You are mistaken. In China, there is not much difference in the daily consumption of foreigners and locals, basically the same price, unless some special tourist attractions or some small street vendors do that occasionally.
Yes, his travel plan doesn't seem quite right. He should book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70! These hotels generally offer laundry services! Living is more comfortable and can save on travel costs!
but western style things are more expensive; like Mcdonalds in China is the same price as it is in Canada (which is more expensive than in the US), compared to like, a 50 cent bowl of xiao mi xi fan or 1 yuan bowl of dou fu nao in tianjin which tastes way better than fast food junk food
People in China don’t have a strong demand for laundry services so the price is relatively high. Usually, people only send their most delicate and expensive items to the laundry shop.
You are wrong, because Chinese people are more pragmatic and hardworking, and they can do their own laundry. If they are lazy, they use a clothes machine. Another issue is that public laundry is not hygienic, even with disinfection procedures. Viruses in knitted fabrics are harder to kill than food
@@hikari2hikari2 i travel two monthsX2/yr, it was 3 months before. we, me and gf look for a fully furnished apartment with washer to do our laundry every so often.
The drink you selected is 3.50 RMB ... that's 50 cents American. The same type of drink in the US is typically $4 USD. You can get a western-style hotel room with a queen bed for $40 to $50 USD near the Temple of Heaven. The entry fee for most major sites in Beijing is ~$9 USD. That includes the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace ... etc.
In China laundry stores are for fancy and expensive clothes, so they charge per item. Coin laundry and those stores for everyday laundry is not common. Drying is even more rare and probably more expensive.
it's typically dry cleaning charged by items. There are also wet wash by weight at the same store, it's not that expensive, it's probably b/c he does not know and couldn't speak Chinese.
In China everybody has their own wash machine, they don't laundry outside except something needs to be dry cleanning. Go and find another apartment that has wash machine would be better choice. BTW, People tend to air-dry their clothes instead of using a dryer.
Hey bro, that's not true about foreigners having to pay higher prices than locals, everyone pays the same in China. I know you got that from being in India but it's not the same in China. And if you stay long enough, you'll learn to love the culture their that many foreigners discovered, especially Westerners.
Agreed for the most part. Most things in China have prices displayed that are the official price. That being said, locals and long-term expats often know where to go for more affordable deals or alternatives, or know to avoid certain locations that over-charge because it's a tourist area. The "foreigner prices" are still somewhat common in the touristy places and markets where you have to negotiate prices, however.
@@asdkotable I have never seen "foreigner prices" displayed in mainland China nor anyone bargaining/haggling. Only in Hong Kong have I've seen people haggle like at the Lady's Market.
When most of us say “foreigner” prices we usually mean that we are buying in places with inflated prices because we don’t know where to go to find a good deal. I am sure the locals know where to get these things at lower prices.
For big cities with a huge network of public transportation , i.e. Beijing, Shanghai or Tokyo, etc, I really don't suggest living in the downtown area which would definately cost a fortune. In Sly's case, he can get a decent hotel room for the same price in a not-so-popular area and he can still get around easily by subway. The first time I went to Tokyo I booked a really tiny room in Shinjuku, same size as Sly's room but with a tiny bathroom. It costed me around 250 USD but only saved me about 30 minutes a day by subway. Totally not worth it. BTW, in China people usually only use professional laundry service to wash delicate clothes like silk or velvet. That's why they are charged by item. The locals will laugh their asses off if they know you wash your pants and T-shirts with this kind of service. Maybe you should ask the inn keeper if he has a washing machine.
Beijing feels more expensive than Shanghai, even more expensive in the central area or tourist areas. It should be the most expensive area in the country.
Yes, his travel plan doesn't seem quite right. He should book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70! These hotels generally offer laundry services! Living is more comfortable and can save on travel costs!
Honestly, you might need a temporary local friend to be your guide. Generally, every household has a washing machine, and only clothes that are not suitable for washing in ordinary washing machines, such as suits and fur, will be washed in special laundromats. The price does not have the price for foreigners, but there will be regional prices, for example, it will be much more expensive near scenic spots. And if you live far from the city center, you can reach your destination by bus or subway, and you can rent a house for a month at a very cheap price. There are also many free big museums that can be booked online. There are a lot of details, you can try to ask local Beijingers, whether you meet them locally or on the Internet.
Yes, his travel plan doesn't seem quite right. He should book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70! These hotels generally offer laundry services! Living is more comfortable and can save on travel costs!
Now visa fees are the same in both countries. The reason for the increase in fees in the US is inflation, while the reason for China is to respond to the US😄😄
老哥真是一个务实的旅行者，挺会的，攻略也做得比较齐全，而且该体验的都体验了，蛮不错的。期待在别的中国城市见到你的身影。You really arranged a good trip in Beijing, very efficient and helpful for other people who want to visit China. Waiting for your new videos in other cities in China, Beijing is just one side of China's beauty.
You should use "Trip"(formerly C-Trip) for travel and hotel bookings in China. Taxis in China are very cheap compared to Western countries, and you don't have to tip. Tipping is not a thing in China, though you can if you want to. Some hotels have their own coin operated laundry, which is a dollar or two, but yes the small outside laundries are somewhat expensive.
@@Chinamikoचीनमिको What is your problem? Well, your name is Korean, so maybe you are depressed about South Korea being a vassal state of the USA. You are probably sick of the Americans telling you what to do all the time......... and not having any choice in the matter. Or are you Korean Chinese with "identity" issues?
In fact, I highly recommend that you go to more Chinese cities, such as many cities in the northwest, southeast and southwest. China is very big, and the cultural differences are also very large. Beijing is the political center, and one city does not represent the whole country. If you go to more cities, you will find it very interesting.
