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Tips during the China Trip
About Pick-up Service
Before you leave, please leave your arrival INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS INFO to our trip consultant. Upon your arrival, our English guide will hold a sign of "LEADTOCHINA" and your names to pick you up from the airport.
Then you will take the private vehicle to the hotel. We will inform you the EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER in advance if something happened.
About the Cell phone SIM Card
Our guide can buy for you if you request. Or you can have it at airport, some Newspaper kiosk, and China Mobile outlet for 100 RMB without showing ID Card or Passport. The SIM Card is available to give domestic and international call. However, it's only available in mainland China, not Hong Kong. For the Iphone, China Unicom is better as you can get 3G.
About the Meal
For the breakfast, it is offered by the hotel you stay, usually Chinese and Western buffet breakfast. As the lunch, we offer 50RMB per person for a standard Chinese meal at a nice tourist restaurant. Our guide will help you to balance each meal such as your taboo, your preference and avoid repeated food. You have to pay for the extra cost if you want to take better or more. The meals on Yangtze Cruise are fixed Chinese and Western Buffet.
About Tipping Guide
Over the years, tipping has become customary and acceptable in China’s tour industry. Tips are not included in our tour fees. The people who provide services and expect tips include: the tour guides, drivers, and bellboys/luggage persons.
1. Four group of 1-4 passengers, recommend US$ 5 per tourist per day for guide, and US$ 2 per tourist per day for guide; for group of 5 and above, recommend US$ 2 per tourist per day for guide, and US$1 per tourist per day for driver. Besides, we highly recommend you to tip every day to encourage better service from them in the next coming days. However, if you have genuine reason not to tip, don't.
About Last-Minute Change
It is flexible to do some change during the trip. Please contact your guide or tour consultant 1 day in advance, so that we have enough time to make trip better for you.
About Laundry
Laundry and dry-cleaning services are always available at each hotel. Items collected in the morning are returned the same evening. Charges are added to your room bill which you will pay upon checking out. There may be local laundry shops near the hotel. They definitely charge less than the hotels. But, their quality of service and return time vary. Ask your local guide for recommendations or advice if you want to take your laundry out to those businesses.
About Photography
China is a beautiful country to photograph. You can and will probably take a lot of pictures of your trip. However, please keep in mind that taking photographs is forbidden in most museums, palaces, temples and other cultural sites. These places usually have signs to let you know if taking photographs are not allowed. Ask your guide if you are not sure. Do not take photographs at aerodromes, military installations, or other politically sensitive areas. Be courteous before you take pictures of adults, children, or their possessions and first asking their permission.
About Safety
China is relatively safe for foreign travelers. However, like in any place, petty crimes such as pick-pocketing and purse snatching occur specially in crowded areas. So, be cautious with your personal possession in public place and use common sense to avoid potential problems. Do not show off your money in public. Keep enough money for your immediate needs in your pocket, and hide the rest on your body or leave your backup supply in a safety deposit box at your hotel.
Always keep valuables in a safety deposit box at your hotel instead of leaving them in your room. Never carry your passport/visa, credit cards, traveler’s checks or other travel documents in your shoulder bag or wear a bag or purse on your street-side shoulder which could be an easy target.
Be familiar with the values of different local banknotes to avoid being deceived.
About Emergencies
Hopefully no emergencies will occur during your visit to China but, just in case, here are some tips on how to deal with them. In China, the Public Security Bureau (Police) is responsible for public safety and order. In addition to traditional police responsibilities, the Bureau is in charge of issuing visa extensions. If you lose something of value, please notify immediately your hotel, tour group leader, transportation authorities and/or the police.
Why Lead to China
Tips during the China Trip
About Pick-up Service
Before you leave, please leave your arrival INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS INFO to our trip consultant. Upon your arrival, our English guide will hold a sign of "LEADTOCHINA" and your names to pick you up from the airport.
Then you will take the private vehicle to the hotel. We will inform you the EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER in advance if something happened.
About the Cell phone SIM Card
Our guide can buy for you if you request. Or you can have it at airport, some Newspaper kiosk, and China Mobile outlet for 100 RMB without showing ID Card or Passport. The SIM Card is available to give domestic and international call. However, it's only available in mainland China, not Hong Kong. For the Iphone, China Unicom is better as you can get 3G.
About the Meal
For the breakfast, it is offered by the hotel you stay, usually Chinese and Western buffet breakfast. As the lunch, we offer 50RMB per person for a standard Chinese meal at a nice tourist restaurant. Our guide will help you to balance each meal such as your taboo, your preference and avoid repeated food. You have to pay for the extra cost if you want to take better or more. The meals on Yangtze Cruise are fixed Chinese and Western Buffet.
About Tipping Guide
Over the years, tipping has become customary and acceptable in China’s tour industry. Tips are not included in our tour fees. The people who provide services and expect tips include: the tour guides, drivers, and bellboys/luggage persons.
1. Four group of 1-4 passengers, recommend US$ 5 per tourist per day for guide, and US$ 2 per tourist per day for guide; for group of 5 and above, recommend US$ 2 per tourist per day for guide, and US$1 per tourist per day for driver. Besides, we highly recommend you to tip every day to encourage better service from them in the next coming days. However, if you have genuine reason not to tip, don't.
About Last-Minute Change
It is flexible to do some change during the trip. Please contact your guide or tour consultant 1 day in advance, so that we have enough time to make trip better for you.
About Laundry
Laundry and dry-cleaning services are always available at each hotel. Items collected in the morning are returned the same evening. Charges are added to your room bill which you will pay upon checking out. There may be local laundry shops near the hotel. They definitely charge less than the hotels. But, their quality of service and return time vary. Ask your local guide for recommendations or advice if you want to take your laundry out to those businesses.
About Photography
China is a beautiful country to photograph. You can and will probably take a lot of pictures of your trip. However, please keep in mind that taking photographs is forbidden in most museums, palaces, temples and other cultural sites. These places usually have signs to let you know if taking photographs are not allowed. Ask your guide if you are not sure. Do not take photographs at aerodromes, military installations, or other politically sensitive areas. Be courteous before you take pictures of adults, children, or their possessions and first asking their permission.
About Safety
China is relatively safe for foreign travelers. However, like in any place, petty crimes such as pick-pocketing and purse snatching occur specially in crowded areas. So, be cautious with your personal possession in public place and use common sense to avoid potential problems. Do not show off your money in public. Keep enough money for your immediate needs in your pocket, and hide the rest on your body or leave your backup supply in a safety deposit box at your hotel.
Always keep valuables in a safety deposit box at your hotel instead of leaving them in your room. Never carry your passport/visa, credit cards, traveler’s checks or other travel documents in your shoulder bag or wear a bag or purse on your street-side shoulder which could be an easy target.
Be familiar with the values of different local banknotes to avoid being deceived.
About Emergencies
Hopefully no emergencies will occur during your visit to China but, just in case, here are some tips on how to deal with them. In China, the Public Security Bureau (Police) is responsible for public safety and order. In addition to traditional police responsibilities, the Bureau is in charge of issuing visa extensions. If you lose something of value, please notify immediately your hotel, tour group leader, transportation authorities and/or the police.
