Travel Tips

I get a lot of e-mails from VT members, most of which I do not reply to.

There are many reasons for this, but below is a list of the main ones:

1) I do not do travel research free of charge. If you want to know how to book an airline ticket or find out an opening time of a museum, know what the weather is like in Beijing (or anywhere), do your own research or ask in a forum. If you cannot find what you need on the internet, I am happy to do your research for my normal consulting fee of US$325 per hour (plus 5% Chinese sales tax), with a minimum charge of one hour's work. Payment is to be made in advance either by EFT or through Paypal.

2) Please do not offer me a job teaching English at your college or university. Do the maths on my consulting fee above. I am not a young graduate or a hard-up student.

3) I don't meet up with people to show them around Beijing or anywhere except for at weekends at the rate shown above (minimum time 4 hours).

If you need information about China/Beijing/wherever, just ask a question in a forum. There are many people who can answer your questions. Some may even want to show you around free of charge.

None of the above applies to known friends.