China doesn't have coin laundries, except maybe in colleges. The laundry Sly uses is called Dry-clean Shop, Chinese use it to clean things like suits, fur coats, etc, but not everyday items, like pants and shirts. And it IS expensive.
his travel plan doesn't seem quite right. He should book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70! These hotels generally offer laundry services! Living is more comfortable and can save on travel costs!
Continue to enjoy your travels. I really enjoyed China❤ I spent three weeks in Beijing and then three weeks in Shanghai. I got a 10 year Visa in 2018. I stayed at the Wanda Vista which had a Walmart down the block😂 I definitely would recommend a tour guide. But enjoy !
just so you know (I only found out about this a few months ago after my grandparents got covid and almost died), but all of our 10 year visas have been nulled and voided indefinitely, and if you want to go back, you have to apply for a new visa now after covid
Hey Sly i just watched all those video's about your Beijing trip, as a local Beijinger i was glad to see you enjoy your time in my hometown, and feel warm as well since i was moved away Beijing for 3years. I was traveling in US rights now, already explored Miami and New York , afterwards Will explore More east coast cuties, hope's we all enjoy our trips left parts. Further more,i was strongly recommended you visit chengdu, which is a famous gourmet city,and the home of giant panda ,also surrounded by a lot of beautiful scenic.
Man for a split second I thought the 10 yr visa allowed you to stay there continually for 10 years! I was like oh snap sign me up!!! Great video and nice background scenery! Prices seem more than reasonable to me. Thanks for sharing
Ouch for the food.. Dumpling is around 1-2 bucks.. Noodles around 3-5 bucks o local places. Other comparison, Big Mac set 4 bucks, cigarette pack from 1 buck, 3 km taxi 1.8 bucks, fried noodles on the street 2 bucks, 330ml can of Coke less than 1 buck. This is on the tier 1 cities, may be cheaper in other places. Sly, try go to Guilin :)
bucks of what money? cuz a bowl of kangshifu niuroumian (the restuarant, not the instant noodles) in the Tianjin east train station was like, as expensive as a bowl of noodles in a restuarant here in Vancouver.
I’m looking through all the comments for added tip bits. I see many people commenting on what ways to add to the trip or what to avoid. I plan on doing a 6 day stop over in China later this year!
Don't know what kind of tips you're looking for, but Shanghai is very multi-cultural and international; it feels no different (other than being way bigger) from Vancouver, where I live. I was only there for 3 days, but just walking on the streets I could hear korean, Japanese, English... That doesn't really exist anywhere else in China. Beijing is much more "Chinese"; you won't really get a feel of "Chineseness" in Shanghai at all but you get some of it in Beijing, and if you get out of those super tier cities (i.e shanghai, beijing, guangzhou and shenzhen), you'll actually be able to experience real China even more.
@@YSFmemories thanks so much for the feedback!! I hope to get an authentic experience. I may try out Shanghai first since I would be traveling solo and it would be to ease my way In
if you were to stay for the long term, a second hand washer (with some detergent applied to it) will set you back maybe a few hundred yuan, which is definitely a better choice than going through a laundromat. Most apartments provide drainage for washers so there's really no need for laundromats.
1st tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai are not cheap to stay. If on a tight budget, I would recommend you go to a 2nd or 3rd tier city in China. They are much less expensive, and almost always still very nice.
@@Heworldwide up north Xi'an, down south Nanjing，Chengdu，Chongqing, all big cities and plenty to see. Careful during local tourist season though due to jacked up prices and a hell lot of ppl everywhere(summer mid june to late August, or spring festival each year)
What’s up appreciate the motivation I just moved to phillippines and I just started vlogging thanks for all the hard work I plan on traveling and vlogging as well
Most Chinese used to wash their clothes with their own washing machines, I only bring clothes that's can't be water washed to a laundry(we commonly call them dry clean shop), like Down Jackets, winter coat or woolen made stuff. I think the laundry shop you went, the price they charged you is for drying cleaning.
About laundry, maybe China is different from other places. In China, tenants often bring their own washing machines in their houses, while locals will wash in their own homes via washing machines or even by hand. Only some clothes that need to be dry-cleaned, such as down jackets, will be sent to the laundry.
Yes, his travel plan doesn't seem quite right. He should book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70! These hotels generally offer laundry services! Living is more comfortable and can save on travel costs!
China's public transportation system generally does not operate between 00:00~05:30, because the railway needs to be maintained, and drivers and operators have to rest. You can take a taxi or an online car-hailing service, but the price will be more expensive than during the day.
Man, Beijing is more expensive than other cities in China, I travelled to other provinces the hotel price just 20 Canadian dollars I guess it might be 15 usd, the food is around 2-5 CAD, I prefer ride a public sharing bike and the monthly fees $2.
it completely depends on how luxurious you want the place to be or how basic you can take; I got hotels in beijing and shanghai for like $10 a day, but they were like tiny no window hotels. food varies a lot. There's like the basic tier of poor chinese people food that's like yeah, 2 bucks, but anything you might recognize would cost the same amount as in Canada.
I went back in 2019 after 5 years too. Not only prices, but you literally can't even pay with cash anymore... I went up to a guy at a food stall in hang zhou, gave him cash and he just looked at me like I was a crazy person not understanding why I was handing him cash lmao
Shops are vanished from Beijing streets nowadays due to internet shopping. I would also say Beijing has much less abundances and undiversified entertainment (theatres, street arts, fun fairs, parade, even bars and pubs etc) compare to peer cities like Tokyo, London, New York, etc. That’s a huge loss for the tourism economy as well. However, If you live in Beijing for longer time, you will find the city much more convenient and approachable than many other big cities in the world.
