FareDice- Hong Kong → Cebu City, 17 Oct: €125 (44%), typical for these dates
- Cebu City → Hanoi, 19 Oct: €162 (56%), too few fares seen to say what's usual
€125 long flights (44%)€162 inside Southeast Asia (56%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 17–19 Oct
Hong KongCebu City1nHanoi
Stay 1 night in Cebu City, ending in Hanoi with no flight back. Cebu City is an island; Hanoi is a capital and near lakes. Typical October highs are 30–31°C everywhere. Cebu City is usually wet in October, about 200 mm of rain over the month.
Stop by stop
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Start, Sat 17 Oct
- HKG→CEB Sat 17 Oct1 stop, starting with HK Express, journey time and cabin bag: check€125seen 7 days ago Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €130–€150, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
- an older price: it may be higher now
- overnight: it lands on Sun 18 Oct, so your nights in Cebu City count from then
Cebu City
Philippines, 1 night, 18–19 Oct
The oldest Spanish city in the Philippines, with Magellan's Cross and Fort San Pedro, and the hub for Mactan's resorts and the reefs and sardine runs of Moalboal.
Typical October: highs of 31°C, wetTyphoon season: peak months Jul–Oct- CEB→HAN Mon 19 OctVietnam Airlines, about 4 hours, cabin bag usually included€162seen 3 days ago Check price
Too few fares seen on this route to say what's usual.
Hanoi
Vietnam, Last stop, Mon 19 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.
- Cebu City At random Bangkok, Thailand −€85 · Manila, Philippines +€18 · Singapore, Singapore +€95
- Hanoi At random Bangkok, Thailand −€8
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 Cebu City, 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 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
- Cebu City (18–19 Oct): typhoon season in Luzon and the Visayas, peak months Jul–Oct (PAGASA, the Philippines' weather service)
- Hanoi (19 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
- 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 Hanoi into Europe, leaving 20 Oct to 22 Oct, 1 to 3 days after your last flight. A price seen, not a quote, and a separate ticket.
- HAN → LGW Hanoi to London, 1 stop, starting with China Eastern Airlines, journey time: check Tue 20 Oct, lands Wed 21 Oct€198seen 5 days agoBook