Pilgrims’ Stories & Testimonials

Every pilgrimage is more than a journey—it is an experience of faith, culture, and meaningful encounters. We are deeply grateful to have accompanied Catholic travelers from around the world as they discover the beauty of Vietnam and deepen their spiritual journey.

Our lasted feedback

Here are some heartfelt words and cherished memories shared by our guests. Their stories inspire us to continue serving each pilgrimage with dedication, hospitality, and faith.

All we can say is the services that we have got are totally great and meet up above our expectations, especially to our tour guide Simon who is so accommodating. He is so friendly and he can help us a lot. Simon is our family. Also, the car service driver with safety driving skills is the best.

Mrs Joycelyn HAWKINS & Family

Lap was superb – so glad that he was available.

Thank you for your services to the priests.

Great experience & stories from your journey.

Rufino Zaragoza’s Group

Overall our travel to Hanoi was good. We were very satisfied with Peter our tour guide. He is knowledgeable of the places we are visiting and history of Vietnam. We are appreciative of the help he has extended to ensure that makes our Vietnam Hanoi Tour memorable.

Ms Vilma & Family

Highly satisfied with the overall pilgrimage tour.

Ms Bernadette Ramos & Family

Enjoyed the trip immensely and warm hospitality! Thank you!

Ms Joan Foo & Friends

Excellent service. We recommend to our family and friends ‘Xin cam on’.

Mr. Rogelio & Mrs. Adela Buaya

We have a wonderful trip. Their recommendation on foods, sights and shopping are superb. Thoai was such a friendly, professional guide, Lan was very quick to response to our specific requests, helpful as well.

Ms Lang Ha & Friend

The tour was enriching & we really enjoyed our time in Hanoi. Peter is very thoughtful & driver was really nice.

Ms. Erika & Family

We did this on a Holy Saturday and it was just amazing! The guide, Lap was able to deliver our expectations in one day! Now, we want more and wanting to come back in the future.

Mr & Mrs. Rosario

From the very beginning, Marie from Vietnam Catholic Tours answered all my queries and granted my request for the trip. We genuinely enjoy our time and the comfort you prepared for us. Peter was very accommodating, great, and knowledgeable. We’ll surely book our trip once we got back in Vietnam.

Ms. Erika & Family

Quyen’s very informative and able to answer my queries. Understood my needs & food recommendations on the trip. Very happy to have both his services & that of the driver, Mr Hua. 

Ms. Claire Tan

Visiting for La Vang pilgrimage. The meals were excellent but very fancy + could have been more modest for pilgrims! The guide + driver were excellent (especially with kids) + took us despite rain/typhoon. Very safe + pleasant. I will recommend your group highly! Thank you for your help and service!

Ms Anita Alves Pena & Family

Son’s extremely helpful and kind to accommodate my requests and making sure I was looked after. Highly recommend him for pilgrimage tours!

Ms. Claire Tan

The catholic church pilgrimage was so nice and memorable for us. We will surely recommend your office to our friends in Philippines.

Ms Ofelia & Family

Thank you Vietnam Catholic Tours.

Mr Phu & Mr Luat are both excellent!

Mr. Marwin Retrato

Thank you for making all the arrangements. We were very comfortable and happy with all the visits.

What amazed us was the thoughtful gift from Maries. It was something we did not expect at all, and even if there was one, we thought it would be something small. So to receive a personalised actual cone hat that we can wear, wow, that is really very thoughtful and generous. Mr Vu is certainly an excellent guide with many stories to share. Driver Quoc is quiet but very pleasant as well. Ms Chi is also so warm and welcoming.

Overall, we enjoyed our trip. We certainly would like to engage with you on future trips when we next visit Hanoi or HCMC. Until that time, thank you and all the best.

Ms Karen & Husband

We were very happy to have chosen Vietnam Catholic Tours.

Mr Vu was an excellent guide. He was very helpful and provided us with very clear explanations to all our questions. We especially appreciated that he is Catholic. This was very important as we learned a lot and made this excursion to La Vang and Hue an unforgettable day.

Ms Jose Maria Family

Excellent communication, very knowledgeable, great contacts, respectful, went over & out of his way to help us. Speaks great English & a great sense of humour, approachable & made time for us. Great patience in answering questions & taking us to special Catholic shrines, cathedrals & monasteries/churches. Very grateful. This tour is a great asset (as is Vu) to your organisation.

Ms Emily James & Mommy

It was absolutely a meaningful pilgrimage tour to La Vang & the city. Dominus est! It is the Lord. The Holy Spirit guided me to seek the service of Vietnam Catholic Tours.

Our guide was very spontaneous and knew all the places, every detail along the way. Ms Nguyet (or similar name) was also very helpful in driving. She is so sensitive and caring. Filled with compassion, her concern has left a lasting impression.

