3 Days in Shanghai on a Budget

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[@LisaAndJosh]

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[@TravelWithBen121]

I lived in Shanghai for 2 years working as an English teacher. Shanghai is one of the best cities in the world! The Shanghai metro is without a doubt, the best system in the world and The Bund at night is one of the most amazing things you will ever see. Great vlog, guys!

[@iu2]

They are the best travel vloggers! Josh's narration is top notch. Lisa supervises it all and ensures Josh stays on point and says the right things 😀. For example, Josh correctly pronounces Shanghai, unlike most Americans who say Sheng-hai.

[@ExpatNatt]

Yassse I’ve been waiting for this one! Welcome to Shanghai! ❤❤

[@Outdoordlieu]

Thank you, thank you…. ❤I asked you a few months ago to go to Shanghai and do a video.. You did it, I’m sure it was just for me! so very happy that you did, I leave ina few weeks! Great timing. Thanks guys.

[@forteandblues]

Downloading this for my night shift at the hotel! Keep up the great work you two!!!

[@LisaAndJosh]

ooo thank you! hope your night shift goes real smoothly :)

[@forteandblues]

@@LisaAndJosh thanks!

[@shidiezwei]

Yay you guys are back! My partner and I just got married and we’re watching your videos religiously to find honeymoon inspirations. Thank you for being the best, most relatable and down to earth travel vloggers out there :)

[@LisaAndJosh]

Congratulations, you two!!

[@lilypad342]

You did Shanghai!! I think you did it very well!! The food, the locals, the scenery!! Absolutely gorgeous and not too stressful that’s wonderful

[@WyattandReyka]

Intro narration is INSANE, guys!! Literally so captivating. Hats off to both of you. Your travel vids are probably the closest to Anthony Bourdain’s on KZbin right now. Amazing work. You’ve outdone yourselves! 🎉

[@LisaAndJosh]

Whew. That's a big compliment. Thank you so so much!!

[@calebvuli5476]

This is the quality of the new season? This is out of this world! I wish I could like this video more than once! Looking forward to seeing future videos from you two 🎉

[@followyourdreams8673]

Had an extremely tiring day at work and your new video turned my day around! Can’t wait to watch! ❤❤❤

[@BubblesMcGhee]

Yay!! New Lisa & Josh!!

[@LisaAndJosh]

it's a big yay for us too :)

[@all-innonbusiness3445]

Glad to see you had fun in Shanghai and Hangzhou!!! 💗 Two things: 1) I think the trick of eating xiao-long-bao is to put it in a spoon --> make a small opening on the wrap --> let the soup out in a spoon --> first have the soup --> then eat the xiao-long-bao 😀this way you can avoid being burned 😂 2) I visited Hangzhou last year, and instead of touring around west lake, my friend and I went hiked to one of hills/mountains on the horizon, having the best view on the lake + city center. 九溪十八涧 is what it's called, with beautiful tea fields, fresh greeks, old and huge trees. The entrance was 30-40min by bus from west lake. can only recommend for your next trip to Hangzhou!! 💗

[@iu2]

@all-innonbusiness3445 Perhaps Lisa didn't tell Josh on how to eat them...on purpose 🤭

[@timbrawdy2249]

Thanks for filming and editing literal movies all the time! You two are awesome!

[@LisaAndJosh]

Our pleasure! :)

[@iu2]

Lisa and Josh: How about doing a video on how to set up Alipay/WeChat Pay and buying metro tickets? Many of us don't know a thing about a forward-looking society (e.g., paying with QR codes).

[@etaoinwu]

Hi, great video! I rode a bike on that section of bike path in Pudong last summer when visiting my gf, and it's definitely great views. Little suggestion: properly mic yourselves up better for better audio quality and more consistent volume! edit: China Rail has this weird pricing terminology in high-speed rail where "business class" is actually a tier higher than first class. The "first class" is just a glorified second class with more horizontal space and more legroom. On such short trips I will more likely go for business class but with a budget that's understandable

[@ChrisWonderWalkandtalk]

You've done a great job riding along the river on Pudong side, and that's my favorite thing to do for relaxing during weekend

[@STF_UppercuTT]

It's super refreshing to see your positive outlook in everything. You guys are so genuine. I know it takes a lot of work for the quality you put out. Wishing you both all the best!!

