Don't visit Hong Kong without these tips! | 🇭🇰

If you’re traveling to Hong Kong, here are our most useful tips we used daily! Hong Kong has fully reopened + lifted mask mandates! 🥳

• HK is one of the most convenient cities to get around; your Octopus metro card allows you to pay for not just access to the trains, but the ferry, trams, cabs + even at some stores + restaurants!
• you should have cash on hand; you’ll need it for taxis + for many vendor stalls or small local restaurants.
➢ if you want to cross from the Kowloon side to the island side; look for speciality cross harbor taxis that will take you across.
• you can use @uber to schedule or call Ubers or HK cabs.
• Google Lens will be helpful in deciphering signs + menus, as well as communicating what you want to say. It’s helpful to have useful sayings pulled up to use at any time; like where is the bathroom in both Cantonese + Mandarin— though some spots also speak English as well!
• download @whatsapp — this be helpful in booking reservations + calls in Hong Kong.
• you can find addresses written in Chinese to show your cab driver on Open Rice and on Google Maps, which actually can say the address in Chinese with a speaker button next to the address! (so useful)!
• marry a Jeromy so they can do everything for you 🤣

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[woofvault]

They don't speak Mandarin in Hong Kong, so having Mandarin phrases would pretty much be useless... and don't worry, you'll be perfectly okay getting around with knowing only English, most Hongkongers speak it to at least a basic level :)

[nikserof]

You don't "need" an Octopus card to use the MTR, but it's the best option for most.

[avenirchan]

We dpnt😢speak mandarin we speak Cantonese

[hansdawson]

No, just Cantonese and English. Saving Mandarin phrases on your phone for use in Hong Kong is not so much different from having French phrases prepared for travelling to England.

[Leanna-bvsm]

多謝你來遊覽香港！希望下次可以再見到你呀！
Thank you for traveling in HK! We hope to see u again!
-from a random person living in HK

[ethanol]

I just got back from a trip to Hong Kong. It was absolutely amazing! Best part was I could finally utilize my cantonese. I dont get to use it too much outside my home here in the US so to be able to use it like I would english was such a surreal experience 😅. Plus their public transportation system is UNIVERSES ahead of what we have

[ilikepigs]

I am from Hong Kong and this just made me happy when you mentioned octopus card

[lochnapant]

I live in Hong Kong and can I say that Even in local markets people speak little English so it is not necessary to learn Cantonese phrases but if you can that’s awesome. Also people are quite friendly so even of they don’t know English they will try their best to help you.

[MarkerHealthcliff]

as a Hong Kong person we call it the MTR and most 7-11s use octopus card
and some taxis can take octopus card too

[Venus_strx]

I’m a Hong kong person and take the bus is cheaper, going to tai Po is nice because there is a place called “cheap lab” is really cheap the logo is a girl.there will be a lot of stuff that are cheap which come up to 1-20HKD, and going to Kowloon is good too to get food I suggest you going to only the place that are big and walking around can make you feel comfortable but a lot of people smoke so watch out for ur lungs!

[redwolfproduction]

I recently travelled to Hong Kong and all of your tips are extremely useful! Thank you for the help to all the travellers including myself ♥️

[alannastorytelling]

The last tip is probably the most useful tip 😂 MTR is mostly used in Kowloon, Lightrail in the New Territories and Trams on HK Island.

[DannielGamingVideosandAviation]

Buses are the best as Hong Kong is small and they’re relatively efficient. Traverse the city, while sightseeing at the same time

[HunterHider]

As a Hong Kong citizen, I can confirm these tips are helpful😌❤

[kwnwong]

I'm going to Hong Kong this year, excited. First I need to pass my last year of high school exams. Then we go on vacation 😮

[HartsforKira]

Fun fact abt hk: There is a space museum which is rlly fun and it looks like a pineapple bun so we usually call in pineapple bun in cantonese

[CharlieLovesRobloxUwU]

As a hongkong person I’m proud that you have visited here!

[RenataPietrzykowska]

Mieszkam w Polsce ale niesamowicie chętnie oglądam filmy pokazujące życie mieszkańców Hong Kongu. ❤❤. To miejsce wielu kontrastów, bogactwo, skrajna bieda. Pozdrawiam.Radhe

[cjjaxxon]

I was in Hong Kong back in November of 2019. Enjoyed it. Even during the protests. I wonder how it is now because I'm itching to visit again.

[richardlepreux]

My treasured girlfriend is taking me to where she grew up in Hong Kong in a few months. What an adventure!