FareDice- Sydney → Ho Chi Minh City, 27 Oct: €226 (75%), typical for these dates
- Ho Chi Minh City → Chiang Mai, 30 Oct: €74 (25%), too few fares seen to say what's usual
€226 long flights (75%)€74 inside Southeast Asia (25%)
2 flights, 2 countries in Southeast Asia, 3 nights, 27–30 Oct
SydneyHo Chi Minh City3nChiang Mai
Stay 3 nights in Ho Chi Minh City, ending in Chiang Mai with no flight back. Chiang Mai is near mountains and has an old town. Typical October highs are 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, Tue 27 Oct
- SYD→SGN Tue 27 Oct1 stop, Scoot first, check the travel time and bag rules€226seen yesterday Check price
Typical for these dates. Usually €202–€250, counting prices seen over the past two weeks.
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam, 3 nights, 27–30 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 wetToo few fares seen on this route to say what's usual.
Chiang Mai
Thailand, Last stop, Fri 30 Oct
Northern Thailand's main city, a walled old town full of temples below Doi Suthep, with night markets, cooking classes and hill treks out of town.
Typical October: highs of 32°C, 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.
- Ho Chi Minh City At random Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia +€15
- Chiang Mai At random Singapore, Singapore −€26 · Bangkok, Thailand −€13 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia −€11 · Phuket, Thailand −€10 · Vientiane, Laos same price
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, Thailand 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
- Chiang Mai (30 Oct): edge of the rainy-season floods in northern and northeastern Thailand, peak months Aug–Sep (the Thai Meteorological Department)
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)
- Thailand Canada: exercise a high degree of caution (stricter for some areas) · 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 Chiang Mai into Europe, leaving 31 Oct to 2 Nov, 1 to 3 days after your last flight. A price seen, not a quote, and a separate ticket.
- CNX → CDG Chiang Mai to Paris, 2 stops, Etihad Airways first, check the travel time with the airline Sun 1 Nov, lands Mon 2 Nov€261seen yesterdayBook