Typical for these dates. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €267–€326.
About what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €279.
- Hong Kong → Phuket, 30 Dec: €160 (57%), typical for these dates
- Phuket → Ho Chi Minh City, 1 Jan: €119 (43%), typical for these dates
€160 long flights (57%)€119 inside Southeast Asia (43%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 30 Dec – 1 Jan
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 and January highs are 32°C everywhere.
Stop by stop
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Start, Wed 30 Dec
- HKG→HKT Wed 30 DecNon-stop, Hong Kong Airlines, about 4 hours, check the airline's cabin bag rules€160seen yesterday Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €152–€196.
- overnight: it lands on Thu 31 Dec, so your nights in Phuket count from then
Phuket
Thailand, 1 night, 31 Dec – 1 Jan
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 rain- HKT→SGN Fri 1 JanVietnam Airlines, about 2 hours, cabin bag usually included€119seen yesterday Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €115–€130.
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam, Last stop, Fri 1 Jan
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 January: highs of 32°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.
- Phuket At random Bangkok, Thailand −€104 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia −€51 · Manila, Philippines −€12 · Singapore, Singapore +€34 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia +€80
- Ho Chi Minh City At random Penang, Malaysia −€44 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia −€25 · Singapore, Singapore −€17 · Siem Reap, Cambodia −€3 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia +€26
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.