Beijing hotels are a RIP OFF!!

One thing is for sure! In China you can always find a reasonably priced hotel... except for in Beijing it seems! Come and find out how not to get horrendously ripped off...
This is DAY 2 of my Beijing daily vlogs (normal SerpentZA videos will resume soon)

[@Hawaii808dakine]

Somebody help I can’t stop learning about China from this man in a suit.

[@john-mi1ud]

i'm stuck in loop with ADV series...send help.

[@jameshanson6803]

SAME, seriously great videos to watch always fascinating to me.

[@1982MCI]

And I thought I was the only one with this problem!!!

[@cidunit6493]

Iam sometimes Watching Videos 2 Times already. Why the heck am i this Addicted

[@satyasingh713]

Since he is so real life -

[@jonnieinbangkok]

I was so triggered by that Chinese bride wearing a Western style wedding dress and her blatant cultural appropriation that I had to retreat to my safe-space for an hour before I could face the world again.

[@zean233]

Jonnie Bangkok Do you realize that all the non-white wearing white clothes is mostly because your ancestors Colonized them and Forced your clothing upon them? and you think it’s cleaver to mock them for “steal your culture”?

[@jonnieinbangkok]

zean233 China was last colonised by the Japanese...so by your logic, she should be wearing a kimono. Idiot!

[@zean233]

Jonnie Bangkok 1first of all I didn’t call you a idiot. Now everyone can see who’s the moron here 2japan didn’t force kimono on its colonies they have different approach on brainwash people 3you can be a dick all you want to defend a false statement. It just shows how ignorant you are

[@zeiitgeist]

zean233 don't be a doofus, colonisation happened long before the white wedding dress existed... you do know it was a fashion popularised by Queen Victoria? So in fact, the lower classes are appropriating royal culture and claiming it as their own with their commoner hands... it is worse when a non-English claim that it is their culture... many do not but other 'westerners' claim if as if they were English, now that is cultural appropriation.

[@zean233]

at least you came here with some facts. Kudos to you. I am not sure if these two who claiming wedding dress is their culture are legit English, the point is the whole "my culture is not your something" originated in US, where lots racial conflicts happened in history. Minority were abused back in the days in US. Thats why people getting sensitive over small things now days and they have every rights to do so because of the history. China has nothing to do with all that BS, and no Chinese would get offended by some white girls in Chinese dress. We don't see it that way... So why are people like serpentza and jonnie bangkok trying to mock Chinese in wedding dress? South Africans mocking Chinese for things happened in US? they are racists

[@wayneslager8585]

Last month my Chinese gf booked a 7 Day hotel in Beijing near the central railway station only to be refused entry at 11.30pm because I was a foreigner. Yep, no other reason. Apparently, the manager had to vet and approve me by sight and he was at home asleep. No qualification, notice or question on the booking site and, get this, no refund - at least not until after many days of phone calls, complaints, haggling, non returned or promised phone calls, etc, etc. You know the score. We were finally forced to find another hotel at 1.00am. Sooo, annoying and distressing. So, if a local can get caught out imagine what frustration a non-Chinese speaking tourist would face. As a result, we will NEVER use or recommend a 7 Day hotel to any traveller, at least not in Beijing - irrespective of price or value. They don't deserve be rewarded for blatant racial discrimination, poor communication and service standards - including the blank 'we're not paid to care' stares from the desk staff. A dark stain on an otherwise wonderful experience travelling across China.

[@raywang3294]

Wayne Slager sir I can tell you that they refuse you checking because they don’t speak good English, they don’t have much experience on serving a foreign, they don’t know what they should do to make foreigners satisfied. And more importantly they don’t expect to make money from foreign because it only takes a small percentage in their business. So the most economical way for them is simply turning you out.

[@louises9911]

Your Chinese gf only use her account to book the room and did not check if the hotel can accommodate foreigners.

[@yangxin5314]

As Chinese, I don't think 7 Day is qualified to accommodate foreigners. Your gf probably was not aware of that.

[@seawolvesoutdoor2781]

@@yangxin5314 I ve been to many 7 Days before and SerpentZA in the video above ends up in one too. Most likely the employee didn´t know how to deal with a foreigner (passport etc.) and turned him down before making a mistake and getting in trouble with the police. Happens all of the time.

[@seawolvesoutdoor2781]

@Hans Solo How is "my Chinese gf" mocking Chinese women?

[@Tmidiman]

Anything you post is high quality just because of the great way you cover topics. It’s difficult watching other vloggers, because they are so unprofessional, even childish. I get having fun, but they make me wish they weren’t there making people from my country look stupid. Thanks again for another great video!

[@Noxiex]

I second this. Very clear, honest, real talk. Dig it!

[@CodyCannon11]

First night in China, I was in Beijing. My plane landed at 10 PM. and I hadn't had dinner yet. My first time out of the country (US) and to go to China and get a visa you need to have your first hotel already paid for months in advance. My hotel I paid for 2 months in advancr had no record of my purchasing a night there. So for 3 hours I had to explain to them I already had paid for the night, show them an email with my receipt, call the booking agency that I bought it from, and ended up having to pay for the night again just to sleep. I got some food, went back to the hotel at 2 to sleep. At 3:30 AM they call my room to let me know they found my information and to get my refund. Welcome to China, specifically the chaos of Beijing. I feel your pain.

