People who have travelled on these tours to China, Could you please throw some light on how can we improvise the Itinerary & travel tips and tricks to make the best experience of it. Please Share Your Experience.
Itinerary
Day 1 Australia to Beijing
Day 2 Beijing - Tiananmen Square | Optional tour: Beijing Golden Mask Dynasty Show & Forbidden City Tour
Day 3 Beijing - Great Wall of China, Jade exhibitions, Beijing local | Optional tour: Beijing Peking Duck Dinner
Day 4 Beijing to Wuxi - Chinese herbal institute, Temple of Heaven
Day 5 Wuxi to Suzhou - Brilliance of Lake Lihu, Freshwater pearl farm
Day 6 Suzhou to Hangzhou - Lingering Garden, Suzhou Silk Factory | Optional tour: Romantic Show of Song-Cheng
Day 7 Hangzhou to Shanghai - West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou, Tea plantation| Optional tour: Huangpu River Cruise
Day 8 Shanghai - Bund | Optional tour: Shanghai Chinese Acrobatic Show & Shanghai Insight Tour
Day 9 Shanghai - Leisure Day
Day 10 Depart Shanghai
For example including
1) Universal Studios in Beijing
2) Disneyland in Shanghai
3) Which Optional tours are worth it and which can be avoided
4) Which airlines, hotels were used, how much luggage allowed
5) Can we activate the Payments in Australia with Australian Sim and Credit / Debit cards for AliPay, WeChat Pay etc
6) Does Google Playstore work in China with eSIM bought here
7) Which Apps that can be installed beforehand which can be used there for Travel, Theme Parks, Shopping, Food etc
8) Which Apps can only be installed in there
9) Is activating the eSIM straightforward or do we need to connect to Wifi first after landing
10) Can we buy the things online and get them delivered to Hotel (Room). Which websites apart from Ali Express.
11) Can we get outside food delivered to Hotel room
12) Are there any offline maps in case eSIMs doesn't connect
13) Is having the big suitcases apart from the carry on luggage will affect the travel, is it better to buy there to bring back the shopped items
14) What are the best places to Shop there to buy gadgets, clothes, homeware items etc. What people usually buy there which are expensive here.
15) Where and when to buy the tickets for Theme Parks on deals, is premium access to rides worth it
I'd definitely check out those places where the Chinese actors pretend like they are living in the olden days times, harvesting by hand and such. Sounds like a real life West World theme park, like Asian World or something. Except instead of robots they have human actors. And you can't shoot them for fun.