China trip planner & budget skeleton
Build a day-by-day outline for Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an, Chengdu and Chongqing, with preparation reminders and an honest budget worksheet.
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Choose your cities, in travel order
Use 1–5 stops, each city once. Pick 1–30 days per city. Travel between cities uses time within your selected days.
A plan you can make your own.
Get an arrival day, flexible daily outlines and space for meals, rest and travel.
Prices: no verified price yet. There are no invented daily totals.
Your budget worksheet
Accommodation, meals, local transport, attractions and intercity tickets: no verified price yet. Collect dated quotes for your travel dates before adding a total. This planner provides structure rather than an unsupported cost forecast.
Intercity rail
Rail durations are omitted until route-specific times are verified. Use China Railway 12306 for live high-speed train times and fares. Allow extra time for reaching the station, checks and onward travel.
Apps to install and check
- Alipay: Install and test card linking before departure. Editorial suggestion
- WeChat / Weixin: Install and test account access before departure. Editorial suggestion
- Railway 12306: Optional: prepare an account if booking trains; confirm live times and fares. Editorial suggestion
Accommodation registration
Hotels register guests. For stays elsewhere, you or your host must register with local public security within 24 hours of arrival. Ask the hotel to confirm registration; for private stays confirm the local process in advance.
- NIA: hotel and private-stay registration responsibilities · checked 2026-10-29
This itinerary does not check immigration eligibility or geographic permission. Check 240-hour transit areas separately; estimate foreign-card payment fees before paying.