Overview

• u/Shuict booked a ₹19,000 round-trip flight and paid ₹2,210 for an e-visa to Hanoi before hunting for the best MacBook deal
• The buyer visited about 15 stores until finding one that provided VAT refund documents and allowed on-site laptop inspection
• At Noi Bai Airport’s refund counter, they reclaimed roughly $111, reducing the MacBook’s Vietnam price from ₹1.85 lakh to ₹1.48 lakh
• Their full 11-day remote-work trip, including lodging and the laptop, totaled ₹2,08,117 before refund and about ₹1,97,000 afterward, making the vacation cost around ₹48,000
• Since appearing on r/macoffer, the detailed cost breakdown has drawn thousands of upvotes and spurred others to replicate the strategy