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10 Days China Express Tour from SYD/MEL $990 Per Person Twin Share (Fly 6 Nov 2024, 5 Nov 2025, 19 Nov 2025) @ Flybuys Travel
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littlesoldier on 29/06/2024 - 22:38 tours.flybuystravel.com.au (4784 clicks)
Last edited 01/07/2024 - 11:52 by 2 other users

China recently announce FREE 15 days visa for Australian Passport
Its great time to visit china and saving the hassle in doing all the visa application

Price based on departing from Sydney or Melbourne

Extra charges apply for:

Brisbane ($300pp)
Adelaide ($300pp)
Perth ($400pp)

Extra charges apply for:

2 June 2025 ($100pp)
4 June 2025 ($100pp)
9 June 2025 ($100pp)
11 June 2025 ($100pp)
16 June 2025 ($100pp)
18 June 2025 ($100pp)
3 September 2025 ($400pp)
17 September 2025 ($400pp)
8 October 2025 ($500pp)
22 October 2025 ($300pp)
4 March 2026 ($100pp)
11 March 2026 ($100pp)
25 March 2026 ($100pp)

Inclusions

Flights to Beijing, returning from Shanghai
9 Nights in hand-selected 3.5/4 star accommodation
Breakfast daily and 2 lunches
Local English-speaking tour guide (s)
Touring & transportation by deluxe air-conditioned coach
Bullet Train from Beijing to Wuxi with tour guide
Sightseeing and admissions as per itinerary
Airport transfers in Beijing on Day 1 & Shanghai on Day 10

Itinerary

DAY 1
Arrive Beijing

DAY 2
Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City

DAY 3
The Great Wall of China

DAY 4
Temple of Heaven

DAY 5
Beijing – Wuxi (5hr Bullet Train)

DAY 6
Wuxi – Suzhou (1hr)
A short drive will have you arrive in Suzhou

DAY 7

Suzhou – Hangzhou (2hr)
Leave Suzhou and travel by coach to Hangzhou

DAY 8
Hangzhou – Shanghai (2hr 30mins)

Leave Hangzhou and embark eastward by coach to the city of Shanghai,

DAY 9
Shanghai

DAY 10
Depart Shanghai
Upon check-out, you will be transferred to Shanghai Airport to meet your departing flight.

Note:

Check-out time is 10am. Should your flight be departing in the afternoon/evening, you will be required to check-out of your hotel room and may choose to head to the airport early or use the hotel facilities until an appropriate transfer time.

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    • odysseus on 30/06/2024 - 00:27
      +5

      It's not dodgy; it's just very controlled and subsidised by shopping trips; tea shop, souvenir shop, jade shop, silk shop and so on.

      In that respect, it provides good "value" - but equally you're spending/wasting your time visiting shops for an extended time as part of the trip.

      I'd rather spend a bit more, and build my own itinerary, seeing what I prefer to see. It doesn't cost much more… but of course you spend time planning, instead of this which is easy.

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 30/06/2024 - 13:36

      Up doggy?

    • yanlianglee on 30/06/2024 - 20:12
      -1

      Everything to do with China is dodgy

  • zzzzzz on 30/06/2024 - 00:29
    -8

    Incidents of mass stabbings targeting foreigners are on the rise, making it an increasingly unsafe destination for visitors.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/11/china-…

    https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/25/china/japanese-mother-chi…

    • jackspratt on 30/06/2024 - 01:28
      +18

      2 incidents this year.

      Sounds safer than London or Sydney.

      • Be careful on 30/06/2024 - 06:44
        +3

        That’s 2 mass stabbing in the past fortnight ( June 2024) not spread out over a year. O doubt many such incidents get covered up too.

    • mcha16 on 30/06/2024 - 09:26
      +4

      Much safer than Melbourne

    • hippo2s on 30/06/2024 - 09:29
      -4

      I'd be more concerned about all the new laws they put in place last 12 months or so, but just apply common sense and you should be fine, always research and observe the local laws of country you will be in.

