Routes built by travel designers
around the food or mountains or
dynasties you came for
Fully tailoredNo shoppingMultilingual services?Tours run in English. Other languages can be arranged with 30 days' notice and an added fee.

China Private Travel Route Consultant
“A concierge desk offering bilingual planning services for bespoke China journeys”
Our China team carefully tailors the pace of the itinerary, hotel arrangements, and local reception services to suit the style of each route.
Step 01
Not your dates and budget — your curiosity. Where have you always wanted to go? What do you want to feel? We start there.
24h
First concept delivered
Step 02
Your specialist builds the itinerary from scratch — routes, hosts, hotels, and experiences you won't find anywhere else.
100%
Private, never off-the-shelf
Step 03
When the plan feels right, a 30% deposit holds your trip. Balance due 30 days before departure.
30%
Deposit to confirm
Step 04
Your Trip Pack arrives before you fly. On the road, your concierge is one message away — for the expected and everything you didn't plan for.
24/7
Support throughout your journey
4.9 / 5 · from 523 verified reviews
“My partner and I had an amazing time in China. Everything was arranged for us — transfers, hotels, guides. No stress at all.”
“Traveled with my two kids and had zero issues. The team made sure the pace wasn't too rushed and included things the kids would enjoy. Communication was easy throughout. Will definitely use them again for our next Asia trip.”
“Alisa was our point of contact throughout and she was brilliant — patient, knowledgeable, and always quick to reply. The trip itself was wonderful. Beijing and Guilin were highlights.”
“Really good service. There was a small mix-up with one of our restaurant bookings but it got sorted quickly. The rest of the trip was seamless.”
“Really helpful team. They listened to what we wanted and delivered. Beijing and Xi'an were incredible.”
We've solved the hard parts. Here's everything a first-time Western traveller needs to know before arriving.
What's blocked
Google, Gmail, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and most Western news sites are inaccessible in China without a VPN.
Download before you leave
It's nearly impossible to download a VPN once inside China. Install and test at home. Recommended: Astrill (most reliable), Mullvad, ExpressVPN — subscribe to at least two in case one stops working.
Hotel Wi-Fi tip
Some hotels block VPN connections on their Wi-Fi. Use your phone's mobile data as a hotspot if the VPN drops.
Good news
WhatsApp works perfectly through a VPN, so your messaging stays unchanged. Apple iMessage and Signal also work.
China is cashless
Alipay and WeChat Pay are used for almost everything — restaurants, taxis, markets, tickets. Cash is rarely accepted in cities.
International cards now work
Foreign Visa/Mastercard can now link directly to Alipay (set up in minutes, $5,000 single transaction limit). Your concierge walks you through the setup on your first morning.
Carry some cash
We recommend ¥500–800 RMB in cash for the rare vendor that won't accept digital payment, and for small towns.
Booking this trip
Your deposit and balance are charged via Stripe — the same trusted platform used by Airbnb and Booking.com. USD billing, no surprise conversion fees.
Do you need a visa?
Most US, UK, EU, Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand passport holders need a tourist (L) visa for stays over 10 days. We provide a visa invitation letter with every booking — it significantly speeds up approval.
240-hour visa-free transit
Citizens of 55+ countries (including USA, UK, most of EU, AUS, NZ, Canada) can enter China visa-free for up to 10 days if transiting through eligible ports. This covers our 12-day itinerary only if you have a confirmed onward flight.
Processing time
Apply 4–6 weeks before departure. Standard processing: 4–7 business days. Express (3 days) and same-day options available at most Chinese consulates.
What we provide
Visa invitation letter, hotel confirmation for all nights, suggested itinerary document — everything the consulate needs, formatted correctly.
Is China safe?
China consistently ranks among the safest countries for foreign tourists. Violent crime against visitors is extremely rare. Cities have extensive CCTV coverage and a visible police presence.
Emergency numbers
Police: 110. Ambulance: 120. Your concierge is your first call for any non-emergency situation — she has local contacts for every city on the itinerary.
Health & medications
Bring a full supply of any prescription medication. International pharmacies exist in major cities but may not carry your brand. Travel insurance is required — we can recommend policies that cover China specifically.
Language
English fluency outside hotels and tourist sites is limited. Your guides all speak English. We provide a printed pocket card with essential Chinese phrases and emergency contacts for every traveller.
Everything worth knowing before you book.
With a connection at each end, and we plan it with you rather than leaving it in your lap. There is no nonstop service here from any of our seven source markets in either direction, so you either take one international connection through Singapore, Hong Kong or Seoul, or you fly or take high-speed rail in from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or Shenzhen. Two things shape your dates: the Singapore connection runs Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only, and the Shanghai leg takes close to a full day door to door. That leg sits outside this plan and outside its base price, and its routing, issuing party and who pays are written into your quote before you commit. This is also why the plan is sold to guests already in China or as a segment of a longer trip.
No, and you will not lose any listed item for it. Everything that gains height on this plan does it for you: the Bailong Elevator at Yuanjiajie and the 7.4-kilometre cableway onto Tianmen Mountain both put you on top without a climb, and the viewing at Yuanjiajie and Tianzi Mountain is done from flat platforms with rails. The two glass items are the only places where nerve comes into it, and both have a solid path running beside them that arrives at the same place: the Tianmen cliff walkway's glass section and the canyon glass bridge, which is an optional add-on and not part of this plan unless you ask for it. Take the solid path and your day is the same day at the same price.
Then we move the item, and if we cannot move it we tell you in advance what happens instead. Four conditions stop the machines here: high wind, lightning, ice and annual maintenance. Each of them can stop the elevator, the cableways and the cliff walkway. We cannot promise otherwise, because nobody can promise weather, and this destination has no second site of the same type to move you to. What we do: where the operating schedule allows, the affected item moves to another day inside your stay, which is one reason the plan is five days rather than three. Where it cannot move, your quote states in writing before you pay what your order does in that case, and we do not take an order without that in writing. The days that do not depend on machines, Tianzi Mountain's terrace and the Golden Whip Stream walk, stand either way.
Because we have not settled it yet, and we would rather tell you than quietly assume. Those three days do run across the middle of the day inside a scenic area, so lunch is a real question rather than a detail. The arrangement and who pays for it are being confirmed with our ground partners, and until they are settled your quote states in writing what your order does for lunch on those three days and on whose account it sits. Four hotel breakfasts are in the base price; dinners are recommended and booked by your guide, on your account.
Not yet, and here is exactly what is missing. The remaining items have to be settled first: the connecting leg at both ends with its routing, its issuing party and who pays; three in-park conveyance items with the scenic areas; how the four nights split between a base in the Wulingyuan scenic area and one in Zhangjiajie city; the glass bridge add-on price; and this plan's pre-listing review, which it has not yet been through. Until those items are done we take no orders and no deposits, and nothing here is priced on an item we cannot name. What you can do now is send us your dates and where you are coming from inside China, and we will write to you on the day it opens.





























































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