{
  "$schema": "https://schema.org/Dataset",
  "name": "Vietnam Accommodation Price Index 2026",
  "description": "Nightly accommodation price ranges (VND and USD) across four comparable tiers - hostel dorm bed, budget private room, mid-range 3-4 star double and upper/resort double - for 12 Vietnamese cities: Hanoi, Sapa, Ninh Binh, Hue, Da Nang, Hoi An, Quy Nhon, Nha Trang, Da Lat, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho and Phu Quoc. Adds a per-person homestay band for the four cities with a real homestay economy, a seasonal peak uplift and weekend effect per city, and per-row sources and confidence grades. USD conversions use 26,000 VND per dollar.",
  "publisher": "Day Trips Vietnam",
  "publisher_url": "https://daytripsvietnam.com",
  "source_url": "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-accommodation-price-index-2026/",
  "methodology_url": "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-accommodation-price-index-2026/#methodology",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "temporal_coverage": "2026",
  "spatial_coverage": "Hanoi, Sapa, Ninh Binh, Hue, Da Nang, Hoi An, Quy Nhon, Nha Trang, Da Lat, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho, Phu Quoc (Vietnam)",
  "updated": "2026-09-18",
  "version": "2026.1",
  "suggested_citation": "Day Trips Vietnam, \"Vietnam Accommodation Price Index 2026\" (September 2026), https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-accommodation-price-index-2026/",
  "headline": {
    "dorm_bed_typical_vnd": "130,000-470,000",
    "dorm_bed_typical_usd": "5-18",
    "budget_private_typical_vnd": "360,000-1,430,000",
    "budget_private_typical_usd": "14-55",
    "midrange_typical_vnd": "650,000-6,760,000",
    "midrange_typical_usd": "25-260",
    "cheapest_city_overall": "Can Tho and Quy Nhon (lowest mid-range and upper columns in the index)",
    "highest_city_baseline": "Ho Chi Minh City (city tiers) and Phu Quoc (resort tier, to about 23,400,000 VND)",
    "sharpest_weekend_swing": "Da Lat, where Friday and Saturday rates run 50-100% over midweek",
    "widest_annual_swing": "Phu Quoc, with three stacked peaks and a 60-100% uplift at the top of them",
    "tax_note": "Vietnam's reduced 8% VAT was extended to 31 December 2026 under Resolution 204/2025/QH15 and explicitly covers accommodation. Upper-tier hotels quoting '++' add a 5% service charge on top, so a quoted rate can settle about 13.4% higher at checkout."
  },
  "methodology": {
    "collection_window": "2026-08/2026-09",
    "reference_stay": "One night, standard double room, two adults, midweek, booked roughly 60 days out through a mainstream online travel agency. Dorm rates are per bed. Homestay rates are per person and normally include dinner and breakfast.",
    "tier_definitions": {
      "hostel_dorm_bed": "A bed in a mixed or single-sex dorm at a reviewed hostel, air-conditioned, lockers usually included",
      "budget_private_room": "A private ensuite double at a two-star hotel, mini-hotel or good guesthouse (nha nghi)",
      "midrange_3_4_star_double": "A double at a self-declared three- or four-star hotel. The band is deliberately wide because Vietnamese star ratings are self-declared with no independent audit, so a strong three-star and a weak four-star overlap heavily",
      "upper_resort_double": "A double at a five-star hotel or a beach or valley resort, including the flagship properties that set each city's ceiling",
      "homestay_per_person": "Per person per night in a family-run stay, meals normally included; null where the city has no genuine homestay economy"
    },
    "exchange_rate": {
      "vnd_per_usd": 26000,
      "note": "VND figures are USD bands converted at a rounded 26,000 VND to the dollar and rounded to the nearest 10,000, matching the convention used by the Pho Index 2026. The dong traded around 26,250-26,300 per dollar in mid-2026, so rounded conversions understate dollar prices by roughly 1%.",
      "source": "https://tradingeconomics.com/vietnam/currency"
    },
    "seasonal_peak_uplift": "The typical uplift over a midweek shoulder-season baseline at that city's peak. It is a band, not a maximum: individual Tet nights and single-night weekend beach stays can exceed it.",
    "weekend_effect": "How much Friday and Saturday nights move relative to midweek. 'Flat to negative' means the city is carried by weekday business demand (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City); 'extreme' means the weekend is a different market (Da Lat).",
    "booking_channel_spread": "Rates were observed on mainstream online travel agencies. Direct booking is typically 5-15% cheaper at small family-run properties, which pay 15-18% commission on agency bookings and will trade some of it away for a direct reservation; at chain and international-brand hotels the agency rate plus loyalty discounts usually matches or beats the direct rate. Agoda dominates Vietnamese inventory and by default can display a pre-tax figure, so agency and direct quotes must be compared at the final checkout total, never at the headline.",
    "what_the_rate_excludes": "Below three stars, quoted prices are net - the number on the sign is the number paid. At upper-mid and luxury properties, '++' pricing excludes a 5% service charge and VAT, reduced to 8% through 31 December 2026 under Resolution 204/2025/QH15; compounded that is about 13.4% on top of the quoted rate.",
    "notes": [
      "Bands, never averages. Nightly rates are a distribution with a long tail, and no sample assembled from public rate observations is large enough to justify a mean.",
      "The twelve cities mirror the Pho Index 2026 exactly, so the two datasets can be joined city by city.",
      "Rows anchor on our own dated 2026 rate observations, published tier by tier at https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-hotel-prices-2026/, cross-checked against a per-city third-party listing and against national market data.",
