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Manila, Ho Chi Minh City

ManilaHo Chi Minh City
€318per person in flightsabout €383 with a cabin bag. We count €65 for the bag on the long flight; check the airline's price.

Higher than usual for these dates. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €226–€304.

Where the €318 goes, flight by flight

About €27 over what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €291.

  1. Hong Kong → Manila, 24 Dec: €139 (44%), typical for these dates
  2. Manila → Ho Chi Minh City, 26 Dec: €179 (56%), higher than usual for these dates

€139 long flights (44%)€179 inside Southeast Asia (56%)

2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 1 night, 24–26 Dec

Hong KongManila1nHo Chi Minh City

Stay 1 night in Manila, ending in Ho Chi Minh City with no flight back. Manila is a capital and has an old town. Typical December highs are 30–32°C everywhere.

Same trip, other dates3 days earliersame price2 days earlier+€131 day earliersame price1 day later−€202 days later−€263 days later−€41

Stop by stop

  1. Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Start, Thu 24 Dec

  2. HKG→MNL Thu 24 DecNon-stop, HK Express, about 2½ hours, check the airline's cabin bag rules€139seen yesterday Check price

    Typical for these dates. Usually €112–€153, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.

    • overnight: it lands on Fri 25 Dec, so your nights in Manila count from then

  3. Manila

    Philippines, 1 night, 25–26 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
    • Capital
    • Old town
  4. MNL→SGN Sat 26 DecCebu Pacific, about 3 hours, cabin bag usually included€179seen 2 days ago Check price

    Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €114–€151.

  5. Ho Chi Minh City

    Vietnam, Last stop, Sat 26 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.

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

    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

    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.

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Fly on to Europe

The cheapest fare we've seen from Ho Chi Minh City into Europe, leaving 27 Dec to 29 Dec, 1 to 3 days after your last flight. A price seen, not a quote, and a separate ticket.

  1. 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

Trips in Europe from Paris, from 29 Dec