The cheapest option always is to just pack and go. Travel individually and organize everything else once you are there. Nice when you have enough time but some need to get it fixed in advance. Have a look at some ingenious tricks to save money during your trip in China.
1) Book with a local-based travel agent
By booking directly you are cutting out the middlemen, and therefore save money. Most travel and tour operators in China will use local operators to provide them with the "Ground handling arrangements" of the tours we offer. If you book your holiday through a travel agent by booking directly you can skip the commissions of both the travel agent and the tour operator for exactly the same tour and travel service. It's the same as renting a house with the owner directly - he will know the property best and will charge less for it!
2) Repetitive customers get discounts with Wonders of Yunnan Travel
While we do our best to provide high-quality tours at the best rate, we also want to give more discounts to our repetitive customers. If you book a tour for a second time with us, then you can be sure beneficiating from a special discount. It is our way to warmly tell you that we appreciate your support and your loyalty.
3) Media Discount
If you work for a magazine, TV or somewhere else in the media industry, we will provide you a discount on our published prices when you spread your good experience with WOY. Wonders of Yunnan Travel warmly welcomes media workers to have a memorable China tour with us. We are open to any suggestions and improvements from professionals to improve our high quality travel services to all of our customers.
4) More travelers = less cost
Travel with your own family, friends and relations. The more people you are, the more money you will have. Especially a rental vehicle, which usually is the main driver for a private tour in Yunnan,can be shared between all group members and your tour price will significantly decrease. For example, the cost for one person for One Day Tour to Stone Forest is 230 USD, while it is only less than the half (110 USD) for travellers in a group of more than 10.
5) Join-in-group tour
Joining a group gives you the opportunity to meet some great people and reduce the price. Please check out our Join-in-group tours!
6) Avoid travelling during peak season and National holidays
In order to have a cheap and pleasant holidays, avoid travelling during the peak season. If somehow possible, please don't travel during Chinese National holidays. Especially Chinese New Year (usually end of January, beginning of February), the May vacation (one week including the 1st of may) and the Golden Week (one week including the 1st of October) are expensive and crowded seasons. Train, flight and bus tickets are usually booked out far in advance.
7) Give priority to the train
Taking the train instead of the car will save quite some money as well. Especially, if you take an overnight train, you can save one night of hotel fees and save valuable travel time by travelling during the night. Most of the times it's also much cheaper than taking the plane (depending on available discounts and the time of booking). Check out our booking platform for prices and further details!
8) Pay less attention to hotel standard
You can save a bit of money when traveling in China as long as you pay less attention to the hotel standard. Accommodation costs are much lower if you choose a hostel or a 3 Star Hotel and they are definitely clean and good as well. A bit simpler of course. Please have a look at our Hotel Choice.
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