my husbandi want to go directly from beijing airport to chengde without having to

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My husband and I want to go directly from Beijing airport to Chengde without having to fight traffic into Beijing town center to catch a bus or train. Does anyone know if we will be able to find a taxi or heiche from the airport to Chengde, and how much it would cost? I do see a posting dated July 2009 saying that a taxi would cost around rmb 300, but this seems too low, given Chengde is about 150km from capital airport - are taxis really so inexpensive in Beijing? Thanks in advance for your answers.

Mr.David · Answer

The one taxi from Beijing Airport to Chengde cost around RMB1,300 per trip.  It is really expensive. I would not advise you to do so. you can take Airport Express Train or Airport Shuttle Bus 3 to Dongzhimen and then take taxi to Sihui Bus Station, there you can take Bus to Chengde, the bus takes round 4-5 hours.Anyway, you can choose a comfortable way as you like.

Ms.IKUFFEL · Answer

Thanks, Mr David. Why does the taxi cost so much? After my original post, I checked maps.google.com, which said that the trip was about 225km. I also checked the airport webpage (http://en.bcia.com.cn/ecotraffic/taxi.shtml) which said that taxis charge RMB2 per km, with a 50% surcharge for trips over 15km. So, that should be around RMB675, plus highway tolls. Are there other charges I don't know about, or is the airport webpage out of date and taxi rates are higher than it says?

Mr.Kitty · Answer

Your calculation is right, but for the long distance driving, there maybe an extra empty driving back fee charged, usually 50%of the price, the longer the distance, the higher the charge would be. Plus the highway toll fee would be at least 100 yuan I guess, so about 200 for a round trip. Thta's why the price is so high. You should undersyand that it's not that easy to find a passager to Beijing from Chengde, so actually you'll bear the roundtrip fare.

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