The actual Chinese New Year Holiday is not until later in February, but the CNY peak travel period starts in the beginning of Feburary. I know for my daughter's (public) school, the entire month of Feb is off.
Buy Spring Festival Train Tickets Beginning December 7
Good news and bad news for people planning to travel domestically during the Spring Festival/Chinese New Year period, which begins next year on February 5, two weeks ahead of the February 19 holiday, and runs two weeks after. The good news is that, even though the government hasn't announced when the Spring Festival holiday will be officially, 60-day advance purchase train tickets will go on sale December 7 (in Chinese).
This year, the Spring Festival public holiday began on January 31 and lasted through February 6, which featured a working Sunday prior to the event, and a working Saturday after. With the actual celebration of the holiday falling on the evening of January 30, quite a number of people were unamused that they didn't have the day off for travel or preparations. Think Scrooge and working on Christmas Eve.
Anyway, the bad news is, if you're planning on traveling domestically at that time, it will be necessary to buy tickets at that time, based on the 2014 holiday calendar. If you think there will be tickets left come February, think again. When in the last ten years has that strategy worked, in a country with far too much demand for travel and far too little supply? Make your plans, buy your tickets, and be glad you got them. Otherwise, get ready to drive or fly.
In other travel news, there isn't much at the moment. See you Thursday.
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Re: Buy Spring Festival Train Tickets Beginning December 7
"Good news and bad news for people planning to travel domestically during the Spring Festival/Chinese New Year period, which begins next year on February 5, two weeks ahead of the February 19 holiday, and runs two weeks after."
Is it just me, or do I understand that the spring fstival,chinese new year period will last four weeks? (is this the school holiday schedule?)
And, if i'm planning to travel at spring festival time, why wait to buy tickets then, when "60-day advance purchase train tickets will go on sale December 7?? (Bad news) due to the uncertain official dates and therefore fear of pissing off your employer following the outcome that any tickets bought fall outside one's allowed official holiday period, thereby not purchasing tickets in advance at all?
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