      "Aggregator 'hotels from $X' lead-in prices (Tripadvisor showed $10-13 across these twelve cities in mid-2026) are recorded as corroboration for the bottom of the dorm and budget columns only. They are not usable rates for a standard double and were never used to set a band.",
      "Confidence: high = all four tiers corroborated by both our own dated 2026 observations and a per-city external anchor; medium = one leg is thin, either no per-city external anchor beyond an aggregator lead-in price, or a shallow top-end market.",
      "Ninh Binh, Quy Nhon and Can Tho are the medium-confidence rows. Quy Nhon and Can Tho are the thinnest markets in the index; Ninh Binh's upper column rests on a handful of properties rather than a deep five-star market."
    ]
  },
  "cities": [
    {
      "city": "Hanoi",
      "region": "north",
      "hostel_dorm_bed": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 260000,
          "max": 470000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 10,
          "max": 18
        }
      },
      "budget_private_room": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 650000,
          "max": 1300000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 25,
          "max": 50
        }
      },
      "midrange_3_4_star_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 1430000,
          "max": 5980000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 55,
          "max": 230
        }
      },
      "upper_resort_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 6760000,
          "max": 15600000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 260,
          "max": 600
        }
      },
      "homestay_per_person": null,
      "seasonal_peak_uplift": "+15-25%",
      "weekend_effect": "flat to negative",
      "peak_windows": "March-April and October-November international peak; the Tet week often softens rather than spikes, because residents leave and business travel stops.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "note": "Highest city-hotel baseline in the north and the market our own rate tracking covers most closely. Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem addresses carry a structural premium that has compounded 5-12% a year; one ward out toward Ba Dinh or Truc Bach typically buys the same room 20-30% cheaper. Tripadvisor's Hanoi lead-in rate was about $12 as of mid-2026, which is the bottom of the dorm-and-mini-hotel column, not a usable double.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g293924-Hanoi-Hotels.html",
        "https://www.hostelworld.com/hostels/asia/vietnam/hanoi/",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/where-to-stay-hanoi-2026/",
        "https://www.savills.com.vn/blog/article/235322/vietnam-eng/viet-nam-hospitability-market-2026.aspx"
      ]
    },
    {
      "city": "Sapa",
      "region": "north (mountain)",
      "hostel_dorm_bed": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 180000,
          "max": 360000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 7,
          "max": 14
        }
      },
      "budget_private_room": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 470000,
          "max": 830000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 18,
          "max": 32
        }
      },
      "midrange_3_4_star_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 780000,
          "max": 3900000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 30,
          "max": 150
        }
      },
      "upper_resort_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 3900000,
          "max": 10400000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 150,
          "max": 400
        }
      },
      "homestay_per_person": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 260000,
          "max": 780000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 10,
          "max": 30
        }
      },
      "seasonal_peak_uplift": "+50-100%",
      "weekend_effect": "strong",
      "peak_windows": "Vietnamese Friday and Saturday nights all year, the September rice harvest, the late-December cold snap and Tet. Lao Cai province reports occupancy above 95% across the Tet window.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "note": "Two demand calendars collide here: international trekkers on weekdays, domestic weekenders on Friday and Saturday. The same valley-view room can list at 900,000 VND midweek and 1,800,000 on a Saturday. Homestay column is per person with dinner and breakfast, in the Muong Hoa valley villages (Ta Van, Lao Chai), not in Sapa town.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g311304-Sapa_Lao_Cai_Province-Hotels.html",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/where-to-stay-sapa-2026/",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-homestays-2026/",
        "https://www.savills.com.vn/blog/article/235322/vietnam-eng/viet-nam-hospitability-market-2026.aspx"
      ]
    },
    {
      "city": "Ninh Binh",
      "region": "north",
      "hostel_dorm_bed": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 160000,
          "max": 310000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 6,
          "max": 12
        }
      },
      "budget_private_room": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 390000,
          "max": 780000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 15,
          "max": 30
        }
      },
      "midrange_3_4_star_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 650000,
          "max": 3120000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 25,
          "max": 120
        }
      },
      "upper_resort_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 3120000,
          "max": 7280000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 120,
          "max": 280
        }
      },
      "homestay_per_person": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 310000,
          "max": 910000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 12,
          "max": 35
        }
      },
      "seasonal_peak_uplift": "+30-50%",
      "weekend_effect": "moderate",
