Originally Posted by
Firebug24k
Are there any tour-type services that we can book at the airport that make this simple? Thanks! (EDIT: both US citizens, if that matters... understand we'd have to get a visa before we arrive).
Check recommended drivers thread - depending on what you want to do (e.g. Great Wall) it may make sense to hire driver in advance for airport pickup, and take you to Great Wall and then back into city for something else--they could drop you at Summer Palace or Tianenmen Square, from which you could see more of city and take taxi back to airport.