A sourced account of travelshorts’ 2024 trip. Opinions and costs describe that journey; hotel benefits, prices and access may have changed. Summaries are editorial paraphrases, attributed to the creator. Read our source notes.
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This independent collection is based on 26 travelshorts videos, their English captions and descriptions. The original creator owns their account and opinions. Our summaries are editorial paraphrases, not new firsthand visits or customer reviews. There is no claimed partnership or endorsement.
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Dates, hotels & changed plans
Travel dates follow the supplied itinerary reconstruction. Original upload dates are labelled separately and are not travel dates. The D124 sleeper crosses Day 7 into Day 8.
Ten hotel records are marked as actual stays in the supplied data. A hotel visit, meal or tour does not create an overnight stay. The Hong Kong account records one night at Salisbury YMCA and three at Disney’s Explorers Lodge.
The Impression Sanjie Liu show in Yangshuo was skipped after illness. The Great Wall toboggan was also skipped. Neither is presented as a completed experience.
The Li River cruise departure pier is unresolved. We do not infer a specific pier or its coordinates from the boat’s service class.
Historical costs, not current prices
Amounts remain in their reported currencies, with transaction, listed-price and summary records distinguished. Category figures sum to £12,444.26, while the creator states £12,443.63. The £0.63 difference is preserved. Individual transactions and summary totals must not be added together.
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All 26 original videos
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA is NOT what we expected (BEST Day Trip from Beijing)
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-07-06 · Day 4
CHINA TRAVEL DAY - UK To Beijing with British Airways
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-06-08 · Day 1
HONG KONG TO MANCHESTER - After 23 Days in CHINA it is TIME TO COME HOME
HONG KONG DISNEYLAND Didn't Go As Planned
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-11-02 · Day 19
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS BEIJING - Full day at this Amazing Theme Park in China
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-06-23 · Day 2
CHINA HIGH SPEED SLEEPER TRAIN in a PRIVATE ROOM from Xi'an to Shanghai
FIRST TIME in SHANGHAI CHINA - NOT what we Expected - Yu Gardens, Shanghai Tower, the Bund
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-08-17 · Day 8
SHANGHAI DISNEYLAND - Our FIRST VISIT to this DISNEY THEME PARK in CHINA
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-08-24 · Day 9
CHINA'S BEST RIVER CRUISE Li River Cruise From Guilin To Yangshuo on a 4 STAR BOAT
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-10-05 · Day 15
Universal Studios Beijing - Our First Day in China
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-06-15 · Day 1
The BEST DAY at SHANGHAI DISNEYLAND | We Rode TRON 4 TIMES!
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-08-31 · Day 10
HONG KONG DISNEYLAND - THE BEST DAY EVER!
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-11-09 · Day 20
XIAN CHINA STREET FOOD is NOT What We Expected (The Best Chinese Street Food in China?)
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-07-20 · Day 5
XI'AN CHINA is NOT what we expected - Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Wild Goose Pagoda and City Wall
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-08-03 · Day 7
CHINA HIGH SPEED BUSINESS CLASS TRAIN From Chengdu to Guilin
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-09-28 · Day 14
YANGSHUO in CHINA is so BEAUTIFUL but THINGS GO VERY WRONG!
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-10-12 · Day 16
FIRST DAY IN HONG KONG SURPRISED US - First Impressions of HONG KONG
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-10-26 · Day 18
CHINA TRAVEL DAY - SHANGHAI TO CHENGDU by MAGLEV and FLYING China Southern Airlines
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-09-07 · Day 11
BEIJING CHINA is NOT what we expected - Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-06-29 · Day 3
Riding the WORLDS FASTEST Bullet Train from Guilin to Hong Kong in CHINA
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-10-19 · Day 17
Riding the WORLDS FASTEST Bullet Train from Beijing to Xian in China
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-07-13 · Day 5
We visited the CHENGDU PANDA BASE the BEST place to see PANDAS in CHINA
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-09-14 · Day 12
LAST DAY IN HONG KONG - Exploring the BEST THINGS TO SEE AND DO
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-11-16 · Day 21
LESHAN GIANT BUDDHA in CHINA - The Worlds LARGEST Buddha
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-09-21 · Day 13
TERRACOTTA WARRIORS In XI'AN is it the BEST Attraction in CHINA?
Travel day · Uploaded 2024-07-27 · Day 6
CHINA TRAVEL - HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
Trip recap · Uploaded 2024-12-04