Beijing Travel: Don't Get Got! (Tourist Trap Edition)

[Kendra Howe]

If I'm planning to spend just a morning there, is a single (main entrance) ticket enough?

[Ms. Wanda Kilback]

Skip Wangfujing. And for any attraction, buy your water beforehand – it's super expensive inside tourist areas.

[Leon O'Keefe]

If water is expensive at tourist sites, what are the prices like at regular convenience stores on Beijing streets?

[Joanne Swift]

Avoid anything marketed with 'Old Beijing' in the name, like 'Old Beijing Zha Jiang Mian' or 'Old Beijing Snacks.'

[Hugo Witting]

Usually, if it says 'Old Beijing,' it's not authentic.

[Benjamin Dooley]

Don't try to cram more than 3 sights into one day. Your feet will be covered in blisters – seriously, all that running for the subway is exhausting!

[Mr. Philip Hudson]

Already got blisters! Damn. Good thing today's my last day here.

[Hugo Witting]

Fangzhuanchang Zha Jiang Mian? Hardly any locals eat there; it's pretty much all tourists. It's the classic one-time-rip-off kind of place.

[Abraham Kris]

You're right. I fell for the hype and ate there too.

[Miss Alison Collier]

Don't bother with Nanluoguxiang; it's just a commercial street.

[Wesley Parisian-Kerluke IV]

I wandered around there, and not a single shop made me want to buy anything.