That’s why a lot of tourists & store owners find elegance and hospitality here. My husband thinks this tour is definitely one we will cherish not just for a lifetime but eternally.

Thank you for being a blessing!

Ms Clare Lopez & Husband

The places we went to were all amazing, our tour guide n driver were most helpful and kind and very considerate, they even stayed with us at the airport until we were settled and safe, the hotels were all very good, good food, good location, good service, all in all, it was a perfect and very enriching experience for us. If given the chance to go back, we’ll choose Vietnam Catholic Tours again, excellent service in everything and at a very reasonable price too.

Ms Lilian Hizon & Husband

So far, Hue is my favourite stop. I have enjoyed the restaurants – trying different vietnamese foods. Since I am travelling alone, I loved that the driver and guide joined me for meals. I enjoyed the iced coffees. The food recommendations and the coffee recommended were appreciated. The driver and guide were helpful and enthusiastic to show me the beauty of Hue. I loved this part of my journey the most.

Ms Alisia Bonnie Osiro

This tour was really great. The tour guide Vu did an amazing job. Allowing me to take my time and was really knowledgeable of his craft. God bless this team!

Ms Shena Rosa

Great service by Lap. Well versed & spoke excellent English. Safe & smooth driving by Driver Trung.

Mr Greg and Wife

The tour guide was v. helpful all the way. Thank you v. much for making our trip stress-free! God bless you!

Ms. Edwina Yeow & Friend

Hoi An Historic Hotel was my favourite of all the hotels I have stayed in so far. The visit to Our Lady of Tra Kieu was also a pleasant surprise. I am happy it was included in the itinerary.

Ms Alisia Bonnie Osiro

Our group of 5 ladies are really happy with the services provided by the tour company, guide and driver. We feel safe and our needs are well taken care of. Excellent guide (Hap) and driver (Trung). Highly recommended.

Ms Serene & Friends 

Very good guide – excellent English and history knowledge. Driver was very good and safe. Hotels and food also very good. I will definitely recommend to others.

Mr Matt Martin

Tour guide (Vu) was very helpful and knowledgeable. He adjusted the pace to suit us. Driver was safe and vehicle was clean. Overall a very meaningful trip.

Ms Beth & Family

Excellent and dedicated tour guide (Mr. Hap) and driver (Mr. Trung). They were very attentive to our needs… Highly recommend Marie of Vietnam Catholic Tours to help plan your pilgrimage tour.

Ms Teresa Yeo & Family

The guide was very informative and the driver was professional. Hotels in Dalat were beautiful. Thank you for the smooth arrangements.

Ms Lydia Chin & Friends

Very happy we could visit the Thien An grounds as well as the Danang Cathedral interior due to Lap’s connections. We enjoyed ourselves very much. Lap & Son were both very personable and accommodating.

Ms Jackie Pau & Husband

We have thoroughly enjoyed all parts of the tour from the food to experiences. Our tour guide thong was friendly, helpful and knew all about vietnam. The driver thamn was also very good.

Mr Simon Mechis & Family

Enjoyed the visit to Our Lady of Lavang, Our Lady of Tra Kieu especially. Activities enjoyed Lantern making & conical hat. Our driver & guide very good take care of us.

Ms Benita Fong & Family

Mr. Bien is very knowledgeable and accommodating. We enjoyed ourselves very much. The driver was very safe and very polite. The hotel was a little noisy at night but the breakfast buffet was excellent. The aircon in the room was not very efficient.

Ms Jackie Pau & Husband

My husband and I have booked a tour with Vietnam Catholic Tour recently and would like to say a big thank you to Marie for her excellent planning and our very knowledgeable and caring guide Mr Lap. We were able to visit many churches and places which were not included in the usual tourist itinerary. Through this trip, we have learned so much about the culture, history as well as the suffering and progress of the people in central Vietnam. Once again, thank you for making this trip so enjoyable and meaningful.

Ms. Josephine W & Husband

 

Staffs from the Hotel are very nice and friendly especially Hoi An Little Boutique. Our tour guide are nice and friendly we like him very much. Tour Guide very excellent & kind. We will always remember & will come again. We want him to guide us for our holiday.

Mr Martha Chua & Friends

 

What our guests say

The tours in this website are great. I had been really enjoy with my family! The
team is very professional and taking care of the customers. Will surely
recommend to my freind to join this company!

