Originally Posted by
Red259
I am thinking about taking a trip to China later this month. I will definitely be staying in Hong Kong and Beijing. I am not sure where else I will visit but Xi'an is a possibility or maybe stopping by Shanghai. I have my two free hyatt nights from the hyatt credit card and was wondering which properties in China they would best be used at? Also, I have a bunch of URs saved up so I was thinking about paying for a number of other stays with points. Any recommendations on the best properties would be highly appreciated.
I don't have the Hyatt card so I can't recommend as I don't know what properties you can redeem.
In China, other than Hong Kong I would suggest you stick to the bigger cities if it is your first time (namely: Shang Hai and Beijing). You have enough sights to see at these two cities.
Now if you are going gallivanting for 20+ days or so it is another story. if if this is a 2 week trip, I'd imagine you spend about 3 days in each city: HKG, PVG, PEK and take various tours around each. PEK has the most sights to see so maybe a little more time there perhaps?
As for hotel:
HKG the "best" is the GHHK to most, I prefer the HRTST, but the wow factor isn't as great.
PVG has PHS, GHS & HOTB
PEK has PHB and GHB
Since you don't have diamond, I would say stay at the park hyatt for both PVG & PEK
Also, is there any reason to signup for the status challenge with Hyatt before this trip if I am paying with points? Maybe if I do a cash/point mix?
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