Shanghai Warning or Danger Tips by gaolei

When you finally get out of customs at Pudong airport, you will be approached by a lot of very legitimate looking people and a lot of seedy characters that are all looking to get you in their taxi. Ignore them all.

Either take the Maglev to Pudong if it is running or stand in line at the taxi stand outside. The taxis at the official stand will run their meters and give you a relatively honest price. Remember, it costs up to 150 RMB to get from the airport to a hotel in the central part of western Shanghai, Puxi side of the city. Don't pay more than that!

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As of the first week in April, there are police stationed at the taxi stand to control the problem I reported below. If they are not there, the taxi drivers will revert to their old habits detailed below.

If you follow the signs at the Maglev Station to the taxi stands, you will find a seedy bunch of taxi drivers that all want 200 RMB to bring you to a hotel. It only costs 50 at most by meter taxi.

Ignore the taxi drivers and cross the road at the entrance to the building to where arriving taxi passengers are getting out. When someone gets out of a taxi, just get in and tell the driver where you want to go. If his meter won't work, get out and try the next taxi.

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