Beijing Travel Tips:select right taxi

Taking a taxi is quite easy in Beijing. But there are still some illegal taxi in Beijing! You can use the following methods to choose the real taxi:

1) The taxi plaque number starts with the number "B"
2) The taxi should be equippped with the light on the top and meter measuring.
3) It's better to take a taxi on the road instead of a taxi waiting somewhere. The empty taxi must show a red light in the front window. My experience tells me that there are two areas where you will encounter the illegal ( black ) taxi:

A.The taxi waiting at the North Gate of Forbidden City. Actually the legal cabs are not permitted to wait in fornt of the gate. If you want to take a taxi when you finish your visit to Forbidden City, we suggest you walk about 200 meters and find a taxi going on the road.

B.Please take a serious look at the taxi waiting at the Summer Palace. We still suggest you use a moving taxi. Don't use a the taxi which has no B or with funny colour ( normal colour: yellow and Red ).

Watch out! Don't come aboard the black "illegal tour bus":

In Beijing, there are also some black illegal tour bus sending tourists to the Great Wall. You will have a terrible trip once you get on it. To promote their illegal tours, these sales people always deliver a small card to passing-by travelers wanting to go to Great Wall tour by standing on the some public places like the street, Tian'anmen Square, or the entrance of Forbidden City. Very often they use their "unbelievable low price" to attract those "blind" tourists. But once you come aboard their bus for the Great Wall, they have to make you pay additional fees again and again. Sometimes even the Great Wall is not real Badaling section!! We remind you not to take their card if you happen to meet them. Actually it's very easy to recognize an illegal tour bus in Beijing. A legal tour bus plaque starts with "B", if not, you possiblely get on a "black tour bus".