Affordable & Safe Place to Stay in Laos

3 hotel 3 city in Laos in my experience, let’s start! So far all of these place safe for woman and solo traveler! 

📍Vientiane, Sailomyen Hotel

If you check google review, you’ll see high rating on Sailomyen, like people said for the first timer Vientiane its the best try. Also I found a travel contributor that I followed recommend it so here I am. They have dormitory room & private room. I choose private one for around 4xxK IDR. It’s very nice like clean bedsheet & bathroom and delicious breakfast include, comfortable lobby area and also have cafe so you no need to worry if there any heavy rain and hungry. 

But the minus point is : stairs to the 3rd floor, the window is very visible from outside even you have the shade on its not 100% cover so, girl, be careful. Also the bfast start at 8 so if you catch morning train and be pick-up at 8 actually unable to get the bfast.

There are 2-3 food stall in front of it too that already open since 8 in the morning, I try a vietnamese noodle for 50,000 Kip and it a lot. 

Chicken broth noodle

📍Luang Prabang, Villa Champa

It’s the most value booking during my Laos trip guys! I really like it. Can you feel that 160K IDR per night I got this private room with balcony? OMG. 

Already feel homey since touch down the lobby

You can directly see the alms giving right from the window

Also you got free breakfast, free flow tea coffee with hot water on the lobby, and the most important is the alms giving just in front of the hotel. 

They have various kind of bfast you can order in the receptionist every morning

It’s clean enough really! A bit old building but well clean like you feel homey at all. 

📍Vang Vieng, Annecy Hotel 

I don’t really recommend it if you don’t have any needed why need to book here. In my case because it’s just beside the van for me to back to Vientiane (Sarah Transport), so I want to convenience to be able to get to the van on time. This the only reason I book this hotel. 

Overall it’s not too clean, it feels like a hotel that almost close forever 😂 When I come in the lobby is like no living, only 1 friendly reception. And the bedsheet also not really clean luckily I have my sleeping bag with me. 

Vang Vieng iconic view with my wet shoes haha

Got free buffet breakfast too but overall I don’t recommend it unless you also want to catch the van on time like me without more effort hehe. I booked for 349K IDR per night. 

Overall I have pleasant stay in Laos! Thank you Laos for having me and treat me well. By the way you know when I arrive at Luang Prabang it’s raining impact from typhoon in North Vietnam then I took the shared van then they drop me on a road and tell me that one is your hotel Villa Champa that one with tuk tuk and I go straight according to his direction but I didn’t see any tuktuk and I stop and see a lady in receptionist in front of me and ask : Excuse me, which one is Villa Champa?

And that one is Villa Champa! First attempt and on the target haha.