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Our Favorite Xiamen Travel Agents (agents listed at bottom of this page). Xiamen has hundreds of travel agents, including the excellent C&D Travel (English speakers; also provide English-speaking guides, cars and drivers, etc. Click Here for info). 

Need a Translator while in Xiamen and Fujian?  My Chinese is good enough for daily use, and teaching, but I get bogged down on historical and cultural stuff, so I often rely upon Bruce Lee (his real name!) to translate.  He is not a historian, but if you need a translator, he can be helpful, so give him a call...
Tel: 0592-2180322   8603171   E-mail: pengqinghong@gmail.com

"By the Book" Guides?    An Englishman e-mailed me to complain that his highly paid China Travel Service guide simply read aloud to him from my books Amoy Magic and Mystic Quanzhou (which was just reprinted as the bilingual "Discover Quanzhou!"). The mand said, "I could have saved 200 Yuan a day and just read the books myself!"  So...do yourself a favor and before hitting the road, review the appropriate sections of our site or my books.

Xiamen University Ticket Office (XUTO, just inside the large campus gate with the "Bird-Book Fountain", just to the left), is the agent I usually use, but they only speak Chinese (and you must be patient!).   XUTO gets great prices on international and domestic air, as well as bus and plane and train tickets).  When I had a family emergency, they booked me a RT flight with only one day's notice from Xiamen to Orlando, Florida--for just $1150 USD! And after I'd agreed on the price, they negotiated the airlines (Korean, our favorite) down another 100USD! And it was a great itinerary--only 2 short layovers through Seoul Airport (our favorite--free internet, sleeping lounge, etc.).

XUTO is open 7 days a week; closed during noon xiuxi. However, a word of warning!  1.  They don't speak English.  2. Be patient!  Just like my Chinese travel agents in Hong Kong and Los Angeles, their success means they are swamped.  With all three agencies, I usually must phone several times to keep them on top of it.  It can be very frustrating when, three weeks later, they're still saying "We're still working on the best price."  And they probably are--but sometimes you may need to put your foot down and say "Cut the ticket now!"--or else go with C&D (highly recommended) or one of the other travel agents listed below. Tel: Mr. Zhu: 592 218-3083  E-mail: xdhk@163.com
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Cheapest way to and from Xiamen? From non-Asian countries without direct flights to Xiamen, fly to Hong Kong and take the 9 1/2 hour HK-Xiamen bus on the scenic freeway. The $40-50 USD Fare includes a 1/2 hour lunch in a nice hotel.
...Want Cheaper? Take a boat,a train or a bus to Shenzhen (neighbors Hong Kong); Shenzhen buses to Xiamen are cheaper, but the border crossing is a pain, and you must run the gauntlet of folks who'll grab your bags for you, despite your protests, lug them up and down steps, and then charge you a pretty penny (if you get your luggage back at all). One of my friends broke his leg when he fell down the steps chasing a man who'd taken his luggage. And the border's pickpockets are brazen. I suggest you avoid the Shenzhen border crossing (unless you take the HK--Shenzhen Ferry, which is fine).

Hong Kong--Xiamen bus tickets are available at many HK travel services.
Click Here for China Travel Service, Hong Kong.
You may book bus tickets in advance from Mangocity.com

Best Airport: Incheon, in Seoul! If you fly to Xiamen, we suggest going through our favorite airport--Seoul. Voted the planet's best airport, it has free internet, nice free lounges with couches for snoozing, etc--and you don't have to deal with checking luggage through customs in China or Hong Kong, and receiving the miniscule "Inter-Asia" luggage allowance.
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Travel Services:

Xiamen University Travel Service   (next to the univ. post office)
Tel: 218-3083 or 208-6267


C&D Travel  (They speak English, and provide English guides, cars and drivers, etc.)
  
7/F Sealight Building Bldg. Xiamen, China 361001
Contact: Jeffrey Zhou or Stephen Chen  
Tel: 592 2263857 2263859
Website: http://www.sino-trip.com 

E-mail:jeff@sino-trip.com  chw@sino-trip.com
MSN: jeff_599@hotmail.com       amoychw99@hotmail.com

China Youth Travel Service   #65 Bai Lu Road  Tel: 205-3188

Sino Pacific International Travel Co.  Bldg. D 4/F North Block.
Hongshan Building, N. 287 Siming S. Road    Tel: 205-5648

China International Travel Service   N. Hubin Road, Zhenxing Mansion, 15/F Tel: 505-1825 or 505-1822

CITS  2-3 Zhongshan Road   Phone: 202-0658

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