Booked a sleeper bus in Vietnam and lost 8 hours of my trip

I took a cheap overnight bus from Hanoi to Sapa last month. The AC broke at 2am and they stopped for 4 hours to fix it, plus I got zero sleep. Anybody else get burned by those budget buses in Southeast Asia?

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thompson.nathan22m ago

Got scammed on a similar bus in Thailand a few years back. They told us it was a VIP bus with AC and blankets, but the AC barely worked and the seats were like concrete blocks. Ended up sleeping on the floor of a 7-Eleven for a few hours when we got dropped off in the wrong city. Gotta say, though, Vietnam's bus system is actually pretty solid compared to some other places I've been. Just gotta be careful with the super cheap options.