FareDice- Hong Kong → Jakarta, 23 Dec: €165 (40%), typical for November to January
- Jakarta → Hanoi, 25 Dec: €243 (60%), too few fares seen to say what's usual
€165 long flights (40%)€243 inside Southeast Asia (60%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 2 nights, 23–25 Dec
Hong KongJakarta2nHanoi
Stay 2 nights in Jakarta, ending in Hanoi with no flight back. Both places are capitals and have old towns. It gets cooler as it goes: typical December highs fall from 32°C in Jakarta to 21°C in Hanoi. Jakarta is usually wet in December, about 180 mm of rain over the month.
Stop by stop
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Start, Wed 23 Dec
- HKG→CGK Wed 23 DecInto Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. 1 stop, Xiamen Airlines first, check the travel time and bag rules€165seen 5 days ago Check price
Typical for November to January. Usually €168–€210 from November to January; nearby days and the month alone had too few fares.
- an older price: it may be higher now
Jakarta
Indonesia, 2 nights, 23–25 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- CGK→HAN Fri 25 DecFrom Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Vietjet, about 4½ hours, cabin bag usually included€243seen 2 days ago Check price
Too few fares seen on this route to say what's usual.
Hanoi
Vietnam, Last stop, Fri 25 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.
- Jakarta At random Siem Reap, Cambodia −€131 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia −€11
- Hanoi No other city has fares in and out on these days.
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 Indonesia, 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
- Jakarta (23–25 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
- Indonesia 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 26 Dec to 28 Dec, 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, China Eastern Airlines first, check the travel time with the airline Mon 28 Dec, lands Tue 29 Dec€202seen yesterdayBook