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Lodging for Next Year's World Expo in Shanghai Only $14 a Day

Where: Shanghai, China
April 7, 2009 at 1:27 PM | by | Comments (0)

Planning on hitting up Shanghai next year for the World Expo, but feeling the grasp of tightened budgets? If the city of Shanghai has its way and, ah hem, trains its locals properly, you may get to score lodging and cultural activities for a mere 100 RMB ($14) a day! How is this possible in a city rapidly catching up to other world capitals on pricing? It's simple; Shanghai is going to do exactly as we said and train some local families to be host guests in a traditional Shanghaiese manner.

Ten families, all chosen for having "healthy lifestyles" and typical Shanghai houses, will welcome foreigners into their guest rooms, on their grocery shopping trips, and even into their calligraphy classes or antiques shopping trips. While this sounds perfectly quaint, Shanghaiist doesn't forget to point out other local goodies visitors have in store for them: "As part of their daily immersion program, visitors can expect to be woken up at 5 am by the construction next door, pack into a subway car so full they get to count the neck hairs on the man in front of them, and then spend a few hours in the evening enjoying the exotic scents of a squatter as they poop out all of their dinner."

Gotta love the harsh truth of the matter, but for $14 a day, we'll absolutely take our chances. Just imagine all the money you can save by circumventing hotels price-gouging for the World Expo; it could buy a lot of vacuum-packed chicken feet to take home and gross out the neighbors.

Related Stories:
· Come World Expo Time, Be Shanghaiese For a Day [Shanghaiist]
· Shanghai's Airports Are Totally Going to Hook Up [Jaunted]
· World Expo Travel Coverage [Jaunted]

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