The room itself was fine, but I was disappointed that the hotel was helping taxi drivers to scam tourists. Instead of charging by the person or by the carload, they charge by the stop. That means I had to pay full fare for the cab--50,000--and so did the people I shared the taxi with, who paid 80,000 for four people. They were only staying a block away from me, so the taxi driver did a big circle--four right turns in a row--and then stopped at the same street where he stopped when he dropped off the other passengers. I tried to get help at the hotel but the staff totally backed up the taxi driver and told me that is the way things are in Laos. Actually, it was my third visit and I had never run into this before. What staff needs to understand is that in my culture this sort of thing is extremely disrespectful and insulting. Much, much worse than wearing shoes inside. The same thing happened with the taxi on the way back--about $20 US to go four kilometres in a beat up tuk tuk. As well, one staff member was very rude to me. I noticed that there were many free seats on the plane on the way back. If people want to fill those seats, they may want to start treating paying customers with a little more class and respect. In general, prices are double those in Thailand. Sometimes this is justified because most things have to be imported, but sometimes it is not.