FareDiceTypical for this time of year. Each flight's usual fare (on nearby days, or for its month or season where those had too few) adds up to €306–€332.
About what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €318.
- Mumbai → Da Nang, 8 Dec: €227 (73%), typical for November to January
- Da Nang → Manila, 10 Dec: €85 (27%), typical for these dates
€227 long flights (73%)€85 inside Southeast Asia (27%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 8–10 Dec
MumbaiDa Nang1nManila
Stay 1 night in Da Nang, ending in Manila with no flight back. Manila is a capital and has an old town; Da Nang is on the coast. It gets warmer as it goes: typical December highs rise from 25°C in Da Nang to 30°C in Manila. Da Nang is usually very wet in December, about 210 mm of rain over the month.
Stop by stop
Mumbai
India, Start, Tue 8 Dec
- BOM→DAD Tue 8 Dec1 stop, THAI Airways first, check the travel time and bag rules€227seen yesterday Check price
Typical for November to January. Usually €216–€238 from November to January; nearby days and the month alone had too few fares.
- overnight: it lands on Wed 9 Dec, so your nights in Da Nang count from then
Da Nang
Vietnam, 1 night, 9–10 Dec
Central Vietnam's beach city, with long My Khe beach, the Marble Mountains and the Son Tra peninsula, and the old trading town of Hoi An under an hour south.
Typical December: highs of 25°C, very wet- DAD→MNL Thu 10 DecPhilippines AirAsia, about 2½ hours, cabin bag usually included€85seen yesterday Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €90–€94.
Manila
Philippines, Last stop, Thu 10 Dec
The Philippine capital on Manila Bay, a huge city of contrasts with the Spanish walled town of Intramuros and San Agustin Church, malls, food markets and bay sunsets.
Typical December: highs of 30°C, wet
Change a stop
Another city on the same days, the rest of the trip kept, cities close in price first. A swapped-in country may need a visa: check before you go.
- Da Nang At random Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia +€52 · Bangkok, Thailand +€59
- Manila At random Singapore, Singapore −€12 · Bangkok, Thailand −€6 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia +€15 · Siem Reap, Cambodia +€96
Book and check
- Book in order, first flight first. If a price has gone up, you can rethink the trip before buying the rest. Prices are the cheapest seen lately, for one traveller, not quotes: "Check price" opens the live one. Separate tickets: if one flight is late or cancelled, the next airline won't wait.
- If a flight is late or cancelled. Each flight is its own ticket, so the next airline won't wait or rebook you for free if you miss it. Tightest on this trip: one night in Da Nang, so a flight in a day late misses the flight out. Where a connection is that tight, you can book the next flight once the one before has landed, though its price may have gone up. If a flight is cancelled, its airline normally offers another flight or your money back: take the one that still makes your next flight. A flight missed because the one before was late is usually lost, so look for travel insurance that covers missed connections.
- Entry rules. Check passport and visa rules for Vietnam, Philippines before you book.
- Seasons. Part of this trip falls at the edge of a storm or flood season: the worst months are past or still to come, but watch the forecast before you go.
Each stop's season
- Da Nang (9–10 Dec): edge of the storm and flood season in Vietnam's central coast, peak months Oct–Nov (Vietnam's national forecasting centre (NCHMF))
- Manila (10 Dec): edge of the typhoon season in Luzon and the Visayas, peak months Jul–Oct (PAGASA, the Philippines' weather service)
Long-run seasons, not forecasts: a storm can come out of season, and most weeks in season pass without one. Heat is from weather-station averages.
- Travel advisories. Neither Canada nor the US advises against travel to any country on this trip.
Each country's advisory level
- Vietnam Canada: exercise a high degree of caution · US: exercise normal precautions (level 1 of 4)
- Philippines Canada: exercise a high degree of caution (stricter for some areas) · US: exercise increased caution (level 2 of 4; stricter for some areas)
From the Government of Canada and the US State Department, as of 6 Oct. Advisories change, and once you're there your phone's emergency alerts cover the moment. Read the official page for each place before you go.