      1. Anti espionage (dob in a neighbour spy campaign)
      2. National security law (anti anything that degrades CCP)
      3. Right to detain and inspect any electronic equipment law (they will take you device indefinitely to search for evidence of wrong doing)
      4. Anti 'hurtful to chinese culture' law (U can't wear things with graphic or text that degrades Chinese culture or promotes cultures that was hurtful to Chinese - like support of Japan)
      5. Anti TW independence law (this one last week, you can't say, act or do anything that supports this)

      All of which are enforceable by 'enforcement individuals' and punishable by unclear details. When you are taken in…you 'disappear'.

      Oh and this is not just in can mainland, it applies to HK and Macau as well.

      I am not never going again, not even transit via HK (which makes it hard due to my own background).

      Just don't break those laws (or others blame them on you) and accept it is part of entry, just like other laws in all countries and you are fine.

      • juki on 30/06/2024 - 10:44
        +8

        so just keep your mouth shut for the duration of the trip, thats hard (I'm going to see one simplified chinese character and go on a rant about how it should be written different), more seriously how hard is it to be respectful or tactful when visiting a country no matter how hard we disagree or how wrong their writing is.

        • Jigram on 30/06/2024 - 11:02
          +2

          Exactly - but it’s hard for people to stop being a know-it-all for 5 minutes

        • yanlianglee on 30/06/2024 - 20:12
          -5

          Haha only dumb people respect China. Hope you get the same respect from China

      • TightAl on 30/06/2024 - 11:34
        +2
        1. https://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/what-can-i-do/report-sus…
        2. Every country has a National Security Law, lmao hong kongers so blind to reality - https://www.ag.gov.au/national-security/national-security-in…
      • huuuuugo on 01/07/2024 - 14:30
        +2

        I know it's hard to accept a different approach to personal liberties, but see it as visiting a very religious friend. You wouldn't talk about your beliefs or disbeliefs knowing it's a sensitive topic for them, right?

        China is a bit like an Amish friend who asks you to not bring any electronics or revealing clothing. If you feel like doing it regardless, then you are in the wrong spot.

        • juki on 02/07/2024 - 19:31

          yeah exactly if you dont tolerate the religious friend stay home - i would be curious to visit amish guys

    • thefud on 30/06/2024 - 16:37
      +1

      https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Chi…

      Don’t let facts get in the way of a good story. Crime rate is roughly double in Melbourne then Shanghai (noting that China doesn’t have the most reliable stats, a police state would objectively be safer right?)

      • hippo2s on 02/07/2024 - 21:29
        -1

        Yes…like the extremely low ratio of COVID related deaths in population size reported.

  • webtonmoy on 30/06/2024 - 00:35
    +2

    Can you take the trip, stay in their hotel, but not follow their dayplan?

    • Save 50 Cent on 30/06/2024 - 00:56
      +7

      Nah.. we asked the guide to skip a day and went to disneyland instead and he was fine with that.. but don’t think you can just skip the whole thing. You can always ask the guide and slip them an extra $50 or something but be prepared to be told no.

    • spc12go on 30/06/2024 - 01:03
      +4

      How will you catch up to the group by the night fall. They most likely will be in a different city. And some shops will count the number of people that enters the shop, because they have to fork out a certain amount per visitor.

      • Eeples on 30/06/2024 - 04:37
        +1

        You would catch them up at the hotel you are staying in.

        Going to Disneyland rather than going to a shop…. Not rather than travelling to the next city.

        • hippo2s on 01/07/2024 - 07:35

          I would say it is not possible to do your own thing yet stay and travel together. These tours move pretty rapidly from one place to next, including NOT going back to the hotel at start of day.

          If you mean you will meet them at the next hotel I would also say no, travelling in china is 'managed'. Eg. You need to show passport and give them a reason when entering train station, or at highway state crossings going into big cities. This all takes time out of your travelling. Where as the group has a guide and goes thru these checks as a group.

