Travel and Adventure

Beijing is a city experiencing rapid change. The Chinese are going all out to showcase the city to the world during the Olympics in August 2008. The main Olympic stadium and the swimming stadium are the most innovative sporting stadiums I have seen.

I have booked tickets to fly to Beijing in late July next year. If you are wanting to find a cheap flight to Beijing to attend the Olympics I suggest you start looking now. Don’t leave it to the last minute as you are sure to be disapointed.

Luckily for me my wife is from Beijing so I have accommodation lined up with her family. If you are not so lucky you will need to be prepared to pay a premium for a hotel in Beijing next year. I recently had a look at the official accommodation provider for USA and Australia (cosport.com) and it will cost upwards of USD 650 per night for four star hotel accommodation.

I have heard recently that the Chinese government will not be restricting the price Beijing hotels will be able to charge during the Summer games in 2008. It remains to be seen just how high the hotels will push up the prices.

If you want to avoid all of the high prices expected next year you could always find a cheap flight to Beijing right now and take in some Olympic test events and also enjoy the world famous tourist attractions Beijing has to offer.