Address and route checks
A Chinese address that locals can actually read will save you so much trouble. "Hilton Shanghai" means nothing to a taxi driver — he needs the Chinese street address.
What to do
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Save the hotel address in Chinese characters. Copy it from the booking app or the hotel's own website.
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Screenshot the map pin too — sometimes the address is right but the pin is more useful for drivers.
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Double-check there isn't another hotel with a similar name in the same city. "Holiday Inn" has like 5 locations in Shanghai.
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Put the address in your phone's notes app (works offline) — not just in the booking app that needs internet.
Double-check before you rely on this
The district and city on the address match your booking.
The hotel phone number is saved where you can tap to call it.
You can show the address to a driver without unlocking anything complicated.