Everything travellers ask before booking a bespoke China journey

It depends on your passport. China maintains unilateral visa-free entry for many European, Asia-Pacific and Latin American passports, typically 30 days per entry, plus a 240-hour (10-day) visa-free transit for travellers connecting through China to a third destination. Where a visa is required, MEIAN supplies the invitation letter, hotel confirmations and a document checklist, and confirms the current rule for your nationality before you apply.

The 240-hour (10-day) transit lets eligible nationals enter China without a visa while connecting between two different international destinations. It is not a visa: the onward connection must be genuine and your travel must stay within the permitted region. MEIAN plans itineraries that fit inside the window, confirms which airports and ports honour it for your route, and prepares the onward-ticket and hotel documents the immigration officer may ask for.

Yes — invitation letter, hotel confirmations covering every night of the plan, and a document checklist matched to your nationality and consulate. We also confirm the current rule before you apply, because entry policies have been changing frequently and last year's notes are not a safe source.

Quoted per party, not per seat, because the number depends on how many people travel, the hotel grade, the season and how many specialist guides you want. MEIAN will not guess a per-person price on a screen — send your dates and party size and we send a real quote.

Included in every itinerary: private car and licensed driver, English-speaking guide or butler, hotels, all named tickets and timed museum reservations, transfers, domestic rail and flight bookings, and a 7×24 English emergency line. Priced separately, never hidden: international flights (we can price and book them), visa fees, most meals, required travel insurance, and tips, which are optional in China.

Because an honest number cannot exist before we know the party. The same eight-day route costs something different for two adults in four-star hotels in shoulder season than for a family of five with a specialist guide in peak week. Publishing a fake "from" price is how package sites get you on the phone; we prefer to quote the real one the first time.

Violent crime against tourists is rare and Chinese cities are heavily patrolled. The realistic frictions are language, payment apps and museum reservations — exactly the parts a licensed agency handles. Every MEIAN party gets a 7×24 English emergency line for the length of the trip.

One English emergency number, answered around the clock for the length of your trip. A guide who is not working out is replaced the next morning at our cost. A delayed train means the driver plan is rebuilt while you are still on the platform. This is what a licence and liability insurance are actually for.

Yes — required, and we will not sign off a plan without it. It is priced separately from the itinerary and never bundled invisibly into the quote.