Decide where to go, how long to stay and how to travel between stops. Our guides cover the details that are easy to miss. If a local booking process becomes difficult, you can ask us to handle it.
Two of these steps open inside a fixed window. Train tickets go on sale exactly seven days before departure, at 06:30 Vientiane time, and each Lao border form can only be submitted during the three days before that journey. The remaining steps can be prepared at your own pace.
Requirements can change. Our guides link to the official Lao eVisa and Department of Immigration websites.
Each of these has a fixed window. Once it closes, the choice narrows to a later departure or a later arrival date. Ourdate calculator turns your own travel dates into the three days you have to act on, free and without an account.
The eVisa requires three working days to process, and a single incorrect detail restarts the application.
Select your passport country to see the total price. We prepare and check the application before submission.
One total, including the government charge
Laos asks for one form before you enter and another before you leave, and neither can be filed earlier than three days before that journey.
We file each one inside its own window and send it to you one to two days before you travel, by email and on WhatsApp.
US$10 per traveller for both · Your details entered once, for both forms
Booking opens seven days before departure, at 06:30 Vientiane time, and in high season seats can be gone within minutes.
Select your departure and seat. You will see the total price before payment and tell us what to do if your first choice sells out.
Vientiane · Vang Vieng · Luang PrabangWe are based in Vientiane. We work with these systems daily, we read the Lao-language interfaces, and we are available the moment each window opens. One flat fee per service, the full amount shown before payment.
See what each place feels like, how long to stay and what is worth doing before you build the rest of the route.
Follow the railway for an easy northern trip, then add the south only if you have enough time to enjoy it.
The border forms cost nothing to file, and Laos–China Railway seats are sold to anyone. Neither is available on the day most travellers remember to deal with it: each register opens three days before the crossing it covers, and seats open seven days before departure at 06:30 Vientiane time. That is what we sell, and every price is shown in full before payment.
