meredith27

Excellent news! Please share the response :)

I guess even with the Chinese authorities allowing our trip to the airport to be visa free,it all still depends on Princess. They have to accept this new situation, update their stance on the Visa, AND, more importantly, let us get on the ship in Singapore without the visa!!!

May not need one after all.....

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/embassy/visa/free-transit-144hour.htm

Excellent point.The strange thing is that if we came into the airport we wouldn't need a visa but because we have come on a cruise ship, then we do. just think it's unfair and something that maybe should be addressed for future cruises. With all the passengers on board who ARE going straight home from Shanghai it's a nice little earner!

No we Brits don't need a visa for Taiwan so as i said it's a load of money for a coach trip!

We are booked to go on Sapphire Princess on April 25th.The last stop on the 17 day cruise is Shanghai. We are transferring from the pier to the airport for our flight home to UK.This is our only stop in China bar Hong Kong where we don't need a visa.For the coach trip to the airport we apparently need to purchase a visa which, depending how you buy it, can cost around £200. Since there are four of us it could cost up to £800 pounds for our trip to the airport! Perhaps Princess should have considered this when planning the cruise stops.

Anyone else been in this crazy situation or have I misunderstood something and got my facts wrong?