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First Beijing trip report: cash, QR menus, and hotel registration

Lena S.
lena.in.transit#1
Jun 12, 2026, 12:00 PM
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I brought 1000 CNY cash and used less than 150 CNY in a week. The places that needed help were QR menu restaurants and one hutong cafe with weak mobile signal.

Hotel registration was painless. The front desk photographed my passport and asked for a local contact number, but accepted my foreign number after I explained I was using roaming.

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Dario P.
dario_cards#2
Jun 12, 2026, 04:20 PM

QR menu translation was the surprise pain point for me. Screenshots plus image translation worked better than live camera translation in crowded restaurants.

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