[@cakeybees]

Love you guys! Another epic travel video. We are off to Shanghai early next year and this was just sensational ❤

[@crispynoodle5575]

I absolutely love all your videos and this one was one of my favourites yet! Shanghai is top on my list of places to visit. Keep doing what you're doing ❤

[@marlonansonng3144]

Found this video just at the right time, flying to Shanghai from Hong Kong this Friday bless!

[@charlie-letsgo]

49:23 Lisa saying Hello to the bike every time just gets me😂

[@asan1050]

Lisa and Josh! You guys are great! Thank you very much!

[@LisaAndJosh]

thank you!!

[@drlilliantravels]

Another amazing travel video . I just love your vlogs . I wait for them just like i wait for epic new episode of a loved show. the narrations is on spot and funny . keep them coming. you inspire us on so many levels . cant wait to see where you go next.

[@gregarakaki1123]

I love your adventures! Keep up the merriment and fun and I'll keep tuning in.

[@houseparade1767]

The noise of DELIGHT I made upon seeing this video!!! watching now, whaaaa

[@RoamSweetRoam.]

Great video! You guys make it fun and informative. ❤❤❤ Happy journeys!

[@richardlphillips]

Loved it 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. Your videos are just awesome, funny and production is amazeballs 🙌🏼

[@ThatForeignBloke]

Another fantastic video once again. You guys never disappoint. Thank you 🙏

[@rfordham]

I’m a newbie to your travel videos. But I’m loving what I’m seeing. Keep up the good work. By the way your camera is amazing.

[@anyssarobertsify]

I love your travel videos and use them to plan my trips :) Gotta check out Shanghai now 😊

[@oldnews829]

Great video as always guys, but I am glad to say this is the first time in a while your video has made me happy to not add somewhere to my trip next year - not any fault of your own but it just takes me back to your Dubai video, the place just seems a bit soulless from what I can see. Still a fantastic video, but I'm glad to not have to add another place onto my trip haha!

[@julez3161]

the zooming in while eating is funny lol

[@stuart5178]

I like your "right way" to enjoy foreign destinations.

[@DaanEikelboom]

Thank you for another awesome video, will have to add Shanghai to the list now. 🤣

[@ehmmmjay9907]

Just noticed Josh's wrist tattoo! Didn't know he was such a huge Guns N Roses fan, lol!

[@Curly_n_Yarny]

This was so good! Thank you so much for all the time you put into making those videos. I was always intrigued by China and now it’s at the top of my bucket list 😄thank you again for being so cool 😎

[@Adam-Adamson]

Little Dragon Bags :)

[@RizzoSheff]

I love you guys. My kind of travel! Hope to bump in to you on the road one day so I can buy you both a beer.

[@TravelingTRay]

This seems more my pace than Beijing. Thanks for the intro to Shanghai!

[@AjsGirl70]

Loved this vlog! Any chance yall would travel to South Africa this month on a budget?

[@LisaAndJosh]

what would you suggest we do there in 3 days? Johannesburg? cape town?

[@liuyihui5455]

@@LisaAndJoshjust jumping in here but would love a Cape Town one! I love that city and would love to see if through you guys’ perspective again ❤

[@jackandmeli]

Yesss!! Been waiting on a china series! We are going in the new year and it's so hard to budget for food when you don't know how much things cost 🫣

[@weiqunmi]

What a high quality video !

