Travel advice with a little more care.

How we verify things

Every factual claim carries the date it was last checked and a link to where it came from. We prefer sources in this order:

1. The authority itself — immigration bodies, a venue's own booking system.
2. Government and state media pages that quote them.
3. Booking platforms that actually sell the ticket, whose rules have to match the venue's.
4. Guides with a visible publication date.
5. Traveller reports — only ever as corroboration, never alone.

A number of Chinese official sites refuse automated requests, so some facts rest on good secondary sources. Where that leaves something genuinely open, we say which claim is open rather than showing a vague badge. 11 entries are currently flagged that way.

A scheduled job re-reads every source we cite and flags pages that have changed, so a stale claim surfaces as a task rather than sitting here quietly going wrong. It never rewrites anything on its own — a changed rule needs a person to read it.

What we've got wrong

Our first draft of the attraction data was researched but unverified, and checking it found four errors in ten entries. Later passes found more, including one correction we had to make twice. Any of these could have cost someone a day of their trip. They're listed here because a site that never admits an error is a site that isn't checking.

Spotted something wrong? Tell us and we'll fix it and add it here.

How we make money

Nothing on this site is paid placement.Some outbound booking links may be affiliate links. If you complete an eligible booking after using one, China Travel Select may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate links are treated as sponsored links in the page markup. No venue, platform or tour operator can pay to be recommended, rated more highly, or have a warning removed.

Where that creates a conflict, we resolve it against the money. The reservation radar says plainly when a venue's own ticket is cheaper than a reseller's, and the guides tell you when you don't need to buy anything at all.

We earn nothing from the video links, and have no relationship with the channels we link to.

The booking provider shown at checkout is the seller. It sets the price and cancellation terms, takes payment, issues confirmation and handles changes or refunds. China Travel Select does not receive your card details or create the reservation.

Your data

Accounts, saved trips, community posts and enquiries use secure cloud storage so they can work across devices. Passkeys keep biometric data on your own device; the site receives only the public credential needed to confirm that it is you.

The enquiry form stores the details you submit so the owner can respond. Marketing permission is optional and separate. The site also keeps anonymous daily totals for page visits, provider clicks and key actions; it does not build advertising profiles or sell personal information.

Contact details are optional when you are only preparing a local draft. When sending is available, permission to reply and optional interest in future tour offers are separate choices. Neither is required to review or save a draft. Keep downloaded copies somewhere private if you include personal information.

Unsaved planner choices, your ticked-off checklist and the hotel address you paste into the survival kit are stored in your own browser and are not attached to an account. Your checker results live in the page's web address, which is what makes a result shareable — so if you send someone that link, you're sending them your trip details.

Read the full privacy policy for retention, service providers and deletion requests.