Any experience of apartment hotels (at least that's what it looks like) without a check-in desk, which are advertised on trip.com as 'homestay'? Do they typically do police registration on my behalf?
I will of course message the property to verify, but I'm curious to hear if it's common or uncommon that trip.com 'homestays' do police registration?
Yes, I stay in those places all the time, much better value and a better residential feeling.
They are supoused to do it, but don't always do, so I sometimes go to the station myself or do it online (in the cities where possible eg: Shenzhen, Shanghai, Haikou/Sanya) just to be on the safe side if it's my first night after entering China.