Launching Q3 2026 · Beta opening soon
The AI travel companion
for visiting China
Built by a local in Ningbo who's hosted 200+ foreign clients over 10 years. Plan your trip, navigate payments, dodge the Great Firewall, and find the places your Western guidebook missed — with an AI that actually knows China.
Your first 48 hours in China,
without the panic
Every visitor we've hosted hits the same four walls in the first 48 hours. We built NiHaoGuide because we got tired of answering the same questions on WhatsApp at midnight.
Payment chaos
Alipay won't accept your card. WeChat needs a Chinese phone. Cash machines reject foreign cards. NiHaoGuide walks you through Alipay Tour Card setup in 10 minutes.
The Great Firewall
Google Maps blank. Gmail dead. WhatsApp silent. We recommend the right eSIM with built-in VPN — the one that actually works in 2026, not the one Reddit recommended in 2019.
App soup
High-speed rail tickets, taxis, restaurant reservations — all locked behind Chinese-only apps. We tell you the 5 apps you actually need, and which ones speak English.
Booking blind spots
The Forbidden City needs 7-day advance booking. Tiananmen needs passport pre-registration. Mistakes here = wasted days. We make sure you never miss one.
How it works
Tell us about your trip
Where you're from, when you're coming, for how long, your interests, your budget. Takes 90 seconds.
Get a real itinerary
Day-by-day plan with hotels, trains, attractions, restaurants. Built on knowledge GPT doesn't have — real local intel from a Ningbo native.
Book what you need
Every recommendation links directly to Trip.com, Klook, or Holafly. Book in one click. No commission from you — they pay us.
Why us?
I'm a Chinese local in Ningbo. For the past 10 years I've been an export consultant — which means I've hosted hundreds of foreign clients visiting our factories. Every single one of them got confused by Alipay, blocked from Google Maps, and missed the Forbidden City because they didn't know about the 7-day advance booking.
I built NiHaoGuide so the next foreign visitor — and yours — doesn't have that bad first 24 hours. We're not a Western startup pretending to know China. We're locals who watch foreigners struggle every week, powered by Claude AI, with a knowledge base of stuff GPT doesn't know.
No spam, no upsell. Free to use. We earn a small commission when you book through our recommended hotel, train, or eSIM partners — at no extra cost to you.
Get notified when we open beta
Q3 2026 launch. First 500 sign-ups get free lifetime access to the premium tier (custom itinerary PDF, 24/7 AI Q&A, real-time WeChat group).
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