Cost to visit China/taiwan

[DeusTrismegistus]

I am thinking about trying to visit taiwan and or china for awhile and I was wondering if anyone could let me know how much money it would take to stay in each country for around a month. That way I can start saving.

[meeks]

flights from Vancouver are $1400 CAD to Hongkong, $800 - 1300 CAD Beijing. Flights within China run about $100 CAD from Province to Province.
Hotels in off-season (no local manufacturing conventions) are about $30 CAD/ night in smaller but still decent hotels.
food is about 30 cents to $3 a meal. Beer is 30 cents for local beer in a mom/pop restaurant (good beer!) or $5 for import beer.
massage is about $3 - $11 CAD for 60 - 90 minutes depending on whether you go to big extravaganza places or smaller roadside places.

[shawnsegler]

Trust Meeks for the massage info.

S

[qiphlow]

does that price include the happy ending?

[shawnsegler]

Wow, I'll never be able to hear those words the same way again. Thanks.

S- Happy Ending!

[meeks]

that's a foot massage or regular chinese massage. happy ending ones run around $40 CAD (rumor has it...)

[shawnsegler]

Happy Ending!!!! Happy Ending!!!!

S

[edededed]

Happeh ending?

[meeks]

yea ed... that's where the girl (or guy - I'm not here to judge you guys) flips you on your back, pulls your shorts off, oils their hands up and strokes you off into a towel...really quite romantic....

[yusuf]

two girl massage is apparently really good if you can get it .....four handed happy ending.. erhmm.. i overheard about it on the bus

[Formosa Neijia]

I am thinking about trying to visit taiwan and or china for awhile and I was wondering if anyone could let me know how much money it would take to stay in each country for around a month. That way I can start saving.

That depends on how comfortable you want to be for a month. If I were you, I'd look up the hotel/hostel you want to stay in and calculate from there. That will be your major expense. Everything else will depend on you. Good food in Taipei can be had for US$3 per meal, cheaper if you know where to go and/or speak/read Chinese. Transportation is negligible.

If you're serious, Lonely Planet guides are worth buying.

Dave C.

[DeusTrismegistus]

I am thinking about trying to visit taiwan and or china for awhile and I was wondering if anyone could let me know how much money it would take to stay in each country for around a month. That way I can start saving.

That depends on how comfortable you want to be for a month. If I were you, I'd look up the hotel/hostel you want to stay in and calculate from there. That will be your major expense. Everything else will depend on you. Good food in Taipei can be had for US$3 per meal, cheaper if you know where to go and/or speak/read Chinese. Transportation is negligible.

If you're serious, Lonely Planet guides are worth buying.

Dave C.

Do they have a website?

I am already planning on visiting a friend in Japan this summer so I figured I might as well go visit taiwan and/or china as well. It depends on the cost and if I can save enough money though.

[Formosa Neijia]

Googling "hostel taipei" will get you a lot to look at. There are many now. Much more than when I first came. I stayed in Taipei hostel when I first got here:
http://www.taipeihostel.com/

They're a good place to start. I highly recommend the single rooms and buying a mosquito killer at a local store, though.

Dave C.