FareDice- Tokyo → Hanoi, 10 Oct: €228 (61%), higher than usual for these dates
- Hanoi → Yangon, 13 Oct: €148 (39%), too few fares seen to say what's usual
€228 long flights (61%)€148 inside Southeast Asia (39%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 2 nights, 10–13 Oct
TokyoHanoi2nYangon
Stay 2 nights in Hanoi, ending in Yangon with no flight back. Both places are near lakes and have old towns. Typical October highs are 30–33°C everywhere. Yangon is usually very wet in October, about 210 mm of rain over the month.
Stop by stop
Tokyo
Japan, Start, Sat 10 Oct
- NRT→HAN Sat 10 Oct1 stop, starting with HK Express, journey time and cabin bag: check€228seen yesterday Check price
Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €176–€198, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
- Narita International Airport is 68 km from Tokyo
- overnight: it lands on Sun 11 Oct, so your nights in Hanoi count from then
Hanoi
Vietnam, 2 nights, 11–13 Oct
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 October: highs of 30°C, wet- HAN→RGN Tue 13 OctMyanmar Airways International, about 2 hours, cabin bag usually included€148seen 5 days ago Check price
Too few fares seen on this route to say what's usual.
- Myanmar: travel advisory. Canada: avoid all travel; US: do not travel (level 4 of 4). Read it before you book
- an older price: it may be higher now
Yangon
Myanmar, Last stop, Tue 13 Oct
Myanmar's largest city, with the gilded Shwedagon Pagoda, decaying British colonial streets downtown, tea shops and walks around Kandawgyi and Inya lakes.
Typical October: highs of 33°C, very wetCyclone season: peak months Apr–May and 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.
- Hanoi At random Bangkok, Thailand −€122 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia +€56
- Yangon At random Bangkok, Thailand −€83 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia −€65 · Singapore, Singapore −€45 · Siem Reap, Cambodia −€43
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 Vietnam, Myanmar 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
- Hanoi (11–13 Oct): edge of the typhoon season in northern Vietnam, peak months Jul–Sep (Vietnam's national forecasting centre (NCHMF))
- Yangon (13 Oct): cyclone season in the Ayeyarwady delta and Yangon, peak months Apr–May and Oct–Nov (Myanmar's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology)
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. Canada and the US advise against travel to Myanmar: read the advisory before you book.
Each country's advisory level
- Vietnam Canada: exercise a high degree of caution · US: exercise normal precautions (level 1 of 4)
- Myanmar Canada: avoid all travel · US: do not travel (level 4 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.