A Local Pal sharing a handmade lantern with international visitors in Shanghai

Explore China with a Local

Why pay tour-agency prices?
Pick a local for a personalized tour.

Find your local company and shape a private tour around your interests. Discover China through local eyes—for less.

Start your journey.

Choose your city, group and date. We’ll take it from there.

Choose your city, group and date, or select dates not decided yet.

Check our city guide first →

Your day, your way

Find your local company.
Shape a day around you.

01

Start with your visit

Choose your city, group size and date. Still deciding when? Keep your date flexible.

02

Pick a Pal or plan your day

Explore our Local Pals, or share an idea by text or voice and shape a plan before choosing your Pal.

03

Make it happen

Choose your time together and confirm the arrangements with our team. We can help finish the plan too.

Pricing & FAQs
For the city-obsessed

Your city is worth sharing.

Help shape our community of Local Pals—from independent music lovers to neighborhood historians and breakfast regulars. Share your neighborhood, in your languages, at your own pace.

Become a Local Pal

Meet your kind of people

Host travelers who genuinely care about what you care about.

Stay in control

Choose when you host and shape each day through conversation.

Be fully yourself

No scripts, flags, uniforms, or memorized monologues.

Earn through your expertise

Get paid for your time, taste, and local knowledge.