Chengdu/Qing Cheng Mountain Advice
Jul 24, 2016, 1:15 pm
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Chengdu/Qing Cheng Mountain Advice
We are heading to the Six Senses Qing Cheng Mountain Resort for three nights and was hoping that someone could give me a little guidance on local transportation.
We land at 10:20 P.M. from a Silk Air flight from SIN. The Six Senses is about 70KM from the airport and is apparently a hour drive from CTU. The hotel is offering transportation for 1200 CNY (one-way), which seems like a bit excessive.
Will I have any issues getting a taxi to take us to Qing Cheng from CTU at night? I know I will need a print out of the address in Chinese. Are there any reliable driver services available at CTU that can be prearranged? My mandarin skills are pretty awful, so thanks in advance.
We land at 10:20 P.M. from a Silk Air flight from SIN. The Six Senses is about 70KM from the airport and is apparently a hour drive from CTU. The hotel is offering transportation for 1200 CNY (one-way), which seems like a bit excessive.
Will I have any issues getting a taxi to take us to Qing Cheng from CTU at night? I know I will need a print out of the address in Chinese. Are there any reliable driver services available at CTU that can be prearranged? My mandarin skills are pretty awful, so thanks in advance.
Jul 25, 2016, 4:13 am
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Qingcheng Moutain is quite far away from CTU. By-metre taxi service is not possible for such a long distance, especially at night. But IMHO, 500 RMB would be quite enough for this trip.
I once took a taxi with three other guys at 3:00 am from Chengdu to my home town, which is almost the same distance of that from CTU to Qingcheng shan. It cost 300RMB for us four.
I once took a taxi with three other guys at 3:00 am from Chengdu to my home town, which is almost the same distance of that from CTU to Qingcheng shan. It cost 300RMB for us four.
Jul 25, 2016, 10:45 am
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Qingcheng Moutain is quite far away from CTU. By-metre taxi service is not possible for such a long distance, especially at night. But IMHO, 500 RMB would be quite enough for this trip.
I once took a taxi with three other guys at 3:00 am from Chengdu to my home town, which is almost the same distance of that from CTU to Qingcheng shan. It cost 300RMB for us four.
I once took a taxi with three other guys at 3:00 am from Chengdu to my home town, which is almost the same distance of that from CTU to Qingcheng shan. It cost 300RMB for us four.
I really appreciate all the advice thus far.
Jul 25, 2016, 11:55 am
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I don't know where it is on the English site. My GF booked it through the Chinese version of the app. I wonder if it's only an option if you book airline tickets through it.
Jul 25, 2016, 12:18 pm
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Yes, it's there on the Chinese site:
http://car.ctrip.com/hwdaijia/shopping/safe
Not at Chengdu specifically, but I've found negotiating long-distance runs late at night at Chinese airports to be a pretty bad experience. Somehow you end up talking to just one driver that's interested in taking you, and it's his price or walk. The other drivers just aren't interested once you're negotiating with another driver.
http://car.ctrip.com/hwdaijia/shopping/safe
Not at Chengdu specifically, but I've found negotiating long-distance runs late at night at Chinese airports to be a pretty bad experience. Somehow you end up talking to just one driver that's interested in taking you, and it's his price or walk. The other drivers just aren't interested once you're negotiating with another driver.
Jul 26, 2016, 3:26 am
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Join Date: Jul 2016
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Thanks! If I offer a taxi driver from the taxi rank 500RMB for the ride will he likely take it or am I going to have to ask around until I find a taxi driver who will take it?
Thanks, I can't find anything on Ctrip that relates to pre-arranged car service. Where would I find that? I looked under "things to do," etc but I can't seem to find it?
I really appreciate all the advice thus far.
Thanks, I can't find anything on Ctrip that relates to pre-arranged car service. Where would I find that? I looked under "things to do," etc but I can't seem to find it?
I really appreciate all the advice thus far.
For pre-arranged car in Ctrip, you should try Chinese site. Link as below
http://car.ctrip.com/daijia#ctm_ref=chp_var_txt
I've try to check the rate, much cheaper that I expected
For example:
CTU T2 - Six Senses Qingchengshan, 3 Aug, 23:00, from 203RMB
http://car.ctrip.com/daijia/list?ptT...9248494&type=t