Category Accommodation & Hotels

1. Legal & Policy Requirements Passport registration is mandatoryBy law, all foreigners staying at a hotel in China must register with their passport. Hotels are required to scan your passport inf…

When booking hotels in China, you might notice two rating systems: stars (★) and diamonds (♦). They look similar, but in fact, they come from two completely different systems. One is an official gover…

When you travel to China, one thing that often surprises foreign visitors is that not every hotel is allowed to host guests with foreign passports. By law, hotels must have a special license called “f…

In China, more and more places now have both squat toilets and Western-style toilets. But don’t be surprised—you’ll still run into the “little ones,” especially in rural areas. Want to avoid that awkw…