New European Hostel Booking Website

I’m very happy to report on the official relaunch of EuropeanHostels.com. EuropeanHostels has existed for some time as a hostel directory — since before Over There Interactive founder Tom Meyers devised the company’s flagship website eurocheapo.com — but the new EuropeanHostels features a totally rehauled search engine powered by a “top secret algorithm”, a free [...]

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Best Little Guest House in Saigon

Throughout my first two weeks in Saigon, I’d gotten used to the good life: waking around 7:30 am and descending the spiral staircase into the Red Lion Space’s attractive cafe for cà phê nong and eggs with cucumber salad. Most mornings, I couldn’t help picking from the croissants and pastries Leon had set out while [...]

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Ho Chi Minh City Resources

The apartment hunt is still in full swing (although we’re currently very comfortable at the Red Lion Space), so I have yet to sink my teeth into Ho Chi Minh City. Here are a few resources that have so far whet my appetite.
Daniel Gross took his Moneybox column to Vietnam in December and turned out [...]

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