Send me your plans or question

For a quick question about the guides or something that needs updating, send a question or correction.

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An itinerary review

Send a draft you’ve already put together, whether you wrote it yourself or used an AI tool. You might want to know whether a day is too full, a connection looks awkward or an important booking is missing.

Include: your dates or approximate month, cities, current itinerary, preferences or constraints, and the part you’re most concerned about. A plain-text draft is fine. Add group size or relevant access needs if they affect your question.

What you receive: written comments on your draft, suggested changes with reasons, and details still to confirm, plus answers to one round of follow-up questions. See the illustrative review for an example.

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Travel advice

For specific questions while you plan: which area to stay in, whether a day trip is realistic, how to get from a station to your hotel. If the answer depends on a hotel, restaurant or other provider that only replies in Chinese, I can contact them for you and explain their reply in English.

Include: your dates or approximate month, up to three related questions, and the name and public website of any provider you need me to contact.

What you receive: written answers with the sources I checked, any provider’s reply, and anything still unanswered. I can’t guarantee that a provider will reply.

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In-trip support

For days when you’re already in China and want someone to ask as things come up: reading a sign or menu from a photo, checking a route, rearranging the day’s plan, or messaging a hotel or restaurant in Chinese for you.

Hours: 09:00–23:00 Beijing time on the days you book. I usually reply within one to two hours, but not instantly.

How we keep in touch: iMessage if you use an iPhone or other Apple device; otherwise WhatsApp or email. WhatsApp doesn’t work on a Chinese local SIM without extra setup, so plan to use roaming or a travel eSIM if you want it in China; the internet and apps guide explains why. I’ll share my contact details once your dates are confirmed.

Not included: emergencies, paying or booking on your behalf, or meeting you in person. In an emergency, call 110 (police) or 120 (ambulance), or contact your embassy.

Book at least three days before your first support day so we can agree the details.

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Tailor-made trips

For families, private groups and solo travellers who want the arrangements handled by a licensed travel agency. Enquiries are welcome for trips across China, with no minimum group size. I help clarify your preferences, shape a route and find an agency to suit the trip.

The agency provides the quote, signs the travel contract, receives payment and delivers the travel services. It confirms the available guide language in its quote. I ask your permission before sharing your requirements with a proposed agency.

Initial consultation is free. Each trip is quoted individually. Any commission paid to me by the agency for planning and coordination is included in its quoted price; you do not pay me a separate coordination fee for this service.

See how tailor-made trips work and use the email template. Include dates, group size, ages or age ranges, a rough budget, interests and your preferred guide language.

A general question or correction

For a quick question about something in the guides, say what you’re trying to decide. For a correction, include the page link, the detail and a current source if you have one. Relevant collaboration enquiries can use the same address with a clear subject.

Email a question or correction

Only include passport nationality and an onward route if your question concerns entry rules. Please leave out passport scans, full identity-document numbers, payment-card details, passwords and security codes.

Prices

These are trial prices for my itinerary reviews, travel advice and in-trip support while I take on my first clients. Tailor-made trip consultations are free; the travel agency quotes for the trip individually.

Your quote confirms the final price and delivery time before any work starts.

For reviews, advice and in-trip support

1. Send your request. Share your draft, questions or dates. I usually reply within one working day (Beijing time) to let you know whether I can help and ask for any missing details.
2. Agree the quote and timing. We’ll confirm what’s included, the price and the delivery time or support dates. Work starts once you’ve paid the agreed quote.
3. Receive your review, answers or support. You get written results with anything unanswered clearly marked, or support on the agreed days.

Payment: Wise, Payoneer, Alipay or WeChat Pay, as set out in the agreed quote. Sending a request costs nothing and doesn’t commit you to anything.

Refunds for these three services: a full refund if work hasn’t started, 50% once it has, and no refund after delivery, though I’ll revise the result once if something was missed. Unused in-trip support days are refunded in full if you cancel before they begin. The terms of use set this out in full. For travel services booked with an agency, payment, cancellation and refunds follow that agency’s travel contract.

For an urgent booking issue, contact your provider directly. For an official decision about immigration or entry, contact the relevant authority.

Read the terms of use and privacy policy for how requests and correspondence are handled.