[@reactnativetutorial651]

I've had the same experience in Spain. An old fart who couldn't speak english was at the desk late at night when we arrived, and could not understand the receipt we showed, proving that we had paid already for the rooms. We ended up sleeping on the couches in the the lobby that night. Though the younger lady the next day was nice and gave us much nicer rooms instead.

[@keithgould8678]

The whole thing can be summed up quite concisely...China is a shithole.

[@Smiuley]

That is exactly what I'm afraid of actually. Every time, when I'm entering a hotel, I'm afraid of this happening. I'm going to Beijing in 10 days, so wish me luck :D If they don't see my information there, I ill probably go to the next 7daysInn and sleep there

[@Smiuley]

@Anonymous what lol why would you do that

[@postersandstuff]

Was it a smelly fart ?

[@carvercapitalequitypartner122]

Regarding the 7 am phone call at the hotel, and things like that, I just get the impression it is a whole country of people who dont know how to act. They seem to be clueless in so many ways.

[@furynick4541]

Oh they know how to act. It's just not western it's Chinese. This is their way and their country thier culture. First things first people don't matter. Only family matters. Oh wait that foreigner is harassing our people get out of China but give us your money. Is it like that always um not alwaysssss.

[@MrFooSteven]

China is a socially backward country

[@furynick4541]

@@MrFooSteven by what set of standards? Please elaborate and support your position. By not doing so your statement is vapor.

[@MrFooSteven]

@@furynick4541 By my set of standards. My statement is my personal opinion from me, where I come from a chinese background and interact with chinese on a daily basis. I would make a comparison if the varieties of different asian races: Vietnamese, chinese, Taiwanese, Korean were on various levels of Maslows pyramid, the chinese would most probably be somewhere on the bottom two levels, where as the Japanese would be on the second tier - they miss out on the top because they are inherently xenophobic.. I guess two atomic bombs would do that to a society. If you have a good eye.. lack of capitalization was done on purpose because lack of respect for that culture

[@furynick4541]

@@MrFooSteven Since you have supported your statement I will refrain from giving a rebuttal. Thank you

[@Absaalookemensch]

The passport thing I've encountered in every communist country I've been in. But things changed 100% when I went to the same countries after the fall of communism. Suddenly everyone was warm and cordial. It's funny how communism ruins everything it touches, even itself.

[@dbzguy189]

Commies should be overthrown

[@TheLandOfTears]

That’s because communism is unnatural which is why it must be forced onto people otherwise no one would accept that shitty dictatorial system.

[@dwillbecancelledsoon4086]

@@dbzguy189 from helicopters

[@chemicalimbalance7030]

You talk like such an English teacher. Pronunciation on point.

[@adsim100]

I think it's a South African thing. I used to work with a South African guy in a printing factory and he talked the same way.

[@CollinAbroadcast]

7 Days Inn is ALWAYS a solid choice. You def get a better, cleaner (sometimes 2 beds) room than the price implies, which is under 200RMB/night. In fact, most Chinese mid-range chain hotels are surprisingly a good bang for the buck

[@serpentza]

Just not in Beijing lol

[@AbsoluteMiniacGena]

Rather like the UK’s Travel Lodge

[@BrumBrum2222]

Travel Lodge low price lol. The only "low price" chain is Easy Hotel or Ibis Budget in the UK. Anything more than £35-40 a night is a rip off and for that I want a damn good bed.

[@robertstanner2282]

Shanghai is also very expensive, during my 3 weeks visit mid April, i stay at 4 hotel = Fairfield 600-900(1st day and 2nd day diff price), HomeInnPlus 530, Hanting 180

[@MattsSaltwaterFishing]

"good bang for the buck" and 69 likes seems legit.

[@jdgannonable]

my culture is your wedding dress hahaha

[@ijulesy]

that's cultural appropriation, smh

[@bobclover4634]

+Cameron Bell nah

[@iagreebut6813]

I want a T-shirt that says "your culture"

[@sagendobi446]

Sadly alot of people around the world does this

[@iagreebut6813]

Sa gendo bi does what?

[@Blue.Diesel]

Dropping these dank memes at the start of videos. I love it

[@brucemcfarling7810]

Blue Diesel: I saw CGTN coverage of the controversy, they were all "What's the problem? That's a lovely dress."

[@tony_25or6to4]

That WC (men's room) is a vast improvement from 1996 (last time I was is Beijing. Out in the country, it was a hole in concrete over a pit.

[@sussurus]

@stefan matvei swietoniowski There's absolutely nothing wrong with squat toilets. The lack of privacy, however, is concering.

[@lpsowns]

I love how you keep showing how absurd the "your culture is not my ..." thing is.

[@serpentza]

Every vlog will have that

[@danbear1764]

I have never heard of Chinese hotel rip-offs, especially places like Beijing. If he feels expensive, he can turn around and change another. In China, the prices of regular hotels are transparent. Only one app is required to check the price of the hotel. He is either ignorant or deliberately slandering Beijing.

[@lpsowns]

Did you even watch the video lol?