Hi Bro, the laundry you have found was try wash~~~~ that is normally for suits and shirts..... In China, we don't have the public shared laundry.....because it is considered as dirty to wash your own closthes which is skin touched staff with the public machines that some others used you even don't know。。。。to buy a 100% new smart good brand wash machine ONLY cost you 100-150$, that is pretty good and full functional wash machine with wahing and drying.
How to get your laundry done in China as a foreign tourist: 1: visit foreign hotels that opens in China ( Hilton that opens in China) , they will charge you 5-10 dollars in equivalent to wash and dry for you to pick up. 2 : local small family style hotel has laundry services. If you just wash and dry once or twice, it’s free.
A lot of these small hotels can't accept foreigners though at least in Shanghai and Jiangsu. The vast majority of budget hotels in Suzhou for example can't accept foreigners as they only accept Chinese passports. Don't know though if it's the same in Beijing
his travel plan doesn't seem quite right. He should book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70! These hotels generally offer laundry services! Living is more comfortable and can save on travel costs!
@@eoin4597 I am saying the ones that are renovated homes (如家酒店) . Ask them for a load of laundry done . They won’t charge you. But it does require you can communicate with them in Chinese at some level . If you manage to use translation. That won’t be an issue .
I saw you and your friends at the gate of Jiajia Tangbao on Huanghe Road on Friday afternoon. I drove by, so I didn't say hello to you. You look very happy. There should be a video about Shanghai soon.😂😊
An 8 hour guided bus tour from your hotel to the Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Olympic village (water cube and bird's nest) with lunch included is only $49 USD. Your $13 USD Beijing duck dinner is a meal intended for 4 people. If you divide $13 by 4 it's only $3.25 USD/person. I've typically paid only $10 USD for an entire Beijing Duck meal. You should go to a supermarket to buy your food and hot meals.
@@Heworldwide I've never been on a bus tour in beijing as I have relatives there taking me, but just so you aren't shocked, but the Chinese people have a very different culture when it comes to vacationing; it's not about relaxing and having fun, it's about 'da ka", which is like ticking off things in a check list; the point of their vacations (and thus tours) is about visiting the most number of places humanely possible in the shortest amount of time so that they can go back home and tell everyone "I've been here, here, here, here, here..." it's super exhausting and you don't generally have enough time to actually appreciate and enjoy anything.
@@Heworldwide oh also, since you're asking things, I would recommend not eating any beef in China unless you go to like inner mongolia or something (but that's not a place many foreigners visit so I doubt you well)... especially, don't cook beef yourself in China. Beef in China is tough af. I wanted to make some stake and went to the flea market to get the most expensive best cut of chateaubriand they had. The lady was super proud of her meat and told me I will definitely love it. I went back, cooked it, and it was unchewable. When I passed by her shop a few days later, she smiled at me and asked me how the meat was. She thought I would really enjoy it for real. I didn't have the heart to tell her... And it's not just that one experience. I've only had decent beef once in China; it was in a high class Japanese restaurant in Beijing with wagyu beef and I paid like $150 for the meal. Everything else is fine, but I avoid beef when I go back to China.
And Shenzhen. Beijing is a great city but not a good choice for 1st time foreigners as the city is a huge culture shock compared to Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Chongqing which are more international cities and less cultural than Beijing.
The place you are staying looks dope, if I am imagining it correctly, you are like right in the traditional looking district which is really beautiful.
I'm coming in September 2023. Beijing and Shanghai. I paid $140.00 for my 10 year visa. I do want to let you know that the visa for united states is $180.00 now. They said as of May 31, 2023 the price increased on the Chinese consulate website.
@@saisirvous7363 That's where I want to go. If I have time I'll go to other areas but mainly staying in Shanghai and Beijing. Also more English speaking people. Since I don't know the language I don't want to get to far where I can't get the help I need to navigate. Thanks for the suggestion
You look like you have a great time! Question I am going to be in Beijing 2 months from now, how are you paying for things? I hear that a lot of places are moving towards cashless. Any tips? This is open question to anyone who knows.
2:23 42 dollar/night that was crazy!!!! That should've cost you maximum 20 dollar. Maybe that old looking furniture cost you that extra 20 dollar. You could stay in a YHA. It normally cost you 5 dollar for a bed. It is a fun place to stay.
Save your time: so costly for private touring services (I never imagined someone would choose to do so in such a mega and developed international city) while others are extremely affordable
It's not really a foreigner price, seniors and vets just get a discount in most tourist places, maybe that's why you see multiple prices. Some places ARE free to Chinese citizens only, and cost everyone else, but those are rare, and I can't even think of one on top of my head.
Hiring tour guides is smart. They are so many fascinating stories waiting. Taxis are about the same price as DiDi. The Chinese chain hotels are better than your tiny room. I feel sorry for you staying your whole trip there. Next time book directly online Home Inn, Jin Jiang, or GreenTree. Your tour took you to a great restaurant for the Beijing duck. The Zha Jiang Mian noodle you had was supposed to be the favourite dish of Elon Musk.
@@michael511128 the one you mentioned above,Jinjiang and Greentree, they dont have stars. They are economic chain hotel. Not everyone of them can take foreigners in Beijing. I'm from Beijing, the greentree near my home can not.
And the prices in Beijing is very high by China standards already. If you go to the North East part of the country, you can get a proper 2 - 3 person feast for less than $10
@@anonymous6594 It's normal now. Both countries had some kind of agreement about this years ago. Chinese citizens can also obtain a 10-year visa to the US.
u went to a dry wash place. there are fewer laundary places in china as there is little demand. for the price u paid for 2 loads, people can buy a washer there.
