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Going on my 2nd trip in 1 month, anyone booked internal flights within China?

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maxx:
Seagull Try Cheapoair. for the airplane trip inside China.Ive used them before never had a problem.When you are buying the tickets.Make sure you use your ladies exact name.NOT Her English name.

For a hotel try Asiarooms.com. Ineedaroom.com.If it was me trying to find the room.I would just type in Shanghai hotel in my search engine.It will bring up a bunch of different hotels.All of them belong to booking companies.They usually have a map where the hotel is.And what is around the hotel to see or do.When you find a hotel you like.write down the hotels name and how much the room will be.Then look for the same hotel on the other sites.I have found a better price for the hotel on different sites.It doesn't always work.But sometimes it does.Ive never had a problem with a room reservation using a booking company.

seagull:
Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I will look into those sites shortly, Jason and Maxx.

Does anyone know how much a domestic flight in China should generally cost? For those who have flown within China, how much did you pay for your flights between cities?

I looked at a flight with China Airlines from Chengdu to Shanghai and it was over $500. Seems quite expensive, especially since my flight from HK to Chengdu with Dragon Air is a lot less than that. I'm a bit worried this side trip is going to be a very costly affair, and I underestimated these prices, as multiply everything by two (since I will be taking my lady) and this could hit the hip pocket very hard!

seagull:

--- Quote from: Arnold on January 17, 2012, 11:31:01 am ---Hi Seagull, I flew to Guangzhou and back from Shanghai and it was just like here in the US. Qing's brother had made reservations for us and the Tickets were given to me at the Hotel to my Room. It was China Eastern Airlines and I remember it was 3300rmb for two. I had the pleasure though of him also making all the Hotel reserv. as well. So if you have your Lady just buy the Ticket's.. let her and you take care of the Hotels of your Choice, as you rather do that yourself.

Suzhou IS a good days trip, but I loved it there. Make sure you take the Tea Boat ride ( about one hour ), but do watch where you eat. As I see one place they washed their Fish in the Channel Water's ... yuuuck! Stick with the Noodle Dishes!

Hangzhou ( West Lake ) try the Bicycle roundtrip around the Lake .. cheap and wonderful. If not too cold or windy. Food, try the Shanghai Pork .. Super! Both Cities are very romantic , well my Opinion anyway.

Enjoy, you'll have a great time! Also , do the World Financial Tower and/or the Pearl Tower and Yu Yuan Garden of course, there watch out for those $25 Rolex's .. hahaha

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Thanks Arnold, very helpful info. Glad to hear Suzhou is do-able, as will be nice to see the famous gardens that people rave about.

Your flight was a reasonable price, compared to what I've seen, I'll have to check out China Eastern for sure. If I can;t find anything reasonable, I'll have to get my lady to handle it!

Willy The Londoner:
I would wait to book internal flights when you are here. They will be cheaper than booking from overseas.

 Elong.com is the Chinese version of Expedia and I have had some good prices from them.  No credit or debit card needed on line. just pay cash into a bank account that they give details of.

Willy

john1964:
My wife always booked flights from within the hotels we stayed in, We never had a problem doing things this way, John.

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