Hostel

The term hostel here means those low end hotels which still have license to take guest. Most of them are still clean, with hot shower, and some of the room are equipped with air conditioner, ( even though this is not too important, as temperature in April and October in Guangzhou is quite moderate), but most of the room would not have internet access. Usually, they do not have much experience in taking foreign guest and of course, the staff cannot speak any English. Legally, this kind of hostel can accept local guests and according to our understanding, legally, they are not allowed to take foreigners. Foreigners mean anyone who is not Chinese nationality, therefore, that means people from Hong Kong, Taiwan are included as well. Even though most of them would accept HK or Taiwanese, since it is hard to tell from their outlook.

Would they accept foreigner who obviously is not a Chinese?  Then, it depends. Since most of these hostels esp. those on line 4 is not good, therefore, some of them would just say yes to anyone.  They would tell you, unless there is any accident, or criminal offence, otherwise, police would not pay attention to them.  So, they would welcome anyone to come. Yet, some of them would say, they are not allowed to accept foreigners and just say no. So, even if you can find a local to book these hostels for you, make sure they would check in advance, to avoid any future misunderstanding.

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