Originally Posted by
Palal
It should be around $25 (like on Trip.com).
When you book through a third party, you're often booking a "tour." There's an allocation of individual tickets and "tour group" tickets. There's no actual tour - the best you can get is a digital audio guide, but that's how they can get away with charging more.
I see it - that's $25~ per person though (so it ends up costing close to $100).
The $43 I mentioned was for all four tickets. I ended up booking two different sets - one with Treasure Gallery and one without... I'm not sure if the Treasure Gallery will really be worth the extra price and if we'll even have the time to do that if we have other things we want to see for that day.
BTW: what are your thoughts on doing Forbidden City with just a digital audio guide vs private guide? Obviously nothing is as good as a private guide but are there digital audio guides for Forbidden City that would actually pretty good and engaging for both adults and kids?