          So it's unlikely you can locate alternative transport, visit the places you want, take additional transport to the new hotel in the new city in time. Compared to the tour that has a dedicated bus or van. PS: you won't be able to check in at the new hotel yourself either. You would have to trouble the guide to help you check-in when you arrive, remember hotel stays are also 'managed'.

        • spc12go on 01/07/2024 - 17:22

          You can’t, you are at Sydney at the start of day, by night fall they are at Port Macquarie.

          You need to know which hotel they are at and you need keys to your room. It’s easier said than done and you have to actually travel to the next destination.

          • hippo2s on 02/07/2024 - 09:00
            -1

            @spc12go: Yep. That's what I tried to explain but apparently my comment is worth down vote by someone. *Sigh.

    • Be careful on 30/06/2024 - 06:41

      They probably factor in kickbacks when they guide takes u to businesses and he getscac% of all sales. Standard procedure for Asia.

      • spc12go on 30/06/2024 - 17:44
        +2

        It is factor in, I been on one of those tour. Didn’t enjoy it, we were rush to shops after shops. Spend 30 mins per attraction and 50mins per shopping spot. Waking up at 6 for 6:30 breakfast daily and then bus every where. You are tired all the time. Didn’t enjoy it.

        The guide wasn’t forceful or abusive but made it clear that we have to shop and his lively good depends on the kick back and we also had to pay gratitude per day for the driver and the guide.

  • Windows7forever on 30/06/2024 - 04:11

    Very nice

  • mrXO on 30/06/2024 - 04:35
    +1

    How would anyone buy this given the experiences and conditions. Like they say, nothing is free or pay peanuts get….

    • Eeples on 30/06/2024 - 04:44
      +3

      The experiences look great. Although I would prefer Bejing->Xian->Shanghai

      The conditions? The hotels look decent.

      Or, do you mean the shopping tours?
      (Some ppl accept the shopping tours as why it’s so cheap. Not everyone is made of money. For some it’s a choice of cheap with shopping OR, don’t go at all).

  • Bloozzz on 30/06/2024 - 05:32
    +1

    How can I add kids into this? Looking to book for a family of 4.

    • Rhymenoceros on 30/06/2024 - 08:48

      I think I read 18 yrs and over only

  • Be careful on 30/06/2024 - 06:39
    -2

    So Ian credit score may dictate whether you end up having an unexpected forced extended trip…

  • Hugh G Rection on 30/06/2024 - 07:02

    this will go nicely with my 15 day visa free entry

  • Iwantthatbargain on 30/06/2024 - 07:35

    No TerracotWarriors and Yangtze River cruise?

  • Offshore on 30/06/2024 - 07:47
    +1

    Mention the coupon code "democracy" on arrival and they will extend your trip indefinitely, at no extra charge!

  • Geoffw on 30/06/2024 - 07:52
    +10

    I recently did a Tripadeal tour to China, with similar pricing and itinerary, though I added an optional terracotta warriors leg.

    I knew there were extras and pressure sales at various outlets - it was the same 35 years ago on a short tour to Guangzhou. But I thought it was worth it, given the extremely cheap price.

    The hotels were a reasonable standard, the included breakfasts were excellent, especially the Chinese style food.

    Included tours were generally good.

    There were optional outings, from about $A50 to $A70 each. Some were excellent, some very good, some not so much.

    Lunches (except one) and dinners were extra. Often I'd go for a walk and buy something local, pointing to pictures of the food to order. Prices were good, if I didn't eat in the hotel.

    There was a compulsory minimum tip of $A12 per day for the guide and driver. They say it's suggested, but I wouldn't suggest trying to avoid it. And it was money well spent.

    The outlet shopping stops were a necessary evil.

    I spent about $800 extra all up, plus $500 for the terrcotta warriors, including something from an outlet, but still excellent value at around $2.3k.

