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 €321–€357.
- Dubai → Chiang Mai, 20 Oct: €225 (65%), typical for October and November
- Chiang Mai → Hanoi, 23 Oct: €119 (35%), typical for these dates
€225 long flights (65%)€119 inside Southeast Asia (35%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 3 nights, 20–23 Oct
DubaiChiang Mai3nHanoi
Stay 3 nights in Chiang Mai, ending in Hanoi with no flight back. Both places have old towns. Typical October highs are 30–32°C everywhere. Hanoi is usually wet in October, about 150 mm of rain over the month.
Stop by stop
Dubai
United Arab Emirates, Start, Tue 20 Oct
- DXB→CNX Tue 20 Oct2 stops, starting with Air India, journey time and cabin bag: check€225seen yesterday Check price
Typical for October and November. Usually €219–€236 in October and November, counting prices seen over the past two weeks; nearby days and the month alone had too few fares.
Chiang Mai
Thailand, 3 nights, 20–23 Oct
Northern Thailand's main city, a walled old town full of temples below Doi Suthep, with night markets, cooking classes and hill treks out of town.
Typical October: highs of 32°C, wet- CNX→HAN Fri 23 OctThai AirAsia, about 1½ hours, cabin bag usually included€119seen 3 days ago Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €102–€121.
Hanoi
Vietnam, Last stop, Fri 23 Oct
Vietnam's capital, with the narrow streets of the Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem and West lakes, the Imperial Citadel, street food on plastic stools and French-era boulevards.
Typical October: 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.
- Chiang Mai At random Singapore, Singapore +€36
- Hanoi At random Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia −€32
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. Every stop on this trip has two nights or more, so a delay of a few hours costs you time there, not the next flight. 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 Thailand, 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
- Chiang Mai (20–23 Oct): edge of the rainy-season floods in northern and northeastern Thailand, peak months Aug–Sep (the Thai Meteorological Department)
- Hanoi (23 Oct): edge of the typhoon season in northern Vietnam, peak months Jul–Sep (Vietnam's national forecasting centre (NCHMF))
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
- Thailand Canada: exercise a high degree of caution (stricter for some areas) · US: exercise normal precautions (level 1 of 4)
- 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 Hanoi into Europe, leaving 24 Oct to 26 Oct, 1 to 3 days after your last flight. A price seen, not a quote, and a separate ticket.
- HAN → CDG Hanoi to Paris, 1 stop, starting with China Eastern Airlines, journey time: check Mon 26 Oct, lands Tue 27 Oct€211seen 3 days agoBook