China Travel Forum

[Ovid cater]

I intend to China with my school for 3 weeks for a study abroad programme. We will spend 1 week in Shanghai and then take a train to Beijing for the second 2 weeks. The Chinese government gave a grant to my university which will cover all of our lodging, food, museum entries, and local transportation in China. I was wondering if anyone could give me any ideas of about how much I should bring with me for this amount of time. I was wondering if I could get by on about $500 for 3 weeks in China seeing that it will mostly only be used on souvenirs and maybe a little food. small things to bring back for friends&family .Any ideas would be appreciated.


Thanks a bunch.

[Joe Masteran]

If you are willing to eat local and take public transport you can save a lot of money China. And western food and bars geared towards foreigners can get expensive fast. When i was living in China i budgeted 40-50 RMB a day for daily expenses, some days were cheaper and those days cancelled out the more expensive days. Then i budgeted an additional 300 RMB a weekend for going out but it does not go far at an expensive night club.

When you get nice gifts and stuff that is up to you.

[Ovid cater]

Thanks for your input. I don't plan on eating too much Western food. Of course I will eat a little bit on my own but I don't expect to spend a lot on that. Thanks again.