I feel like your travel plan is not quite right. Why don't you book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70!
Just bring my U.S. T-mobile phone every time I came back to China. It automatically connects to Chinese phone network at no extra cost. Yes you pay roaming for phone calls but you get the same data plan as you are in America. Also, foreign phones are not subjected to the internet censorship
Chinese never tip in hotels and restaurants😅, so thats why prices of laundry is high. If someone choose the laundry service, for sure will the low salary cleaners get their commission.😀
Uber China sold their business to Didi. Airbnb exited China recently. These companies priced their services too high when they entered the market and just couldn’t compete with their local competitors.
Me and my boy went to China 6 years ago we did Beijing, Shanghai & Hong Kong. Shanghai was amazing blew us away, Hong Kong was a melting pot felt a lot more westernized, but Beijing was a struggle it felt like we were being watched and restricted everywhere lol. We did go to a nice nightclub though. But we stayed right down the road from tianamen square. We also took the ferry from Hong Kong to Macau and that was amazing as well
yeah... no you weren't. No one cares about you in China, they only care about themselves lol. For better or for worse. Extreme selfishness, but also no judgement cuz they couldn't care less about you. But yes, shanghai is a lot more international than beijing; you get a better feel of "real china" in beijing than shanghai, and you would get even more of a real experience of china if you veered off of the super tier cities (shanghai, beijing, guangzhou and shenzhen)
you should use the washing machine in the hotel instead of using laundry service, that is very expensive. In china you don't find a lot of self serving laundromats.
You are mistaken. In China, there is not much difference in the daily consumption of foreigners and locals, basically the same price, unless some special tourist attractions or some small street vendors do that occasionally.
Yes, his travel plan doesn't seem quite right. He should book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70! These hotels generally offer laundry services! Living is more comfortable and can save on travel costs!
but western style things are more expensive; like Mcdonalds in China is the same price as it is in Canada (which is more expensive than in the US), compared to like, a 50 cent bowl of xiao mi xi fan or 1 yuan bowl of dou fu nao in tianjin which tastes way better than fast food junk food
People in China don’t have a strong demand for laundry services so the price is relatively high. Usually, people only send their most delicate and expensive items to the laundry shop.
I do travel a lot and I do my laundry myself every day🤨
You are wrong, because Chinese people are more pragmatic and hardworking, and they can do their own laundry. If they are lazy, they use a clothes machine. Another issue is that public laundry is not hygienic, even with disinfection procedures. Viruses in knitted fabrics are harder to kill than food
@@HGTC927 that's retarded. there is detergent and hot water to kill off any bacteria, much better than anything you could clean with your hands.
@@hikari2hikari2 i travel two monthsX2/yr, it was 3 months before. we, me and gf look for a fully furnished apartment with washer to do our laundry every so often.
中国洗衣店洗高档衣服，普通衣服一般在酒店应该有洗衣服务！或者会准备一台洗衣机。如果没有洗衣机，中国人也习惯自己洗衣服。
The drink you selected is 3.50 RMB ... that's 50 cents American. The same type of drink in the US is typically $4 USD.
You can get a western-style hotel room with a queen bed for $40 to $50 USD near the Temple of Heaven.
The entry fee for most major sites in Beijing is ~$9 USD. That includes the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace ... etc.
In China laundry stores are for fancy and expensive clothes, so they charge per item. Coin laundry and those stores for everyday laundry is not common. Drying is even more rare and probably more expensive.
it's typically dry cleaning charged by items. There are also wet wash by weight at the same store, it's not that expensive, it's probably b/c he does not know and couldn't speak Chinese.
Sure ... U can pay 40 $ for 1 full load or u buy a brandnew machine for 40 $ 😅
In China everybody has their own wash machine, they don't laundry outside except something needs to be dry cleanning.
Go and find another apartment that has wash machine would be better choice.
BTW, People tend to air-dry their clothes instead of using a dryer.
Hey bro, that's not true about foreigners having to pay higher prices than locals, everyone pays the same in China. I know you got that from being in India but it's not the same in China. And if you stay long enough, you'll learn to love the culture their that many foreigners discovered, especially Westerners.
During my stay in Shenzhen and Guangzhou as a foreigner..I was paying the same price with what the local are.
Agreed for the most part. Most things in China have prices displayed that are the official price. That being said, locals and long-term expats often know where to go for more affordable deals or alternatives, or know to avoid certain locations that over-charge because it's a tourist area. The "foreigner prices" are still somewhat common in the touristy places and markets where you have to negotiate prices, however.
I lived 5 years in China and the prices are generally displayed
@@asdkotable I have never seen "foreigner prices" displayed in mainland China nor anyone bargaining/haggling. Only in Hong Kong have I've seen people haggle like at the Lady's Market.
When most of us say “foreigner” prices we usually mean that we are buying in places with inflated prices because we don’t know where to go to find a good deal. I am sure the locals know where to get these things at lower prices.
For big cities with a huge network of public transportation , i.e. Beijing, Shanghai or Tokyo, etc, I really don't suggest living in the downtown area which would definately cost a fortune. In Sly's case, he can get a decent hotel room for the same price in a not-so-popular area and he can still get around easily by subway.
The first time I went to Tokyo I booked a really tiny room in Shinjuku, same size as Sly's room but with a tiny bathroom. It costed me around 250 USD but only saved me about 30 minutes a day by subway. Totally not worth it.
BTW, in China people usually only use professional laundry service to wash delicate clothes like silk or velvet. That's why they are charged by item. The locals will laugh their asses off if they know you wash your pants and T-shirts with this kind of service.
Maybe you should ask the inn keeper if he has a washing machine.