    • Squeezy on 03/07/2024 - 11:47

      Hey Geoff we are doing the tripadeal with warriors in October. Curious to know which optional tours you thought were good and which you wished you had avoided. I read some posts on another forum that suggested just doing all the optioanl tours as otherwise you might just be left twiddling your thumbs whilst the others do the optional stuff

  • nosytt on 30/06/2024 - 08:02
    +1

    Had a mate do this, said hes never walked so much in his life but I never see anyone whinge about this on Ozbargin, and this is a fit dude.

    • branners on 30/06/2024 - 08:34
      +1

      There is a fair bit of walking involved, in our TAD group someone with a smart watch clocked 17km on the Taiananmen Sq/Forbidden City day, so I guess I walked 15km, all on hard surfaces. On the Wall, you could opt out of climbing up too far, I guess I went up about 500m

    • Save 50 Cent on 30/06/2024 - 10:38
      +1

      Yeah 20,000 steps most days. But you don’t really feel it when you are looking around at interesting things you haven’t seen before vs walking for the sake of walking.

      • whyisave on 30/06/2024 - 16:30
        +2

        vs walking for the sake of walking.

        That's what my mum says.
        You could not get her to go for a 100-metre walk around the leafy neighbourhood,
        but walking 2km inside a shopping centre is completely fine!

  • Brick Tamland on 30/06/2024 - 08:14
    +3

    Hand selected hotels sounds so weird. How does a hand know if a hotel is good?

    • socialistshroom on 30/06/2024 - 08:50

      One would hope the hand of the king has good taste in hotels

    • hippo2s on 30/06/2024 - 09:36
      -3

      Hand selected as national law that foreigners can only stay at certain/specific hotels. Selected out of those. Then by whichever is willing to contribute subsidies/Lowest price

      I would not be surprised if CCP subsidises as well.

      • Brick Tamland on 30/06/2024 - 09:51

        Sorry it’s bit of a play on words. Generally, avocados are hand selected, not hotels. But yeah appreciate the comment. Didn’t realise there were rules for tourists in which hotels they could stay at.

        • hippo2s on 30/06/2024 - 10:34

          I think your wit would be better appreciated in a thread involving trip to SE Asia.

        • hippo2s on 30/06/2024 - 10:39

          It's about knowing the location of visitors. I had one hotel said it was the local law to keep my original passport while I was staying there. They wanted to give me a photocopy of MY passport. I was like…yeah..nah. get the f out of there.

          Thing is there are some wacky rules there not at national level, but state and even local council that they have to enforce (or introduce). So as a traveller you never really know what's applicable and you are at the grace of locals while there.

  • solacens on 30/06/2024 - 08:19
    +1

    Why people are expecting no shopping spot with this price? I'm curious.

    BTW Suzhou and Hangzhou are highly recommended from my experience.

    • souths123 on 30/06/2024 - 09:11

      we only went to Beijing, Xian (via bullet train) and Shanghai on our visit in 2014…we used a local tour company Chinatours.com. If we went back would love to see other places…Shanghai was ok, but glad we weren't there that long, good to visit, but would rather see other places.

  • gccmelb on 30/06/2024 - 08:23
    -6

    This will be handy to visit all the people they have illegally imprisoned.

  • drewbytes on 30/06/2024 - 08:43
    +5

    I did a similar tour many years ago. Whilst you do get taken to tourist spots, you're not forced to spend any money and we all thoroughly enjoyed the trip. I'd love to do another and at these prices they're a fantastic way to see a country I'd otherwise never go to.

    • Delilahgetsaround on 30/06/2024 - 09:23
      +7

      Any locals I met while there were helpful and friendly. Any that spoke English would try help when they saw us struggling. The locals aren't like the Bali type trying to rip anyone off.

