Originally Posted by
tsmith12
Thanks Slovak. I was thinking of booking 2 nights for them at CP Wangfujing and it's great to hear they took care of Platinum members. (I hope they can afford my Platinum status benefits to my parents) Now if only they had a PB deal again, I'd book the rooms in a heartbeat.
Would be highly unusual. As others have said, BJ is vast, and location therefore becomes important, since it can take a couple of hours to cross town in traffic. As such wangfujing is pretty good. But it is a reasonable walk (>1 mile) to Tiananmen and Forbidden City. However, even cabs can't take you right up 'to the door' as it were. And even once there, there is a fair amount of walking to be done.
Hope your parents have a good trip.
tb
PS as others have mentioned, the china forum is a particularly friendly place to ask questions. However, advice does tend to veer against organised tours and more 'diy tourism' (with excellent tips).