[@BlacksmithBets]

@@danbear1764 just because the prices are transparent doesn't mean that you can't criticise them for being overpriced. I swear you bots cry like babies whenever anyone criticises anything in China. If China is so great why are you all so angry all of the time?

[@danbear1764]

@@BlacksmithBets Why you can criticize, but I can't refute it? What kind of shit logic is this? It's normal for you to "criticize" China professionally for several years, but I made a rebuttal comment that is "cry like a baby"? Don't you think you guys are ridiculous?

[@jpao908]

Asides from the cost my bigger concern is that the room is non smoking. It just is gross when you have to sleep in the room full of smoke as I have experienced in rural China and even in the USA.

[@jetbee1106]

Footnote. Some hotels in Beijing don’t accept foreigners. Go figure, at least that was my experience at a few places.

[@primordialleftovers2197]

Your story lines flow real good. And you speak v well. Thanks for a vid that makes sense throughout!

[@lxc647]

Winston, I've been to Beijing before with a tour guide. They took me to a museum of some sort and at the end of the tour they tried to sell some charm/souvenir to us for like 50 rmb a piece and they told us the item is unique and will not be found anywhere else. When I exited the museum, right across the street is a small residential type store literally 10 feet away that sold the EXACT same item for 7 rmb!

[@lkrnpk]

you've been punkd!

[@adminsucks8806]

That happen everywhere though. As a traveler myself I experience scammers all you have to do is say no. Stay in your budget.

[@chrischurch4551]

Glad to get my china fix even if it is a short snip from the phone. Always entertaining. Stay awesome.

[@tylersmith9868]

I'm the same way... I have no desire to ever travel to China however I watch every one of his vids! Entertainment.

[@shumingtan6885]

Tyler Smith great glad the video works, stay home, be safe. China doesn’t miss you.

[@sonofsarek]

Worst thing about those chinese bathrooms is you don’t flush the toilet paper usually. You throw it in an open waste basket. So gross.

[@g18886]

My chinese friend told me their were two prices for hotels in China. One for chinese and a much more expensive one for foreigners. That was late 90s so I don't know if it's still true.

[@nelsonmiller6216]

Ahh, I'm kinda liking this daily VLog thing. Reminds me of the old days of your videos.

[@jhn4399]

LOVE THE NEW VLOGS WOOOO, keep this up! Cant get enough of Serpentza!

[@pwnswoggle]

MD player like a boss. MD was extremely underrated.

[@cuezaireekaa]

pwnswoggle pulled out mine just now because your comment and found some great music i made back then! Yay!

[@danbear1764]

I have never heard of Chinese hotel rip-offs, especially places like Beijing. If he feels expensive, he can turn around and change another. Or simply use an app to check the price of the hotel. He is either ignorant or deliberately slandering Beijing.

[@pwnswoggle]

WTF does that have to do with MiniDisc?

[@MobileMusic]

MiniDisk was a huge success in space-constrained Japan. It also could write to those small/pocket-sized disks - unlike CD players which are read-only!! However, whatever becomes a standard in the US stays so for DECADES even if better/smaller options come along in the tech. For instance, CRT box monitors vs LCD monitors, 3:4 resolution vs wide screen format, 5.25" floppy disks vs 3.5" floppy disks (took decades to be accepted as a new standard), big CD/DVD disks that cannot fit into a pocket vs MiniDisk (was never a success in the US because people invested heavily in CD collections already)... Finally, MiniDisk died a couple of years ago when Sony pulled its plug (introduced in 1992). What a SHAME and PITY!!

[@Matthew-ez4ze]

pwnswoggle Still have my Sony home unit and a silver portable MZ R70. The iPod killed it, and now the iPod is dead due to streaming...

[@davidmachemer1015]

These daily vlogs are a flashback to your early videos! Reminds me how far you've come.

[@danbear1764]

It is one of the most expensive areas in Beijing. You need an app to find a suitable hotel.

[@PanicInSectorFive]

And because of this the sheep now think all Beijing hotels are a RIP OFF!!!

[@danbear1764]

I have never heard of Chinese hotel rip-offs, especially places like Beijing. If he feels expensive, he can turn around and change another. Or simply use an app to check the price of the hotel. He is either ignorant or deliberately slandering Beijing.

[@nopenope7184]

What would be the motive for slandering Beijing? Maybe you are paranoid and ignorant?

[@danbear1764]

Because most Westerners like the bad news of China, he has to cater to this psychology in order to obtain higher click-through rates and attention.

[@danbear1764]

His video before 2017 is generally more objective, but after he quit his job in 2017, he must rely on video click-through rates to get higher pay.

[@vaibhavnarekar]

That public toilet man 😂😂😂

[@jeremyp5027]

yeah no walls, and the best is when i walked in and all these old chinese guys squatting while holding up news papers and they was bouncing out the poop. it was a line of old guys pooping while bouncing freaked me out,

[@vaibhavnarekar]

That was quite a pooping experience 😂😂😂

[@stm5135]

That was pretty clean compared to some I've seen.

[@djmuscovy7525]

Reading while squatting, what legs!

