FareDiceHigher than usual for these dates. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €189–€299.
About €11 over what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €303. Judged on 1 of 2 flights; the others count at the price seen.
- Hong Kong → Manila, 19 Dec: €145 (46%), typical for these dates
- Manila → Da Nang, 21 Dec: €169 (54%), higher than usual for these dates
€145 long flights (46%)€169 inside Southeast Asia (54%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 19–21 Dec
Hong KongManila1nDa Nang
Stay 1 night in Manila, ending in Da Nang with no flight back. Manila is a capital and has an old town; Da Nang is on the coast. It gets cooler as it goes: typical December highs fall from 30°C in Manila to 25°C in Da Nang. Da Nang is usually very wet in December, about 210 mm of rain over the month.
Stop by stop
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Start, Sat 19 Dec
- HKG→MNL Sat 19 DecNon-stop, HK Express, about 2½ hours, check the airline's cabin bag rules€145seen yesterday Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €104–€152, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
- overnight: it lands on Sun 20 Dec, so your nights in Manila count from then
Manila
Philippines, 1 night, 20–21 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→DAD Mon 21 DecCebu Pacific, about 3 hours, cabin bag usually included€169seen 4 days ago Check price
Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €86–€147.
- an older price: it may be higher now
Da Nang
Vietnam, Last stop, Mon 21 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.
- Manila No other city has fares in and out on these days.
- Da Nang At random Singapore, Singapore −€48 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia −€41 · Bangkok, Thailand −€20 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam −€19
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 (20–21 Dec): edge of the typhoon season in Luzon and the Visayas, peak months Jul–Oct (PAGASA, the Philippines' weather service)
- Da Nang (21 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
- 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.