      • Save 50 Cent on 30/06/2024 - 10:46
        +10

        Totally true.. i tried to pay a bit extra to a couple of nice taxi drivers and a waitress at a restaurant. Every single one of them refused the tip and their attitude was like ‘I wasn’t being nice because I wanted your money’.
        I’m annoyed at people here who never been to China yet judge the country based on what they hear from the american media. The average people there are genuinely nice and friendly.
        If you mind your business and just enjoy yourself, then you’ll have a great time and will have nothing to worry about.

        • fantombloo on 30/06/2024 - 12:08
          +7

          So true. About 12 or so years ago I was with a workmate in a cab in Shanghai, we got talking with the driver, he told us about a tea house near our destination and he actually stopped with us, took us in and stayed for about half an hour. It was a magical experience - sitting low and talking about our families over a little tea ceremony. Limited English but it worked well. We even had a little argument over who was going to pay. (Of course we did). One of those totally unexpected things that make a lasting memory.

  • X4iVaz on 30/06/2024 - 08:58
    -6

    Take care if you're Japanese. If you accept the tour, just watch out and don't get stabbed.

  • Rambler30062024 on 30/06/2024 - 09:16
    +1

    You get what you paid for. For the trip like this, you will spend about A$3-8k depends on the season if you do your own.

    This is deal is not suitable for fellows hard to “No” during the shopping trips. Otherwise, get a good plan of international roaming internet data for your phone and some battery banks when you killing time on these shopping trips.

    • CyberMurning on 30/06/2024 - 09:19

      international roaming internet data
      and VPN to access google and youtube

      • Save 50 Cent on 30/06/2024 - 10:58

        With international roaming or one of those sim cards on Travelkon etc, you won’t need VPN.
        Most know VPN will not work anyway. They are blocked. I tried to use Nordvpn and a couple of others at the hotel to save my data. Wifi will disconnect once you turn vpn on. So yeah get a plan with a lot of data.

        • huuuuugo on 05/07/2024 - 14:13

          Some VPN services work, while others don't. NordVPN stopped working last year.

    • Brick Tamland on 30/06/2024 - 09:33

      Crikey. How long are these shopping trips?

  • Ahan on 30/06/2024 - 09:21
    +2

    Those actually went on the tour all had a good time with great things to say about the tour. I haven't yet seen anyone not recommending it here.

    I'd say just go and see with your own eyes.

  • ITveteran on 30/06/2024 - 10:21
    +2

    Have been on such trip before. Waste a ton of time, had lots of embarrassment and agitation. Extremely stressful trip. I wouldn’t call this a holiday.

    • hippo2s on 30/06/2024 - 10:40
      +2

      I felt like cattle being herded from spot to spot, on buses and trains…

      I do prefer exploration and discovery tho, so this type of tours while it gets you to places, it not my preferred way of seeing a new place.

      • Brick Tamland on 30/06/2024 - 10:42
        +1

        Sounds a bit horrible to be honest. Maybe ok for travellers who just want to tick things off their list and get the obligatory instagram selfie

      • mt2000 on 30/06/2024 - 11:18
        +1

        Spot on. They are cheap for a reason. Really early morning starts like 6am or 7am. Once on the bus all you do is sleep because you are totally stuff from lack of sleep.

  • compound on 30/06/2024 - 10:43
    -3

    Censored internet included.
    Incoming people buying this ticket to China thinking China's a great country.
    China is a great country if you're on God mode. For plebs, it's dystopian AF.

    • Jigram on 30/06/2024 - 11:05
      +3

      Australia also has censored internet.

      The west is great if you’re on God mode. For plebs. It’s dystopian AF

      • compound on 01/07/2024 - 21:51
        -1

        There's censorship and there's censorship.

        What's the infringement for accessing VPN here compared to China?

        3 months trip seeing dozens of factories from Shezhen to Fujian was enough China for me.

  • Jigram on 30/06/2024 - 11:06
    +2

    WEST GOOD CHINA BAD 🗿👍👍

    • yanlianglee on 30/06/2024 - 20:15

      Excluding Taiwan, HK and Macao

    • compound on 01/07/2024 - 22:02
      -1

      Yea, we see a lot of Australians immigrating to China right? Right?

