Apr. 2006. For the Canton Fair the rates of the hotel climb up to 3 times the prices. However, always you can get room. Just arrive to the airport or train station and you will find many many offers of hotel brokers, with reasonable prices. You can bargain there more easily.

However, remember: three star in china is not the same that in US or Europe, and many times many things doesn´t work as expected, so be patient.

I recommend also to pay the hotel just one or two nights per time, since the rates will go down according to the fairs goes. This means, in the third day you may get half of the initial rate.