[@syntaxerror8955]

You mean the public smoking room for men? (That's got to be one of my biggest complains about fascinating China.) Yes, one can deposit a dump there as well.

[@Lajjan90]

Awesome vlogs! As a Chinese Born European, i've visited China (and Beijing of course) many times. I was there last summer on a trip with my friends and we actually stayed in that very same Dragon hostel you passed by in this video. We booked the room ahead of time with booking.com. 20-30 USD a night per person seemed to be the lowest we could find anyways. Their private rooms were quite decent but I think their private rooms contain multiple beds, so the price isnt that bad if youre staying with a group. We split that 75 USD a night with the 3 of us which was fine. Must say the staff there was great and in a hostel most of the staff are pretty relaxed about holding a casual conversation during workings hours and you might even befriend some of them. I actually went out eating and having fun with some of the receptionists. On the subject of scams; I never thought a Chinese would scam a fellow Chinese. On this trip I got scammed by the fake money exchange from a taxidriver. I knew the scam existed but I was caught off guard since I never considered a Chinese would scam me since I can speak Chinese fluently (I might be a bit too gullibe and naive as well lol). Must say I am impressed in how skilfull the taxidriver was in scamming me 700 yuan in fake money. Great job on these vlogs Serpent. I agree, its those scammers giving China a bad reputation! One of my friends said that China wouldve been a much better experience if he didnt have to constantly be on the alert when people approach him. Its quite stressful having to mind your safety all the time while travelling. The scams are everywhere.

[@KamikazeChinaman]

I hope they steal the secret advanced technology of bathroom stalls. Imagine the possibilities.

[@Pesu1991]

To be fair, I love these vlogs, as much as I do love your other content.

[@thebeststooge]

So do I and I am finding them very refreshing. Winston, please do these more on a regular basis they are awesome.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

Pesu1991 Like the older videos.

[@alexanderchadwick5346]

Being expensive doesn't mean it's a rip off. It's a nice hotel room in a global city. Nice things cost money.

[@serpentza]

It’s Beijing.... lol

[@davidf5156]

serpentza it s the capital of this country, compare with any capitals in the world, it s the same. You guys always want to pay less but get the best, just like most westerners: Chinese goods are cheap, and cheap quality, damn, you said its cheap. How much you pay for it? And you want the best??? Very funny.

[@lkrnpk]

It's not the same. I open booking.com and can find a ton of places in Rome in the same price range. Sure it's not such a big city as Beijing, but still a huge tourist spot and much more interesting for tourists than what is China's equivalent of Washington DC. Beijing is the most boring of all China's top tier cities... even if it is the capital. It's like being in a smog filled army camp, with all the police and and communist presence. Sure they have the Forbidden City etc., but that you can go and see for a day and then what...?

[@ztezmaxim2683]

"Nice" it was ordinary, the bare minimum

[@JC-im5bp]

The thing about asking for your visa or ID card happens very often in China. My mom and I stayed in a fancy hotel near Hangzhou( not even quite near Hangzhou) during the G20 conference. Normally 1 room only needs 1 ID card to check in. I checked in with my card and my mom forgot to bring hers. The guy at the counter doesn’t let my mom to stay there unless she gets a certificate from the local police office. The guy actually drove my mom to the police office and the whole procedure took us like 2 hrs. As a Chinese I absolutely don’t understand this either.

[@serpentza]

It’s so annoying

[@JC-im5bp]

serpentza like your scamming in Beijing video very much! Good job!

[@serpentza]

Thanks mate! Together we will make China more awesome!

[@moggiecentral]

OMG, I thought it was just me being an ignorant foreigner! I had to stop in Beijing for 2 nights and went to my usual online booking places and also asked the company who was dealing with my onward travel and WOW, most prices were around 100euro a night! I found a really cheap one near the airport for just over 20euros a night and provisionally booked it but only read the reviews after I had used the booking to get my visa. Quickly cancelled it and got another one near the airport for 680rmb for 2 nights, great for me as it was close to the airport and I was flying in and out within 48 hours also only 2km walk to metro but the rest of my group stayed in the centre. Thanks to jet-lag, I got to see so little in the short amount of time I had there, but I got to use (surprisingly clean) hutong toilet blocks and eat some weird stuff at wangfujing market and ride the metro in rush hour (yikes, not for the faint of heart!). If (no, when) I go back, I'll pay the higher price of the hotels in town if I'm stopping longer but the choice to stay out near the airport was a good one for an extended lay-over. Because I was transiting through Beijing on way in and way out, I wanted to ride the bullet train to Shenzhen and eventually fly home from Hong Kong but time didn't allow it so will keep that one pinned for another time. That was my first trip to Asia. I'm glad to hear hotel prices aren't so prohibitive elsewhere in China!

[@Himbe06]

These mini vlogs are Awesome!

[@mikerotch4875]

What? No. Keep doing the vlogs. I don't even care if they're low production quality. They're typically informative.

[@RadoslavSharapanov]

Beijing hotels can be shady. A receptionist took our deposit slip and "forgot" to cash it until I politely but firmly insisted.

[@yeet3279]

That joke at the start was 24K GOLD

[@benja4516]

Stay home, dont get ripped off 😀

[@BigBrex0124]

fuck off nugget

[@nopenope7184]

Life is a ripoff, no matter what you have or do you will lose everything in the end.

