OUR TARGETS
YOUR SELF-TOURS IN CHINA, OUR SPECIALTY.
Your tailored trip, our customization.
Your choice journey, our professionalism.
Your independent itinerary, our optimization.
Your group package holiday, our teamwork.
China is a safe country and Chinese are friendly, so traveling in China will be easy and fun!
Notice: In Tibet, your independent travel is not permitted.

SERVICES FOR YOU IN CHINA
* Arranging the optimized itinerary based on your traveling plan for you in China.
* Providing and booking transportation including airplane (discount by travel agent),
   train ticket, cruise boat or yacht, car and even bicycle for you in CHINA.
* Catering and reserving accommodation from two star to five star hotels (preferential
   price by travel agent) and even economy hostel  for you in CHINA.

* Offering multilingual tour-guide service if you need in CHINA. 
* Giving you the confirmed itinerary, accommodation reservation, the transportation

   tickets, introduction and map of destination, the knows of local folkway or custom,

   attentions, the list of your traveling expenses, important words written down in Chinese

   language for your asking and showing to Chinese, and other helpful information, 

   all relevant traveling information when you arrive in CHINA.
* A private cell phone you use when you arrive in CHINA if you need but the charge paid

   by yourself.
* We work only in ENGLISH on Internet at present.

ATTENTION OF OUR SERVICE
1. Service charge paid according to your demand and itinerary. It does not include

    the least fee RMB 200/day for multilingual tour-guide service. The charge of group

    more than 8 will consult with you.

2. You should pay earnest money before booking your airplane or train tickets and your
    accommodation. So please reconfirm your traveling date, concretely route and the
    quotation before your paying.
3. Your first destination is BEIJING city now.
4. In Tibet, your independent travel is not permitted. You must join organized package
    tour.
5. The price of transportation, hotel and some scenery spots tickets will jump during high

    season (July, August, September and October) especially 1 May (International Labor

    Holiday), 1 October (National Holiday), Spring Festive Holiday and other important

    feast therefore early booking is highly recommended.
6. When you book the ticket of airplane, please provide us your Surname, Given Name,
    Sex, Nationality, Date of Birth and Passport number. This information will be the same
    with your passport.
7. The information made by http://www.travelingislife.com may be little different with
    actual condition, the website is only for reference. We will do our best to provide
    and renovate the precise information timely on our website. But the confirmed
    information is accurate you get when you arrive in CHINA.

GETTING CHEAP AIRFARES
Make your reservations as soon as you have decided on travel plans. Airlines give
discounts for early bookings at least 21 days in advance. The best rates are often
those that include a Saturday night stay and have travel dates during the week.
Fly in the middle of the week. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are the best days to
fly. Monday and Friday are usually the most expensive (mainly due to business travelers
often flying on these days). Saturdays can also turn up good deals. Also, try to avoid the

national holidays of China such as Chinese New Years, National Day, 1 May and summer

vacation.
Compare many different airlines' rates to find the best deals. Each airline has its hotlines

and low volume lines, try to get the low traffic lines of particular airlines.
Check into splitting your trip into two roundtrip sections.
A stopover at a midpoint could cost you less, compared to flying a direct route. Although,

make sure the savings are large enough to warrant the extra hassles of the stopover.

SAVING MONEY IN CHINA
when you are planning for an independent travel, you might need to work out a budget.

The ideal vacation will give the most fun for the least spending. The following tips might

help you save money in travels:
1. In general, the expenses on transportation command a big part of the budget. Travel

    by train if you have enough time. You can save a lot in this way.

2. It is also important to select the economic vehicles after you have arrived at the travel

    site. Choose from city buses, taxis or shuttle buses for special routes to scenic spots.

    We will tell you this information when you arrive in CHINA.
3. Hotel expenses can also cost a lot if you do not have good choices. It is important to

    bargain for the rate at each hotel. A good way is to book your room through a travel

    agent before you start traveling.

NOTICE IN CHINA
*China is a safe country but steal happened. Please be careful for your valuable;
*Do not eat the food where running peddler sell on the street. Please buy food in  
      settled market and eat at restaurant;
*Do not stay the hotels without star in China. However, Super 8, Youth Hostel 
      and Home inns is better. If you leave hotel, please take your valuable with you 

      wherever you go;
*Do not take by unlawful taxi. For example in Beijing City, the taxi number
       京B **** are authentically and legally. Different places are different number of
       taxi. Please take the invoice of taxi when get off;
*In holiday of 1 May Labor Day and 1 October National Day, there will be tourist 
      jam every famous scenic spots in China. It will be not only tourist jam but also 
      more expensive airfares and accommodation and more difficult to get the train 
      ticket in Spring Festive week prior and holiday. So please had better escape these 
      periods;
*In China there are 11 days of national public holiday out of the year: 
      The New Year's Day-2 days; 
      The Spring Festival (usually falling in late January or early and mid-February)-3 days; 
      The October 1st National Day-3 days. 
      It is customary for people to "borrow" weekends to make three-day holidays into 
      three week-long holidays.

      Offices and agencies in China follow the five-day week system;
*Bargaining does not work in most department stores, shopping malls and gift shops 
      in hotels, but is broadly acceptable in open-air markets (such as Xiushui Street), 
      antique markets, street vendors and other privately owned shops;
*Not all the tap water in China is potable, but bottled mineral water is on sale 
      everywhere;
*You can complain your dissatisfaction during your trip everywhere in China. But 
      many operators do not understand foreign languages in local place or small cities,

      so please call Complaint Telephone Numbers in China National Tourism

      Administration: 86-10-65275315.