Blog Tag - Staycations

Swissôtel Launches New Swiss Vitality Breakfast
Whether or not you’ve had the opportunity to visit the Alpine nation of Switzerland, you’ll undoubtedly be familiar with images of its pristine,...
Festive Kids Activities and Room Package at The Peninsula Beijing
Creative Weekend Kids’ Activities  Junior guests can get into the holiday spirit with creative seasonal activities on weekends from Dec 2-25. The...
11.11: Singles Day Deals You Should Snatch Up
It’s that time of year again, Singles Day (aka 11.11, aka the biggest shopping day in the world) is fast approaching. As per usual, there are...
Make it a Staycation: Hotel Packages & More for National Day Holiday, Pt. 2
The National Day holiday is right around the corner, and one way to treat yourself if you're not traveling outside Beijing is with a nice hotel...
Make it a Staycation: Hotel Packages & More for National Day Holiday
The National Day holiday is right around the corner, and one way to treat yourself if you're not traveling outside Beijing is with a nice hotel...
Hutong Hunter: Come to Peking Yard for a Courtyard Staycation, Stay for the Wagyu Burger
Take a deep dive into the places, people, shindigs and more to be found in the hutongs of Dongcheng, Xicheng and Qianmen with the Hutong Hunter. A...
TaoBrowser: Where To Find English Board Games for Your Next Fireside Gathering
Where can you buy that? You already know the answer: Taobao. But navigating China’s biggest e-commerce platform can be a nightmare for foreigners, so...
The Best Family Staycations and Deals This Labor Day Holiday
We might not be able to travel very far this May holiday, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still make it a special occasion for you and your family or...
R Beijing Bunker: Entrepreneur Dane Christensen on Staycationing and Striving for Normalcy
As Beijing enters its second week in self-quarantine, the stories of how people have been dealing with the coronavirus outbreak – by staying, leaving...
Exhausted Netflix? Catch Up on the Best Chinese Content it Has to Offer
With this extra-long Spring Festival going deep into February, we're starting to realize keeping ourselves entertained is not as easy as once...
4 Beijing Foods to Warm Your Stomach This Winter, and Where to Get Them4 Beijing Foods to Warm Your Stomach This Winter, and Where to Get Them
As we've previously written about, followers of traditional Chinese medicine believe that you should adjust your diet according to the seasons....
Back Pain Be Gone! My Citywide Search for an Awesome Massage
In late 2014, I started to have these intense migraine episodes. My fingertips would numb, my lips would numb, and I would be bedridden for about 6...
Have a Surreal Weekend Away at Faux French Chateau Changyu
Imagine going to sleep in smoggy Beijing then waking up the next morning in a cute provincial French town with blue skies and a fresh dusting of snow...
Trwat Yourself to Some Downtown Pampering at Rosewood Beijing's Sense Spa
I am a sucker for a fancy spa, so when Rosewood Beijing announced the opening of their Sense Spa earlier this year, I knew I was in for a treat,...
Leaving Town: A Final Round-Up of Options to Get Away for the Beijing Holiday
So, as usual, we love Beijing, the weather's cooling (a bit), everyone's off, and the skies are blue (for the most part). But this holiday, well ......