China Travel Helpful Tips
Travel China Laundry and cleaning Tip
The washing can be expensive or difficult to locate. The top end hotels will cost ¥ 10-30 for each article of clothing to wash. Cheap hotels in certain areas do not have laundry service, although in other areas such as along the coastal road from Yunnan service is widespread and often free. In most areas except the inner cities in the larger cities there are small shops to wash the laundry. See the sign at the front door is 洗衣 (xǐyī) or stains on the clothes hanging from the ceiling. The cost is about ¥ 2-5/item. Even in the smallest cities in dry cleaning (干洗 gānxǐ) outlets are widely distributed and perhaps for washing clothes. But in some areas you will put the laundry by hand, which is time consuming and tedious. It may take days for a pair of jeans to dry, which is especially difficult when you are in a dorm room without a trailer, so fast drying materials such as polyester or silk, are a good idea. If you’re a hotel, laundry is to find a rule, they will make all your clothes in the washing machine together or with other areas of the hotel, while lighter colors are best washed by hand.
Travel China electricity use Tip
Electricity is 220 volts / 50 Hz two holes in a European style plug, North America and Australia are usually supported. In addition, universal extension cable that can handle a variety of shapes data set (including British) can spread far.
English Speakers Travel China Tip
Although most Chinese are taught in the school a little English (in fact, English is compulsory from the end of primary school), and passing an examination, English is a prerequisite for a diploma university, is the development of teaching formal grammar and writing, rather than Conversation. Consequently, few learn it well enough to be able to participate in a conversation in English. Outside the major cities and main tourist areas it is rare to find people know English.
That is, some locals who have studied English as a Second Language at the University (especially if they studied abroad) generally have a reasonable level of fluency in English.
NOTE: It is often useful if you try to simplify your English. Stay away from using complex phrasing like “Would you mind if I come back tomorrow?” and keep to the simple, abrupt phrasing like “I’ll come back tomorrow.”This is the term closer to the Chinese.
Tipping in China
Although advice is accepted if they are given, keep in mind that the Chinese, for the most part, not all shared services such as taxis, hair cuts, delivery service, massages, food or cash.
A tip would be a good idea if someone goes out of its way to you, or if they also exceptional service, what they should do their work.
It can also be a good idea for a chauffeur-guide or a tour with are on a journey of several days. In a beautiful hotel expect a tip.
