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 Traveller's Tales: Advise for travellers in Hong Kong
Heed our handy tips on safe travel in Hong Kong. You may read about travel warnings, health, what to wear, travel with kids, travel with pets, local weather, local government, medical information and traffic information in the area.Also, you might want to read our
Hong Kong city guide.
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| R Wink |
29 April 2004 |
Stayed at BP International House - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Watch out for Taxi's to the Airport! They try to charge you for tolls that do not exist! Price should be meter price Plus $5HK per each luggage (in the trunk!) plus $10HK for the ONE toll to airport! They tried to charge me $20 tolls TIMES TWO to go BACK to city, PLUS $10 extra for small carry-on bags I had next to me on the seat!
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| P Boon thong |
09 January 2004 |
Stayed at Eaton Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Beware of those shops selling dried scallops and medicine along the street at the Yau Ma Tei area, near the eaton hotel. I was buying some dried stuffs for my relatives and the shop owner seems like a nice patient guy who explains every single herb usage and benefits to me. Everything is clearly explained except for the prices.
Beware of these recommendations, as the stuffs he suggested to me came up to nearly US$2000.00! Yes, two thousand US dollars and I only intended to buy about US$50.00 of stuffs. He can somehow threaten that I must buy the medicines because they have already been grinded to powder for my convenience which I never told them to do so!
I was lucky that my stand is firm and I left the shop without paying for the outrageously priced recommendation. I will never buy anything from those road side medicine shops anymore. These hongkies are very experienced swindlers and you really cannot tell.
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| L Bellamywells |
21 October 2003 |
Stayed at YMCA - The Salisbury - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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If you're planning on checking in your lugagge at Central Station on Hong Kong Island, you must buy a train ticket as well (HK$100), as the check in service is part of the train fare. I wanted to get the ferry to Lantau but had to pay HK$250 for 4 train tickets which I had to discard just so that I could check in our luggage. This is not mentioned in the guidebooks. Be warned!
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| D Li |
01 April 2003 |
Stayed at Ibis North Point - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong is the best city I ever been. It has both splendid city and natural attractions. The city is very clean and well managed. English is widely spoken and people are quite kind to travelers. Know as Paradise for shopping and enjoying Asian food.
BTW: HK government honestly communicates with the public on SARS (Atypical Pneumonia). Everybody is suggested to wear a surgery mask. Please be careful of your personal hygiene and take a good rest. Despite of above we believe HK is worth to visit.
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| M Haugan |
15 March 2003 |
Stayed at Eaton Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Subway is good way to get around. Time Square has a lot of great restaurants.
Make sure you watch out for typical bait & switch tactics from sales people. When buying camera or other electronics, make sure you check EVERYTHING they give you before leaving the store (including language version, original manual, power supply).
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| S Tang |
03 March 2003 |
Stayed at Eaton Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Victora Peak was the only real touristy place we visited....drinking and eating up there was expensive. The kids loved Macau Restaurant which was found all over Kowloon and Hong Kong. They adored the noodles in soup...which was yummy and cheap!
Temple Street Market, of course, is obligatory...just to stroll around and seeing what is available. Though some items were cheap, I discovered from my sister that you must always haggle! Which we did. We also discovered when shopping, which was much cheaper than the UK, that you must try to knock a few dollars off, if no success, then try to get a few freebies - which we did. My sister got 6 cassettes, a 64mb memory stick, a baby towel set (!!!?) and 2 Nikon mugs, when she bought a camcorder..... I hope that you shoppers will learn a few tricks here....Also for the ladies..... try to haggle when buying jewellery too! We got up to 30% off diamond ring and a Tag Heuer watch...
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| J Needleman |
27 December 2002 |
Stayed at Guangdong Hong Kong - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Easy to get to off the MTR. If you are white expect to get hassled by Indian tailors and fortune tellers.
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| G Kearse |
02 November 2002 |
Stayed at Stanford Hotel - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Getting around --- MTR is a breeze and good value. If you haven't been to Hong Kong before be aware that it gets packed especially so 8am to 9am and 5pm to 7pm - it's also heavy at other times of the day. Trains every minute or so at peak times otherwise 2 to 3 minutes wait usually not more.
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| J Welsh |
31 October 2002 |
Stayed at Two Macdonnell Road - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Considering the downturn in the economy the traffic was worse than I expected but still a million times better than London!
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| A Davidson |
26 October 2002 |
Stayed at Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong - Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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HK is probably one of the best cities in the world. Most of the tours are fixed on getting as much money out of you as possible and that is a bit much when you have paid fixed price. Chinese food is definitely an acquired taste. Try Thai or other Asian cuisine.
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