All the guest houses we used in Laos were extremely good, higher standard than Thailand, much newer. These days squat toilets seem pretty rare, we didn’t see them at all outside public toilets in Malaysia and even then there was a choice of style. You don’t expect luxury at this end of the market, but Laos was particularly good.

Thank you very much for your quick reply! Great thanks for the information 🙂

No Sophie sorry, other than it was very nice there. Most small guest houses won’t be on the internet at all, you just go door knocking until you find one you like. I share these places just to give people an idea of what they will find, at what price range. We very rarely book in advance and it’s never a problem. Luang Prabang is packed with guest houses, hundreds of them, you’ll be fine.