[@danielyu6399]

Antoun Sayah fuvk yourself

[@BigBrex0124]

+Daniel Yu fuck off too

[@MaYHem5900]

Cool idea doing these short videos in Beijing. You should keep doing these 'minidisk' videos once in a while.

[@TheClockwerkman]

Always a treat to watch your videos

[@stephaniealmeida5932]

"My culture is your wedding dress" The funny thing is that I had the exact same thought when the dress scandal came about. No one says its cultural appropriation when people around the world wear western style dresses. In "dove is the wind" by SZA, she and Kendric Lamar wore Asian styled dresses but no one said anything about that. When blacks wear traditional Asian clothings it's cool, the other way around is cultural apropriation. Or is it just acceptible within pop culture?

[@zeiitgeist]

Are you part of the royal family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha now known as Windsors? If not, then you would have appropriated the white wedding dress for your own - a style made by Her Majesty Queen Victoria and copied by the noble and rich... and if you aren't English you can't claim that piece of dress because it is part of English ROYAL culture... whatever the lower classes did and appropriate it for their weddings is ludicrous...

[@danpt2000]

@@zeiitgeist Im Chinese American. Lived and worked in USA for over 30 years. I personally have nothing against people of different cultures and races wearing the dress of other cultures, as long as they are not doing it in a mocking, disrespectful way. Ive seen some American restaurants put up a statue of Buddha in the dining room just because it looks cool. It is as if people of other cultures putting up Christ on a Cross in a restaurant dining area. I find those types of appropriation offensive. Some of the worst kinds of cultural appropriation include the way the British and French destrying and looted China's Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan), and displaying the Chinese artifacts in their Museums. The British to this day, holds hostage to Persian Cyrus Scroll, a very important cultural artifact of Iranians.

[@ramsessilent]

Great video, and super important Info! Good to know there is one reliable and well priced chain of hotels. Makes trip planing so much easier! Thanks for sharing and staying awesome!

[@karlvonderhaar1988]

And when you are talking about the hutongs it kind of reminds me of my home city of New Orleans, where a lot of the old neighborhoods with all the "local flavor" are being gentrified or bought out by hipsters. Like it is good for the economy, but at the same time it does kind of ruin that history that the city is built on.

[@IrishLincoln]

That opening had me rolling. Good stuff Winston.

[@louier9033]

In Beijing I stayed in a Home Inn just outside the second ring road, near the Agricultural Exhibition Center metro station. It was a very average room and it cost 300RMB per night. The lobby was extremely well decorated and looked very luxurious and upmarket, however the room had pink, green and yellow walls that looked like they were about to fall down. For the same price I was able to stay in the Grand New World Hotel in Xi'an, which appealed to foreigners and had excellent rooms. They even gave me a driver to take me to the Terracotta Warriors in a VW Phaeton for free

[@XxXxSabooxXxX]

Yay can’t wait for the next Beijing blog! I saw some Chinese dudes at the mall here in Houston and I could tell they were speaking w the Beijing accent which I learned about watching advchina!

[@paoDaoGe]

0:01 bang! shots fired at "culture appropriation"!

[@xchazx111]

I’ve been a fan of you, Laowhy86 and ADVChina for about 6 months now. The way you film your vlogs is amazing! I went to visit my folks and would be watching your vids with both mom and dad stopping in their tracks for 12-20 minutes just to watch your stuff. It’s certainly eye-catching and entertaining/educational as well! Was an exchange student in Japan back in the early 90’s so I can relate but dammit... mandarin is a hard language to learn! Japanese isn’t easy but you guys make this shit look easy! Keep it up! I look forward to all the vids you guys post together as well as individually! Beats the hell outta regular TV! Peace, bros!

[@robertmcclain3880]

Great job and you're right about hotel prices in USA, $70. to $90. a night is about standard anywhere unless you're in one of the larger cities. Other than that, great information.

[@Nilguiri]

Enjoying the vlogs, even though your sunglasses don't make their usual whooshing noise when you take them off! 4:30

[@drivesthecar3247]

Nilguiri LOL! I noticed that too! *

[@Dowlphin]

I guess they're broken. Now he needs to get new ones. ^^

[@y_yy_2844]

Both of those rooms look like they were subdivided from larger rooms. I've experienced that a lot myself... guess that's common now. :(

[@tolumnia]

Winston: Why are hotels in Beijing so expensive? Also Winston: There a lot of foreigners here.

[@donaldf.switlick3690]

It's not about technology or special affects; it's about character development and a good story.

[@benlodge280]

I'm surprised you didn't mention that most hotels don't allow foreign people, that always annoys me so much!

[@alifebz5312]

This is true and I’m glad I don’t have to face that problem no more 🤦‍♂️

[@BlueRayMarketing]

I think the daily vlogs provide a more fluid view of life in China. Although i am sure they take more work to produce.

[@WJLTHY]

We usually pay about $50 for a motel if we want to be cheapos. However, the normal range of hotels in USA is between 70-90.

[@j.r.m.1884]

Love your videos man! China is so interesting, could watch your videos all day.

