A young team with a wide view

We travel to understand how people live.

WaytoChina is a sincere, China-based team shaped by overseas study and travel across dozens of countries—and by remembering what it feels like to arrive without the assumptions locals take for granted.

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Why WaytoChina

We built the trips we wanted to take.

Too much travel turns a country into a sequence of proof: the landmark, the photo and the next stop. We wanted something more honest—the chance to notice how people eat, gather, move, make things and understand the place they call home.

Because we have studied abroad and traveled across dozens of countries, we also remember the quiet friction of arriving somewhere unfamiliar. That is why local-life experiences sit beside practical help with entry preparation, payments, connectivity and itinerary questions.

How we think

Four ways we keep travel meaningful.

Look past the postcard

Beautiful places matter, but so do the ordinary routines and honest context outside the frame.

Let a subject lead

History, belief, food or craft gives a journey a reason to connect—not just a route to complete.

Join local life respectfully

Choose experiences locals enjoy too, with enough context to participate as a guest rather than consume a performance.

Make arrival less intimidating

Clear human help with practical questions leaves more attention for the country you came to experience.

The people behind the route

China-based, internationally shaped.

Two co-founders whose product thinking and firsthand travel experience shape every WaytoChina journey.

Co-founder · Travel Designer

Mandy

Serial entrepreneur in travel. Helped 300+ travelers explore the Middle East.

Immersive travel enthusiast. Spent two weeks volunteering as a teacher in Cambodia.

New York University.
Former BI professional at Amazon.

Countries visited

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Co-founder · Travel Expert

Chloe

Immersive travel enthusiast. Backpacked solo across multiple countries and 30+ cities.

Fluent in Korean and English. Familiar with Spanish.

Columbia University.
Former algorithm engineer at Huawei.