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I flew China Southern back from China of all places, they were very good, and the staff is keen to impress. I would be happy to fly with them again.
China trip tips.
Metro Trains.
Most cities have amazing Metro systems, which are safe cheap and easy to navigate. Collect as many dollar coins as you can if you are going to use the Metro as notes often don’t work, and there will be hundreds of people all in a hurry waiting to buy tickets behind you. also look for a English translation button on top right hand corner of the screen, or go and get a map from the station office, then simply line up the stop on your map with the stop on the screen if there is no English translation, then push the station you want to stop at on the screen, it will then ask how many tickets, then start putting in the coins, don’t try booking the return trip just get a one way ticket, then repeat the process at the other end. the key is to be ready, don’t go to the machine then try and work it out, the locals will not appreciate it. Also don’t panic if you miss a train they come every 5 mins, be aware even the big city Metro’s close around 10.00 pm, so it’s not a 24hr service.
Bullet Train.
There is often no free drinking water on the train, but there is always boiling hot water for Noodles. if you don’t want to spend a small fortune on drinks and snacks bring your own, also be aware the train waits for no one, you must be on time, so allow an hr to buy your ticket and at least and plenty of time to get to the station, everything takes time in China.
Taxi’s
Avoid if possible, or book via Uber, if you do have to use them, make sure the meter is running for all passengers in the vehicle, the rat bags will suddenly point to all parties and cry out in plain English, Each! when you arrive at your destination, you just have to say no and hand the amount showing on the meter, they will usually only try this when there are no police around, just try to avoiding putting bags in the boot, that makes it harder for a quick exit. Good Luck
I traveled Via Brisbane to see the Kiwi Bro, then Dubai Via Singapore and on to Brazil, apparently Qantas and Emirates are in some kind of alliance or were, so you could end up on either, and these days I insist on being on a Emirates flight just to make sure I don’t end up on Qantas one. Cheers Greg
Actually adding your own little touches goes a long way, I try really hard to make the guests feel comfortable, but the last two guests only left a 4.5 star rating rather then 5 star, which is really annoying, so I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, if your rating gets to low, then no one will visit, so you do have to do a good job of hosting otherwise don’t bother doing it at all
. Cheers Greg
I travelled to and from Brisbane at Christmas with my girls, we flew out on a Monday instead of the official last weekend of the summer holidays, it saved me a bunch of cash and the airport was like a ghost town, we even got told off by the cleaner for walking away from our bags, which was a bit funny at the time, since we were the only people in that part of the airport, So yes flying outside of the holidays works, it can just mean the kids miss the first day back.
