where in China to go in december?

[Benjamin91]

Help suggest please..

Not Guangzhou or Shanghai, I been there before.

 

[johnsonheng]

harbin lol
or changbai shan.

 

[beanstalk6]

Hangzhou, Nanjing. A lot less people, therefore better scenery.

 

[Benjamin91]

harbin too cold liao la..going with my parents (50+ years)

Hangzhou, nanjing been before, that time with Shanghai.

Is Xi'an good choice? tigerair now got promotion.

 

[beanstalk6]

I visited Xi'an in summer. I imagine everything will be grey or brown in winter. It will probably be too dangerous to climb Huashan, but the other attractions should be fine. Shorter visiting hours, perhaps, but if the cold gets too much, there are sights within the city like the provincial and city museums.

 

[lcpteck]

Hangzhou and Nanjing

I'll be in Hangzhou on Christmas Eve and Nanjing on Christmas Day.

Used my miles and redeemed Business Class on Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon flying from Singapore to Hangzhou and returning from Nanjing to Singapore. Transiting Hong Kong both ways. Will be taking High Speed Rail from Hangzhou East Railway Station to Nanjing South Railway Station. Think I'll book the tickets from Ctrip first.

Redeemed using my hotel points to stay at the newly opened Hangzhou Marriott Qianjiang Hotel and The Grand Mansion, Luxury Collection (also pretty new) in Nanjing. First time staying at these 2 hotels.

I've been to Hangzhou and Nanjing before but that was quite some time ago. I have 2 friends in Nanjing that I will be meeting up for lunch or dinner and doing some catching up.

 

[SOS9112001]

Kunming, xishuang banna or haikou? 昆明，西双板呐，海口。。

 

[beanstalk6]

Kunming, xishuang banna or haikou? 昆明，西双板呐，海口。。

Consider Haikou-Sanya.

 

[uNrEaLiTy]

I'll be in Hangzhou on Christmas Eve and Nanjing on Christmas Day.

Used my miles and redeemed Business Class on Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon flying from Singapore to Hangzhou and returning from Nanjing to Singapore. Transiting Hong Kong both ways. Will be taking High Speed Rail from Hangzhou East Railway Station to Nanjing South Railway Station. Think I'll book the tickets from Ctrip first.

Redeemed using my hotel points to stay at the newly opened Hangzhou Marriott Qianjiang Hotel and The Grand Mansion, Luxury Collection (also pretty new) in Nanjing. First time staying at these 2 hotels.

I've been to Hangzhou and Nanjing before but that was quite some time ago. I have 2 friends in Nanjing that I will be meeting up for lunch or dinner and doing some catching up.

I'll be in Hangzhou on 24-26 Dec also! Redeemed Double Tree for 10000 points per night! Will be doing Hangzhou > Shanghai > Beijing ... how do you book/collect ctrip train tickets? Are they selling at same price as at counter?

 

[beanstalk6]

Collect at the counter of the train station where you can also buy them. Ctrip charges a small fee.

 

[lcpteck]

I'll be in Hangzhou on 24-26 Dec also! Redeemed Double Tree for 10000 points per night! Will be doing Hangzhou > Shanghai > Beijing ... how do you book/collect ctrip train tickets? Are they selling at same price as at counter?

As mentioned by beanstalk6, there is a admin fee if bought via ctrip.com.

It's the same price as Counter. The only good thing about buying in advance is you can select the trains to buy from as sometimes seats can be sold out. Usually from the counter by default they will assign 2nd class seat and the next available train to your destination station.

If you can read chinese (I can't), you can buy direct from here and select seats as well. However, I'm not sure if foreigners can buy or not. They have a Mobile App too.

www.12306.cn

You can try 2nd or 1st class seat. Business class seat is not worth it unless you're taking like super duper long distance since they can lie flat.

Do note that collecting and buying tickets are usually different counters I think.

Doubletree is a newly opened hotel in Hangzhou to the east side. There's a nearby subway station it looks like you can take to the Central area and where Xihu is.

 

[crazysmash]

Chengdu and thereafter to Jiuzhaigou is a good itinerary. Chengdu is a nice city where there is a Panda observatory.

 

[uNrEaLiTy]

As mentioned by beanstalk6, there is a admin fee if bought via ctrip.com.

It's the same price as Counter. The only good thing about buying in advance is you can select the trains to buy from as sometimes seats can be sold out. Usually from the counter by default they will assign 2nd class seat and the next available train to your destination station.

If you can read chinese (I can't), you can buy direct from here and select seats as well. However, I'm not sure if foreigners can buy or not. They have a Mobile App too.

www.12306.cn

You can try 2nd or 1st class seat. Business class seat is not worth it unless you're taking like super duper long distance since they can lie flat.

Do note that collecting and buying tickets are usually different counters I think.

Doubletree is a newly opened hotel in Hangzhou to the east side. There's a nearby subway station it looks like you can take to the Central area and where Xihu is.

thanks for the information. Is there a long queue for ticket collection?

 

[beanstalk6]

thanks for the information. Is there a long queue for ticket collection?

Be there an hour at least before your planned train departure. Many Chinese will use the ticketing machines, but some who want last minute tickets may queue.

 

[dilphinus]

Be there an hour at least before your planned train departure. Many Chinese will use the ticketing machines, but some who want last minute tickets may queue.

Depending on train stations. Some stations, the queue can be 2 hours. Always buy online cos the service/transaction fee is almost nothing compared to the queuing. The crowd at some stations is really amazing. You barely move an inch in half an hour, plus there's always people trying to cut/jump queue.

 

[Benjamin91]

I am thinking of going on a china tour as those seen on ctrip website, but i cant book as no china number.
Any suggestion how?

 

[ginger1]

harbin too cold liao la..going with my parents (50+ years)

Hangzhou, nanjing been before, that time with Shanghai.

Is Xi'an good choice? tigerair now got promotion.

Yes, Harbin is very cold. I went there 2 years ago and froze to death :=

 

[johnsonheng]

Yes, Harbin is very cold. I went there 2 years ago and froze to death :=

My friend you are weak

 

[KnockOutSg]

Most China cities are cold in Dec. Depends if you want snow or not.

Otherwise go to the South like Hainan where it is warmer.

 

[KnockOutSg]

Yes, Harbin is very cold. I went there 2 years ago and froze to death :=

lol it is damn cold in Haerbin. When the wind blows against your face, feels like a knife ...