Typical for these dates. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €228–€305.
- Hong Kong → Manila, 4 Dec: €98 (42%), typical for these dates
- Manila → Hanoi, 6 Dec: €133 (58%), typical for these dates
€98 long flights (42%)€133 inside Southeast Asia (58%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 4–6 Dec
Hong KongManila1nHanoi
Stay 1 night in Manila, 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 30°C in Manila to 21°C in Hanoi.
Stop by stop
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Start, Fri 4 Dec
- HKG→MNL Fri 4 DecNon-stop, HK Express, about 2½ hours, check the airline's cabin bag rules€98seen 2 days ago Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €98–€106, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
- overnight: it lands on Sat 5 Dec, so your nights in Manila count from then
Manila
Philippines, 1 night, 5–6 Dec
The Philippine capital on Manila Bay, a huge city of contrasts with the Spanish walled town of Intramuros and San Agustin Church, malls, food markets and bay sunsets.
Typical December: highs of 30°C, wet- MNL→HAN Sun 6 DecPhilippine Airlines, about 3½ hours, cabin bag usually included€133seen yesterday Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €130–€200.
Hanoi
Vietnam, Last stop, Sun 6 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.
- Manila At random Bangkok, Thailand −€43 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia −€11
- Hanoi At random Da Nang, Vietnam −€52 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia −€44 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia −€38 · Bangkok, Thailand −€24
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 Manila, 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 Philippines, 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
- Manila (5–6 Dec): edge of the typhoon season in Luzon and the Visayas, peak months Jul–Oct (PAGASA, the Philippines' weather service)
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
- Philippines 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 7 Dec to 9 Dec, 1 to 3 days after your last flight. A price seen, not a quote, and a separate ticket.
- HAN → LGW Hanoi to London, 1 stop, Air China first, check the travel time with the airline Tue 8 Dec, lands Wed 9 Dec€200seen 5 days agoBook