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LOCAL GUIDE & CAR · BY THE DAY

A guide and a car, by the day.

A licensed local guide, a car with a driver, or both, for the days that are hard to do alone.

From $120a day (¥800), fixed
24 hoursto confirm availability
30% to lock it inpaid in the app, the rest on the day
Licensedagencies and certified guides
WHERE IT APPEARS

On the days that are hard to do by train.

The engine already knows which days are mostly road. On those days your plan offers a guide and a car, priced on the spot. Everywhere else, you walk.

Beijing · Shanghai · Guangdong · Guizhou · Sichuan · Chongqing · Yunnan · Hunan

Tibet and Xinjiang: ask our team to quote.

DAY 3 · XI'ANTerracotta Warriors → Huaqing Palace → Banpo✓ Verified against real dataBus 306 from Xi'an Station · 1 h each way · a taxi between the sites · last bus back 19:00
Mostly by road today · A car with a driver can cover this day
Local guide & car · from $142Check availability →
HOW IT WORKS

Six steps. Nothing charged until step three.

Word for word the same in the app.
  1. 01

    Pick the days

    Guide, car or both. The fixed price appears as you pick.

  2. 02

    We confirm in 24 h

    A licensed agency holds a guide. Asking is free.

  3. 03

    Pay 30% to lock it in

    In the app, once confirmed. It holds the guide and the car for your dates. Alipay or WeChat today; card payment is being set up.

  4. 04

    Your confirmation

    Agency, guide, licence numbers, pairing code. Works offline.

  5. 05

    Meet. Check the code.

    The guide reads it out before you show your passport or pay.

  6. 06

    Pay the rest on the day

    70% to the agency's business account. Never to a person.

PRICING

Fixed prices, by the day.

Local Companion$120per day · ¥800

A local who shows you around, orders your food and sorts out the day to day talking.

Bilingual Guide$247per day · ¥1,650

A licensed guide who works in fluent English and explains what you are looking at as you go.

Expert Pro$411per day · ¥2,750

A senior guide for deep culture, nature and off the beaten path routes, with real depth on the subject.

Sedan, with driver · $142 (¥950)3 travellers with a guide · 4 without
MPV, with driver · $262 (¥1,750)5 travellers with a guide · 6 without
Car without a guide · +$37 (¥250)Single, isolated day: $187 / $344
8 hours · 300 km · driver and fuelHolidays ×1.3 · 1–7 people, same price

Price is fixed. Your booking is confirmed once availability is checked.

US dollars at today's rate (¥6.69 per $1, 2026-10-16); the app shows the day's rate. Payment is taken in yuan.

BOOKING CONFIRMATIONIC-2026-●●●●
ProviderGuiyang Duocai Tour Guide Service Center
GuideAzalea (冷梓仪) · Guide licence XGK4017J · English · listed in the national registry
Days14–15 Nov · meet 08:30, hotel lobby, Xi'an · 8 h each day
IncludedBilingual Guide · Sedan with driver, up to 300 km/day · Travel accident insurance for every traveller
Paid · due$233 paid in the app (30%, ¥1,560) · $544 due to the provider on the day (¥3,640)
Pairing codeK7 3P Q9Read out first.
WHAT YOU GET

Everything is on your confirmation. It works offline.

Four lines we do not cross

No private cars. · Every guide through a licensed agency. · No gig matching. · The balance only to the agency's business account.

If something goes wrong

Code does not match: refuse and email us. · Provider cancels: full refund plus 10% of the price. · Complaints answered within three working days. · Refunds start within five.

Terms, sections 7A and 7B →
OFFICIAL LOOKUP · MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM, CHINA

Check any guide's licence yourself.

Every licensed tour guide in China is listed in the Ministry's public registry. Enter the licence number printed on your confirmation and the registry returns the guide's name, licence status and the agency they work with. It is the same lookup used by regulators and travel agencies.

Verify on the Ministry's official lookup ↗Official guide-licence lookup of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China

The lookup is in Chinese. Choose 导游查询 (guide lookup), enter the licence number and search. Try it with Azalea's: XGK4017J.

A guide and travellers in front of a city at night
REAL TRAVELLERS · A LICENSED GUIDE · ONLY IN INCHINA

A real group, a real guide. Only in InChina.

ASK A PLANNER

A real person reads
your itinerary.

Not a bot and not a call centre. Every reply is written in English by one of our own planners, and anything we cannot answer does not use up your seat.

  • 100 credits · one itinerary
  • Unlimited questions while the seat is open
  • First reply within 24h on working days
“Is Huangguoshu worth it in October, or is it just crowds?”

Mid-October is fine. Go on a weekday and be at the west gate before 09:00, the tour buses come up from Guiyang around 10:30. Skip the shuttle down to Doupotang, it is a 15 minute walk on a good path. Take a poncho, the spray at the curtain cave soaks you.

✓  Alex Chu · InChina planner, based in Guizhou
COMMON QUESTIONS

The things people ask first.

If yours is not here, ask on Discord or write to support@inchinatravel.com.

Which cities can you arrange a guide in?

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan and Hunan. Tibet and Xinjiang are quoted by hand.

How do I pay?

30% in the app once your dates are confirmed; it locks in the guide and the car for those days (Alipay or WeChat; cards coming). 70% to the agency on the day, never to a personal account.

What if I cancel?

Booking fee back in full, always. Service prepayment: full 7+ days out, less a third at 3–7 days, less two thirds at 1–3 days, none within 24 hours. Holidays use the stricter row.

What if the provider cancels?

Everything you paid online is refunded in full, and the provider pays you compensation of 10% of the total price.

Booked inside the app.

Open your itinerary, pick the days that are hard to do alone, and check availability. Nothing is charged until your dates are confirmed.