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shazbeb · Joined: 20 Dec 2015 Posts: 15

Working in Shenzhen - should I fly yo Shenzhen or book the cheaper flight to Hong Kong?

doogsville · Joined: 17 Nov 2011 Posts: 924 Location: China

For me it would depend on whether I had to stay a night in Hong Kong or could cross the border same day. How much luggage would you have to carry across Hong Kong and then to Shenzhen? Would your school be happy to collect you from the Shenzhen crossing? figure out the cost of a night in Hong Kong plus the fare to the border and see if it still works out cheaper.

wangdaning · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 3154

If you knew the route well I would say take the cheaper flight, if not save yourself the headache, depending on how different the price of course.

shazbeb · Joined: 20 Dec 2015 Posts: 15

The school have said they would be happy to meet me at either and its about £300 difference - Im just wondering how much extra hassle it will be flying to hong kong

wangdaning · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 3154

As long as the flight is when the subway is still running I think you could go from the airport to Luohu crossing without much trouble. I went to HK the other way around, From inside China to SZ airport, then to Luohu into HK, then reversed that. Not sure about traveling from the HK airport, but I assume there is a subway that does the trip (an assumption that could be wrong and hopefully someone can comment on).

claka77 · Joined: 21 May 2015 Posts: 39

I agree with wangdaning, you can get to Shenzhen (Futian by bus/train, Louhu by subway or Nanshan by ferry) from Hong Kong. I got to Guangzhou by bus from Hong Kong airport; from memory there was a direct bus (in 2014 when I lived there) from Hong Kong airport to Futian district, Shenzhen (it stops at places like the Convention centre). The cheapest way seems to be via subway however I guess it depends on whether you could be bothered carrying your bags around (the wait at Louhu immigration in person on the mainland China side can be a while on some days).

claka77 · Joined: 21 May 2015 Posts: 39

I also forgot to mention as you may know already flight options/prices are much better to Hong Kong (or Guangzhou) than direct to Shenzhen (I'm not sure why, it must be something to do with airline taxes or code share agreements between airlines/airports).

shazbeb · Joined: 20 Dec 2015 Posts: 15

Spyro · Joined: 09 Dec 2011 Posts: 36

Mingvase · Joined: 19 Jan 2016 Posts: 62

It's about £500 return to Hong Kong and more expensive to Shenzen from the UK.

LarssonCrew · Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 1308

Try Guangzhou because it's China Eastern's hub, everything goes through there.

Also I don't think there are direct flights from London to Shenzhen but there will be to GZ. Adding in another flight can add up, from GZ you could train to SZ.

If the school has a Guangdong person on staff going to GZ shouldn't be a big hassle and will save on perhaps having to get some weird visa to Hong Kong for the staff member.