Originally Posted by
rkkwan
How long is your stay and how many times are you planning to cross into HK during that time? Keep in mind that for those using a passport, they earn four stamps for each roundtrip. And from Lok Ma Chau or Lo Wu, it is still 50+ minutes to Tsimshatsui and over an hour to Central. Add the time at the crossing and commute between hotel and the border, you're spending 3 hours on mostly crowded trains each day. Is that okay for you and the kids?
I'm thinking about staying there around 2 weeks or so, my choice is either SkyCity or JW Shenzhen.
If my husband has a multiple entries visa then he should be able to get in and out as many times as he'd like. We normally travel inside Europe and as EU citizen you don't get stamped, so our passports are pretty empty.
We're thinking about putting 2 kids at my parents' home in Hong Kong and my husband and I and the youngest stay in JW Marriott in Shenzhen (close to Heung Mat Wu resort). We stayed at Courtyard Hong Kong and SkyCity Marriott and both are at least 1 hr from where my parents live.
I guess if I do that I'll be using Lok Ma Chau crossing which seems to be less busy than LoWu.
Again, where isn't crowed in Hong Kong? My siblings who live there have given up on going to Mongkok or TST, even CWB.