Planning & Tips

Updated guide for foreign travelers booking hotels in China. Covers new PSB registration rules, international booking platforms, and local alternatives.

Comprehensive comparison of China's top hotel booking platforms: Trip.com, Meituan, Qunar, and Fliggy. Features, pricing, international traveler tips, and booking strategies.

China's 2026 policy updates expand visa-free to 50+ countries, add eSIM guidance, launch tax refunds & extend 240-hour transit. Hainan arrivals +36%.

China's official guide now includes tax refunds. 14,000+ stores across 7 cities. Instant refund, cross-province mutual recognition & shopping routes.

Singaporean's Chinese food weekend — Guangzhou to Changsha 2026.

Halal travel guide to China — mosques, Muslim villages, halal dining 2026.

China's hot springs and healing traditions — 2026 wellness guide for Canadians.

Complete 2026 guide comparing eSIM, roaming, and VPN for China travel — what works behind the Great Firewall, setup steps, costs, and real traveler tips.

Complete step-by-step guide to booking China high-speed rail tickets as a foreign tourist in 2026. 12306 app, payment methods, and practical tips.

Starting July 1, 2026, China's new tax refund policy brings 8 improvements: more stores, random inspection under 10K yuan, paperless processing, cross-region buy-now-refund-now, and 28-day departure window.

Explore Dali's best family bike tour! Cycle Erhai Lake's 120+ km scenic path, visit organic farms, picnic under Cangshan Mountain. Coffee & wine tasting for parents included. Yunnan farm-to-table family adventure.

For International Travelers:

Our team accompanied a first-time visitor through the entire high-speed rail booking process — from the app to the platform. Here's what the guides know that travel blogs don't tell you.

Master the Guangzhou and Shenzhen metro systems with this comprehensive guide. Covers line maps, ticket prices, payment methods, peak hours, airport connections, and the essential transit QR code t...

Yunnan and Hunan are 90 minutes apart by flight — and together they create a two-province wellness circuit that covers every dimension of Chinese healing: volcanic springs, foot reflexology, ethnic medicine, Avatar-mountain nature therapy, and 20°C summer climate. The contrast makes each experience stronger than it would be alone.

Guangdong's government released 10 official inbound travel routes on Trip.com. Analysis reveals what they get right (multilingual support, geographic diversity) and what they leave out (bathhouse wellness, Lingnan TCM massage, yao shan medicinal cuisine, film location tourism, night economy) — creating five experience gaps that private customized tours can fill.