Originally Posted by
anacapamalibu
In general if that person doesn't have availability of what you are asking for
they will just reply "meiyou" don't have. .. not wanting to bother to really check anywhere else. But since you were there right before CNY, the heaviest travel time in China, its possible everything was booked.
I think this was the likely problem. Just an unfortunate circumstance of timing, that you happened to be travelling at the same time as half of China.