China next year?

buglawton

We have often used Omega due to the keen pricing on Air China flights but they can be a struggle to deal with if you want your ticket sent in the mail. Best to visit their agency (London, Birmingham, Manchester & Edinburgh).

If anyone is thinking of visiting Beijing and want to stay in a luxury courtyard environment walking distance from Forbidden City etc, and not even expensive: www.bb-china.com there are some visitor testimonials on the website.

mramoeba

take advantage of a cheap flight to thailand and then arrange a flight there into china (we got from chiang mai to kunming for about £70). china is a fabulous place, quite hard work though. we were mostly in yunnan and i would recommend dali, lijiang, yang shuo as all these are quite tourist friendly. i know it sounds obvious but the place is huge so you need days of travelling time unless you take internal flights, or just stick to one or two provinces. i wouldnt take an organised trip cos you will pay a lot for that, but you need to be a little bit bit brave and you need a lonely planet (unless you lose it in nanning like i did and then it really gets interesting).

newmommyjen

If you wanna visit Hong kong on the way to main china, oasis hong kong airline have one way tickets from £75 excl taxes and surcharges.
http://fly.oasishongkong.com/

System

We are leaving tomorrow afternoon for China via Hong Kong. I booked the flights through a travel agent because I couldn't find anything on the internet cheaper.

I tried Trailfinders for trips to Xian to see the terracotta army and a cruise down the Yangtze river but after visiting https://www.tripadvisor.com I booked the trips and flights I wanted for considerably less with https://www.chinaodysseytours.com. The service and information they have provided so far has been great.

I also used Tripadvisor to chose our hotel ( Holiday Inn Central Plaza) based on the reviews given by others who have already been there. The hotels own website was the cheapest I could get.

CFC

Oooh you've got me going now. I was thinking of Hong Kong, but now I'm wondering if I should head for the Chinese Motherlode instead, at maybe not actually much more money. How do you think the costs and enjoyability for around 7-9 days compare? I can't get longer off work.

Opinions please?

point3

Direct flights to Hong Kong/China from London are available with BA, Cathay Pacific, Virgin and now Oasis. Try Sagitta Travel in Chinatown - their fares are similar or sometimes even cheaper than internet offers. Good for last minute cheap flights when all the other usual suspects only have full fare deals left!

wikichinatravel

It's unwise to travel in china during the National Day Holiday (Oct.1-Oct.7),
May Day Holiday(May 1-May 7) as well as the Spring Holidy(Jan. 1-Jan.7 in Chinese Lunar Calendar),which are peak travelling season.During the these 3periods, the ticket price, accommodation price hike. In addition, It's very crowdy and packed in the scenic spots.