− $4009 days · YYZ · 12 Sep
Beijing + Xi'an
— our first journey, and still the best-selling one
was CA$1,899
CA$1,499
✦ The 2027 Selection · No. 18
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Plate I · Jinshanling
On our Classic China route — day 3, breakfast before the photographers.
— photographed this summer by a traveller named Wei, with a Pentax from 1989.
✦ This fortnight's selection
− $4009 days · YYZ · 12 Sep
— our first journey, and still the best-selling one
was CA$1,899
CA$1,499
− $4008 days · YYZ · 18 Sep
— for those who think they have seen a mountain
was CA$2,249
CA$1,849
− $3907 days · YVR · 02 Oct
— a short week for the modern traveller
was CA$1,689
CA$1,299
− $60914 days · YYZ · 15 Oct
— the slow-water favourite, book by 30 August
was CA$3,299
CA$2,690
− $3506 days · YYZ · 22 Oct
— our short imperial — under a thousand each
was CA$1,449
CA$1,099
− $50010 days · YYZ · 05 Nov
— capital and canal in a single fortnight
was CA$2,499
CA$1,999
− $60012 days · YUL · 11 Nov
— montréal departure · a Globe & Mail pick
was CA$2,899
CA$2,299
− $60916 days · YYZ · 19 Nov
— everything we run in one grand loop
was CA$3,499
CA$2,890
− $4009 days · YYZ · 12 Sep
— our first journey, and still the best-selling one
was CA$1,899
CA$1,499
− $4008 days · YYZ · 18 Sep
— for those who think they have seen a mountain
was CA$2,249
CA$1,849
− $3907 days · YVR · 02 Oct
— a short week for the modern traveller
was CA$1,689
CA$1,299
− $60914 days · YYZ · 15 Oct
— the slow-water favourite, book by 30 August
was CA$3,299
CA$2,690
− $3506 days · YYZ · 22 Oct
— our short imperial — under a thousand each
was CA$1,449
CA$1,099
− $50010 days · YYZ · 05 Nov
— capital and canal in a single fortnight
was CA$2,499
CA$1,999
− $60012 days · YUL · 11 Nov
— montréal departure · a Globe & Mail pick
was CA$2,899
CA$2,299
− $60916 days · YYZ · 19 Nov
— everything we run in one grand loop
was CA$3,499
CA$2,890
✦ The full catalogue
Each listing is CAD, all-in. Everything you will see, eat and sleep in is named; what isn't named isn't charged. Reservations take a moment.
01.
BJX · 09— Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai — the nine-day we've run for thirteen years.
9 days
YYZ · weekly
4,210 Canadians, last year alone
$1,899
$1,499
CAD · pp
02.
YT · 14— A five-star ship and two nights at Fenghuang. For the week off you've earned.
14 days
YYZ · Sep — Nov
rated 4.93 by 1,204 travellers
$3,299
$2,690
CAD · pp
03.
GL · 08— Eight days through Guilin and the painter's trail at Hongcun.
8 days
YYZ · spring
seats remaining: 11 of 24
$2,249
$1,849
CAD · pp
04.
SH · 07— Modern China in a short week — a Vancouver favourite.
7 days
YVR · monthly
under CA$ 1,500 all-in
$1,689
$1,299
CAD · pp
05.
XN · 06— The short imperial — long enough for the warriors, the Wall and Huashan.
6 days
YYZ · year-round
our most-bookable week off
$1,449
$1,099
CAD · pp
06.
IM · 12— Beijing, Pingyao, Xi'an — the one Globe & Mail endorsed in April.
12 days
YUL · Sep — Dec
our quiet bestseller
$2,899
$2,299
CAD · pp
Showing 6 of 18 journeys · the rest on request
✦ A letter from the studio
First Tuesday of every month, to nine thousand subscribers.
“We don't run sales. We reprice, once a fortnight, when a departure hasn't filled in the usual rhythm. The discount you see on this page is the discount the studio gets from its host families in Beijing — passed on, in full, in CAD.”
— Meng Cheung, founder · Toronto, April 2026