FareDiceTypical for these dates. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €177–€189.
- Hong Kong → Hanoi, 15 Oct: €88 (50%), typical for these dates
- Hanoi → Chiang Mai, 17 Oct: €87 (50%), typical for these dates
€88 long flights (50%)€87 inside Southeast Asia (50%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 2 nights, 15–17 Oct
Hong KongHanoi2nChiang Mai
Stay 2 nights in Hanoi, ending in Chiang Mai 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
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Start, Thu 15 Oct
- HKG→HAN Thu 15 OctNon-stop, HK Express, about 2 hours, cabin bag: check€88seen yesterday Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €87–€94, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
Hanoi
Vietnam, 2 nights, 15–17 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- HAN→CNX Sat 17 OctThai AirAsia, about 1½ hours, cabin bag usually included€87seen 3 days ago Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €90–€95.
Chiang Mai
Thailand, Last stop, Sat 17 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
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.
- Hanoi No other city has fares in and out on these days.
- Chiang Mai At random Bangkok, Thailand −€21 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia −€8 · Siem Reap, Cambodia +€18 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia +€49 · Vientiane, Laos +€73
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, Thailand 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
- Hanoi (15–17 Oct): edge of the typhoon season in northern Vietnam, peak months Jul–Sep (Vietnam's national forecasting centre (NCHMF))
- Chiang Mai (17 Oct): edge of the rainy-season floods in northern and northeastern Thailand, peak months Aug–Sep (the Thai Meteorological Department)
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)
- Thailand Canada: exercise a high degree of caution (stricter for some areas) · 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.