Business Travel in Taipei

Business Travel Getting In and Out Easily in Taipeihand side from hotel entrance.
Many people find it so excited when going abroad toTransportation and Access Information
have their first business travel thinking about havingIt is not wise to get a hotel pickup at airport, as it is
flying in business class, Benz waiting at airport arrivalalways cost few hundred NT dollars more than Taxi
hall for pickup, staying in the 5 stars hotel and dinningand sometimes even a thousands dollar NT more
in full course fine dining restaurant, and etc. But thethan pre-arrange private service car that a lot of
days are gone for luxuries corporate travel budget.MNC applied which we called it "MiMi" car (usually is
We are now back to square one with tight budgetToyota Camry 2.4L version, not too bad at all!). Hotel
travel with kind of many restriction and lengthypickup cost range of NT$1900-NT$3000 depends on
guidelines to follow. No worries, here with years ofwhat type of limousine you ordered; taxi cost about
business travel experience in Asia, the author canNT$1100 to Taipei city; "MiMi" car cost about NT$800
provide you the inside out information on gettingto inner city of Taipei. If you are not rush, try the
around like local in Asia cities. Let's start with Taipeishuttle bus cost about NT$110-NT$150, only 10% of
as the 1st stop of your business travel destination.what you paid for taxi! It takes about an hour to
Pre-Departure Planning - Hotel Searching andreach Taipei city. Just find out your hotel address and
Customer Location Identificationshow to the lady at the bus ticket counter, she will
It is always very important to do some homeworklet you know which bus to take. Just ensure you
before you board your plane at your homelandcounter check with bus driver asking him when
airport, since you may not know what things willapproaching your stop, please remind you to get off.
went wrong when you arrive at your destination.No worries, once you are in the Taipei city, can get
However, please do not worry so much as Taipeitaxi easily and getting around will cost little only within
people English proficiency is high enough to help you.NT$100-NT$250.
Even you are working in a top multi nationalOnce you are in the city after check-in, you can
companies but still you need to find out where thetravel around using the subway or MRT which is so
corporate prefer hotel located whether is it near toconvenient and easy to go anyway. So it is important
customer site or very far. Since by understanding theto find a hotel which is nearer to MRT station as it
locations of each customer site it helps a lot inwill help you save a lot of your transportation fees.
planning the meeting time and arrangingSince MRT cost so little from NT$20 onwards, with
transportation to get there.EasyCard you will have 40% discount! Just get one
For big corporate traveler working in HP, Dell, Intel,at the subway ticket counter.
GE, etc, usually they have corporate rate with TaipeiBusiness Dinning and Personal Dinning Sharing
Sheraton Hotel, Taipei Sherwood Hotel, Taipei GrandDo you know business travel does not mean you
Hyatt, Shangri-la Taipei, Westin Taipei, Taipei Farmosaonly suppose to have your meals in 5 start
Hotel, Yu Shan Hotel and other 5 star hotel. Whatrestaurant, you too can have the same quality of
about for people that with own business or work infoods in a lot of local restaurant or even at night
small corporate? It is too luxurious staying in suchmarket. Save you some dollars for raining days use.
world class hotel sometimes it is really unnecessary.Business dinning can have it in any Taipei city
You can try out some business hotel which arerestaurant which you can easily find it. Here which
mainly located in Chong Xiao East Road, Taipei Mainthe author want to share more is the night market
Station, Ming Sheng East Road, Ming Quan East Road,foods which foreign business traveler should try out
etc. These business hotels are ranging fromafter a whole day of tiring business meetings. Check
NT$1800-NT$2500 (tax included) including breakfast,out Shiling night market just board the MRT at any
one of the author prefer is Delight Hotel Taipei whichstation along the red color subway line and stop at
is so convenient which the Zhong Shan Guo ZhongJiantan station. Don't straight go after the food court
MRT is just 5 minutes walk and same goes to theat Shiling market, instead go into the night market
7-11 convenient store.place and check out the small hawker stores beside
You need to understand where is your customer sitethe road, some really cool delicious foods like fried
as whether is it in Taipei city or in Taipei Prefecture.chicken drumstick, jelly drink, ice cream rap in thin
Customers sites are around Neihu, Shichi, Chonghe,flour with peanuts, crab meat soup and many more.
Banqiao, Tucheng and some even as far as in Xinchu.One should not miss is the ice shop inside one of the
If your customer is in Chonghe, Tucheng, andvalley beside main street of Shiling night market,
Banqian region, stay in Chonghe is a better option. Aselling all sort of milky shredded ice with many
good hotel with reasonal price around NT$3200 (taxdifferent kinds of toppings. Try out the strawberry
included) is Fourpoints Sheraton Hotel Chunghe,or mango toppings, really delicious! Business travel can
convenient store is just 10 steps away at the leftbe fun, too!