Essential Taipei Travel Tips For Beginners - Your Ultimate Guide To Taiwan 2024

Planning to Travel to Taipei Taiwan in 2024 for the first time? This video is for you!

I have been to Taipei Taiwan over a dozen times and in this video contains tips (updated to 2024) that you NEED to know before heading there including the best time to visit, what to pack, how to get from Taoyuan Airport to Taipei City, how to use their public transportation and what to do in Taipei Taiwan!

There are CHAPTERS so feel free to skip around to the topics that are more interest, you can always watch the other parts later!

00:00 Introduction
01:48 Best Time To Visit Taipei Taiwan
02:50 Cheapest Time to Visit Taipei Taiwan
03:53 What to Pack for Your Trip to Taiwan
05:48 Mobile Data Connection Options Taipei
07:57 Powerbanks
09:42 Apps You Need For Taipei Taiwan - Navigation and Language Barriers
11:22 Bring Cash (Taiwanese Dollars)
11:47 Taiwan Entry Requirements
12:30 How To Get From Taoyuan to Taipei
15:15 Buy an Easy Card Taiwan
16:01 Train Etiquette
16:50 Drinking Taiwan Tap Water ?
17:08 Earthquakes
17:23 Things to do and EAT in Taipei

Hi I am Steve, a jaded professional living in Sydney, Australia who travels a lot for work and decided to start creating travel content on YouTube as a passion project

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[PhatLifeProject]

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[morrisonhannah]

This video is structured SO well and I’m SO HAPPY I found it before my trip this week!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[WholeWheatPiano]

Your videos are so helpful! They're straight to the point, no fluff, and say everything we need to know. THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤

[Alliecatperson]

Thank you for the video, this is really helpful! ❤ Especially for someone like me who's going on my first trip to Taiwan alone

[muzzy]

thank you for the video, i was excited when i booked the tickets but so nervous now that i’ll be going so soon. will try my best to take your tips and really embrace the country

[jinxya]

This was amazing! so Helpful! CABS - how do we pay Cabs from the Airport? Do they use Credit Cards? Cash? or Easy Pay? Also, can you purchase Easy Pay cards at the airport and how do you top them off (also with CASH or can you with a Credit Card?) thanks!

[pepitolopez]

Hi! Thank you for this video! We’re interested in buying a single journey MRT ticket from the airport to the main station and the vlogs that we’ve watched so far shows the vending machine for the purple tokens. We were wondering how do we get the full trip value of a token (NTD160) when the vending machines only give out up to NTD60? For this do we need to go and line up at the ticket counter? Thanks again!

[Brian_L_]

Your video is so organized & exact to the point..! Would you recommend reserving SIM Card in KLOOK & pick up in Taoyuan Aiport? Or simply buy SIM directly in the airport? We have luggages & kids so trying not to wait & stuck in long lines !

[LanLe-ufmi]

Thank you! Where did you get the packable duffel?

[LanLe-ufmi]

Hi for the card do we need one card per person? Do we top up with cash or can it be with credit card?

[dhananjaydhar]

Hi Steve.. I plan to travel from North to South of Taiwan and have 8 days plan. Can you suggest me an itinerary for me ( with my wife ).
Thx

[Fuyukori]

Been to taiwan once, cant wait to go there again. I enjoyed and loved it so much

[norachee]

Which recommended place to stay in Taiwan for the first-time visitor?

[Netro]

64. Not terrible. The mathematically impossible result still eludes me.

[chaunguyen-eyoe]

I just wonder have you been in Taipei? I don't see anything you was there.