FareDiceHigher than usual for these dates. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €241–€298.
About €42 over what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €272.
- Hong Kong → Phuket, 23 Dec: €202 (64%), higher than usual for these dates
- Phuket → Ho Chi Minh City, 25 Dec: €112 (36%), typical for these dates
€202 long flights (64%)€112 inside Southeast Asia (36%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 23–25 Dec
Hong KongPhuket1nHo Chi Minh City
Stay 1 night in Phuket, ending in Ho Chi Minh City with no flight back. Phuket is an island and on the coast. Typical December highs are 32°C everywhere.
Stop by stop
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Start, Wed 23 Dec
- HKG→HKT Wed 23 Dec1 stop, Thai Lion Air first, check the travel time and bag rules€202seen yesterday Check price
Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €130–€171.
- it may land Thu 24 Dec: check the time before you book your first night in Phuket
Phuket
Thailand, 1 night, 24–25 Dec
Thailand's biggest island, on the Andaman Sea, with beaches from busy Patong to quieter Kata and Kamala, a Sino-Portuguese old town and boats to Phang Nga Bay.
Typical December: highs of 32°C, some rainTypical for these dates. Usually €111–€127.
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam, Last stop, Fri 25 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
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.
- Phuket At random Bangkok, Thailand −€88 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia −€33 · Cebu City, Philippines −€23 · Manila, Philippines +€4
- Ho Chi Minh City At random Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia −€20 · Singapore, Singapore +€5 · Siem Reap, Cambodia +€7 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia +€59
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 Phuket, 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 Thailand, Vietnam before you book.
- Travel advisories. Neither Canada nor the US advises against travel to any country on this trip.
Each country's advisory level
- Thailand Canada: exercise a high degree of caution (stricter for some areas) · US: exercise normal precautions (level 1 of 4)
- 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 Ho Chi Minh City 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.
- SGN → CDG Ho Chi Minh City to Paris, 1 stop, China Eastern Airlines first, check the travel time with the airline Mon 28 Dec, lands Tue 29 Dec€200seen yesterdayBook