      "peak_windows": "February to April, when the Trang An and Bai Dinh festival season overlaps with the best weather, plus summer weekends out of Hanoi.",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "note": "Cheapest northern row and a thin top end: the upper column here is a handful of boutique valley resorts around Tam Coc and Trang An rather than a deep five-star market. The homestay economy is real but semi-commercial - most Tam Coc listings marketed as homestays are small family-run bungalow properties rather than shared family houses.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g303945-Ninh_Binh_Ninh_Binh_Province-Hotels.html",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-hotel-prices-2026/",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-travel-cost-index-2026/",
        "https://www.savills.com.vn/blog/article/235322/vietnam-eng/viet-nam-hospitability-market-2026.aspx"
      ]
    },
    {
      "city": "Hue",
      "region": "central",
      "hostel_dorm_bed": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 180000,
          "max": 310000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 7,
          "max": 12
        }
      },
      "budget_private_room": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 470000,
          "max": 780000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 18,
          "max": 30
        }
      },
      "midrange_3_4_star_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 730000,
          "max": 3380000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 28,
          "max": 130
        }
      },
      "upper_resort_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 3900000,
          "max": 9100000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 150,
          "max": 350
        }
      },
      "homestay_per_person": null,
      "seasonal_peak_uplift": "+15-25%",
      "weekend_effect": "mild",
      "peak_windows": "March-April and September shoulder months; the biennial Hue Festival lifts the whole city for its run.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "note": "Consistently the cheapest major destination in Vietnam across every tier, and the flattest seasonal profile of the twelve. Tripadvisor-listed mid-range anchors sat at roughly $26-49 (Moonlight Hotel Hue) and $29-40 (Cherish Hotel) in mid-2026, which brackets the bottom of the mid-range column.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g293926-Hue_Thua_Thien_Hue_Province-Hotels.html",
        "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g293926-d3729442-Reviews-Moonlight_Hotel_Hue-Hue_Thua_Thien_Hue_Province.html",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-hotel-prices-2026/",
        "https://www.savills.com.vn/blog/article/235322/vietnam-eng/viet-nam-hospitability-market-2026.aspx"
      ]
    },
    {
      "city": "Da Nang",
      "region": "central (coast)",
      "hostel_dorm_bed": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 230000,
          "max": 390000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 9,
          "max": 15
        }
      },
      "budget_private_room": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 570000,
          "max": 1040000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 22,
          "max": 40
        }
      },
      "midrange_3_4_star_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 1040000,
          "max": 4680000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 40,
          "max": 180
        }
      },
      "upper_resort_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 4680000,
          "max": 11700000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 180,
          "max": 450
        }
      },
      "homestay_per_person": null,
      "seasonal_peak_uplift": "+30-60%",
      "weekend_effect": "strong",
      "peak_windows": "June to August domestic school holidays, the summer fireworks festival, and Friday-Saturday nights year-round.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "note": "The clearest domestic-summer market in the index: beachfront rates on My Khe move with the Vietnamese school calendar rather than the Western one, so June-August is peak here while it is low season for international visitors. Supply keeps growing, which caps the mid-range column even as the resort column climbs.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g298085-Da_Nang-Hotels.html",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/where-to-stay-da-nang-2026/",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-hotel-prices-2026/",
        "https://www.savills.com.vn/blog/article/235322/vietnam-eng/viet-nam-hospitability-market-2026.aspx"
      ]
    },
    {
      "city": "Hoi An",
      "region": "central (coast)",
      "hostel_dorm_bed": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 210000,
          "max": 360000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 8,
          "max": 14
        }
      },
      "budget_private_room": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 520000,
          "max": 910000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 20,
          "max": 35
        }
      },
      "midrange_3_4_star_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 910000,
          "max": 4420000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 35,
          "max": 170
        }
      },
      "upper_resort_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 5200000,
          "max": 13000000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 200,
          "max": 500
        }
      },
      "homestay_per_person": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 390000,
          "max": 1040000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 15,
          "max": 40
        }
      },
      "seasonal_peak_uplift": "+30-50%",
      "weekend_effect": "moderate",
