Where to Stay

Use People’s Square as a map anchor when comparing central stays. Marriott City Centre, for example, lists 555 Middle Xizang Road near Nanjing Road. Plot your hotel’s actual entrance and station exit, then compare journeys and the final walk with luggage.

Hotels around West Nanjing Road may have entrances on nearby streets. The Sukhothai Shanghai, for example, lists 380 Weihai Road. Map each candidate’s entrance, useful station and evening return route rather than treating all “Nanjing Road” listings as one location.

For a Xintiandi stay, compare the walk from your planned evening stop to the hotel entrance. Use the property’s own information, such as Andaz Xintiandi’s guest FAQ, to check location and arrival arrangements. Save the actual Chinese hotel name and address from your booking.

Pudong is too broad to use as a hotel location by itself. InterContinental Shanghai Pudong, for example, lists 777 Zhangyang Road. Pin your actual hotel and compare its journeys to planned visits on both sides of the river.

Enter the actual number and ages of guests before selecting a room. Check the bed configuration, permitted occupancy and any extra-bed request. Ask the property to confirm essential access or bathroom features in writing and save its reply with the room type.

Check your selected rate for meals, breakfast quantities, taxes and additional-person charges. Compare its final total with the headline nightly price for the same dates and guests. Save the rate description and confirmation.

Read the selected booking’s deposit and payment policy. Ask whether your card guarantees the reservation, pays in advance or provides a separate check-in authorisation. Record the amount, timing, accepted payment method and how any hold or deposit will be released.

Read the cancellation terms for your selected rate. Save the last free-cancellation date and time, its time zone and any later penalty. Cancel through the channel specified in your reservation and keep the confirmation.

Tell the hotel your booked start date and expected local arrival date and time. Ask how you will enter and whether the room will be held, then save its written reply and phone number. After a significant delay, update the hotel and recheck the remaining transport.

Check which booking changes must go through the platform and which the hotel can confirm directly. Get written details of any agreed date or room change and keep them with the original confirmation. For a late arrival, also ask the hotel to confirm that it will hold your room.