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FAQS Before Traveling in China |
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Is it safe to travel in China? |
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Do I need visa to visit China? |
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How to get a Chinese visa? |
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TO get our visas, do we need something from you
stating we are traveling with your tour company? |
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Do I need visa for visit to Hong Kong? |
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Do I need a visa to enter Macau as a tourist?
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What health condition do I need to travel to
China? |
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Do I need to bring my medical record?
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What is the best way to visit China? Join a
package tour or make a self-help traveling? |
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When is the best time to visit China? |
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Which months are considered peak season and
which is shoulder season? |
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What to pack for the China tour? |
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Do I need to take Chinese currency to China for
my convenience? Is it illegal to import or
export Chinese currency? |
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What lawful rights and interests are foreigners
entitled to in China? |
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How do foreigners go about protecting their
rights and interests? |
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Quotation |
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What does the quotation include? |
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What does the quotation exclude? |
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What is your price policy for Children? |
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Do you offer any group discounts if we have more than
10? If not, how many do you need for a group discounted
rate? |
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What is single supplement? Is this charge already
included in the season quotation or should I add it to
the season quote? |
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If I booked a tour, how could I know my tour
reservation is firmly booked? After confirmation of my
tour is there a possibility of the price going up again?
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How do you distinguish high (peak) season and
shoulder season? |
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Tour Reservation |
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How can I make a reservation? |
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When should I book my tour?
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How long does it cost to confirm my reservation? |
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Should I make a reservation with you first, or with
an airline? |
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Do I need to reconfirm before traveling?
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Payment |
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What is cable transfer or wire transfer? How can I do
it? |
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After payment what do I get from you, which would be
used as evidence of payment that has been made? |
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Do you accept checks? If you do, then what type of
checks (personal, cashier, certified) do you accept? |
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Insurance |
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Is travel insurance necessary? |
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What kind of insurance do you offer us if we book a
tour with you? |
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Is it enough for a traveler to buy only Travel
Agencies' Liability Insurance? |
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What is Travel Agencies' Liability Insurance in
China? |
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The difference between
Travel Agencies' Liability Insurance and the
previous Personal Accident Insurance? |
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General Principles of Travel Agencies' Liability
Insurance? |
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Policy Coverage? |
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Compensation
standard |
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Supplementary
articles |
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Luggage |
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What about luggage policy for Chinese domestic flights? |
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Can I carry soft drinks with me on board planes? |
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Dinning |
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The meals in the tour, are they pre-arranged? Could we
make our own orders when we sit down at the table? |
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Is there a food arrangement for religious people or
people who have special need for medical purpose? |
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What kind of meals will be available on the tour? |
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Do we eat Chinese food throughout the trip? |
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Do we have our meals with our guides? |
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Do we share large tables and meals with other people? |
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As for the pre-arranged meals, how much it will cost
and what are included in the meal? |
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In Chinese restaurants, do they accept credit cards? |
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Transportation |
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Is it safe to travel by air in China? |
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What about airport tax in Hong Kong? |
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What is the airport tax in China? |
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What is train travel like in China? |
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In your soft sleeping carriage, are there
compartments private for two? |
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Are there bathroom and/or toilet facilities on the
train? |
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What about the Taxi in China? |
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While getting a boarding card, is it possible to ask
for a window seat or a seat near to aisle? |
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Hotel Accomadation |
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What are the hotels in China like? |
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Are there English-speaking people working at the
hotel? |
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How do foreigners make reservation at Chinese hotels? |
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What time can I check-in & check-out the hotel? |
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What¨s procedure that should be done while check-in
and check-out? |
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Are the hotel rates per person, or per room?
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What about child rate in hotel? |
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What is single room supplement? |
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Is the tap water in Chinese hotels drinkable? |
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Can I confirm a non-smoking hotel room? |
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How do Chinese hotels keep tourists in touch with the
outside world? |
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Are there Internet accesses in hotels in China? |
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Are there laundry services in hotels? |
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Guide |
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What about the tour guides? |
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Do you arrange a master guide to accompany us
throughout the tour? |
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Is the tour guide in English language? |
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Will our guide meet us at the airport (railway
station)? |
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How could I know where to find our guides when I
arrive at the airports or railway station? |
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How many hours per day will your guide be with me? |
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Will we have a guide take us to the airport (railway
station)? |
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Money |
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What currency should I bring? |
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Shall I bring cash, traveler's cheque or credit card? |
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Can credit card be used in China? |
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Where do I change money for RMB in China? |
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Are there ATM (automatic transaction machine)
machines in the major banks? Can I withdraw money at any
time from the machines or do I have to go through a
clerk during business hours? If so, are banks open on
Saturday? |
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Can I use USD or RMB in Hong Kong?
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Shopping |
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During tours if we don¨t want to do shipping and see
factories, then what shall we do? |
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What's the best buy in China? |
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Can you give us some tips for shopping in China? |
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What cautions should foreigners take when buying
Chinese antiques? |
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What credit cards are accepted in China? |
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Tipping |
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What is tipping practice for visitors to China? And how
much should I tip them? |
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Do I have to tip when join an organized tour? |
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Emergency |
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How to handle loss of properties or theft?
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What if I lost my passport when traveling in China? |
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Others |
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What to expect from the tour? |
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What tour programs are available at night? |
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Can I use my electric appliances in China? |
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Can I use my mobile phone in China? Can I buy GSM SIM
card in China? Can I rent a mobile phone in China? |
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Is it convenient to make phone calls in China? What
kind of phone card is available to foreign travelers? |
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In airport if I have no guide, after passing security
checkpoint how could I know where the boarding gate is
and where to find my guide? |
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Is it necessary for us to be dressed formally while
attending theatres and dinners, such as the Beijing Duck
dinner, the Opera and others? |
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4Tibet
FAQS |
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FAQS During Tibetan Tour |
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If we want to visit Tibet, do we need a permit? Can you
arrange it for us before the tour begins? |
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Do I need photos to get the Tibet Permit? If so,
what¨s the size of the photo? |
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To get a permit what kind of information should I
provide? If I hold diplomatic passport, can you help me
to get Tibet Travel Permit? |
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Do our guides English speaking? What kind of
education level and experience do they have? Are they
Tibetan or Chinese? |
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When is the best time to go? |
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Is it safe to travel in winter time? |
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Do you provide vegetarian meals? |
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Is it advisable for me to bring a sleeping bag with
me? For I heard the hotels in Tibet are not clean and
have sanitary problem. |
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What is the best way to visit Tibet? Join a
pre-packaged tour or do-it-yourself? |
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Is it safe for tourists strolling on Tibet's streets? |
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Do you provide travel insurance? |
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Should I buy additional travel insurance? |
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What clothing should I bring?
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What medications should I take with me? |
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We are traveling with kids under 10 year old, do you
think we could have problems? If so, is there any thing
to prepare for it. |
