Destination: China

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What the trip includes

• 9 days
• Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou
• 3 meals a day
• Transportation from Clackamas County to Seattle
  and return
• Round-trip airfare
• All of the above 1799 per person double/triple
  occupancy
• Extra costs
• Chinese Visa (145)
• 25 per person to cover tips for bus drivers and
  tour guides (required)
• Optional Tours (see list)
• Optional Tipping at your discretion
• Single room fee charge (450 for a total of
  2249)

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Flight Check-in

• China Hainan Airlines
• Seats are not assigned until check in. Ask for
  special requests at check-in
• We will be checking in as a group do not
  check-in individually

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Luggage

• You may check in two pieces of luggage per
  person.
• You must have a lock for the domestic flight
  within China. Its best to put it on before
  Seattle. Get a TSA approved lock.
• Inner China Luggage limit is lower but does not
  apply to the tour.
• Each passenger is allowed one carry-on bag, not
  to exceed 11 lbs. and not to exceed 45 inches.
  It must fit in the overhead bid or under the
  seat. A purse is not considered a carry-on.

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Hotels

• 4 or 5 Star Hotels
• Western Style facilities all rooms requested
  are non smoking
• Electrical converter needed for cell phone
  charger or camera batteries
• Water is okay to wash with but you must boil
  water in pot in room for drinking. Most hotels
  have 2 bottles of water in each room. You can
  buy extra on your tour bus
• Hotels have hair dryers and internet and usually
  a business center.
• Bed accommodations are 1 King, 2 Queens or 2
  Doubles
• You can have three to a room. The 3rd bed is a
  rollaway or cot.
• Daily Schedule
• 6 a.m. wake up call
• 7 a.m. breakfast
• 730 800 a.m. bus departure
• Back to hotel by 8 p.m.

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Food

• Breakfast buffet is always at the hotel . Western
  food is available along with Chinese food.
• Lunches and dinners are local cuisine
• Lunches and dinners are set menu served family
  style
• Dessert is not served for a standard Chinese meal
• Bottled water will be available at lunch and
  dinner.
• Diet coke and decaf coffee are not normally
  available in hotels or local restaurants. Bring
  artificial sweetener too.

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What Well Visit

• Beijing Temple of Heaven, Great Wall, Ming
  Tombs, Tianan Men Square, Forbidden City,
  Summer Palace, Kunming Lake and Longevity
  Hill, Marble Boat, Jade Factory, Pearl Factory
  
• Suzhou Tiger Hill and Hanshan Temple, Silk
  Factory, Silk Embroidery Institute, Lingering
  Gardens
• Hangzhou Boat cruise on West Lake Jewel Like
  Pavilions, Hangzhou Dragon Well Tea Farm , Old
  Lingyin Temple
• Shanghai The Bund, Silk Rug Factory, Yu Gardens
  Bazaar

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Optional Tours(additional costs apply)

• Beijing
• Hutong Tour (35 pp)
• Peking Opera (40 pp VIP seat)
• Suzhou
• Grand Canal Cruise (25 pp)
• Shanghai
• Huangpu River Evening Cruise (25 pp)
• ERA Cirque de Soleil type show (35 pp)
• Maglev Train (25 pp)
• Legend of Kung Fu (25 pp)
• All optional tours will be announced by tour
  guide for you to sign up.
• Tour guide will collect payment. Payments must
  be in cash (US Dollars)

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Business Interest

• One night in Beijing there is a conference in a
  hotel at the end of the day around 8 p.m.
  (optional)
• Chamber will accept business inquiry form and
  Citslinc will try to locate business counterpart
  in China
• Local statesman from China are introduced.
  Youll meet your business counterpart if you
  requested at the Business Conference.
• Dress is casual you dont have to change. I
  suggest bringing clean pants with you on the bus
  that day and maybe a clean shirt.

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Shopping Trips

• Factory tours and their related stores include
  short tour and time to buy products manufactured
  on site.
• Included in the daily activity
• Beijing Jade Factory, Pearl Farm, Ming and Qing
  Dynasty Furniture, Cloisonné Factory
• Suzhou National Embroidery Institute, 1 Silk
  Factory
• Hangzhou Dragon Well Tea Farm
• Shanghai Shanghai Carpet Mill

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Money

• Most places accept US Dollars
• Always negotiate/bargain If they say 1000, you
  say 200. If they say 20, you say 2
• Exchange money in Hotel and keep receipt to
  exchange back at airport. You rarely need the
  Yuan.
• Carry small bills because vendors do not like to
  give change.
• Factory stores accept credit cards call credit
  card company before leaving so they know youll
  be using your card out of the country.
• Travelers checks are okay, but some people had
  trouble using them.
• ATMs give money in Yuan

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Restrooms

• Hotels have western style facilities and most
  factories and tour locations have at least one
  western-style stall. Most of the toilets youll
  see during your daily travel are porcelain
  in-the-ground toilets.
• Bring toilet paper
• Bring hand gel or handy-wipes

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Travel Insurance

• Get it
• Make sure it has emergency evacuation
• Baggage damage or loss
• Trip cancellation if you have to cancel
• Make sure it covers accidents

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Weather

• We will be in China in Fall. Weather similar to
  ours in Beijing Shanghai
• Mid to high 60s during the day in Beijing 48-50
  at night. Shanghai is the same during the day
  but warmer at night more 58-60
• China is almost on the same latitude zone as the
  US.
• www.wunderground.com

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What to Bring

• Dress in layers. T-shirt, fleece shirt/jacket,
  warmer jacket if necessary.
• Blue jeans okay all day-all the time
• Hat and gloves for Great Wall. Cooler at the
  top, then at the bottom.
• Tennis shoes or comfy shoes
• (dont try out new shoes on this trip)
• Backpack or travel purse.
• Need lock for your luggage
• for inner-travel to China.

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Going Off On Your Own

• Cab drivers do not speak English.
• It is necessary to ALWAYS have
• a card from the hotel (in Chinese)
• of where you are staying.
• Not a lot of time to
• go off on your own

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Vaccinations Visa

• Vaccinations are not required by China
  authorities for travel to China from North
  America.
• China requires all foreign travelers to obtain a
  Visa
• Cost is 145 at time of registration
• Need 2 extra passport photos, Passport, Visa Form

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Any Questions??