How it works
Tell us your trip
City, dates, language, what you want out of it — museums, food, the parts of town tourists miss.
We match a licensed guide
Credentials verified against the national guide registry; English-speaking; insured through a licensed agency.
Book before you fly
Deposit by foreign card. You land with a real person confirmed — not a stranger from a chat app.
Why licensed-only (told straight)
Mainland China licenses tour guides; paid guiding without one is illegal, and enforcement on the "companion" grey market is tightening. Cheap unlicensed guides from social apps put your trip — and them — at risk: no insurance, no recourse, no access to sites that check credentials. We only match licensed guides working under licensed agencies. If we can't verify a credential, we don't list it. That also means our supply is deliberately small while we vet partners — quality over volume.
Straight answers
Why does the guide have to be licensed?
Because unlicensed paid guiding is illegal in mainland China, and the grey market is being squeezed. Licensed + insured + agency-backed is the only setup where someone is accountable to you.
How does payment work?
Deposit by foreign card before you fly; the rest per the agency's terms. You never hand cash to a stranger or wire money over a chat app.
Can a guide get me into sold-out attractions?
Often, yes — licensed guides can bring visitors into reservation-required sites and know the real on-the-ground rules (they're part of how our Reservation Radar stays field-checked). What they can't do is conjure tickets the official channel doesn't have. Anyone promising that is reselling or scamming.