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Beijing feels more expensive than Shanghai, even more expensive in the central area or tourist areas. It should be the most expensive area in the country.
@@wgxsun don’t agree. Beijing is even cheaper than Hangzhou.😊
Yes, his travel plan doesn't seem quite right. He should book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70! These hotels generally offer laundry services! Living is more comfortable and can save on travel costs!
中国本来就没洗衣店，只有洗昂贵，羽绒服、西装、、、等高级衣服的干洗店。
Honestly, you might need a temporary local friend to be your guide. Generally, every household has a washing machine, and only clothes that are not suitable for washing in ordinary washing machines, such as suits and fur, will be washed in special laundromats. The price does not have the price for foreigners, but there will be regional prices, for example, it will be much more expensive near scenic spots. And if you live far from the city center, you can reach your destination by bus or subway, and you can rent a house for a month at a very cheap price. There are also many free big museums that can be booked online. There are a lot of details, you can try to ask local Beijingers, whether you meet them locally or on the Internet.
Yes, his travel plan doesn't seem quite right. He should book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70! These hotels generally offer laundry services! Living is more comfortable and can save on travel costs!
@@cloudwithwind574 yes, out of 3 ring road will be cheaper.
For your information, China increased recently the Visa price for US citizens after US had increased the visa price for Chinese applicants.
Now visa fees are the same in both countries. The reason for the increase in fees in the US is inflation, while the reason for China is to respond to the US😄😄
@@rocket4433 Inflation is happening worldwide, not just in the US
@@davadh What you said is not in line with China. If you look at China's CPI figures in the last two years, they are on the verge of deflation.
Yeah it's $180.00 now
@@rocket4433You missed his point.
I like your "voice over" format way better than your "live commentary" videos. More organized, relaxed, and concise. Thanks for the vid Sly.
I like both😆
They are both needed
老哥真是一个务实的旅行者，挺会的，攻略也做得比较齐全，而且该体验的都体验了，蛮不错的。期待在别的中国城市见到你的身影。You really arranged a good trip in Beijing, very efficient and helpful for other people who want to visit China. Waiting for your new videos in other cities in China, Beijing is just one side of China's beauty.
昨天我在我家附近看到他了，坐标上海黄河路家佳汤包😂
Great video. You are super likable and honest !
You should use "Trip"(formerly C-Trip) for travel and hotel bookings in China. Taxis in China are very cheap compared to Western countries, and you don't have to tip. Tipping is not a thing in China, though you can if you want to. Some hotels have their own coin operated laundry, which is a dollar or two, but yes the small outside laundries are somewhat expensive.
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@@Chinamikoचीनमिको What is your problem? Well, your name is Korean, so maybe you are depressed about South Korea being a vassal state of the USA. You are probably sick of the Americans telling you what to do all the time......... and not having any choice in the matter. Or are you Korean Chinese with "identity" issues?
In fact, I highly recommend that you go to more Chinese cities, such as many cities in the northwest, southeast and southwest. China is very big, and the cultural differences are also very large. Beijing is the political center, and one city does not represent the whole country. If you go to more cities, you will find it very interesting.
Great video, thank for sharing!
Nice good info for 1st time traveller
China doesn't have coin laundries, except maybe in colleges. The laundry Sly uses is called Dry-clean Shop, Chinese use it to clean things like suits, fur coats, etc, but not everyday items, like pants and shirts. And it IS expensive.
his travel plan doesn't seem quite right. He should book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70! These hotels generally offer laundry services! Living is more comfortable and can save on travel costs!
Continue to enjoy your travels. I really enjoyed China❤ I spent three weeks in Beijing and then three weeks in Shanghai. I got a 10 year Visa in 2018. I stayed at the Wanda Vista which had a Walmart down the block😂 I definitely would recommend a tour guide. But enjoy !
just so you know (I only found out about this a few months ago after my grandparents got covid and almost died), but all of our 10 year visas have been nulled and voided indefinitely, and if you want to go back, you have to apply for a new visa now after covid
Hey Sly i just watched all those video's about your Beijing trip, as a
local Beijinger i was glad to see you enjoy your time in my hometown, and feel warm as well since i was moved away Beijing for 3years. I was traveling in US rights now, already explored Miami and New York , afterwards Will explore More east coast cuties, hope's we all enjoy our trips left parts.
Further more,i was strongly recommended you visit chengdu, which is a famous gourmet city,and the home of giant panda ,also surrounded by a lot of beautiful scenic.
Man for a split second I thought the 10 yr visa allowed you to stay there continually for 10 years! I was like oh snap sign me up!!! Great video and nice background scenery! Prices seem more than reasonable to me. Thanks for sharing
Ouch for the food.. Dumpling is around 1-2 bucks.. Noodles around 3-5 bucks o local places. Other comparison, Big Mac set 4 bucks, cigarette pack from 1 buck, 3 km taxi 1.8 bucks, fried noodles on the street 2 bucks, 330ml can of Coke less than 1 buck. This is on the tier 1 cities, may be cheaper in other places. Sly, try go to Guilin :)
bucks of what money? cuz a bowl of kangshifu niuroumian (the restuarant, not the instant noodles) in the Tianjin east train station was like, as expensive as a bowl of noodles in a restuarant here in Vancouver.
Hey bro thank you for the info
If you are in Beijing, might as well eat Peking Duck as much as you can because it cost $75+ in New York. Also, no need to tip in China.
在中国给小费，会被视为打发乞丐，或会惹怒他。
2:00 this changed.
I love the video of the Forbidden City. The place is large.
Thank you, sir
Sly, you’re getting really good at these episodes. Keep up the great work.
