you wish to check-in upon arrival early in the morning, or if you arrive a day or more before the program starts, we suggest booking additional pre-program nights in advance with the hotel directly or via a third-party website.
End of Trip: 7:00 a.m. after breakfast. 12:00 noon hotel check-out.
Getting to the airport: Participants who have purchased Road Scholar airfare and who are departing on the day the program concludes in Vietnam will be provided a departure transfer from the last program hotel to the Hanoi airport.
Participants who have not purchased Road Scholar airfare, or who are departing on a different day, are responsible for making their own transfer arrangements and the costs involved.
The cost of a taxi from our hotel to Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi, is approximately $20 (455,000 Vietnamese dong [VND] – be prepared to pay in dong). Recommended taxi companies are Taxi Group (red stripe), Viet Thanh Taxi (blue stripe) and Noi Bai Taxi (yellow stripe).
Hotel check-out is at 12:00 noon on the last program date (Day 21) of your itinerary. If you depart a few hours later, the hotel can store your luggage at the front desk until you leave. If you wish to arrange a late check-out or post-program night(s), we suggest booking in advance with the hotel directly or via a third-party website.
Information if you are purchasing your own airfare: Participants who have not purchased airfare through Road Scholar are responsible for making their own transfer arrangements to the first site at the beginning of the program, as well as from the last site at the end of the program. The Information Packet Road Scholar sends in advance of the program includes details needed to make your transfer arrangements. If you wish to purchase airfare through Road Scholar, please call (800) 241-1404.
Please note: In the unlikely event Road Scholar must make changes to the program's arrival or departure details, we will notify all participants as soon as possible. Participants who have purchased Road Scholar airfare are protected against airline change fees; however, anyone who has not purchased Road Scholar airfare will be required to make their own adjustments and may incur fees imposed by the airline.
