Shenzhen, China

We leave Hongkong Disneyland at 7:15 pm (too bad we were not able to see the fireworks) for our tour in Shenzhen, China.

TRANSPORT FROM HONGKONG TO SHENZHEN CHINA

Our tour guide in Hongkong take us to the East Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station on the Kowloon side where we take the East Rail Line to Lo Wu, which is the Hongkong - China Border. The train ride to Lo Wu only takes us less than an hour.

SHENZHEN CHINA VISA

At Shenzhen Immigration, we were met by our new tour guide who arranges our Shenzhen China Group Visa. The visa (Group Visa) is a piece of paper where the names of the group travelling is listed, that would mean we have to enter and exit the immigration together - we even have to fall in line according to the list in our group visa.

 THE TOUR

We only had less than a day to tour Shenzhen and this includes visiting Jade Factory, Silk and Pearl Factory and picture taking outside windows of the world. We were like elementary kids in Educational Tour...hahaha... but it was fun. The tour would have been better I guess, if we get inside windows of the world but we are afraid we might get late for our flight to back to Manila.

                                                                                                                        

Why you need a travel agent.

Despite the fact that there are so many travel tools available online, there are still a lot of traveler who use the service of a travel agent for their travel needs. Is it really necessary?

I would say, it really is not necessary but I can give you some good reasons why you should book your travel trough a travel agent. For our tour in Hongkong, we first plan on going there by ourselves- buy our own airline ticket, make reservation for our hotel, buy tickets to theme and amusement parks, etc., that is why we bought our airline tickets. While searching for hotels and researching for a trip, which I tell you is a little harder that we thought, we came across different travel agencies offering a range of itineraries and of course prices. 

Luckily for us we came across Metro World Travel Services, who gave us a hassle free Hongkong and Shenzhen, China tour, not to mention the package, which includes the tour, hotels, tickets to theme parks and everything we need for the tour, is very cheap.

So, here is the list why you should avail of the service of the travel agent like ours:

1.Cheap - again, booking your travel trough a travel agency can be cheap, mainly because they have access to discounts which normally you can not get and they can even beat discounts offered online.

2.Convenience - I tell you, planning for itinerary is a little harder than I thought, so if you are a little lazy and would prefer just printing the itinerary which was sent to you by email, book through a travel agency.

3.Travel Documents - They will help with you with the necessary document in order to get visa, our travel agent get our visa to Shenzhen, China.

4.Customer Service - I can not guarantee every travel agency has a good customer services, but ours is good- we can always reach them by phone, give us discounts and give us tips and advice.

5.Choice - travel agency will always give different options, like choice of hotels, tours, etc.

These are only some points why its good to book your travel trough a travel agency but the bottom line is they are in the business because they surely understand the world of travelling more than you do.But of course there are also advantages of travelling independently, so its still your choice. Happy Travel : -)

Happy Travel,

Wamboy