FareDiceTypical for this time of year. Each flight's usual fare (on nearby days, or for its month or season where those had too few) adds up to €308–€511.
- Melbourne → Manila, 1 Nov: €323 (79%), typical for October to December
- Manila → Da Nang, 5 Nov: €88 (21%), higher than usual for these dates
€323 long flights (79%)€88 inside Southeast Asia (21%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 4 nights, 1–5 Nov
MelbourneManila4nDa Nang
Stay 4 nights 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. Typical November highs run from 27°C in Da Nang to 31°C in Manila. Da Nang is usually very wet in November, about 450 mm of rain over the month.
Stop by stop
Melbourne
Australia, Start, Sun 1 Nov
- MEL→MNL Sun 1 Nov1 stop, starting with Scoot, journey time and cabin bag: check€323seen yesterday Check price
Typical for October to December. Usually €228–€424 from October to December, counting prices seen over the past two weeks; nearby days and the month alone had too few fares.
Manila
Philippines, 4 nights, 1–5 Nov
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 November: highs of 31°C, wet- MNL→DAD Thu 5 NovPhilippines AirAsia, about 2½ hours, cabin bag usually included€88seen 2 days ago Check price
Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €80–€87.
Da Nang
Vietnam, Last stop, Thu 5 Nov
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 November: highs of 27°C, very wetStorm and flood season: peak months Oct–Nov
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 −€17 · Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei −€8 · Hanoi, Vietnam +€6 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam +€12 · Bangkok, Thailand +€41
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. Every stop on this trip has two nights or more, so a delay of a few hours costs you time there, not the next flight. 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 in a peak season for storms, floods or heat: watch the forecast in the days before you go, and leave slack in your plans.
Each stop's season
- Manila (1–5 Nov): edge of the typhoon season in Luzon and the Visayas, peak months Jul–Oct (PAGASA, the Philippines' weather service)
- Da Nang (5 Nov): 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.
Fly on to Europe
The cheapest fare we've seen from Da Nang into Europe, leaving 6 Nov to 8 Nov, 1 to 3 days after your last flight. A price seen, not a quote, and a separate ticket.
- DAD → LGW Da Nang to London, 2 stops, starting with Vietjet, journey time: check Fri 6 Nov, lands Sat 7 Nov€231seen yesterdayBook