Savannakhet to Vientiane

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Savannakhet to Vientiane. From €31.41, fastest 3h 56m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Savannakhet to Vientiane runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:51 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €31.41 and €36.72, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 56m over 285 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€31.41 to €36.72

  • 169%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Savannakhet

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:51First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €65.04Tue15
  2. about €59.73Wed16
  3. about €84.51Thu17
  4. about €59.14Fri18
  5. about €63.27Sat19
  6. about €66.22Sun20
  7. about €51.47Mon21
  8. about €36.72Tue22
  9. about €49.70Wed23
  10. about €60.91Thu24
  11. about €50.29Fri25
  12. about €42.03Sat26
  13. about €48.52Sun27
  14. about €36.72Mon28
  15. about €31.41Tue29
  16. about €39.08Wed30
  17. about €48.52Thu1
  18. about €43.79Fri2
  19. about €46.16Sat3
  20. about €42.62Sun4
  21. about €32.00Mon5

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Vientiane. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Vientiane for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Vientiane Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Savannakhet to Vientiane

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €43.7990 days
  2. €31.4160 days
  3. €42.0345 days
  4. €31.4130 days
  5. €32.0021 days
  6. €36.7214 days
  7. €51.477 days
  8. €84.513 days
  9. €65.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 169 percent. The dearest point is €84.51, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€84.51€31.411371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Savannakhet to Vientiane and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

285 km

277 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

125,760840,940

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

SavannakhetSavannakhetVientianeVientiane
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 285 km against 277 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, Pakse. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

The fare from VTE into Vientiane is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Vientiane

Settled in advance, so the ride into Vientiane costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Vientiane Railway Station

Most of the points near Vientiane Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Savannakhet to Vientiane

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Savannakhet to Vientiane?

The fastest journey from Savannakhet to Vientiane takes 3h 56m door to door, of which 50m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 58m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Savannakhet to Vientiane?

The cheapest fare from Savannakhet to Vientiane is €31.41, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €48.52. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Savannakhet to Vientiane?

The cheapest way from Savannakhet to Vientiane is by flight, at €36.72 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 4h door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Savannakhet to Vientiane?

Fares from Savannakhet to Vientiane bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 169 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Savannakhet to Vientiane?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Savannakhet to Vientiane, at €36.72. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Savannakhet to Vientiane?

January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Savannakhet to Vientiane, at €31.41 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Savannakhet to Vientiane?

1 operators sell services from Savannakhet to Vientiane across 1 mode: Lao Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Savannakhet to Vientiane?

25 percent of the services we sell from Savannakhet to Vientiane are direct. The rest connect at Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, Pakse, with about 63 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Savannakhet to Vientiane use?

Services from Savannakhet to Vientiane by flight leave from Savannakhet ZVK and arrive at Vientiane VTE. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Savannakhet to Vientiane?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Savannakhet to Vientiane allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Savannakhet to Vientiane on 14 September 2026: 285 km of route against 277 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Vientiane a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Vientiane and across Laos

Day trips that leave Vientiane in the morning and cover a good part of Laos by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Savannakhet reaches 8 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 93 to 554 km. Vientiane reaches 26 places in 9 countries, from 64 to 3,238 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Savannakhet

  • 8Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in Vientiane

Leaving Vientiane

  • 26Places you can leave for
  • 9Countries
  • 17Operators

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