      • Jigram on 01/07/2024 - 23:08
        +1

        Australians don’t really emigrate anywhere much, to be fair.

  • gibberish on 30/06/2024 - 11:27
    +4

    Jast came back on the recent 'trip a deal' 12 day china tour with my wife and parents.

    For the cost there is nothing to lose.
    - We got to see a few unesco sites
    - hotels were out of the the city centre but 3-4 star
    - purchase a e-sim for $30 for 15 days incl vpn
    - sponsored shopping was interesting enough. We were not forced to purchase anything. Wife bought a $700 silk bed set..
    - it is tiring but you have the night to yourself
    - All up we spent about $1.7k per person all up. There will be optional tours, tips, dinner etc.
    - other aussies on the group were all very friendly and punctual

    • Craigie on 30/06/2024 - 16:02
      +3

      Where can you purchase a e-sim for $30 for 15 days incl vpn? Thanks.

  • aboutconfig on 30/06/2024 - 12:12
    +1

    You will find out that many of the shopping malls they bring you to are now almost empty, no other buyers, no locals, only you, maybe some russian young boys and girls ran from the war. A lot of the shops have already shutdown.

    • compound on 30/06/2024 - 14:02

      It's the CCP bots downvoting you mate. Ignore.

    • huuuuugo on 05/07/2024 - 14:15
      +1

      Would you post a link to the Aussie stabbings when there's an advert for domestic travels?

      Reality check: China accounts for about 20% of human population, so it's natural that about 20% of crime would happen in China, too. Hate crime against foreigners happens in all countries, by the way, including Australia. Individual cases say absolutely nothing about the actual likelihood of getting yourself in danger.

  • jackspratt on 30/06/2024 - 14:09

    It would be enlightening to know how many of the negative shopping mall lock-in experiences reported on here are from members who have actually been to China, let alone in a shopping mall or tourist shop there.

    • hippo2s on 01/07/2024 - 07:48
      -1

      What do you mean mall lock-in? LOL you don't get locked in that would be pretty bad. But when the shop or mall is in the middle of nowhere (like you can't walk to other places) you are pretty much just there to listen to their story telling and buy whatever fruit, nuts, drinks, stone, cultural paraphernalia they are pushing.

      More than half of the stops felt like that to me on my trip and 5 years ago.

      If you have not been. You won't get it and tell me that it's overblown. Well wait till you go and experience it. Some people are ok with it, most people bear with it as the trip is cheap.

      The way they run tours is completely different to Aussie (westerner) tours like ATP.

  • Craigie on 30/06/2024 - 16:00
    +8

    It seems when it comes to China, Some OZbargainers get very picky, critical, and suddenly raise their standards well above OZbargainers level.

    • Jigram on 30/06/2024 - 23:01
      +4

      Yep, xenophobic

  • HiDave on 01/07/2024 - 00:18

    Could you delay your return flight for two weeks?
    (Then go to HK etc to extend your visa or similar?)

    • hippo2s on 01/07/2024 - 07:42
      +1

      Err… I believe HK is part of China, what I hear is you would have to go-to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan (like a true foreign country out of china) then re-enter. But TBH people will only find out from today what are the actual rules.

    • Squeezy on 03/07/2024 - 11:54

      They trips are normally locked in with no allowance for extra stopovers

  • klrrider1 on 01/08/2024 - 11:30

    Trip a Deal has a similar package of 11 days/9 nights in China for $999 per person. For a short time you can buy this package for 66,000 QFF points.

  • klrrider1 on 05/08/2024 - 11:52

    The price of this package has been increased to $1,090 and the dates available are now from June 2025.

    It did not take long for the saving due to the new 15 Day Free Visa to be absorbed by the tour company.

    See: https://tours.flybuystravel.com.au/product/10-day-china-expr…

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