Velvet Falcon Hotel
hotel — 387 Elephant Street
Trap score: 61/100 (orange)
Velvet Falcon Hotel is a Hotel popular with visitors; check recent reports before you go.
Location: Ho Chi Minh City
Reports (7)
- overcharge (severity 4/5) — 2026-06: The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- taxi_meter (severity 4/5) — 2025-08: The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- overcharge (severity 5/5) — 2025-03: They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
- fake_reviews (severity 3/5) — 2024-09: Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
- other (severity 2/5) — 2024-08: Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
- overcharge (severity 5/5) — 2024-06: Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
- theft (severity 2/5) — 2024-06: Taxi took a 40-minute detour on a 10-minute trip to run up the fare.