I’m looking through all the comments for added tip bits. I see many people commenting on what ways to add to the trip or what to avoid. I plan on doing a 6 day stop over in China later this year!
Don't know what kind of tips you're looking for, but Shanghai is very multi-cultural and international; it feels no different (other than being way bigger) from Vancouver, where I live. I was only there for 3 days, but just walking on the streets I could hear korean, Japanese, English...
That doesn't really exist anywhere else in China. Beijing is much more "Chinese"; you won't really get a feel of "Chineseness" in Shanghai at all but you get some of it in Beijing, and if you get out of those super tier cities (i.e shanghai, beijing, guangzhou and shenzhen), you'll actually be able to experience real China even more.
@@YSFmemories thanks so much for the feedback!! I hope to get an authentic experience. I may try out Shanghai first since I would be traveling solo and it would be to ease my way In
if you were to stay for the long term, a second hand washer (with some detergent applied to it) will set you back maybe a few hundred yuan, which is definitely a better choice than going through a laundromat. Most apartments provide drainage for washers so there's really no need for laundromats.
新双缸洗衣机小牌子的也不过五六百人民币而已，如果你住酒店完全可以借用酒店洗衣机，要多动脑子才行，而不是像他一样抱怨
@@MDBLWY 没懂，我抱怨啥了
new subscriber here....great informative stuff you're putting out here...thank you!
1st tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai are not cheap to stay.
If on a tight budget, I would recommend you go to a 2nd or 3rd tier city in China. They are much less expensive, and almost always still very nice.
What cities do you recommend?
@@Heworldwide up north Xi'an, down south Nanjing，Chengdu，Chongqing, all big cities and plenty to see. Careful during local tourist season though due to jacked up prices and a hell lot of ppl everywhere(summer mid june to late August, or spring festival each year)
@@Heworldwide what is your goal/purpose? culture? Art? Nature? food? History? people?
What’s up appreciate the motivation I just moved to phillippines and I just started vlogging thanks for all the hard work I plan on traveling and vlogging as well
Most Chinese used to wash their clothes with their own washing machines, I only bring clothes that's can't be water washed to a laundry(we commonly call them dry clean shop), like Down Jackets, winter coat or woolen made stuff. I think the laundry shop you went, the price they charged you is for drying cleaning.
recommend city for travel ：beijing,chongqing,hangzhou,shanghai,shenzhen,tibet, and you should definitely go to yellow mountain (HuangShan
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About laundry, maybe China is different from other places. In China, tenants often bring their own washing machines in their houses, while locals will wash in their own homes via washing machines or even by hand. Only some clothes that need to be dry-cleaned, such as down jackets, will be sent to the laundry.
Yes, his travel plan doesn't seem quite right. He should book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70! These hotels generally offer laundry services! Living is more comfortable and can save on travel costs!
Thanks for sharing. Are their subways/public transportation 24hrs? How many times have you visited China?
以成都地铁为例子，早晨6点开通晚上23:30结束，出租车，网约车全天24小时都有
mostly 5:30am -11:30pm
China's public transportation system generally does not operate between 00:00~05:30, because the railway needs to be maintained, and drivers and operators have to rest. You can take a taxi or an online car-hailing service, but the price will be more expensive than during the day.
Very detail info, very useful, thank you buddy!
Man, Beijing is more expensive than other cities in China, I travelled to other provinces the hotel price just 20 Canadian dollars I guess it might be 15 usd, the food is around 2-5 CAD, I prefer ride a public sharing bike and the monthly fees $2.
Which provinces did you visit?
it completely depends on how luxurious you want the place to be or how basic you can take; I got hotels in beijing and shanghai for like $10 a day, but they were like tiny no window hotels.
food varies a lot. There's like the basic tier of poor chinese people food that's like yeah, 2 bucks, but anything you might recognize would cost the same amount as in Canada.
China IS getting expensive! I went back in 2019 after 5 years, prices in Beijing shocked me.
I went back in 2019 after 5 years too. Not only prices, but you literally can't even pay with cash anymore... I went up to a guy at a food stall in hang zhou, gave him cash and he just looked at me like I was a crazy person not understanding why I was handing him cash lmao
Laundry is different from USA in China. Every chinese home has a washing machine. So laundry stores are for dry washings. That's expensive.
Shops are vanished from Beijing streets nowadays due to internet shopping. I would also say Beijing has much less abundances and undiversified entertainment (theatres, street arts, fun fairs, parade, even bars and pubs etc) compare to peer cities like Tokyo, London, New York, etc. That’s a huge loss for the tourism economy as well. However, If you live in Beijing for longer time, you will find the city much more convenient and approachable than many other big cities in the world.
Shanghai and most southern cities are better for “undiversified entertainment” as you call it. Beijing is too depressing.
Hi Bro, the laundry you have found was try wash~~~~ that is normally for suits and shirts..... In China, we don't have the public shared laundry.....because it is considered as dirty to wash your own closthes which is skin touched staff with the public machines that some others used you even don't know。。。。to buy a 100% new smart good brand wash machine ONLY cost you 100-150$, that is pretty good and full functional wash machine with wahing and drying.
I heard in the south, people use the same 脸盆 that they use to wash their stinky feet to 和面 and make 面食 with it.
How to get your laundry done in China as a foreign tourist:
1: visit foreign hotels that opens in China ( Hilton that opens in China) , they will charge you 5-10 dollars in equivalent to wash and dry for you to pick up.
2 : local small family style hotel has laundry services. If you just wash and dry once or twice, it’s free.
A lot of these small hotels can't accept foreigners though at least in Shanghai and Jiangsu. The vast majority of budget hotels in Suzhou for example can't accept foreigners as they only accept Chinese passports. Don't know though if it's the same in Beijing
his travel plan doesn't seem quite right. He should book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70! These hotels generally offer laundry services! Living is more comfortable and can save on travel costs!
