FareDiceAbout €50 under what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €555. Judged on 1 of 2 flights; the others count at the price seen.
- Dubai → Ho Chi Minh City, 23 Dec: €294 (58%), typical for these dates
- Ho Chi Minh City → Jakarta, 26 Dec: €211 (42%), too few fares seen to say what's usual
€294 long flights (58%)€211 inside Southeast Asia (42%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 3 nights, 23–26 Dec
DubaiHo Chi Minh City3nJakarta
Stay 3 nights in Ho Chi Minh City, ending in Jakarta with no flight back. Jakarta is a capital and has an old town. Typical December highs are 32°C everywhere. Jakarta is usually wet in December, about 180 mm of rain over the month.
Stop by stop
Dubai
United Arab Emirates, Start, Wed 23 Dec
- DXB→SGN Wed 23 Dec1 stop, Air China first, check the travel time and bag rules€294seen yesterday Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €316–€383, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam, 3 nights, 23–26 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- SGN→CGK Sat 26 DecInto Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Vietjet, about 3 hours, cabin bag usually included€211seen 2 days ago Check price
Too few fares seen on this route to say what's usual.
Jakarta
Indonesia, Last stop, Sat 26 Dec
Indonesia's sprawling capital on Java's north coast, with the Dutch-era Kota Tua quarter, the National Monument, huge malls, street food and boats out to the Thousand Islands.
Typical December: highs of 32°C, wetFlood season: peak months Dec–Feb
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.
- Ho Chi Minh City At random Bangkok, Thailand −€106 · Singapore, Singapore −€59
- Jakarta At random Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia −€100 · Penang, Malaysia −€90 · Phuket, Thailand −€90 · Cebu City, Philippines −€81 · Siem Reap, Cambodia −€74
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 Vietnam, Indonesia before you book.
- Seasons. Part of this trip falls in a peak season for storms, floods or heat: watch the forecast in the days before you go, and leave slack in your plans.
Each stop's season
- Jakarta (26 Dec): flood season in Jakarta, peak months Dec–Feb (BMKG, Indonesia's weather agency)
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)
- Indonesia 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.