      "peak_windows": "February to April and July to August; the Ancient Town lantern nights hold rates up year-round.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "note": "Ancient Town addresses carry a heritage-zone premium of roughly 20-30% over comparable rooms one or two blocks out, and the resort column reflects the An Bang and Cua Dai beach strip rather than the old town. The homestay column here mostly means a small family-run guesthouse in Cam Thanh or Tra Que, not a shared family house.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g298082-Hoi_An_Quang_Nam_Province-Hotels.html",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/where-to-stay-hoi-an-2026/",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-hotel-prices-2026/",
        "https://www.savills.com.vn/blog/article/235322/vietnam-eng/viet-nam-hospitability-market-2026.aspx"
      ]
    },
    {
      "city": "Quy Nhon",
      "region": "south-central coast",
      "hostel_dorm_bed": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 130000,
          "max": 310000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 5,
          "max": 12
        }
      },
      "budget_private_room": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 360000,
          "max": 730000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 14,
          "max": 28
        }
      },
      "midrange_3_4_star_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 650000,
          "max": 2340000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 25,
          "max": 90
        }
      },
      "upper_resort_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 2600000,
          "max": 6500000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 100,
          "max": 250
        }
      },
      "homestay_per_person": null,
      "seasonal_peak_uplift": "+40-80%",
      "weekend_effect": "strong",
      "peak_windows": "June to August, when Vietnamese families arrive; November to February is close to dormant on the beachfront.",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "note": "Thinnest row in the index and the most domestic market in it - Quy Nhon prices almost entirely off Vietnamese demand, so its annual amplitude is wide and its shoulder season is genuinely cheap. Third-party aggregators put mid-2026 city averages near $37 for a three-star and $67 for a four-star, which sits inside our mid-range column.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g608528-Quy_Nhon_Binh_Dinh_Province-Hotels.html",
        "https://www.booking.com/city/vn/quy-nhon.html",
        "https://www.hostelz.com/hostels/Vietnam/Quy-Nhon",
        "https://www.savills.com.vn/blog/article/235322/vietnam-eng/viet-nam-hospitability-market-2026.aspx"
      ]
    },
    {
      "city": "Nha Trang",
      "region": "south-central coast",
      "hostel_dorm_bed": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 180000,
          "max": 360000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 7,
          "max": 14
        }
      },
      "budget_private_room": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 470000,
          "max": 910000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 18,
          "max": 35
        }
      },
      "midrange_3_4_star_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 780000,
          "max": 3380000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 30,
          "max": 130
        }
      },
      "upper_resort_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 3640000,
          "max": 9100000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 140,
          "max": 350
        }
      },
      "homestay_per_person": null,
      "seasonal_peak_uplift": "+30-60%",
      "weekend_effect": "strong",
      "peak_windows": "June to August domestic summer plus a December-to-March charter season from Korea and Russia; weekends run 20-50% over midweek.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "note": "The cheapest branded beach inventory in the country: years of high-rise construction and package-tour economics keep the four- and five-star columns below what equivalent stock costs in Da Nang or Phu Quoc. Two peaks rather than one, which means a genuinely low shoulder only in May and October.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g293928-Nha_Trang_Khanh_Hoa_Province-Hotels.html",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/where-to-stay-nha-trang-2026/",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-hotel-prices-2026/",
        "https://www.savills.com.vn/blog/article/235322/vietnam-eng/viet-nam-hospitability-market-2026.aspx"
      ]
    },
    {
      "city": "Da Lat",
      "region": "central highlands",
      "hostel_dorm_bed": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 160000,
          "max": 310000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 6,
          "max": 12
        }
      },
      "budget_private_room": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 390000,
          "max": 780000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 15,
          "max": 30
        }
      },
      "midrange_3_4_star_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 650000,
          "max": 3380000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 25,
          "max": 130
        }
      },
      "upper_resort_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 3120000,
          "max": 7800000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 120,
          "max": 300
        }
      },
      "homestay_per_person": null,
      "seasonal_peak_uplift": "+50-100%",
      "weekend_effect": "extreme",
      "peak_windows": "Every Friday and Saturday, Tet, the April 30-May 1 block and the late-December flower-festival and Christmas window.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "note": "The sharpest weekend swing in the index, and the one row where a Tuesday and a Saturday are effectively different markets. Da Lat is a four-hour drive from Ho Chi Minh City and prices as a domestic weekend destination, not an international one - midweek it is among the cheapest cities in the country for a good room.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g293922-Da_Lat_Lam_Dong_Province-Hotels.html",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/where-to-stay-da-lat-2026/",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-hotel-prices-2026/",