[@caroltassin4049]

I really like these vlogs, thanks for another great view of your trip!!!! Can't wait for more!

[@saintdraaron9964]

SerpentZA is a professional negativity seeker, a social media money baiter, a notorious fame chaser. What do you expect? There thousands of videos posted on KZbin by western expats about Beijing. Those are genuine balanced views of Beijing. There are good and bad sides. But it's not like 90 percent negative side vs 10 percent positive side fabricated by him. Just search "Beijing vlog" on KZbin, you will understand what I am saying.

[@Matt-tz4hn]

Try using agoda.com (also the app is called 'Agoda').I stayed in in Beijing for a month in 2012, mostly for 40-50$ (Canadian) per night. I saw them for as low as 30$ and the nicest one I used for 85$. Xi'an was definitely cheaper though. Since I spoke no mandarin, doing it online was so much easier. Love your videos, keep them coming.

[@benec5816]

Iam glad that you are producing these quickies good to see the things that are happening well done. Hope that you brought your drone would love to see Beijing from above stay safe and thanks

[@unspecifiedd]

love it "anyways.. DONT STAY HERE!!" lol

[@Lunatic4Bizcas]

Excellent info. regarding where to stay while in 北京. Thanks Serpentza.

[@jessicawaller6553]

他在北京打飞机吗？

[@Properbeer]

Great advice on the Hotels! Keep up the daily Peking vids they're great!

[@nascentplanets1641]

In the US I am living in a hotel at $60 on weekend, but almost $400 during weekday. The price all depends on the location and timing. It is very variable. The hotel price is supposed to be very expensive in the 2nd ring area of Beijing. I knew there are some hostels there affiliated to 5 stars hotel about RMB 100-200 per bed, 5-6 beds in one room, but you can use all of the facilities in the hotel. Probably you could check them out to help yourself or try Airbnb.

[@Peace-xl6pe]

He knows​ that for sure.

[@alicethehetalian5737]

Loving my daily dose of serpenza

[@realmyka]

KZbin unsubbed me from you, I have resubbed and put notifications back on, what is wrong with this site.

[@serpentza]

No clue! Thanks for sticking around

[@realmyka]

Of course mate! Love your videos.

[@BienenChef]

Same happened for me - just stumbled upon one of your vids again a few days ago ... re-sub it is!

[@americancelt426]

I had zero interest in Asian culture until I found yours and CollinAbroadcast's videos! Very intriguing!

[@richardlange134]

as a constant traveller, mainly because of work, sometimes because of hollidays... i can only recommend getting a 2nd passport, if it is possible in your country, because it just feels way more comforting having a 2nd one as a back up for situations in a foreign country where strangers, like the hotel staff or the company your working for or working at, want to have your passport and may want to pressure you with not giving it back.

[@lynn2215]

short or small videos that are all informative of a certain topic, always something to learn

[@Chris-jl6kc]

Bro can't honestly tell the difference between your full feature and daily. Interesting to the phone is doing a great job too!! Now that I think about it there are a few shaky vlog like 'aiming at the ground while walking' shots but overall didn't really realise till ya mentioned it ..... Awesome job bro

[@timothygist8471]

Chris Adams if

[@Chris-jl6kc]

If ??

[@morningw0w]

just recently discovered you(arround 4-5 months) and i have to say, i love your videos! keep it up! Stay awesome, from the swedish guy :^)

[@jeremyp5027]

go back to his old videos, they are really good and lots of information in them to help new people going to china. like how to spot fake money, it really did save me in china.

[@morningw0w]

Jeremy Parsons im allready watching These! Let me be honest. Pure gold! I srsly Fall in Love with this Type of Videos...and WHO knows. Maybe im visiting China someday because of His Videos? I surely Hope so!

[@Davman316]

If they wake me up at 7.00am, the hotel better be on fire!

[@schnecki666]

Love that you are making videos in/about Beijing a week before I go there 🙏

[@antimonycup7066]

So many strange vehicles in China, like that military green thing at the end. Wouldn't mind videos going deeper into them, especially since you've already a lot of expertise on motor bikes.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

Antimony Cup Paul Merton in China is pretty good. It’s on KZbin.

[@morningw0w]

totally agree, would love to see some videos about that topic!

[@antimonycup7066]

Bum Fluff Does he specialize in Strange Vehicles Of China, or do you actually have the cheek to come to serpentza's channel promoting somebody else's similar channel?

[@antimonycup7066]

Well, I just think it's more charming than a very new car or an expensive car brand. They're so unique.

[@ChiknTikka]

I'm hoping to go to China one day, but its so expensive

[@serpentza]

Just Beijing

[@tomhulspuch02041996]

This weekend there is one of the biggest Horticultural Trade Expo called IPM in Beijing, maybe that's reason it is so expensive...?

[@hoperp1951]

I was very lucky, had a friend that had an apartment available, so I stayed a full month in Beijing. First day was awful pollution, but the rest of the stay, every day was just perfect, really good weather and no pollution. Did all my research beforehand and went to different places every day including the Great Wall at Mutianyu, Ming Tombs, a 3 day side trip to Chengde Mountain Palace and a 2 day trip to Tianjin. So much to see in Beijing. Good tip in China for hotels if you do not book in advance, ask to see a room first, they always seem to be very happy to show you inside a room, if ok then book, if not then head to the next one and check the rooms out first.

