hi all,
my wife and I will be visiting Beijing for a day one our way back home to the states and wanted to get some basic info as far as transportation in and out of Beijing.

we'll be getting there on new years day pretty late and wanted to see options for transportation to hotel. is it fairly easy to just go to a taxi stand and let them know where to go or should i pre-book. i am leaning toward just grabbing a taxi but wanted to get your thoughts as this is our first time in Beijing.

our hotel is near the forbidden city ( crown plaza) and we want to do a tour of the great wall. should i look online for a tour company to get us to the GW? as i mentioned we'll be getting there late on the 1st and our only day is on the 2nd , leaving on the 3rd.

thanks !