Originally Posted by
LapLap
As a FYI, here's what our hotel concierge had to say when I had declined their suggestion of paying 500RMB for an airport transfer and then the 1,600RMB for the round trip to Mutianyu saying I would like to go there directly from the airport:
"If you call Taxi from airport to Mutianyu is not safety.
Because Great Wall is far from city,
No taxi one way go to Great Wall.
And no receipt. Probably more than 2100RMB."
The hotel person clearly doesn't have a clue about airport taxi rules and the role played by dispatchers of ensuring compliance. I would have called BS on the "probably more than Y2100" quip on the spot.
BTW, my cousin used to live in Huairou and took taxis back and forth between there and town several times per week. He never reported any problems.