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Good Rate :: Suite at the Park Hyatt Saigon

Where: 2 Lam Son Square, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

[Ed. Note: This is the Good Rate in our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature. This rate was valid on August 29, 2006 and is subject to change. Enjoy.]

If you're going to go all rock star on us and splash out in a suite, you should stay at the best place in town--right?

Our "Bad Rate" pick this week was $468 double for a suite at the Caravelle Hotel in Saigon, Vietnam (without breakfast). If you're going to spend that kind of money in a country where a $10 lunch is considered expensive and an air-conditioned backpacker hotel room is under $15, you should expect and get a lot.

So book a suite at the Park Hyatt Saigon, the reigning champ in this evolving city, and by most accounts the only true international-standard 5-star hotel in the area.

For a Park Suite King, the rate is $358 a night including breakfast. For that you get the usual upscale amenities, 70 square meters (750 square feet) of space, a marble bath, two 25-inch satellite TVs, and big windows with wooden shutters--a nice French Colonial touch.

The centrally-located Park Hyatt Saigon has a good fitness center, a nice outdoor courtyard pool, a spa, several highly-rated restaurants, and a staff that wins plenty of praise from guests. With many locally-rated 5-star hotels going for around $100 for a standard double, this is no screaming bargain, but if you're going to go first class all the way, do it right.

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