ABOUT

Why we built this.

China travel apps for foreigners tend to be one of three things: rough machine translation, a shopfront for hotel bookings, or tips from someone who left years ago. None of them was what we wanted the first time we got lost in the alleys of Chengdu, so we built our own. Written in English, grounded in places we know, with AI doing the heavy lifting only where it earns its keep.

The InChina team in the office in Guiyang.

WHAT INCHINA IS

Four things. One app.

Each one comes with its source: who wrote it, what it was checked against, who shows up.

Cards written by locals

Every place is a card, signed by a planner who lives there. Only in InChina.

Browse the cards 02

An engine, not a chatbot

Every train, opening hour and ticket price checked before it lands in your day.

How AI plans 03

Ask a real planner

Hotels, food, transport, weather, visas. One to one, in English.

Ask a planner 04

A guide and a car, by the day

Licensed agencies and certified guides, only on the days you need them.

See guide & car

WHAT WE BELIEVE

Five rules.

People before algorithms

The places come from people who have been there, recently. AI drafts, translates and routes; it does not get to decide what is worth your time.

Private by default

Your itineraries, wishlist and searches are yours. No ads, no tracking, no recommended-for-you surveillance.

Works without signal

Maps, notes, translations and saved cards all work offline. Built for travelling, not for browser bookmarks.

Named, not anonymous

Every card carries the name of the planner who wrote it, and every planner is listed with the places they cover. If a recommendation is wrong, you know whose it was.

Meet the planners

Licensed on the ground

Guides and cars are delivered by licensed travel agencies and certified guides — official local partners, with the licence number on your confirmation so you can check it against the Ministry registry.

Guide & car, by the day

THE COMPANY