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Vietnam Group Tours for Travel Agents: Leisure and Series Programs

Dong DMC runs leisure group tours and repeat series departures in Vietnam for travel agencies and tour operators, delivered under your agency's brand at B2B net rates.

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Updated October 2026
50–70 group programs a month
For travel professionals

What a Leisure Group Program Includes

A leisure group program is a fixed itinerary for a group travelling together: hotels, coach, guide, meals and entrances run to one schedule, with one operations team responsible on the ground. Your agency sells it under its own name; Dong DMC contracts the services, runs the program and invoices you at net rates.

Hotels chosen for the group's budget and room mix, with one check-in plan per stop
A coach sized to the passenger count and the luggage, not only the seats
A guide in the group's language who stays with the group from arrival to departure
Meals, entrances and boat or cruise segments booked to the same timeline
White-label delivery: guides, signage and documents carry your agency's name
A 24/7 operations hotline while the group is travelling

Three Routes Most Leisure Groups Use

Most first-time leisure groups cover one or two regions rather than the whole country. The table shows the usual combinations and when each region travels best.

Region	Usual route	Best months	Planning note
North	Hanoi → Halong Bay → Ninh Binh (Sapa as an add-on)	October to March	Hanoi to the Halong cruise piers is about 2.5–3 hours by road; overnight cruises fix the timing of day two.
Central	Da Nang → Hoi An → Hue	February to May	Compact routing with resort and heritage stops; plan around the wet season from roughly October to December.
South	Ho Chi Minh City → Mekong Delta → Phu Quoc or Mui Ne	November to April	Mui Ne needs no domestic flight: plan 4–4.5 hours by coach from the city. Phu Quoc room blocks are tight through April 2027.

A two-region program usually links regions by a domestic flight. See Vietnam DMC by city for the operating detail of each base.

Series Group Tours for Agencies

Agencies that run the same program on repeat departures need the program to stay the same from one departure to the next. For series, Dong DMC keeps the routing, hotel set and guide brief constant, confirms room blocks departure by departure, and reports back after each group so the next one runs on the same file.

One program record per series, with a departure list and room-block release dates
The same hotels and coach standard across departures, unless you change them
Guide briefing from the same notes for every departure
A post-departure note on timing, feedback and changes for the next group

How We Size the Coach

Seat count on a coach is a maximum, not the number of travellers. Inbound groups carry large suitcases, so the coach is chosen for passengers and luggage together:

Travellers	Vehicle
Up to 10	16-seat van (last row kept for luggage)
11–15	29-seat coach
16–25	35-seat coach
Over 25	45-seat coach; an inbound group of about 20 with full luggage also moves to 45 seats

In Da Nang – Hoi An, smaller groups travel on Dong DMC's own 16-seat vans, scheduled by our operations team.

Leisure Groups in the Field

Airport welcome in Hanoi for a group from the Philippines — **Airport welcome, Hanoi**Group from the Philippines

Guests from the Philippines in ao dai on a Halong Bay cruise sundeck — **Halong Bay cruise**Guests from the Philippines

Three coaches staged in Hanoi for a group arrival — **Coach staging, Hanoi**Group from Indonesia

Group at a cooking class in Hanoi — **Cooking class, Hanoi**Group from the Philippines

Dong DMC 16-seat vans for group transfers in Da Nang and Hoi An — **Own 16-seat vans**Da Nang – Hoi An

Catholic pilgrimage group from Indonesia at a church in Vietnam — **Pilgrimage group**Pilgrims from Indonesia

What Breaks Leisure Programs, and How We Plan Around It

City traffic: coach movements in Hanoi's Old Quarter and central Ho Chi Minh City are timed around peak hours, with smaller vehicles where coaches cannot enter.
Fixed check-in times: arrival days are planned so the group is not waiting in a lobby for rooms.
Weather: cruise and beach days have a written alternative, agreed before departure.
Thin buffers: lower-cost programs often remove buffer time; we show where the buffer sits in the quotation so you can decide.

For the full pattern of what goes wrong on group trips, see why group programs break down, and for cost drivers, Vietnam travel budget logic.

FAQ

Does Dong DMC run group tours for travel agents?

Yes. Dong DMC runs leisure group tours and series departures in Vietnam for travel agencies and tour operators, at B2B net rates and under the agency's brand.

Can you run series departures under our agency name?

Yes. Series keep the same routing, hotels and guide brief across departures, with room blocks confirmed per departure and white-label delivery under your agency's name.

Which route suits a first-time leisure group?

North (Hanoi, Halong Bay, Ninh Binh) from October to March, or Central (Da Nang, Hoi An, Hue) from February to May. Two regions are usually linked by a domestic flight.

How do you choose the coach for a group?

By passengers and luggage together: up to 10 travellers in a 16-seat van, 11–15 in a 29-seat coach, 16–25 in a 35-seat coach, and over 25 in a 45-seat coach.

How fast do we get a quotation?

A named specialist responds within 60 minutes in business hours (Monday–Friday, 09:00–18:00 GMT+7). Priced options for qualifying requests arrive in under one hour on average.