@@eoin4597 I am saying the ones that are renovated homes (如家酒店) . Ask them for a load of laundry done . They won’t charge you. But it does require you can communicate with them in Chinese at some level . If you manage to use translation. That won’t be an issue .
@@wisl8122 Nice tip. 谢谢你的建议
They sell a portable washer online. It comes in a foldable bucket. You can bring it on your trip.
How long were you there? How many days you need to see the most important things?
wonderful china , wish the world know about that country more
I saw you and your friends at the gate of Jiajia Tangbao on Huanghe Road on Friday afternoon. I drove by, so I didn't say hello to you. You look very happy. There should be a video about Shanghai soon.😂😊
What are the odds you actually see him out and about, that’s crazy 😅
@@Heworldwide At the end of his Shanghai video, I saw my white Chevrolet，haha
An 8 hour guided bus tour from your hotel to the Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Olympic village (water cube and bird's nest) with lunch included is only $49 USD.
Your $13 USD Beijing duck dinner is a meal intended for 4 people. If you divide $13 by 4 it's only $3.25 USD/person. I've typically paid only $10 USD for an entire Beijing Duck meal.
You should go to a supermarket to buy your food and hot meals.
The comment is much appreciated. Can you detail or describe which company a foreigner would use?
@@Heworldwide I've never been on a bus tour in beijing as I have relatives there taking me, but just so you aren't shocked, but the Chinese people have a very different culture when it comes to vacationing; it's not about relaxing and having fun, it's about 'da ka", which is like ticking off things in a check list;
the point of their vacations (and thus tours) is about visiting the most number of places humanely possible in the shortest amount of time so that they can go back home and tell everyone "I've been here, here, here, here, here..." it's super exhausting and you don't generally have enough time to actually appreciate and enjoy anything.
@@Heworldwide oh also, since you're asking things, I would recommend not eating any beef in China unless you go to like inner mongolia or something (but that's not a place many foreigners visit so I doubt you well)... especially, don't cook beef yourself in China.
Beef in China is tough af. I wanted to make some stake and went to the flea market to get the most expensive best cut of chateaubriand they had. The lady was super proud of her meat and told me I will definitely love it. I went back, cooked it, and it was unchewable. When I passed by her shop a few days later, she smiled at me and asked me how the meat was. She thought I would really enjoy it for real. I didn't have the heart to tell her...
And it's not just that one experience. I've only had decent beef once in China; it was in a high class Japanese restaurant in Beijing with wagyu beef and I paid like $150 for the meal.
Everything else is fine, but I avoid beef when I go back to China.
The hotels usually provide free laundry machines, these laundry shops are mostly for dry wash
Should go Shanghai, Guangzhou or chongqing like everyone mentioned. Or guilin, see the yulong river
And Shenzhen. Beijing is a great city but not a good choice for 1st time foreigners as the city is a huge culture shock compared to Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Chongqing which are more international cities and less cultural than Beijing.
I don't think he minds the culture shock of Beijing, as long as he realizes China is HUGE and not relatively uniform like the U.S.
@@winstonspoodle其实北京也很国际化，所有大使馆、跨国公司、国际会议都在北京，只是北京历史底蕴太深厚了，属于传统与现代城市的结合，看起来好像和没有那么洋气，但其实北京人的英语水平是全国最好的。
Awesome
Uber used to be in China, but they weren't very profitable. They wound up closing down in 2016 and sold their operations off to Didi.
Let me know if you come to MACAU! I'm living here, and I'd love to take you around! Think about it anyway.
Very informative! Thx
The place you are staying looks dope, if I am imagining it correctly, you are like right in the traditional looking district which is really beautiful.
In Rome Italy and Seoul Korea i paid 8.00 Euros and 8.00 Won for washing and drying recently.
8 won? that's like, 1 cent?
I'm coming in September 2023. Beijing and Shanghai. I paid $140.00 for my 10 year visa. I do want to let you know that the visa for united states is $180.00 now. They said as of May 31, 2023 the price increased on the Chinese consulate website.
@Passport Visionz I'll check you guys out!! Is it easy to get around in the train?
Don’t spend too much time in Beijing and Shanghai. Recommend ChongQing and XiAn. Beijing and Shanghai. Not fun
中国本来就没洗衣店，只有洗昂贵，羽绒服、西装、、、等高级衣服的干洗店。博主，他误会了
@@saisirvous7363 That's where I want to go. If I have time I'll go to other areas but mainly staying in Shanghai and Beijing. Also more English speaking people. Since I don't know the language I don't want to get to far where I can't get the help I need to navigate. Thanks for the suggestion
@@Cc2971 I appreciate your reply. All u need is a language translator app. And we r willing to do help if u ask. Best wishes
nice video
U made to the forbidden city. Great!
Youplease tryto visit Chongqing and Yunnan and Shenzhen, great places with cheap costs. Try to find a place with washer and dryer
Love your videos.. Wish they were longer
Thank you
I think you're getting Dollars and Yuan mixed-up when you mention tour prices.
Tourists and locals pay the same prices in China.
In china, we say,"we have the prices of adeveloped country, but we have the salary of developing country!"
Good info
Very accurate and informative video, laundry is high as Chinese view that service as a luxury.
You look like you have a great time! Question I am going to be in Beijing 2 months from now, how are you paying for things? I hear that a lot of places are moving towards cashless. Any tips? This is open question to anyone who knows.
No tip tradition, accept cash
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You can book the hotel with free laundry room, instead of room service.
