FareDiceHigher than usual for these dates. Each flight's usual fare on nearby days adds up to €524–€809.
About €242 over what these flights usually cost At usual prices: €604.
- Sydney → Manila, 21 Dec: €646 (76%), higher than usual for these dates
- Manila → Hanoi, 24 Dec: €200 (24%), higher than usual for these dates
€646 long flights (76%)€200 inside Southeast Asia (24%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 3 nights, 21–24 Dec
SydneyManila3nHanoi
Stay 3 nights in Manila, ending in Hanoi with no flight back. Both places are capitals and have old towns. It gets cooler as it goes: typical December highs fall from 30°C in Manila to 21°C in Hanoi.
Stop by stop
Sydney
Australia, Start, Mon 21 Dec
- SYD→MNL Mon 21 DecNon-stop, Philippine Airlines, about 8½ hours, cabin bag usually included€646seen today Check price
Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €393–€635, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
Manila
Philippines, 3 nights, 21–24 Dec
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 December: highs of 30°C, wet- MNL→HAN Thu 24 DecVietnam Airlines, about 3½ hours, cabin bag usually included€200seen yesterday Check price
Higher than usual for these dates. Usually €131–€175.
Hanoi
Vietnam, Last stop, Thu 24 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.
- Manila At random Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia −€215
- Hanoi At random Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia −€121 · Bangkok, Thailand −€75 · Denpasar (Bali), Indonesia −€58 · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam −€20
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
- Manila (21–24 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.
Fly on to Europe
The cheapest fare we've seen from Hanoi into Europe, leaving 25 Dec to 27 Dec, 1 to 3 days after your last flight. A price seen, not a quote, and a separate ticket.
- HAN → LGW Hanoi to London, 1 stop, China Eastern Airlines first, check the travel time with the airline Sat 26 Dec, lands Sun 27 Dec€212seen 7 days agoBook