FareDice- Tokyo → Ho Chi Minh City, 14 Dec: €209 (73%), typical for these dates
- Ho Chi Minh City → City of Angeles, 17 Dec: €77 (27%), too few fares seen to say what's usual
€209 long flights (73%)€77 inside Southeast Asia (27%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 3 nights, 14–17 Dec
TokyoHo Chi Minh City3nCity of Angeles
Stay 3 nights in Ho Chi Minh City, ending in City of Angeles with no flight back. Typical December highs are 30–32°C everywhere. Flights work out at about €95 a night.
Stop by stop
Tokyo
Japan, Start, Mon 14 Dec
- NRT→SGN Mon 14 Dec1 stop, Jetstar Japan first, check the travel time and bag rules€209seen 4 days ago Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €198–€256, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
- Narita International Airport is 68 km from Tokyo
- an older price: it may be higher now
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam, 3 nights, 14–17 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 rainToo few fares seen on this route to say what's usual.
- an older price: it may be higher now
City of Angeles
Philippines, Last stop, Thu 17 Dec
Pampanga city built around the former US Clark air base, now a freeport, known for Kapampangan cooking and 4x4 and hiking trips to the crater lake of Mount Pinatubo.
Typical December: highs of 30°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.
- Ho Chi Minh City No other city has fares in and out on these days.
- City of Angeles At random Vientiane, Laos −€11 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia −€11 · Bangkok, Thailand −€8 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia +€13 · Phuket, Thailand +€35
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, Philippines 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
- City of Angeles (17 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
- Vietnam Canada: exercise a high degree of caution · US: exercise normal precautions (level 1 of 4)
- Philippines Canada: exercise a high degree of caution (stricter for some areas) · US: exercise increased caution (level 2 of 4; stricter for some areas)
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.