Two Clocks, One Bay

Special Notes

A few things on this route follow the calendar, a supplier's confirmation or a review we have not finished. Here they are, told straight.

• Bookings are not open yet — This plan was written up ahead of its own internal review, and that review has not been run. The remaining items have to be settled before we take a first order: Until those items are done we take no orders and no deposits. Tell us your dates and we write to you on the day it opens.
• Guests flying from the United States — this plan as written is not sold to you, and we would rather say so than quote something we cannot fly you into. Shenzhen is the entry airport here and it has no nonstop service from any United States hub, while the exit airport Guangzhou does have nonstop service to San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. Reopening this plan for you means rebuilding its entry side, which is a planning decision rather than a sales one. The United States is also outside the 30-day visa-free list, so a Chinese tourist or business visa applies in any case.
• Departure dates — no departures October 1 to 7, the national holiday week, when every site on this plan runs at peak crowd levels. The autumn trade fair sits in Guangzhou somewhere inside the October to November window and we have not verified its 2026 dates, so October and November orders have Guangzhou rooms confirmed in writing first and we tell you where the fair stands.
• The Shenzhen exhibition's closing day — We have not verified which day of the week this hall closes, and a comparable municipal hall elsewhere in China closes on Wednesdays rather than the more usual Monday. So we check the actual date of your departure against the hall before taking your order. Where it is closed, day three runs Shekou and Nantou Old Town as its main item and the train moves earlier.
• The Robotaxi ride — it runs on a commercial operator's live service and the service is not ours to promise. It is booked by date before you arrive and reconfirmed after you land. Where the operator suspends service that day, the ride comes out of day two and Huaqiangbei and the store run as planned. Your quote states in writing what that does to your price. We tell you this before you pay, and we never sell the ride as a headline.
• The temple performance times — The daily schedule of the lion dance and martial arts item is being confirmed with the site. Your day four is built around the confirmed time, and that time is written into your quote before you pay.
• The morning tea house — the teahouse and the city it sits in are being finalized with our ground partner. One seating per guest on day five is included in your price either way, and the house is named in your written confirmation before you pay.
• Foshan is a day trip — Three city names appear on this plan and it sells as two bases. Foshan is about forty minutes from Guangzhou by road; you go and come back the same day, and your Guangzhou room does not change that night.
• Visa window — the 30-day visa-free policy currently runs through December 31, 2026. Because this is a 5-day plan, departures on or before December 27, 2026 finish inside that window; later dates are quoted only after the official renewal is announced.
• Confirmation and changes — The confirmation-time commitment and the change and refund terms are being finalised with our ground partners. Until they are settled, each quote states in writing its own confirmation deadline and its own change and refund conditions.