Business trip Easy to get to Taipei
Many people find him so excited when they go abroad to have their first business trips, thinking about flying in business class, Benz is waiting in the airport for a pickup truck, staying at a 5-star hotel and having dinner in full gourmet restaurant, etc. But the days are gone for the budget of business trips. We are now back to normal, with a limited budget, with some limitations and lengthy recommendations. Do not worry, here, with years of experience in business travel in Asia, the author can provide you with comprehensive information on how to get around how local in Asian cities. Let's start with Taipei as the first stop of your business trip.
Pre-departure planning - Hotel search and customer location identification
It is always very important to do your homework before boarding a plane to your home airport, since you may not know what will go wrong when you arrive at your destination. However, please do not worry, as the people of Taipei speak English high enough to help you.
Even you work in the best multinational companies, but still you need to find out where the corporation prefers the hotel, located near the client’s site or very far away. Because, understanding the location of each client site, it helps to plan a lot of meeting times and arrange transportation to get there.
For major corporate travelers working in HP, Dell, Intel, GE, etc., they usually have a corporate fare with Taipei Sheraton Hotel, Taipei Grand Hyatt, Shangri-la Taipei, Westin Taipei, Taipei, another 5-star hotel . What about people who have their own business or work in small corporations? This is too luxurious a stay in such a world class hotel, sometimes it is really not necessary. You can try some business hotels, which are mainly located in Chong Xiao East Road, Taiwan Main Station, Ming-Sheng East Road, Ming-Quan East Road, etc. These business hotels vary from NT $ 1,800-NT $ 2,500 (including taxes) including breakfast, one of the authors prefers Delight Hotel Taipei, which is so convenient that Zhongshan Guo Zhong's MRT is just 5 minutes away and the same goes for a 7-11 comfortable store .
You need to understand where your customer site is located, as if it were in Taipei City or in Taipei Prefecture. Customer sites are located around Neihu, Shichi, Chonghe, Banqiao, Tucheng and some even before Xinchu. If your client is in Jonghe, Tucheng and Banqiang, staying in Chong is the best option. A good hotel with a reasonable price of about NT $ 3200 (including taxes) is Fourpoints Sheraton Hotel Chunghe, the convenience store is just 10 steps away from the left side of the hotel entrance.
Transport and Access Information
It’s not good to get a pickup at the airport, as it always costs several hundred dollars per thousand dollars more than a taxi, and sometimes even a thousand dollars NT more than organizing a personal service car that many MNCs used, which we called the MiMi ( This is usually a version of the Toyota Camry 2.4L, not so bad!). The cost of dialing from NT $ 1900-NT $ 3000 depends on what type of limousine you ordered; the cost of a taxi is about NT $ 1100 to the city of Taipei; The MiMi cost about $ 800 for the inner city of Taipei. If you are not in a hurry, try the bus cost around NT $ 110-NT $ 150, only 10% of what you paid for the taxi! It takes about an hour to get to the city of Taipei. Just find out the address of your hotel and show the lady on the bus ticket counter, she will tell you which bus to take. Just make sure you meet the bus driver by asking him when you are approaching your bus stop, please remind you that you have gone. Do not worry, if you are in the city of Taipei, you can easily get a tax, and getting around it will cost you only NT $ 100- NT $ 250.
As soon as you find yourself in the city after registration, you can travel by subway or MRT, which is so convenient and easy to go anyway. Therefore, it is important to find a hotel that is closer to the MRT station, as this will save you a lot of your transportation fees. Because MRT costs so little from NT $ 20, and with EasyCard you will have a 40% discount! Just go to the subway ticket counter.
Business Dining and Personal Dinner
Do you know that business trips do not mean that you only assume that you eat in a restaurant with 5 restaurants, you can also have the same quality products in many local restaurants or even in the night market. Save a few dollars for using rainy days. A business dinner can be in any restaurant in Taipei, which you can easily find. Here, which the author wants to share more, these are nightly fish products that a foreign business traveler should try after a day of tedious business meetings. Check out the Slipway Night Market just get to the MRT at any station along the red line and stop at Jiantan Station. Do not go straight to the food court at Shiling Market, instead go to the night market and check out the small shops for hunters near the road, some really cool tasty foods such as fried chicken drumstick, milk drink, a glass of ice cream in fine flour with peanuts, crab meat soup and more. Do not miss the ice shop in one of the valleys near the main street of the Shiling night market, selling all kinds of crushed milky ice with many different types of fillings. Try strawberry or mango stuffing, very tasty! Business trips can also be interesting!
