FareDice- Sydney → Cebu City, 23 Oct: €234 (64%), too few fares seen to say what's usual
- Cebu City → Ho Chi Minh City, 26 Oct: €131 (36%), higher than usual for October and November
€234 long flights (64%)€131 inside Southeast Asia (36%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 3 nights, 23–26 Oct
SydneyCebu City3nHo Chi Minh City
Stay 3 nights in Cebu City, ending in Ho Chi Minh City with no flight back. Cebu City is an island. Typical October highs are 31–32°C everywhere. Ho Chi Minh City is usually very wet in October, about 330 mm of rain over the month.
Stop by stop
Sydney
Australia, Start, Fri 23 Oct
- SYD→CEB Fri 23 Oct1 stop, starting with Cebu Pacific, journey time and cabin bag: check€234seen 6 days ago Check price
Too few fares seen on this route to say what's usual.
- an older price: it may be higher now
Cebu City
Philippines, 3 nights, 23–26 Oct
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 October: highs of 31°C, wetTyphoon season: peak months Jul–Oct- CEB→SGN Mon 26 OctCebu Pacific, about 3 hours, cabin bag usually included€131seen yesterday Check price
Higher than usual for October and November. Usually €92–€130 in October and November; nearby days and the month alone had too few fares.
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam, Last stop, Mon 26 Oct
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 October: highs of 32°C, very wet
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 Singapore, Singapore −€113 · Bangkok, Thailand −€68 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia −€53 · Phuket, Thailand −€13
- Ho Chi Minh City At random Bangkok, Thailand +€63
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
- Cebu City (23–26 Oct): 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.