Border crossing with a motorbike, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand 

I purchased a bike from Tigit in early 2024, the bike came with new tires and oil change, the bike ran flawless. When I returned the bike 46 days later the deal that was made was exactly as said. This was my 4th time using their bikes and I will always rent from them. Thank you Jon.

Hello John, first of thanks for the great videos. We watch many of them. We are renting a xr150 from a friend in hanoi and crossed the border into lao at Na Meo. No.problem at all. Just asked if we would be returning to vietnam and asked for the blue card plus 50.000 vnd. At lao side no problem at all. Two weeks later we crossed back at the southern border at road 11 border crossing to QL40. No questions at all. Both sides totally ignored the bike. Didn't ask for anything. We saw at passport control that the local all had to pay some money but when I handed over the same amount of 100.000 vnd they gave it back. So for us it was no issue. I have to add though that as soon as we hand over our passport anywhere incl hotels we are treated differently as we must been seen as unusual riding a fully packed xr two up at age 74. 😅

Last 5 seconds were gold

I rented from tigit in 2019 for 2 months. HCM-Hanoi + NW. Never a problem with the bike and great service from Tigit. Planning on coming back in March 2025 and doing Laos and Cambodia. Definitely buying from Tigit.

I got a Thai rgo'd bike "CRF300" into Loas November 2023 though the Nong Kai boarder crossing... As I understood it bikes under 250cc are an issue NOT over...something to do with theft .... I have been told if you do have a smaller bike there is an agent near the crossing that can help.." true or not I don't know"..

You can cross with 1000cc bike. You need an agent to facilitate the coffee. Thailand IS possible and has been done recently with VN bike.

I got through Bo Y with a motorbike last year. No problems. Just have all your paperwork in order. The ride down to pakse is amazing.

Great guy! He sold me my first motobike in Vietnam. Thanks for the insight.

Nice vid. Been thinking about this quite a bit. My plan is to get a Ducati Scrambler in Vietnam in the next couple years and tour around.

Thank You @Tigitmotorbikes for this video. This is exactly what I was searching for this week. In Your opinion what are the best 3 months for this trip? Ho Chi Minh -> Hanoi -> Ha Giang Loop -> Laos -> Cambodia -> Phu Quoc -> Ho Chi Minh We originally planned to start in September and finish in December because that fits our time off perfectly but looking at the forecasts suggests that we would be stuck in rain quite a bit in September/October

i actually did get declined at the Cambodia/laos border 2 weeks ago coming from Cambodia going into laos. The laos border said it only would be possible to get the bike in from a vietnam border. So i did that without any questions. They said you can do it through a agency but only if the bike is bigger then 250cc

Love your realistic last remark, it's so true! Did quite a lot border crossings between the 3 with my VN motorbike (bought 5 year ago from you John and still so happy) and it's different every time. Most international borders can be crossed but you need to know how to please them so they let you in or out of the country. Never try local borders, really doesn't work, even with coffee money

I've found if you own the motorbike and have all the correct papers, all originals you can get through the borders. Most people do not have all of their papers ready, you need like 4-5 different documents when border crossing. ALWAYS complete every form, even if one of the officials doesn't tell you to, when coming back in you will have problems. The countries with Border Transport Agreements are much easier to get into.

I just crossed with my Thai plates bike into Laos. No problem at all.

I'm in Ha tien right now just travelled solo north to south vietnam on a rental, considering purchasing bike if i know i can get bike Honda xr 150 across the border into Cambodia ?, please. Or would it be better just to rent again their ? Not sure if same set up to drop off in different location to where you picked up the bike ? Just need some honest advice from anyone that has actually done it and has the info?,please

How does bike insurance coverage work in other countries,other than Vietnam?

Make sure you have your visa stamp at Na Meo boarder with Lao. Very unprofessional there, nobody really cares when you arrive there. We gave them our passport (with lao visa from embassy in Hanoi) and the bike paperwork. And then they let us enter the country with a entry paper for the bikes. But when we wanted to leave lao again they told us we didn't get a stamp on our visas 🙈🙈 we had to go all the way back on bad roads to Na Meo to leave then... Cheers

Any ideas on how to get a Thai 500cc bike into VN? It’s possible using an agent/organized tour but any other ways? Perhaps Thailand -> Laos -> Cambodia -> VN?

Thanks for the info. So with the buy back option, do you supply the blue card and a receipt of sale? Thanks Brian.

Question: After we have successfully crossed the border to Laos or Cambodia from Vietnam (with the motorcycle), is it possible to cross with it from Cambodia to Laos or vice versa, from Laos to Cambodia ? Is there such a border between Laos and Cambodia that would allow a Vietnamese motorcycle to pass ? Or should we return to Vietnam and then pass the border again ? Thank you for the information !

I do rentals in Thailand. I 💯 agree with the end of this video. It's never the customer, always someone else's fault. Especially when they crash, magically the tires or the brakes caused it... And it's our fault (the people not riding the bike).

The borders are completely random. We are staying at the border in na meo and they dont let us through with the bikes. They say, we need another document, something from a motorbike tour company. Everythinf is in vietnamese and the guy at the border is really not a help! Also the embassys.. They dont have any plans about rhe rules or the regulations Ridiculous and annoying! But thanks for the video bro!

Why... Why is life this complicated for no reason?