Private Guided Shopping Tour with Locals in Beijing
Beijing, China
Trip Type: Shopping Tours
Duration: 6 hours
If you are tired or afraid of haggling in the two major markets in Beijing; this private shopping tour would help you avoid the chances of being ripped off by aggressive sellers. Your personal guide will take you to the Bairong World Trade Mall, which is the largest whole sale market in northern China. With a business floor space of 400,000 square meters and over 100,000 kinds of products, it is one of the most popular places for the locals to do shopping. For the same price, you could get two even three for the same thing in downtown. Your English-speaking guide will help you with bargaining and as well as translation, since all the sellers there speak Chinese only.
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If you are tired or afraid of haggling in the two major markets in Beijing; this private shopping tour would help you avoid the chances of being ripped off by aggressive sellers. Your personal guide will take you to the Bairong World Trade Mall, which is the largest whole sale market in northern China. With a business floor space of 400,000 square meters and over 100,000 kinds of products, it is one of the most popular places for the locals to do shopping. For the same price, you could get two even three for the same thing in downtown. Your English-speaking guide will help you with bargaining and as well as translation, since all the sellers there speak Chinese only.You can set your own departure time prior to meeting. The local operator or tour guide will call you to confirm the starting time in advance, and when it's time to go, you'll meet your guide in your hotel lobby. You'll then drive to the Bairong World Trade Mall which is located in the south part of Beijing. If Taobao were a physical shopping place, it might be Bairong.
The main building alone has over 5,000 stores, and an additional building was connected to the west side in 2008, giving it another 3,000 shops. The commodities in the Mall include clothes, decorations, home wares, leather goods like shoes and bags, furniture, toys, camping equipment, barbecue pits, chopsticks, stationery, tea and tea sets, porcelain, cloisonné, cashmere, silk products, jewelries and gemstones like jade and amber, as well as children products and some other local souvenirs. In December, you could also find plastic Christmas trees, strings of lights and dancing Santas. It is a very comfortable thing to do shopping in Bairong. Compared with other shopping markets, the environment is clean and tranquil; and nobody will bother you. Either you want to do some serious shopping, or just get some local souvenirs for others; this private guided-shopping tour would be your ideal choice in Beijing. Your guide will help translate as well as help you with bargaining/haggling with the local shop owners. At the end of the day, you'll be dropped back off at your hotel.
The main building alone has over 5,000 stores, and an additional building was connected to the west side in 2008, giving it another 3,000 shops. The commodities in the Mall include clothes, decorations, home wares, leather goods like shoes and bags, furniture, toys, camping equipment, barbecue pits, chopsticks, stationery, tea and tea sets, porcelain, cloisonné, cashmere, silk products, jewelries and gemstones like jade and amber, as well as children products and some other local souvenirs. In December, you could also find plastic Christmas trees, strings of lights and dancing Santas. It is a very comfortable thing to do shopping in Bairong. Compared with other shopping markets, the environment is clean and tranquil; and nobody will bother you. Either you want to do some serious shopping, or just get some local souvenirs for others; this private guided-shopping tour would be your ideal choice in Beijing. Your guide will help translate as well as help you with bargaining/haggling with the local shop owners. At the end of the day, you'll be dropped back off at your hotel.
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