Flights to Vietnam from USA: Budget travel tip in Viet Nam

Here there are two  budget travel tip when you decided to book flights to Vietnam from USA. A country peaceful and traditional, but it has some policy, season rules you should know.

BUDGET TIP #1: APPLY FOR YOUR VISA ONLINE

Since September 1st 2007, a new regulation came into effect in Vietnam, allowing overseas Vietnamese and their families to enter the country without a visa if they apply for a visa exemption permit in advance. In addition, citizens of Nordic, ASEAN countries, South Korea and Japan, do not need a visa to travel to Vietnam, either. However, Vietnamese visa is still essential for most of the visitors from other regions of the world.  
Compared to many other countries in the region, Vietnam is very affordable when it comes to getting a visa. Nowadays, a Vietnamese visa cost about $75 to $150 for application sent directly to the Embassy or $45-85 for pre-approved ones. See the difference? That is where you save the money, plus cutting the cost of travelling or mailing back and forth between your home and the embassy.

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Note, however, that visa on arrival (VOA) applies only to air travel.  Unlike people who enter the country at the border gates with Laos, Cambodia and China, those who fly to Vietnam can get VOA - the most convenient and economical solution so far. VOA costs so much lower than the other types of Vietnamese visas that many of us have questioned "Why is it so low". The answer is that Vietnam Visa price is not fixed everywhere and each embassy can determine its own pricing system. Visa-on-arrival works the same way, only that its price is determined by the travel agency that arranges the visa.
VOA comes with an electronic approval letter which allows you to get the visa stamp at a Vietnam international airport. This type of Visa makes it possible for both tourists and businessmen to stay in Vietnam for at most 3 months. Visa extension is pretty easy to obtain, provided that you apply at least one week before the current visa expires.  

BUDGET TIP #2: TRAVEL OFF-SEASON

It is not overconfident to state that the greatest amount of money for transportation must be the one you pay to get to Vietnam. However, you can surely save up by travelling off season. The relatively low season is between November and March. Most international airlines raise the ticket price significantly around Christmas holiday and during the summer, when travel volume is hard to handle.

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Travelling between November and March is also ideal because of the pleasant climate. Do not let the winter discourage you because, in this tropical country, winter is actually much more favorable than summer during which the sunlight and temperature might get pretty annoying. Besides, expenses for accommodation, dinning or inland transportation would also be cheaper during this period.
Be noting tip for in flights to Vietnam from USA that useful for your trip. Have you a good journey!