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Faithful W
08/05/2026
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More Than a Trip — A Meaningful Experience Our recent trip to Vietnam was a grace-filled and meaningful journey, made even more special by Marie’s exceptional support and care throughout the trip. From the very beginning, Marie was responsive, attentive, and always ready to assist whenever needed. Her professionalism, patience, and willingness to accommodate our requests gave the group great comfort and reassurance throughout the journey. What touched us most was her sincerity and quiet dedication behind the scenes, ensuring that everything was smoothly and thoughtfully arranged. Thanks to her efforts, we were able to focus fully on the spiritual experience and create many beautiful and lasting memories together. We are truly grateful to Marie for making this journey so memorable and enriching. We would highly recommend her to anyone seeking a well-organized, reliable, and spiritually enriching travel experience.
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Carlson
29/12/2025
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My pilgrimage tour at Hanoi and Central Vietnam I had a pleasant experience in using the Vietnam Catholic tour to visit the churches and travel around Vietnam. Prices were reasonable and the tour operator and guide were very friendly. During the tour, I got caught up in heavy rain and my booked hotel was affected by the flood. The tour operator immediately booked for an alternate hotel at an affordable price. They constantly helped me in every way. Highly recommend if people want to visit churches and sightseeing in a private setting.
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Liu J
07/10/2025
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A great trip The guide is from a religious family who have gone through different chapters of Vietnamese history themselves. A great storyteller
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26/07/2025
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Would recommend to anyone and would go again! Marie (who organized) and her tour guide Vu were excellent. I was traveling as a single adult with three daughters and wanted to do a weekend pilgrim tour to La Vang. Although I have been to Vietnam many times in the past for extended periods for work, the La Vang area would have been hard to navigate as a non-Vietnamese speaking foreigner since it's not a "usual" tour area. Marie accommodated an early morning airport pickup given our limited schedule and arranged for us to stay at the Sister's House in La Vang, which she described as "modest," but which was absolutely perfect for retreat, prayer, and reflection. Vu and our driver were able to get us safely to La Vang and back despite a (surprise and non-seasonal) typhoon in the area. My only critique was that some of the meal stops were a little fancy for kids, but it was clear that Marie and Vu went out of their way to pick places that would be comfortable for westerners (especially for those who have spent less time in the country than I have and may have different expectations or levels of comfort). If you are interested in La Vang from either a religious or a historical standpoint or both, I highly recommend this company. Despite the heavy rain, I felt completely at peace there and would go again. Our other stops (monastery, churches, Citadel in Hue) were also lovely.
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Amorsolo R
24/04/2025
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One-Day Pilgrimage ... a Moment of a Lifetime! We did this on a Holy Saturday and it was just amazing! The guide, Mr. Lap was able to deliver our expectations in one day! Now, we want more and wanting to come back in the future!
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erika
14/04/2025
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Hanoi City Discovery with Churches tour. The best! From the very beginning, Marie from Vietnam Catholic Tours answered all my queries and granted my request for the trip. We genuinely enjoy our time and the comfort you prepared for us. Peter was very accommodating, great, and knowledgeable. We'll surely book our trip one we got back in Vietnam.
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Hang T
06/03/2025
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5 stars We have a wonderful trip. Their recommendation on foods, sights and shopping are superb. Thoai was such a friendly, professional guide, Lan was very quick to response to our specific requests, helpful as well.
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Edwina Y
18/09/2024
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Blessings, beauty and a hassle-free pilgrimage/tour My 83-year-old mother and I made a 6D5N trip to Hue and Hoi An. Communication and arrangements with the agency was smooth and easy. Marie was very helpful with her suggestions and advice, taking changes in our travel plans in her stride. Our guide, Vu, was courteous, attentive, well-spoken and took good care of us. My mother finds walking and stairs challenging but with Vu's assistance and considerate pace, she was able to manage and enjoy the trip. We appreciated that Vu offered interesting information about the places we visited and shared his own experience as a local. It gave us a much more personal insight into the lives and history of the Vietnamese people which my mother and I both appreciated. We also appreciated the consideration of the driver, Mr Hou, and the comfort and solidity of the vehicle that brought us across mountains and into the urban areas. The pilgrimage sites we visited were very special and the different landscapes we passed through were magnificent. The hotels we were booked into were comfortable, clean and well-located for us to get around on our own. We especially loved the Hoi An Historical Hotel with its spacious grounds and beauty. Thank you, Vietnam Catholic Tours, for making this mother-daughter trip so memorable.
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Lilian H
22/07/2024
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My Wonderful Experience with Vietnam Catholic Tours The places we went to were all amazing ,our tour guide n driver were most helpful and kind and very considerate,they even stayed with us at the airport until we were settled and safe,the hotels were all very good,good food,good location ,good service,all in all,it was a perfect and very enrichng experience for us.If given the chance to go back,we' ll choose Vietnam Catholic Tours again ,excellent service in everything and at a very reasonable price too
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panch
29/12/2023
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My day trip to Our Lady of Lavang from Hanoi with Marie’s Catholic Travel was dream fulfilled! We shall do it again! Marie of Catholic Travel planned our trip to Our Lady of Lavang perfectly. Everything went well from pickup at the airport .

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