FareDiceCheaper than usual, but from a price seen a few days ago that may have gone up. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €340–€536.
- Tokyo → Cebu City, 9 Dec: €140 (47%), cheaper than usual, but from a price seen a few days ago that may have gone up
- Cebu City → Hanoi, 12 Dec: €160 (53%), typical for these dates
€140 long flights (47%)€160 inside Southeast Asia (53%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 2 nights, 9–12 Dec
TokyoCebu City2nHanoi
Stay 2 nights in Cebu City, ending in Hanoi with no flight back. Cebu City is an island; Hanoi is a capital and near lakes. It gets cooler as it goes: typical December highs fall from 30°C in Cebu City to 21°C in Hanoi. Cebu City is usually wet in December, about 170 mm of rain over the month.
Stop by stop
Tokyo
Japan, Start, Wed 9 Dec
- NRT→CEB Wed 9 DecNon-stop, Cebu Pacific, about 5½ hours, cabin bag usually included€140seen 7 days ago Check price
Cheaper than usual, but from a price seen a few days ago that may have gone up. Usually €170–€307, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
- Narita International Airport is 68 km from Tokyo
- an older price: it may be higher now
- overnight: it lands on Thu 10 Dec, so your nights in Cebu City count from then
Cebu City
Philippines, 2 nights, 10–12 Dec
The oldest Spanish city in the Philippines, with Magellan's Cross and Fort San Pedro, and the hub for Mactan's resorts and the reefs and sardine runs of Moalboal.
Typical December: highs of 30°C, wetTypical for these dates. Usually €170–€229.
- an older price: it may be higher now
Hanoi
Vietnam, Last stop, Sat 12 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.
- Cebu City At random Bangkok, Thailand +€2 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia +€53
- Hanoi No other city has fares in and out on these days.
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 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
- Cebu City (10–12 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.