Budget Travel - Cambodia to Manila - cheaply?
GeoffM
Aug 10, 06, 7:17 am
Can anybody suggest a cheapish way of getting from Cambodia to Manila (Philippines) please (if there are any)? I've tried the mainstream airlines and they're £300+. I don't know many of the LCCs around there - the ones I do know don't fly MNL to BKK or Saigon/Ho Chi Mihn.
I don't mind connecting through another country - we'll be going to Thailand anyway, but Hong Kong, Vietnam etc might be accessible. I know there aren't any direct flights.
Thanks
Geoff M.
wandering_fred
Aug 10, 06, 8:30 pm
Jetstar International (ie SIN)
TuFrSu REP 07:50 SIN 11:10 3K596
TuTh PNH 08:40 SIN 11:30 3K592
Fr PNH 20:40 SIN 23:35 3K594
Daily SIN 07:50 MNL 11:20 3K561
Low Cost carrier - point to point tickets obviously an overnight in SIN.
Advance purchase non-refundable fares fairly inexpensive flex fares a bit more so.
There are cheap ways of getting to SIN from BKK
(including Jetstar) but with the 0750 departure you'll need to sleep somewhere
Happy wandering.
Fred
GeoffM
Aug 11, 06, 2:50 am
JetStar, hadn't heard of them - thanks.
An overnight isn't a problem - maybe we'll stay a couple of days and go to Santosa or something. US$100 is excellent value, especially as the USD is so weak at the moment.
Thanks
Geoff M.
GibSpmuh
Aug 13, 06, 6:03 am
You can also do the trip using AirAsia (http://www.airasia.com), they fly daily from both Siem Reap and Phnom Penh to Kuala Lumpur and also daily from Kuala Lumpur to Manila (well to Clark anyway - so not quite as convinient as Jetstar in that regard).
Like Jetstar, the flight to Manila is a morning flight, so you'll have to at least overnight in KL. On the plus side KL is a cheap city, probably about half the cost of Singapore in regards to many day to day costs, so if you want the chance to live it up, it's a good place to do it (though Singapore has more sights worth seeing overall than KL if you're interested in looking around a bit).
GeoffM
Aug 14, 06, 2:48 am
Thanks, Gib, for the AirAsia suggestion.
However, I respectfully disagree with the comment about KL being less interesting than Singapore - I found far more to do there last time, and got bored in Singapore. Each to their own!
Geoff M.