FareDiceHigher than usual for these dates. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €219–€289.
About €15 over what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €308. Judged on 1 of 2 flights; the others count at the price seen.
- Hong Kong → Kuala Lumpur, 21 Dec: €162 (50%), higher than usual for these dates
- Kuala Lumpur → Da Nang, 23 Dec: €161 (50%), higher than usual for these dates
€162 long flights (50%)€161 inside Southeast Asia (50%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 21–23 Dec
Hong KongKuala Lumpur1nDa Nang
Stay 1 night in Kuala Lumpur, ending in Da Nang with no flight back. Kuala Lumpur is a capital and Da Nang is on the coast. It gets cooler as it goes: typical December highs fall from 32°C in Kuala Lumpur to 25°C in Da Nang. Kuala Lumpur is usually very wet in December, about 280 mm of rain over the month.
Stop by stop
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Start, Mon 21 Dec
- HKG→KUL Mon 21 Dec1 stop, HK Express first, check the travel time and bag rules€162seen yesterday Check price
Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €120–€159, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
- overnight: it lands on Tue 22 Dec, so your nights in Kuala Lumpur count from then
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia, 1 night, 22–23 Dec
Malaysia's capital, a high-rise city of Malay, Chinese and Indian neighbourhoods known for the Petronas Towers, the Batu Caves temple, hawker food and late-night markets.
Typical December: highs of 32°C, very wetHigher than usual for these dates. Usually €99–€130.
- an older price: it may be higher now
Da Nang
Vietnam, Last stop, Wed 23 Dec
Central Vietnam's beach city, with long My Khe beach, the Marble Mountains and the Son Tra peninsula, and the old trading town of Hoi An under an hour south.
Typical December: highs of 25°C, very 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.
- Kuala Lumpur At random Bangkok, Thailand −€138
- Da Nang At random Singapore, Singapore −€124 · Phuket, Thailand −€89 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia −€73 · Jakarta, Indonesia −€71 · Sihanoukville, Cambodia −€68
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 Kuala Lumpur, 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 Malaysia, 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
- Da Nang (23 Dec): edge of the storm and flood season in Vietnam's central coast, peak months Oct–Nov (Vietnam's national forecasting centre (NCHMF))
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
- Malaysia Canada: take normal security precautions (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 Da Nang into Europe, leaving 24 Dec to 26 Dec, 1 to 3 days after your last flight. A price seen, not a quote, and a separate ticket.
- DAD → LHR Da Nang to London, 2 stops, Vietjet first, check the travel time with the airline Sat 26 Dec, lands Sun 27 Dec€236seen yesterdayBook