I tried summarizing the really cheap hotels in China that can not be mentioned in the guide book

There are plenty of cheap hotels in China where 1.3 billion people live. If it is common toilet shower you can stay from 200 yen. However, if you are unluckyPublic safety(Chinese police) will come ... .... In China, it was difficult for foreigners to have accommodation restrictions. I made a lot of trouble each time. We invited you to visit the hotel, the inn, the hotel, the liquor store, the youth traveler building, the truck inn, and we stayed at many lodges so I will introduce it. Because it is too much cheap, I will not tell it in the guidebook. But is it enough if only this one is in place?

Hello,Takuya Sudo @ circle around the world bicycle @ Charridermanis. I have been staying in China for a total of about 5 months.

"I can not sleep in such a place", from a single bed room ......


"Wondering where to sleep" and up to the four beds.


Chinese accommodations are interesting.

◆ Equipment for inn

There is always a TV in a Chinese inn.


Watch the news ...


Listen to music.


And let's have free hot water at the inn. With this I drank tea and I ate instant noodles. You can communicate by "open water (Kaisui)".


Even in the cheap hotel it is a shower of hot water.


However, there is also a shop without a shower. Let's tell the shower in such a case.


It is such a place, but hot water will come out properly.


Only the place where cleaning is reachable. This is China.


◆ Cheap accommodation in China

The rank of Chinese inn is going up in order of "invitation place" → "ryokan (travel agency)" → "hotel" → "liquor store". I am an "invited place" ... ...


We stayed at "travel agency" well. Because it's cheap. Approximately 30 yuan, 500 yen is enough.


This inn stayed in Nanning which is the provincial capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was cheap and comfortable. Nanning of population 3 million cities can be enjoyed even with U.S. supermarket Wal - Mart.


Toilet and shower are shared, but it is a single room.


It is quite comfortable if it is as wide as this.


On the contrary, this is cramped.


A lodging where a big bed was delightful.


Basically, my bicycle was in the room.


There were many rooms with two beds.


I put my bags in one bed and go to bed one more.


Simple but pretty.


Conversely, it is dirty here. Sheets are also dirty.


A cheap hotel built to surround the courtyard.


It is the cheapest of the trip with 10 yuan (about 150 yen at that time).


Although it is a solo travel, it also comes with three beds.


The smell of Chinese people. The cheap hotel of the common people.


This building with a sad appearance was also an inn.


The inside is firm.


This is a pretty nice room.


We stayed at the inn that the truck driver stayed.


There is a parking lot in the inn, and a big truck is stopped.


The truck inn is useful because you do not have to carry your luggage in a flat shop.


Oasis is a track house in the desert. There is nothing in the vicinity.


A little narrow and difficult room. I am thankful only to go to bed.


Because it also serves as a dining hall, you can eat also rice.


I arranged the photos of the room slipperyly, but these lodges can not really stay. Such an inn is not listed in the guide book. Accommodation in China is not free for foreigners. However, as Japanese people resemble Chinese people, they may have stayed because they were silent. In rare places there is no check of identification card. After that I gave a copy of my passport and sometimes stayed staying by writing a letter of permission.

When I find an inn, I will confirm as follows.

"There is a room between dead bodies (Are there rooms?")
"Yes (have)"
"Somewhat senior, one individual (how much will it cost one person)"
"30 yuan"
"I want to see a room (between my idea club)"

Without any problems with the room,

"I'm Sumi One Ten (Please stay overnight)"

Sometimes we pay money and stay over here. However,

"Deceased identity card (show identification card)"
"I am a foreigner (a foreigner, though)"

Then, "I am sorry, I can not stay overseas here" will be kicked out. Each time my heart broke ... .... Give up and look for another accommodation.

It was comfortable in the bright room, but here was useless. With 30 yuan (about 450 yen at that time)



Public security came when I stayed around 7 nights. Was it reported even to the inhabitants? It is said that "It is not possible for foreigners to stay here, so go out," but if you say "I do not have money", I will return as "Well then good", so I do not know the reason.

"Foreigners can not stay here, let's move with us," the paper passed.


I also applied for an extension of a tourist visa here. I will do it at the police station, but there was a problem with the inn. Although it is good and nice, the officer got me saying "Kimpo small hotel, unknown white unknown white (I do not know white)" and I could successfully apply.

◆ Accommodation where foreigners can stay

MayhemIn the Uighur Autonomous Region immediately after the occurrence, we had to stay in a high lodging exclusively for foreigners according to the instructions of public security. Even if it says high, it is about 1000 yen. But there are also 300 yen inn. It is not a journey if you decide "stay with us here." Even though we arrived at last, the owner confirmed it in public safety and was moved to a special dormitory for foreigners.

If it is a lodging that is written as a neighboring guesthouse, even foreigners can stay overnight.


The interior is beautiful as a whole.


This is also a forced accommodation in the Uighur Autonomous Region.


It was normal here.


Although it was not a big room, it was expensive but I did not want to stay, but I do not have a choice.


Room has toilet and shower.


Foreigners are likely to stay over at a hotel. I listened to the price only once and stayed in an inn about about 1500 yen by mistake.


It was indecisive for me to enter.


The toilet and shower are also dazzling.


If the accommodation for foreigners is also in the countryside, you can take a room in a private room, but it will be too expensive to become the provincial capital of Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an etc. As much as a big city, we can not stay in a cheap hotel. Such a big city was looking for a youth hostel. As well as around the world, it is possible to stay cheaply in a dormitory system. In ChineseYouth travel agencyIt was called. Clean and comfortable as foreigners gather inevitably. Wi-Fi is also flying. Although it is cheap and private can be secured, I feel worried that I must choose a dormitory (same room) youth traveler at the same price.

It was Shenzhen next to Hong Kong that used Youth Travel Agency for the first time.


There were many foreign tourists in Xi'an, the city of Chinese history, famous for the Terracotta military. I found a young traveler who is also digging here.


Private space was secured at the price of 40 yuan and dormitory (same room).


Youth travel agency in Lanzhou which will be inland China. This Lanzhou was getting into a trip company in front of the station, but it moved disgustingly without a toilet.


The green courtyard is also a coffee shop.


A room with bunk beds covered.


There was a toilet in a youth trip but there is no door unfortunately.


It was crowded with lots of Chinese tourists, "Xi Qing Station Youth Ryokan" in Xining, the provincial capital of Qinghai Province. It is the largest lake in ChinaQinghai LakeIt is the entrance of the city.


The entrance of the inn that the animal's bone was decorated.


The shared space where many people can sit was comfortable.


The bedroom was small and I only slept.


We stayed at another youth traveler in Xining. This one is more spacious and calm. Each bed has an outlet.


It is safe if there is such a big locker in the room.


The shower was also well done.


The reason for staying at Urumqi, the provincial capital of the Uighur Autonomous Region, was the "Whee International Youth Travel Agency", so it was in a state of caution as it was around the riot.


A relaxing shared space.


In the room of the bunk bed was with a European foreign tourist.


It is around the world of 80 countries, but there are restrictions on accommodation of foreigners in China. I can not travel as freely as a dictatorship state. Chinese tourists who watch in all over the world including Japan will have stayed at their choosing freely. It is doubtful why the Olympic Games were made in this country.

Still there is nothing that can not stay at the cheap hotel. "I want to stay as much as possible" The interests of the owner and the travelers' interests "I want to stay at a cheap accommodation" match. Japanese people do not understand it by appearance. In this way the accommodation system in China is complicated. If you can stay in China freely, it is too bad you want to travel many times.

(Sentences / Photos: Takuya S. Narou Charriderman
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