[@ryanchan3722]

Amazing video, great seeing the channel and your travels grow! But.... why is it that you guys tap the mug/cup on the table after every cheers? Hahaha

[@LisaAndJosh]

hahah :) good eye!! old midwestern bar tradition, cheers to each other, and another cheers for the bar and the people who made the drink

[@chinoyhealingfoodstravels8888]

Greetings from Redondo Beach 🇺🇸🇺🇸Wonderful video of this nice place🌷🌷

[@Mudskipper9876]

You piqued my interest in a country I have never considered visiting. Thank you.

[@iu2]

Lisa and Josh: Did you transit to another city to avoid needing a visa? Is that why you were only there for a few days to meet the 144-hour rule for the TWOV?

[@LisaAndJosh]

That's correct!

[@iu2]

@@LisaAndJosh 👍 We look forward to your next video!!!

[@marias8007]

All the food looks delicious

[@eiiichoo]

the weather looks amazing! Which month did you guys go? Was it hot?

[@DNZL27]

Welcome to my cityyyyyy

[@jinnypie]

here within a minute of posting!!

[@LisaAndJosh]

:):):):)

[@charmerchan]

Living for the cat content ❤❤❤

[@benyo4652]

42:05 What is the name of the restaurant and location you guys had for dinner. It looks interesting. Thanks

[@marias8007]

Were the buns frozen? Or just kept in your cupboards, that u grew up having in the house all the time?

[@williamcr231]

CRAB IS MEAT 🗣

[@ilseverpeten7786]

So Beautifull from mi coach ❤❤❤ thanks Shanghai is very beautifull

[@pants1013]

Love your videos but as an avid soup dumpling consumer.... Watching y'all eat them was painful. 1. Put soup dumpling in spoon 2. Tear a little hole and slurp the soup, season to taste with vinegar/chili oil 3. Enjoy without it going up your nose or burning your mouth! Still love the content!

[@liuyihui5455]

Yes this! Same too. The soup is the best part can’t waste it

[@Jamesjg86]

Do you two ever travel with others or other KZbinrs?

[@spoon2k]

I heard most retail or food stalls do not take cash in Shanghai. You have to open up a chinese bank account and link it up with your phone to pay. Is this true????

[@李永鹏-u2x]

Very relaxing. Very happy travel experience video

[@ongo6408]

How does the food differ fr taipei? Which is better?

[@ivannvillanueva4778]

Question please : During minute 43:20 of the video it shows the charge of $120.81, that was not the cost for two bowls of noodles and dinnner?, please clarify.

[@LisaAndJosh]

Nope, that’s the total left of the $300 we started with, after our dinner. The costs are in red

[@miguelvidaurre7612]

Thank you for responding. You guys are so cool , and your videos are informative and very interesting. You inspire me to go China in 2025. My regards

[@fvalemus5377]

China is very affordable, of course you can splurge easily as well although it does not mean better.

[@JasonVu-h7t]

