FareDiceHigher than usual for these dates. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €295–€418.
About €20 under what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €459. Judged on 1 of 2 flights; the others count at the price seen.
- Hong Kong → Cebu City, 16 Dec: €155 (35%), typical for these dates
- Cebu City → Hanoi, 18 Dec: €284 (65%), higher than usual for these dates
€155 long flights (35%)€284 inside Southeast Asia (65%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 16–18 Dec
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. It gets cooler as it goes: typical December highs fall from 30°C in Cebu City to 21°C in Hanoi. Cebu City is usually wet in December, about 170 mm of rain over the month.
Stop by stop
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Start, Wed 16 Dec
- HKG→CEB Wed 16 DecNon-stop, Cebu Pacific, about 3 hours, cabin bag usually included€155seen yesterday Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €128–€185, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
- overnight: it lands on Thu 17 Dec, so your nights in Cebu City count from then
Cebu City
Philippines, 1 night, 17–18 Dec
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 December: highs of 30°C, wet- CEB→HAN Fri 18 DecVietnam Airlines, about 4 hours, cabin bag usually included€284seen 5 days ago Check price
Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €168–€233.
- an older price: it may be higher now
Hanoi
Vietnam, Last stop, Fri 18 Dec
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 December: highs of 21°C, dry
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 −€251 · Vientiane, Laos −€162
- Hanoi At random Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam −€143
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 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
- Cebu City (17–18 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.