Cham Island Homestay Lau Thu

This cute home stay is a gem. The family running it is so accommodating and caring. They organised bikes to rent, cooked beautiful homemade food fish freshly caught by the man. Great value for money. So beautiful to sit on the roof top for dinner overlooking the ocean. The owners English is very limited but we got by. Great aircon.

The beds are rather hard which is ok when you are young but as a 40+ I felt it.

The family ,food and the place

Nothing

Super helpful staff were so eager to help even though their English was basic.lovely place and so relaxed

Pretty good all round,I wasn't disappointed with anything

Food was good, room was clean and rooftopterras was nice. The mom was nice and gave us a fair price.

We decided to switch accomodation for 2 reasons: 1. They were not transparant with their prices. They unexpectedly came to pick us up at the port, which we thought was a nice gesture. But when we arrived at the homestay, the first interaction with them was the owner asking 70k per person for the ride, which was not exactly a warm welcome. We understand that this costs money but they didn't ask if we wanted a ride and didn't tell us in advance what the price was. Coffee is also not free (only 10k per coffee which is of course also more than fair, but it felt like another nice gesture). This all would have been fine if they just stated their prices somewhere. 2. They were very pushy with asking if we wanted to do their activities. We rented their motorbike for the first day to explore the island and look at some restaurants, but they kept asking if we wanted to go snorkeling, eat there, etc. eventhough we already said no several times. We pretty much felt like we had to dodge them to have a relaxing time. In the end we did pay a fair price (the motorbike was only 150k per day incl. petrol instead of the 200k they initially communicated), but we didn't know that in advance. We just didn't feel comfortable during our stay. Maybe if you say yes to all their activities you have a great time, but if you want to be a bit more independent I would not recommend it. Of course, when you stay at a homestay you will have more interaction with the hosts, but we stayed in many homestays throughout Vietnam and never had this 'suffocating' experience.

The owners are very lovely people, helped me with everything I needed, took me around the island as I couldn't drive motorbike myself. They made breakfast for me and dinner which I could enjoy in the evening on the rooftop. It was very relaxing stay and I really enjoyed my time here.

The family were incredibly welcoming even from before I arrived on the island. I was collected at the port on arrival and taken to a wonderful home. I ended up staying an extra night and by the end I truly felt like one of the family. I feel certain that I will be returning back to this place again Special mention to the food that was offered, cooked from the heart and amazing to share with fellow travellers.

A pleasant little homestay, basic facilities. Room, linen, bathroom were all clean. Hosts were very friendly and helpful. Airconditioned room and free wi-fi. Very cheap accommodation in a tiny fishing village. Walk to beachfront and a few cafes. Ideal get away from it all place.

Family was so nice an friendly! they Organise also nice fishing and snorkeling trip! Food is amazing!

Amazing Homestay which we highly recommend. The atmospere and the food prepared by the family are unforgetable. Before our stay we asked for help with organizing the transfer from Cua Dai and renting motorbikes. They booked the speedboat tickets for us as and then when we arrived to the island, we were picked up from the port with the rented motorbikes prepared for us. The host also organized a snorkeling trip for the guests, it was really nice. Thank you so much for the fantastic stay!