• Cooking lessons – If you enjoy the food at a certain restaurant, your homestay, ask for cooking lessons. These are often cheaper than the cooking schools advertised by resort or found on the Internet.
• Camp on Cham Island – If you’re heading to Cham Island on a diving trip, it’s possible to save money on accommodation by camping on the beach or book in your homestay will easy.
• Shop around – There are hundreds of tailors in Hoi An. If you’re having clothing made, check prices with a few places before settling on one. Making a local friend and asking them to bring you to a tailor they trust is even better.
• Skip the SIM Card – Hoi An is highly connected to WiFi.  You can hook nto WiFi in just about every hotel, shop, restaurant, and convenience store for free! Then, as you walk by your phone automatically hooks into their WiFi and you can start surfing again.
• Eat at the market – Market stalls are some of the cheapest food you can find.  Think about it, they have almost no overhead, so a meal will cost you 20,000-40,000 VND.  There are a variety of dishes to choose from and places to eat. Enjoy everything from Vietnamese donuts, banh mi (sandwich), to soups and good with more substance.
• Rent a bicycle – Bikes can be rented for 30,000-50,000 VND per day.  This is a great way to leisurely explore the quaint city.
• Drink in hostels – Lots of hostels have bars, cafes, restaurants, or something that acts as all three.  The food and drinks here will be only a little more expensive than if you bought it at a corner store, and it’s much less expensive than if you were to go to a proper restaurant.  Hostel owners know their audience, so they keep their prices down to keep people in their space. 
• Transportation costs – Everywhere in central Hoi An is within walking distance so it’s unlikely you’ll spend much on transportation here.  If you choose to explore, rent a bicycles for about 30,000 VND or a motorbike for 80,000 VND per day, the town isn’t very traffic so it’s a good place to ride around. The taxis are metered (and cheap), so hop in one if your tired. A taxi from Da Nang’s Airport to the center of Hoi An can usually be booked for 250,000 VND.

• Suggested daily budget – 680,000-900,000 VND / $30-40 USD (Note: This is a suggested budget assuming you’re staying in a hostel, eating all the delicious street food, and using local transportation. If you stay in fancier accommodation or eat out more often, expect this to be higher!)

• Average cost of food – Street food starts at 15,000/20,000 VND per meal. Meals in restaurants start at about 80,000 VND and go upward from there.  Wine is expensive so I would skip it (especially in restaurants) and beers only run you about 15-20,000 VND a piece.  You must try at least one Vietnamese coffee, which will cost you about 20-30,000 VND.  If you prefer cooking, basic groceries for the week would cost about 600,000 VND. Note: If you’re at the beach, restaurant owners will offer you a chair to sit on if you order food or drinks from them.  You can relax in the sun while you wait for your pho, fruit platter, banh cuon, or fresh coconut to arrive.

Win-win!