I have been at my hotel in Hanoi for three days now and i am blown away by the service here. I am paying about 50 dollars a night for my room. By local standards that is about middle of the road. But catch this. There is not only free Internet but there is also a computer in my room to use as well. Breakfast is included and a fruit plate is dropped off every afternoon.
This afternoon I purchased some souvenirs and wanted to send them back home rather than carry them with me so I ask the hotel staff how to do that. This young guy shows up with box, tape and packing material. After packaging it he hops on the moped. Takes the package to the shipping store and gets a price. He then hops on the moped, brings the box back and informs me of the price. When i agree he says that he will take it back tomorrow and mail it for me as well...... He wouldn't take a penny for it either..... So to take it one step further I am leaving for a couple of days and then returning for one night before I leave. When I asked if I should pay now before i go they said, oh no don't worry about it just pay when you get back. No problem. I will have stayed at this hotel for almost a week by the time I fly out and they were cool with only having a $60 deposit. I can't really wrap my head around it. In the USA if you did that you would have every meth addict for a thousand miles checking in and bailing out on the bill!
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