Luang Prabang to Vientiane runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:29 and the last around 06:29. One passenger pays €31.41, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 52m over 226 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €31.41, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for September 28, 2026
€31.41
- 111%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Luang Prabang
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.
- 06:29First departure
- 06:29Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €66.22Fri18
- about €62.09Sat19
- about €65.04Sun20
- about €42.62Mon21
- about €36.13Tue22
- about €49.11Wed23
- about €60.32Thu24
- about €42.03Fri25
- about €35.54Sat26
- about €40.26Sun27
- about €31.41Mon28
- about €31.41Tue29
- about €37.31Wed30
- about €46.75Thu1
- about €37.31Fri2
- about €38.49Sat3
- about €35.54Sun4
- about €31.41Mon5
- about €31.41Tue6
- about €31.41Wed7
- about €36.13Thu8
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 room in Vientiane for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Luang Prabang to Vientiane
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €31.4190 days
- €31.4160 days
- €31.4145 days
- €31.4130 days
- €36.1321 days
- €46.7514 days
- €60.327 days
- €65.043 days
- €66.221 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 111 percent. The most expensive point is €66.22, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Luang Prabang 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
226 km
219 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
55,027 → 840,940
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 226 km against 219 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from VTE into Vientiane is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
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 cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Vientiane Railway Station
Most of the points near Vientiane Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Luang Prabang to Vientiane
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Luang Prabang to Vientiane?
The fastest journey from Luang Prabang to Vientiane takes 3h 52m door to door, of which 43m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 54m, 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 Luang Prabang to Vientiane?
The cheapest fare from Luang Prabang to Vientiane is €31.41, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €37.31. 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 Luang Prabang to Vientiane?
The cheapest way from Luang Prabang to Vientiane is by flight, at €31.41 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 3h 53m 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 Luang Prabang to Vientiane?
Fares from Luang Prabang to Vientiane bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 111 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Luang Prabang to Vientiane?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Luang Prabang to Vientiane, at €31.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Luang Prabang to Vientiane?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Luang Prabang 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 service from Luang Prabang to Vientiane?
No operator record names Luang Prabang to Vientiane directly. Lao Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Luang Prabang to Vientiane?
Every service we sell from Luang Prabang to Vientiane is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 3h 52m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Luang Prabang to Vientiane use?
Services from Luang Prabang to Vientiane by flight leave from Luang Prabang LPQ 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 Luang Prabang to Vientiane?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Luang Prabang 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Luang Prabang to Vientiane on September 17, 2026: 226 km of route against 219 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 52m 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.
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.
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The two ends, compared
Luang Prabang reaches 6 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 219 to 705 km. Vientiane reaches 26 places in 9 countries, from 64 to 3,238 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Luang Prabang
- 6Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Vientiane
Leaving Vientiane
- 26Places you can leave for
- 9Countries
- 17Operators