10 Travel Tips to China 中国旅游建议

10 Travel Tips to China 中国旅游建议
Jul 2, 2008 21:39
VIVIANWANG Points: Join Date: Aug 3, 2007 Status: offline	My friend Jackie visited Shanghai in June. He is very excited about it. It is his first trip to China! He asked what is my suggestion for him to prepare the trip. I do have some tips. Tip 1: Avoid Travel Around May 1 and Oct. 1. May 1 to May 4 and October 1 to October 7 are national holidays in China. It is also called Golden Week, because the continous 4-7 day holiday and good weather bring millions of people to scenaric places, hotels, also trains, airlines, and buses. In short, it is crowded everywhere. Also, if possible, avoid the two days before and after the holiday. Tip 2: Visiting Shanghai? Strongly Suggest to Visit Beijing For many business travellers to Shanghai, I would suggest taking a weekend to visit Beijing. Shanghai is the largest commercial city in China, but it is not a typical city that represent China. If you want to claim youâ€™ve really been to China, plan a short trip to Beijing, and visit the Forbidden city, the Great Wall, and some Royal Gardens in Beijing. Even you donâ€™t go to these famous places, to experience the wide streets and the narrow Hutong is a good idea. Just FYI, Beijing is 1400 KM north of Shanghai, and takes 1 and half hours to fly there. Full price ticket is 1130 RMB, and you typically can get ticket at 20% off price. (7 RMB = 1 USD) Tip 3: Take Taxi! Donâ€™t bother to look at the transportation options unless you are really travelling with small budget. My point is, taxi is not as expensive as people think. From Pudong Airport to downtown is about 100 - 150 RMB (12 - 20 USD). There are much cheaper options like airport bus (18 RMB), but compared to the 100-150 USD taxi fare from SFO to Silicon Valley, it is not too high. Tip 4: Learn Some Chinese Although it is not absolutely necessary to know Chinese to visit Shanghai, if you know some very simple Chinese words, it will make you look better and more friendly to local people, so make your trip more enjoyable. I strongly recommend that http://www.chinesehour.com/ is a very nice site to learn â€œQuick Chineseâ€ online from one-on-one native Chinese teachers for your travelling purposes. It is cheap, fast and fun! I tried to teach them at least four simple and useful terms in a few minutes: Xie Xie - Thank you! Zai Jian - Bye Bye! Ni Hao - Hello! Duoshao qian? - How much is it? Tip 5: Places to See? Tip 6: Bring the Right Power Adapter Tip 7: How to use the mobile phone youâ€™ve brought from abroad? Tip 8: Relax and Enjoy the Difference Tip 9: There will be Direct Flights from Taipei to Shanghai since July 4 Tip 10: BIG Enough SD Cards for Your Camera Would you like to know more details about the other 6 tips? please come here http://blog.chinesehour.com/

Jul 2, 2008 21:39

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My friend Jackie visited Shanghai in June. He is very excited about it. It is his first trip to China! He asked what is my suggestion for him to prepare the trip. I do have some tips.

Tip 1: Avoid Travel Around May 1 and Oct. 1.

May 1 to May 4 and October 1 to October 7 are national holidays in China. It is also called Golden Week, because the continous 4-7 day holiday and good weather bring millions of people to scenaric places, hotels, also trains, airlines, and buses. In short, it is crowded everywhere. Also, if possible, avoid the two days before and after the holiday.

Tip 2: Visiting Shanghai? Strongly Suggest to Visit Beijing

For many business travellers to Shanghai, I would suggest taking a weekend to visit Beijing. Shanghai is the largest commercial city in China, but it is not a typical city that represent China. If you want to claim youâ€™ve really been to China, plan a short trip to Beijing, and visit the Forbidden city, the Great Wall, and some Royal Gardens in Beijing. Even you donâ€™t go to these famous places, to experience the wide streets and the narrow Hutong is a good idea. Just FYI, Beijing is 1400 KM north of Shanghai, and takes 1 and half hours to fly there. Full price ticket is 1130 RMB, and you typically can get ticket at 20% off price. (7 RMB = 1 USD)

Tip 3: Take Taxi!

Donâ€™t bother to look at the transportation options unless you are really travelling with small budget. My point is, taxi is not as expensive as people think. From Pudong Airport to downtown is about 100 - 150 RMB (12 - 20 USD). There are much cheaper options like airport bus (18 RMB), but compared to the 100-150 USD taxi fare from SFO to Silicon Valley, it is not too high.

Tip 4: Learn Some Chinese

Although it is not absolutely necessary to know Chinese to visit Shanghai, if you know some very simple Chinese words, it will make you look better and more friendly to local people, so make your trip more enjoyable. I strongly recommend that http://www.chinesehour.com/ is a very nice site to learn â€œQuick Chineseâ€ online from one-on-one native Chinese teachers for your travelling purposes. It is cheap, fast and fun!

I tried to teach them at least four simple and useful terms in a few minutes:

Xie Xie - Thank you!

Zai Jian - Bye Bye!

Ni Hao - Hello!

Duoshao qian? - How much is it?

Tip 5: Places to See?

Tip 6: Bring the Right Power Adapter

Tip 7: How to use the mobile phone youâ€™ve brought from abroad?

Tip 8: Relax and Enjoy the Difference

Tip 9: There will be Direct Flights from Taipei to Shanghai since July 4

Tip 10: BIG Enough SD Cards for Your Camera

Would you like to know more details about the other 6 tips? please come here http://blog.chinesehour.com/

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