The canton trade fair is normally characterized with high cost of hotel accommodation which can overstretch the budget of a business visitor to china. Hotel fares rapidly increase immediately the trade fair commences and poses a burden to ignorant visitors to china. However there can be some relief while taking note of the following information.
It is a well known fact that hotels located close to pazhou area venue of the bi annual canton trade fair and the city centre are normally very expensive during this event. You may suddenly wake up to a sudden hike in your hotel room rate if you are not familiar with the season.
Interestingly many business visitors are not aware of the strategic location of the trade fair complex to suburbs within that area. Distance from the trade fair complex to some suburbs is the same as commuting back to the city centre by taxi due to heavy traffic jam and the discomfort of an over crowded metro.
It will be wise to locate at the closest suburb to the trade fair complex if your primary reason is to attend the canton fair. Transportation cost from the suburbs to the trade fair complex range between 8-12Usd while hotel taxis may cost around 40 Usd. They good news is that most hotels offer free shuttle services for customers so you might be very lucky.
Therefore you definitely have an alternative next time you are confronted with high accommodation cost during the canton trade fair.

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