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[quote=GUESTSOFIE,45043]Hi,

I'm going to china in september (5 to 22). I have the following iternary
05-08 September Beijing hotel  
08 overnight train to pingyao
09 pingyao hotel
10 overnight train to xian
11 hotel xian
12 overnight train to shanghai
13+14 hotel shanghai
15 overnighttrain to guillin
16+17 hotel guillin
18 hotel yangshou
19 overnight train guillin-guangzhou
20+ 21 hotel hongkong

I had a price made by a chinese tour operator for a private tour. I found  the price quite high (approx. 5000 dollar for two persons in 3 star hotels), certainly if i compare with the prices of hotels and traintickets online. I'm now looking into going solo, I speak some chinese so this should not be a problem. Booking hotels online does not seem a problem, however train tickets concern me. Booking train tickets online is quite expensive ( for example for the trip shanghai guillin they ask at 30-40 dollars per person extra to normal price.

Please advise if it would be possible to buy tickets only when arriving in china and how big the risk is that we  would not find a seat(softsleeper)

Thanks

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