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Custom routes for independent travelers

1-on-1 itinerary planning built around your pace and interests — landmarks when you want them, local texture when you don't.

Joy Liu

Joy Liu

Based in Kunming — raised in Yunnan, lived in Japan & the Philippines as a foreign visitor. About →

Core service48–72 hours after confirm

1-on-1 Custom Itinerary Planning

A ready-to-follow PDF route for your dates, pace, and interests — hand-crafted locally. Paid PDF in 48–72 hours after you confirm.

Skip the cookie-cutter routes. Every itinerary is hand-crafted by Joy Liu, who grew up in Yunnan and lived overseas as a foreign visitor — blending must-see landmarks with hidden alleys, hands-on craft experiences, and everyday local culture that guidebooks rarely name. You get a clear, ready-to-follow PDF route. Paid delivery is 48–72 hours after you confirm scope.

Local handcrafted routes — not another copy-paste landmark checklist.

  • Up to 5 days

    Early bird

    $99

    $129

    Regular

    From $129

    48–72 hours after confirm

  • 6–10 days

    Early bird

    $129

    $169

    Regular

    From $169

    48–72 hours after confirm

  • 10+ days

    Early bird

    $199

    $219

    Regular

    From $219

    48–72 hours after confirm

Founding early-bird rates apply while available. Regular prices apply after the early-bird window ends (2027-01-01).

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Free Bonus

Every custom itinerary includes our Complete China Survival Kit

Visa checklist, VPN & eSIM setup, Alipay / WeChat Pay guide, and offline map tools — so you're ready before you even land.

  • Visa / visa-free path confirmed
  • Mobile data / eSIM installed and ready to activate
  • VPN if hotel Wi-Fi or a local SIM — installed and tested at home
  • Alipay (and ideally WeChat Pay) linked and verified
  • Amap installed and basic search tested
  • Flight + night-one hotel booked
  • Key attraction tickets reserved (if needed)
  • Travel insurance arranged
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On-trip human help

On-trip help when plans break

When maps fail, payments error, or the subway dumps you at the wrong exit — a real local walks you through it.

  • Alipay declined at a night-market stall — dinner on the line.

    Example path: we walk you through a backup payment method.

  • Wrong Beijing subway exit — luggage, no Chinese, rush hour.

    Example path: we reroute you to the street exit.

  • Hotel Wi‑Fi blocks WhatsApp and maps after midnight.

    Example path: we walk you through hotel Wi-Fi vs mobile data, or a second VPN app — no VPN is always on.

  • 30-min response
  • Mon–Fri 9AM–9PM
  • Local partner reply
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Add-on support

Need Something Else? We've Got You.

Light-touch help when you already have a plan — or want someone to book with proof. On-trip emergencies live in the story section above.

  • Existing Itinerary Review

    Already have a plan? We'll review it with local insight.

    Got a rough itinerary from a blog, a friend, or ChatGPT? We'll flag what's overrated, what's missing, and what will actually make your trip memorable.

    $50/hr (30-min minimum)

    Start with 30 minutes — from $25.

    Book a Session

  • Booking Assistance

    We compare prices, book for you, and send the receipt.

    No markup on the item itself — transparent service fee only. Domestic flights $10 · International $15–20 · Other bookings from $5.

    • Domestic flights: $10 per booking
    • International flights: $15–20 per booking
    • Hotels / tickets / trains / rides: $5 under $100; 5% if $100+

    Flights from $10 · Others from $5

    No markup — transparent fee + receipt.

    Request Booking Help

Book an itinerary review

Tell us what you already have planned — we'll reply with next steps and a time slot.

Include country code. Faster than email for quotes and trip tweaks — email still required for receipts.

Request booking help

Share what you need booked (flights, hotels, tickets). We'll confirm fees before charging.

Include country code. Faster than email for quotes and trip tweaks — email still required for receipts.

FAQ

Common questions before you book

Custom itinerary work starts after we confirm scope and pricing for your dates. If we haven't started drafting, unused fees can be refunded. Once a PDF draft is delivered, planning fees are non-refundable — but we're happy to revise within the agreed round of edits.

Your package includes one structured revision after the first draft (timing tweaks, swaps, pace changes). Larger redesigns or adding many new cities may need an hourly top-up — we'll flag that before doing extra work.

No. Booking help charges a transparent service fee only. You pay the platform price for the item, and we send the receipt so you can verify.

The 30-minute window applies during business hours (9AM–9PM Mon–Fri, China time) for typical questions. Complex medical, legal, or after-hours issues may take longer — and this pack is information support, not emergency dispatch or 24/7 concierge.

We'll reply within 24–48 hours to confirm your trip scope and the matching early-bird or regular fee (from $99 by trip length). Custom PDF planning starts after you confirm — Survival Kit is included as a bonus with paid custom itineraries.

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