[@RoyMelling]

One more thing, many hotels refuse foreigners. Mainly due to Chinese law so it can be costly to book a hotel at times.

[@iJamie8467x]

Roy On KZbin wait really? Damn Chinese are racist af.. they actually are, stats shows Asians and Middle Eastern countries are the most racist

[@jeremyp5027]

yeah i always had to let my chinese wife go in and pay for things, then i had to sneak in. i just walk past the front desk like i know where i am going as if i had already checked in,

[@altergamingteam]

Chinese aren't racist The government is

[@thebeststooge]

STOP No, Winston had a video a year or two back where he said how racist some of the Chinese are. Like this one professor who knew more about China than most Chinese and spoke, read, etc... their language better than most of them and while they were so surprised at just how much he knew they still had to say "but you aren't Chinese" and like Winston said he never will be in their eyes. Even with his visa and being married to a Chinese he will never be a Chinese in their eyes. Now that IS as racist as fuck.

[@altergamingteam]

Exceptions are everywhere

[@RohaanSaleem]

Beijing is an awesome place but avoid the taxis late at night, had a really bad experience when I was there last summer.

[@jeremyp5027]

i got worried they was trying to kidnap me. we seemed to go way out from where i wanted to go, i knew he was jacking up the price,

[@RohaanSaleem]

Jeremy Parsons yeah we showed him the exact address and he tried to take us elsewhere (I had 4g and Google maps lol) and then tried to charge us more and chased after us over security gates and we had to hide, luckily the rain helped mask our location. Felt like we escaped death lol it was crazy

[@thebeststooge]

There is no smog according to their Communist ran propaganda news network although you step outside and almost choke to death. I saw a story they were blaming it on the west which is typical from that shit government.

[@cattraknoff]

Yeah the good things about China all come in spite of the government and not because of it. And the bad things pretty much all come from the government. I hope one day China's people are able to free themselves from that nightmare, but sadly it will probably come at a cost of suffering, blood, and death. Liberty rarely comes cheap.

[@duncanstirling6643]

didi

[@MetelAdict]

To be fair, in Canada, hotels are about 120- 130 CAD, that's about 100 USD, so these prices don't surprise me that much.

[@xidani]

Reminder inside every Beijing taxi cab, there are 2 mini visible microphones located on the car dash recording all conversations. Good mini Vlogs which are professional, not amateur.

[@karlvonderhaar1988]

Hate to break it to you, but unless you find a deal in the U.S., most of the hotels here are 100$ even for the cheaper ones. A named hotel in a downtown area can easily run you 200-400$ a night without using some kind of budget or bargain site. I do love your videos though, and if I was paid a living wage in the U.S. I'd love to visit China someday.

[@jeremyp5027]

yeah in chicago you can find the cheap hotel for 175 dollars but the taxi fee back to the airport will kill you good. total 300 dollars, dammit,

[@karlvonderhaar1988]

Man we stayed at the Hyatt (i think, you know the one on the loop) during a stay in Chicago and we got a deal on a site, it was like 90$ a night for 3 nights. We decided to stay an extra two days, and then it ended up being like 280$ a night or something ridiculous. So, you can imagine the response to that and we found a better deal in the heart of Chicago at the Allerton.

[@MR..181]

karl vonderhaar ...the world went to crap

[@budyeddi5814]

Motel 6 is usually $60 max unless they're price gouging for an event

[@condew6103]

I believe the last time I was in O'Hare, the subway will now take you into Chicago, bypassing a limo or expensive taxi. I know there are plans to connect D.C.'s Dulles airport to the D.C. metro, too, but that's a few years off yet. If I were booking a convention, I'd give priority to cities where a train will take you from the airport to the venue.

[@stericnz]

I love your videos. I just returned from two weeks in China (a week in Shanghai and one in Beijing). I live in Australia, so $100 odd AUD a night isn’t bad (impossible to find any accom under AUD$100 / night in Aus) but I get your point! Wish I’d seen your series on Beijing before I left, then again you’ve only just posted them! Again, thanks for your VLOGS. Keep up the good work!

[@alexandery8508]

Hey, there are hidden cool places, restaurants and clean quiet places everywhere in Shanghai and beijing. Because those two cities is big its quiet hard to find places like this. What’s your opinion about Beijing or Shanghai? Chinese are friendly sometimes you see in media that they piss on the road or pass the lead. They are rude yes but they don’t mean anything against for example fuck you. Same goes at some Asian countries is talking loud. They see each other as a big community and discussing about jokes, Trip and everything. I can say that shanghai is a city that you most can’t find anyone peeing except people who come from outside shanghai who works on street or something like that. Even if England people was selling drugs to the Chinese for many years ago and causes death they are not so aggressive now. They might saying, uk? Is it the county who have beautiful red cars and castle? While uk who did many fault in its history trying to avoid and even if it’s their fault it’s always them who is behaving racist.

