Travel guides
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- How to Use the Beijing Subway: Tap a Bank Card or Buy a TicketUse one foreign bank card per person, tap through the correct gates, and find a ticket or staffed fallback if the reader declines.
- How to Book China Train Tickets on 12306 with a Foreign PassportRegister, verify each passenger’s passport, confirm a mainland train ticket and use the right station check-in gate.
- Hong Kong to Macau Ferry: How to Book and Choose the Right TerminalBook the ferry from Sheung Wan, choose Outer Harbour or Taipa, and reach the right terminal with your passport.
- Beijing Daxing Airport to the City: Express Train, Bus and TaxiFind the Daxing Airport Express on B1, change at Caoqiao, and make a late-night plan that reaches your hotel.
- Guangzhou Baiyun Airport to the City: Metro, Shuttle and TaxiFind the right transfer from Terminal 2 or 3, reach Tianhe or Guangzhou South, and get to your hotel after a late arrival.
- Summer Palace Beijing Tickets: How to Buy With a Foreign PassportBuy Summer Palace tickets with an overseas number or online, choose the right pass, and find the best gate for your Beijing visit.
- Beijing Capital Airport to the City: Airport Express, Taxi and BusFind the PEK train from Terminal 2 or 3, pick the right subway connection, and have a last-train taxi or bus backup.
- Hong Kong Airport Express: How to Get from the Airport to Central or KowloonChoose the right station, pay for the Airport Express, and get from arrivals to Central or Kowloon with a late-night backup.
- Universal Studios Beijing Tickets: How to Book and Enter with a PassportChoose a dated park ticket, match each booking to a passport, and find the entrance from Universal Resort Station.
- Tianmen Mountain Tickets: How to Book Route C with a Foreign PassportBook the correct Route C ticket, find the Mountain Gate and visit Tianmen Cave and the summit while the long cableway is closed.
- Hong Kong to Shenzhen by High-Speed TrainChoose Futian or Shenzhen North, book with your passport, and get through both immigration checks at West Kowloon.
- Suzhou Day Trip from Shanghai: Garden Tickets, Trains and Pingjiang RoadBook the right Suzhou station, reserve the Humble Administrator’s Garden and walk Pingjiang Road before your train back.