        "https://www.savills.com.vn/blog/article/235322/vietnam-eng/viet-nam-hospitability-market-2026.aspx"
      ]
    },
    {
      "city": "Ho Chi Minh City",
      "region": "south",
      "hostel_dorm_bed": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 260000,
          "max": 470000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 10,
          "max": 18
        }
      },
      "budget_private_room": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 730000,
          "max": 1430000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 28,
          "max": 55
        }
      },
      "midrange_3_4_star_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 1430000,
          "max": 6240000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 55,
          "max": 240
        }
      },
      "upper_resort_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 7280000,
          "max": 16900000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 280,
          "max": 650
        }
      },
      "homestay_per_person": null,
      "seasonal_peak_uplift": "+10-20%",
      "weekend_effect": "flat to negative",
      "peak_windows": "Little true peak: business demand carries weekdays year-round, and Tet usually softens rates as the city empties.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "note": "Highest city baseline in the index and the flattest calendar. District 1 carries the premium; District 3, Binh Thanh and Phu Nhuan run 20-35% cheaper for equivalent rooms within a short Grab ride. The Pham Ngu Lao and Bui Vien backpacker quarter is where the dorm and budget-private columns actually live.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g293925-Ho_Chi_Minh_City-Hotels.html",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/where-to-stay-hcmc-2026/",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-hotel-prices-2026/",
        "https://www.savills.com.vn/blog/article/235322/vietnam-eng/viet-nam-hospitability-market-2026.aspx"
      ]
    },
    {
      "city": "Can Tho",
      "region": "Mekong Delta",
      "hostel_dorm_bed": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 160000,
          "max": 310000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 6,
          "max": 12
        }
      },
      "budget_private_room": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 360000,
          "max": 730000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 14,
          "max": 28
        }
      },
      "midrange_3_4_star_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 650000,
          "max": 2340000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 25,
          "max": 90
        }
      },
      "upper_resort_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 1820000,
          "max": 5200000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 70,
          "max": 200
        }
      },
      "homestay_per_person": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 310000,
          "max": 780000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 12,
          "max": 30
        }
      },
      "seasonal_peak_uplift": "+20-35%",
      "weekend_effect": "moderate",
      "peak_windows": "Tet and summer weekends out of Ho Chi Minh City; the floating-market trade is a morning business, not a seasonal one.",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "note": "Cheapest upper tier in the index - the branded five-star anchor here listed around $74 in mid-2026, roughly a quarter of what the Phu Quoc equivalent costs. The homestay column covers the orchard-and-river family stays around Can Tho, Vinh Long and Ben Tre, usually with breakfast and often with a boat trip included.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g303942-Can_Tho_Mekong_Delta-Hotels.html",
        "https://www.hostelz.com/hostels/Vietnam/Can-Tho/hostels-for-backpacker",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-homestays-2026/",
        "https://www.savills.com.vn/blog/article/235322/vietnam-eng/viet-nam-hospitability-market-2026.aspx"
      ]
    },
    {
      "city": "Phu Quoc",
      "region": "south (island)",
      "hostel_dorm_bed": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 230000,
          "max": 420000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 9,
          "max": 16
        }
      },
      "budget_private_room": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 780000,
          "max": 1430000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 30,
          "max": 55
        }
      },
      "midrange_3_4_star_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 1300000,
          "max": 6760000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 50,
          "max": 260
        }
      },
      "upper_resort_double": {
        "vnd": {
          "min": 7800000,
          "max": 23400000
        },
        "usd": {
          "min": 300,
          "max": 900
        }
      },
      "homestay_per_person": null,
      "seasonal_peak_uplift": "+60-100%",
      "weekend_effect": "strong",
      "peak_windows": "Tet, the December-to-February international dry season and the June-to-August domestic summer - three peaks stacked into one year.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "note": "Sets the national ceiling rather than the national average. The flagship cluster (JW Marriott Emerald Bay, Premier Village, Salinda) explains the top of the resort column; mid-range Phu Quoc is mid-pack nationally but has risen 10-20% on 2024. Widest annual amplitude of the twelve rows.",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g469418-Phu_Quoc_Island_Kien_Giang_Province-Hotels.html",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/where-to-stay-phu-quoc-2026/",
        "https://daytripsvietnam.com/guides/vietnam-hotel-prices-2026/",
        "https://www.savills.com.vn/blog/article/235322/vietnam-eng/viet-nam-hospitability-market-2026.aspx"
      ]
    }
  ]
}