Western airlines are slashing flights to China as a combination of low demand and the high cost of flying around Russian airspace saps their ability to compete with local carriers. British Airways this month said it would suspend flights between London and Beijing from October, just weeks after Virgin Atlantic decided to pull its only China route, to Shanghai. Though unaffected by the Russian airspace ban, Australia’s Qantas last month cut its Sydney-to-Shanghai route, saying its planes had at times been flying half-empty. The retreat signals a change in attitude by some of the world’s leading airlines towards China amid slowing Chinese economic growth and geopolitical tensions between Beijing and the US and its allies. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the country had been seen as a growth opportunity for western airlines hoping to benefit from its growing economy and increasing numbers of deep-pocketed tourists. But flight numbers collapsed during the pandemic, and while airlines began to rebuild their schedules after borders reopened in 2023, they have in recent months signalled a new retreat. Last year BA said the Beijing route was “one of its most important” when it relaunched flights after a three-year hiatus, and the airline began a recruitment drive for Mandarin-speaking crew as recently as January. BA still flies to Shanghai and Hong Kong, but this year halved its frequency to the former British territory. The Chinese aviation market has been one of the slowest to recover from pandemic-era border closures, with travel only restarting in earnest in 2023 and demand on international routes still much lower than in 2019. But for many airlines the closure of Russia’s airspace has been the most significant factor in making the routes unviable, industry bosses said. Russia in 2022 banned US and European airlines from flying over its territory, forcing lengthy diversions from their typical flight routes when flying to parts of east Asia. This increases fuel bills, which account for between 25 per cent and 30 per cent of operating costs, prompting complaints from airlines that they are at a competitive disadvantage to Chinese carriers, which still fly over Russia. The number of flights by international carriers from Europe and North America to China during the busy summer season is down more than 60 per cent from a 2018 peak of over 13,000, according to industry data provider OAG. Chinese airlines have reduced flights on such routes by only 30 per cent from their peak in 2019 and in summer now operate more than twice as many services on them as their western rivals, OAG data shows. “If you’ve got a Chinese carrier that is flying over Russia, they’ve got an unfair advantage over us,” Ben Smith, chief executive of Air France-KLM, said last year. In February, the US government agreed to increase the number of direct round trip flights between the US and China from 35 to 50 per week. This is less than a sixth of the pre-pandemic 325 flights per week, but US airlines have lobbied Washington not to raise the cap any higher as they struggle to compete with Chinese airlines. “If the growth of the Chinese aviation market is allowed to continue unchecked and without concern for equality of access in the market, flights will continue to be relinquished to Chinese carriers at the expense of US workers and businesses,” industry lobby Airlines for America told US secretary of state Antony Blinken and transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg in an April letter seen by the Financial Times. Demand for nonstop air travel between the US and China was down 76 per cent in 2024 compared with 2019, according with A4A data. Edmond Rose, an aviation consultant and former executive at Virgin Atlantic who helped launch its Shanghai route in 1999, said passenger numbers had not recovered to 2019 levels on routes that were already highly reliant on Chinese tourists and students flying over the summer. “It has always been much more seasonal than, for example, the transatlantic market, and that is a problem because if you fly a year-round schedule then you are inevitably facing lower load factors in winter at pretty much the same costs,” Rose said.

[@MarlonAndGabriela]

Always always always click on a 3 Days In Lisa and Josh vid. Ugh American public transport. Why are we so archaic in that category while other countries are living in the year 3024? 😅

[@timothychin1594]

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[@LisaAndJosh]

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[@qwertz3615]

😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@JasonVu-h7t]

The sky there seems always hazy. Is that pollution or something? Is it just me or does it seem so many of the comments seems to be from the 50 cent army as a promotion? Notice how many comments have exclamation points. The DOT has allowed Chinese airlines 50 roundtrip flights per week since March 31, while U.S. airlines are also allowed 50 per week. However, before the pandemic, 150 flights operated each week between the world's top two economies.Sep 16, 2024 "From the U.S., the flights are very expensive," Yu said. "I'm looking at flights from $2,000 to $2,500 for round-trip economy, and before COVID-19, these were $800 to $1,000 tickets." The cost of an economy round-trip ticket between Washington, D.C., and Shanghai with just one connection in each direction - the shortest itinerary available - is more than $1,900 on American and Delta in mid-September, Google Flights shows. Travelers may find no-frills basic economy fares closer to $1,500, but those don't allow seat selection or free changes.

[@JP7onEarth]

where are all of the people? sure seems very underpopulated....let me know. JP Porto (Correction: I see everyone now).

[@SydneyTravellersGuide]

old shanghai is that. But they like to tear every thing down and then its all just modernity. I didnt love shanghai - beijing is better. That said, you can catch a train to QIBAO. Where there's a great little village thats untouched if a bit touristy/gimmick now for food. Still its authentic for what it is.

[@The_NomadNinja]

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[@placesonthelist]

What about Disney? It's the only one we haven't been to.

[@aairsick]

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time - learning to eat a destination with slow bites is so hard for American travelers, but the savory is the only way to take it in without cramming it all in at once. The "we aren't in a hurry" on a three day iteninary is obviously an oxymoron, but you have defined it perfectly. If you eat it all in one go - what's to long for in the future? Perfection this one.