My experience of private transfer between HK and Shenzhen

[travelem]

Is the app translated to English and does it accept +852 numbers?

Thank you for your many informative posts!

It takes 852 number. I saw foreigners use Didi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aC-2mIGTgU

[qhank]

It takes 852 number. I saw foreigners use Didi.

I always book Didi through WeChat, that way I can pay with my HK credit card.

[aquaman]

But I found later it will be 70% cheaper if you dont; mind to split it into two ways.

1) Taxi from Kowloon to Shenzhen Bay check point, around HK$230-290

2) Didi from Shenzhen Bay check point to other location in Shenzhen, around 10-50 yuan

probably even cheaper if you take a didi from huanggang to HKU

[Cheeky Kiwi]

I always book Didi through WeChat, that way I can pay with my HK credit card.

eh? you can set your HK credit card as the default payment method in DiDi

[travelem]

At the China side Shenzhen bay check point, there are public buses, free buses, taxi stand and app car to choose.

But you better have your Shenzhen destination address in Chinese handy with you.

[chobochobo]

You pay extra for convenience I guess. We used a door to door service to visit Chimelong in Zuhai, and that was 700-800. Whilst in Zuhai we used apps for local taxis.

[aw451]

eh? you can set your HK credit card as the default payment method in DiDi

Yes. They accept Visa and MasterCard

[Ben99]

I’ve done this a few times, I was thinking these drivers are making decent money if they have regular clients. It’s about $800-1k from Shenzhen Baoan to my home in Kowloon then they’d drop me off in say Tst for dinner. It was for work so my company paid for this but I definitely wouldn’t if it was out of my own pocket

[qhank]

eh? you can set your HK credit card as the default payment method in DiDi

But then I'd end up paying foreign currency fees to my bank in HK. If you have a fee-free card/enough rewards to offset it then it's fine. But if you only have a cheap card like me then WeChat HK will do the conversion fee-free.