2:23 42 dollar/night that was crazy!!!! That should've cost you maximum 20 dollar. Maybe that old looking furniture cost you that extra 20 dollar. You could stay in a YHA. It normally cost you 5 dollar for a bed. It is a fun place to stay.
Won’t it be cheaper than $1300 to fly from California to a layover in either Japan or South Korea and then to China?
I remember in Guangzhou airport they had a machine that sold SIM cards . They were 20 dollars for a month with unlimited data.
Save your time:
so costly for private touring services (I never imagined someone would choose to do so in such a mega and developed international city)
while others are extremely affordable
at 2:14 check out to the guy photographing with style. Looks like a double reflex.
It's not really a foreigner price, seniors and vets just get a discount in most tourist places, maybe that's why you see multiple prices.
Some places ARE free to Chinese citizens only, and cost everyone else, but those are rare, and I can't even think of one on top of my head.
Hiring tour guides is smart. They are so many fascinating stories waiting. Taxis are about the same price as DiDi. The Chinese chain hotels are better than your tiny room. I feel sorry for you staying your whole trip there. Next time book directly online Home Inn, Jin Jiang, or GreenTree. Your tour took you to a great restaurant for the Beijing duck. The Zha Jiang Mian noodle you had was supposed to be the favourite dish of Elon Musk.
I dont think he can book those chain hotels, since he is a foreigner... Not all hotels can take foreigners in Beijing.
Any hotels 3 stars or above can serve foreign visitors. Most chain hotels are 3 stars and some 4 stars.
@@michael511128 the one you mentioned above,Jinjiang and Greentree, they dont have stars. They are economic chain hotel. Not everyone of them can take foreigners in Beijing. I'm from Beijing, the greentree near my home can not.
连锁的快捷酒店也不是所有店都可以接待外国人的，只有办理过涉外营业许可证的门店才可以， 预定前要打电话确认清楚，另外他在缤客上预定的民宿应该也没办过涉外许可证，属于非法揽客，房东查到要被罚款的。
@@fangyang4286 OK I see.
And the prices in Beijing is very high by China standards already. If you go to the North East part of the country, you can get a proper 2 - 3 person feast for less than $10
140 for a 10 year visa??? Count me IN!!!!!
I read that’s a special Visa. The typical one lasts 30 days.
He got a special visa that is hard to get. The typical one is 30 days.
10 year visas are pretty much the standard now. We got ours in April.
@@anonymous6594 It's normal now. Both countries had some kind of agreement about this years ago. Chinese citizens can also obtain a 10-year visa to the US.
It's a multiple entry visa. Maximum stay per entry is 60 days.
I need to go to China
u went to a dry wash place. there are fewer laundary places in china as there is little demand. for the price u paid for 2 loads, people can buy a washer there.
估计是把干洗店当成欧美那种自主洗衣的地方了。
There is no laundry in China, I think you go to a dry cleaner, a place that specializes in cleaning high-end clothes and shoes.
I feel like your travel plan is not quite right. Why don't you book a three-star hotel outside the Third Ring Road in Beijing, and the price is only around $40- $70!
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There's basically no laundry mart in China.
Bro has become my new no nonsense king of world travel, time to do a how I afford to travel so much video...
Your SIM card is too expensive. You really do not need 100 GB. I only use 20 GB for a month.
Just bring my U.S. T-mobile phone every time I came back to China. It automatically connects to Chinese phone network at no extra cost. Yes you pay roaming for phone calls but you get the same data plan as you are in America. Also, foreign phones are not subjected to the internet censorship
@eddiehughes2888 If you use a G everyday, 30G is enough for a whole month.
Chinese never tip in hotels and restaurants😅, so thats why prices of laundry is high. If someone choose the laundry service, for sure will the low salary cleaners get their commission.😀
Nice !
T mobile and Google works.
Must have VPN for UA-cam if sim card
And added 20% unemployment rate for local university grads !
Uber China sold their business to Didi. Airbnb exited China recently. These companies priced their services too high when they entered the market and just couldn’t compete with their local competitors.
HOTELS are super cheap in china, luxury 5 star hotels cost only like 300 dollars a night.
Me and my boy went to China 6 years ago we did Beijing, Shanghai & Hong Kong. Shanghai was amazing blew us away, Hong Kong was a melting pot felt a lot more westernized, but Beijing was a struggle it felt like we were being watched and restricted everywhere lol. We did go to a nice nightclub though. But we stayed right down the road from tianamen square. We also took the ferry from Hong Kong to Macau and that was amazing as well
yeah... no you weren't. No one cares about you in China, they only care about themselves lol. For better or for worse. Extreme selfishness, but also no judgement cuz they couldn't care less about you.
But yes, shanghai is a lot more international than beijing; you get a better feel of "real china" in beijing than shanghai, and you would get even more of a real experience of china if you veered off of the super tier cities (shanghai, beijing, guangzhou and shenzhen)
dude so whats expensive about the prices u paid? is it a laundromat or a dry lceaner that u went to?
$140 for a 10-year first time visa is not bad. It’s almost like visa free.
you should use the washing machine in the hotel instead of using laundry service, that is very expensive. In china you don't find a lot of self serving laundromats.
对，共享洗衣机也就2块钱一次
Dude, do you want to post the price chart here? You may have paid dry cleaning price for regular laundry.
Not sure what's going on with that washing machine of yours, ours is usually less than a dollar a wash, from CN
有个鸡毛洗衣店，估计去的干洗店。
Beijing is huge, the price is depends on the location, some place will take you 20 bucks just for a normal cup of juice, that is really crazy.
Thank you for all the info you provided. Very thorough.
Finally you film on daylight lol
Beijing is super expensive for China, you need to go to Tianjin or closer cities to pay way less