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This blog explains how motorbike rental in Hanoi works, from prices, documents and deposits to handover and riding, and where to go once you have the bike.
Parking, Weather & Breakdowns
Most day trips out of Hanoi do not end badly because of a flat tire, a wrong turn, or a sudden storm. They…
Read guide: Fatigue on a Hanoi Motorbike Day Trip: Rest Stops and a Return CutoffParking, Weather & Breakdowns
Most travellers buy travel insurance with a feeling of completion, and then they rent a motorbike with a feeling of freedom, and very…
Read guide: Travel Insurance and Rental Motorbikes in Vietnam: Questions for Your InsurerParking, Weather & Breakdowns
A collision compresses an enormous amount of consequence into a few noisy seconds, and then it leaves you standing in traffic with a…
Read guide: After a Rental-Bike Collision in Hanoi: A Documentation ChecklistParking, Weather & Breakdowns
A breakdown at nine in the morning is a logistics problem. The same breakdown at nine at night is a different animal, because…
Read guide: Hanoi Motorbike Breakdown After 21:00: Prepare a Safe Waiting PlanParking, Weather & Breakdowns
You turn the key and nothing happens. Or the lights come on but the starter stays silent, or it cranks and never catches,…
Read guide: Rental Scooter Will Not Start: Information to Send the ShopParking, Weather & Breakdowns
A puncture never arrives with an announcement. It arrives as a vague heaviness in the steering, a squirming feeling in the back of…
Read guide: Rental Motorbike Puncture in Hanoi: Where to Stop and What to RecordParking, Weather & Breakdowns
A dry Hanoi street hides its traps under confidence. The painted arrows at the junction, the stop line before the crossing, the round…
Read guide: Wet Road Markings and Metal Covers in Hanoi: A Riding Risk ChecklistParking, Weather & Breakdowns
In Hanoi, the same journey can take thirty pleasant minutes or ninety exhausting ones, and the difference is usually not the route. It…
Read guide: Choosing a Motorbike Departure Time in Hanoi: A Rush-Hour WorksheetParking, Weather & Breakdowns
Weekend evenings in central Hanoi belong to walkers. The streets around Hoan Kiem Lake, and a network of Old Quarter lanes connected to…
Read guide: Hanoi Weekend Pedestrian Streets: Plan Your Motorbike Parking BoundaryParking, Weather & Breakdowns
It happens like this: the arrow says straight on, the voice says straight on, and straight on is a row of red-and-white barriers,…
Read guide: When Google Maps Sends You to a Closed Road in Hanoi09:00–21:00 daily
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