Originally Posted by
sniles
PVG/SHA flights to PEK at that time (day before start of games) are likely to be hard to get (even through local travel agents) and will be overpriced. Get them ahead of time if you can. And you may want to look into the overnight train from Shanghai to Beijing if flights are hard to find.
I looked a few weeks ago and saw nothing unusual about the Shanghai-Beijing airfares during the Olympics. Has that actually changed?
Since "nobody" in China seems to plan their trips more than a few weeks in advance, I figured I had plenty of time to decie on my Olympic itinerary.
So when are we going to read the first stories of a "hotel glut" for the Olympics? My guess is late June, but that's a wild guess. I think the number of foreign visitors (not in the official "Olympic family" or the media) will be small -- perhaps less than the normal tourist numbers.