Originally Posted by
sniles
Can't speak for flights, but occasionally hotels will show cheaper rates on the English site versus the Chinese one. Sometimes these will be for rates Ctrip books through other travel agents, and therefore they don't always go through (prepaid amount deducted from credit card and then refunded if rate no longer available), but they do work once in a while.
I am looking at the Holiday Inn in Qinhuangdao for one night tomorrow and the totals are the same on the English and Chinese sites. As someone mentioned before, the initial price quoted on the English site is 15% less than the Chinese, but when trying to book it, there is a 15% tax and service fee added on.
I am guessing this is for some sort of cultural reasons?
