Originally Posted by
Tennis69
You do not want to be driving in China nor do you want to be on a bus type tour. A private guide is the best way to go. You can book on line or the hotel can arrange for you. Please make sure you tip (in cash) both the guide and the driver. And wear your seatbelts.
We agree that bus tours are the pits, but I fail to see how you arrived at your "private guide is the best way to go" advice... unless you are joking. Maybe guides are useful if traveling around mine fields, but Beijing and Shanghai aren't exactly war zones.