[@Zzznorch]

I stayed at the Beijing Hotel back in 1987. It was the only hotel near the center of the city at that time and my company had an office in the building which made the commute easy. The rooms back then were kind of 1950's East European style back then.

[@djguy100]

Am i the only one that's stoked that Winston is doing a video a day :-) Loving this new content

[@wizardmix]

I'm used to hotel prices in the US, in where a budget hotel is a good deal at under $100/USD a night... Meanwhile I can stay in a 5 star hotel in downtown Shanghai in the off season for just over $100 -- including breakfast... So compared to the rats nests in the US, I'm fine to pay 450RMB a night.

[@zean233]

It’s simple. They don’t think China ever deserve the same as US does.

[@zean233]

Peng Fu they need to kiss all the haters ass to get that VIEWS to make a living…Sad

[@OwenGilmoreOG]

Evan J true, but it’s a rip-off. I stayed at a so called 5 star place in chengdu that didn’t have a drainpipe under the sink!

[@wizardmix]

A. O. Gilmore Its all about doing a little research. I pay more but for me it's a business write-off. When in China, I'm usually working 10 to 14 hour days slinging from one heavy industrial zone to the next so being comfortable the few hours in between is worth it to me, especially when most 5 stars are the same price as a turd special in the US.

[@OwenGilmoreOG]

Yeah, it depends on the situation. If you're on business and you can write it off why not? My wife and I were on vacation on a group tour type of thing so all of the hotel arrangements were made for us. The Chengdu hotel, I have to say, was NOT typical. We stayed at some truly fine places in Beijing and Shanghai, and a few middle of the road places. I think the further out in the country you go, the more likely you'll encounter a "5 star" hotel without a drainpipe under the sink! It was weird! :-)

[@themacker894]

LOL! "My culture is your wedding dress!" I am so offended I can't even stand it, how could anyone from another culture purposefully steal my traditions...wait a second, she actually looks quite nice, and they look so happy together...Nope that's definitely cultural insensitivity! Hope they have a happy life. :)

[@StanWatt.]

Loving your videos. Certainly makes you aware of possible problems.

[@user-jj7tj9qz4f]

When I was in Beijing my friend got better price becauce he is local chinese. i got the same room for 600 rmb and he got it for 250 rmb . Big Scam and tourist unfriendly

[@LogicProLife]

Use AirBnB... super cheap in Beijing.

[@MannyExploresVlog]

Great vlog, good to see some parts of Beijing, the room was nice

[@audrey1053]

Yeah, I remember that while I was travelling in China I would always book stuff around the 100-150 yuan bracket and get good stuff. In Beijing I got a DUMP. I just assumed I had a bad pick. Because in Shanghai for the exact same price I had a nice room with (working!) AC and private bathroom. I was always told Shanghai real estate was so much more expensive. So.... Tourist tax? Also, the Vienna hotel chain was always reliable for me, they always accept foreigner. But a bit more expensive. I knew someone who had a account there so I used his number to get a discount. But hey, when you get refused at the check-in because your a foreigner... It's good to have a plan B.

[@andy4an]

"...they copy your passport, because they need to register you with the local police of course..." lol you are so jaded!

[@lovetrump7425]

It's 60$ in Canada for a motel

[@marshalli9869]

Hey. I’m a local Beijinger and your consistent follower. Will it be possible for us to meet up? I’m done for being filmed and helping filming. Maybe we can do something special together

[@serpentza]

Just missed you mate! Had a subscriber meet last night and already heading back! Next time!

[@snookerb6777]

SEVENTY-FOUR! LMAO ya'll never disappoint

[@thatdude5931]

dude, you probably just got checked by the secret police there!

[@iceverything4667]

Well... That cancels our group trip to China

[@lkrnpk]

Go to Shenzhen instead

[@LordDavid04]

Or take a tour package which ensures your flights and accommodation is included. You just need to worry about visa, travel insurance, optional tours and of course other expenses like food not included and souvenirs.

[@unchocoenchina568]

reserve online to get low prices

[@danbear1764]

I have never heard of Chinese hotel rip-offs, especially places like Beijing. If he feels expensive, he can turn around and change another. Or simply use an app to check the price of the hotel. He is either ignorant or deliberately slandering Beijing.

[@pocohlocoh8536]

Nice video, I always wanted to visit china and this video is exactly what iwanted to see !!! :D

[@tams805]

What is it with people copying and pasting the same badly written replies on serpentza's videos? You're just making the rest of us ignore what you're trying to say even more. In fact, you're making China look even worse.

[@Dislob]

That is what he did. Do you feel offended that he tells the truth? He has an opinion and he sticks to it.

[@TheRealUnconnected]

贝尔DAN another Chinese communist propaganda Gronk.

[@condew6103]

The only thing worse than being ripped off for a bed in a big city is to then be denied the good night's sleep you paid thru the nose for. The woman going off duty could have just left a note for the day shift to follow up. For me, it's usually it's some idiot maid who deprives me of sleep, asking if she can make up my room hours before my wake up call. Easily fixed with the "do not disturb" sign, but in some hotels any use of the sign means the maid will not even come back later to offer clean towels, let alone make the bed or tidy up the bath, services I also paid thru the nose for.

[@BH-ix7nq]

The dress references kill me every time 😂