FareDiceAbout what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €420. Judged on 1 of 2 flights; the others count at the price seen.
- Mumbai → Manila, 25 Dec: €274 (64%), too few fares seen to say what's usual
- Manila → Ho Chi Minh City, 27 Dec: €151 (36%), typical for these dates
€274 long flights (64%)€151 inside Southeast Asia (36%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 25–27 Dec
MumbaiManila1nHo Chi Minh City
Stay 1 night in Manila, ending in Ho Chi Minh City with no flight back. Manila is a capital and has an old town. Typical December highs are 30–32°C everywhere.
Stop by stop
Mumbai
India, Start, Fri 25 Dec
- BOM→MNL Fri 25 Dec1 stop, Cathay Pacific first, check the travel time and bag rules€274seen 5 days ago Check price
Too few fares seen on this route to say what's usual.
- an older price: it may be higher now
- overnight: it lands on Sat 26 Dec, so your nights in Manila count from then
Manila
Philippines, 1 night, 26–27 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- MNL→SGN Sun 27 DecCebu Pacific, about 3 hours, cabin bag usually included€151seen 2 days ago Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €114–€151.
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam, Last stop, Sun 27 Dec
Vietnam's largest city, formerly Saigon, with French colonial landmarks, the War Remnants Museum, endless street food and day trips to the Cu Chi tunnels and Mekong Delta.
Typical December: highs of 32°C, some rain
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.
- Manila At random Bangkok, Thailand −€197
- Ho Chi Minh City At random Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia −€53 · Bangkok, Thailand −€18 · Da Nang, Vietnam −€6 · Singapore, Singapore +€57 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia +€91
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 Manila, 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 Philippines, Vietnam 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
- Manila (26–27 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
- Philippines Canada: exercise a high degree of caution (stricter for some areas) · US: exercise increased caution (level 2 of 4; stricter for some areas)
- Vietnam Canada: exercise a high degree of caution · US: exercise normal precautions (level 1 of 4)
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.
Fly on to Europe
The cheapest fare we've seen from Ho Chi Minh City into Europe, leaving 28 Dec to 30 Dec, 1 to 3 days after your last flight. A price seen, not a quote, and a separate ticket.
- SGN → CDG Ho Chi Minh City to Paris, 1 stop, China Eastern Airlines first, check the travel time with the airline Mon 28 Dec, lands Tue 29 Dec€200seen yesterdayBook