My closing session might overrun. Does the plan survive that?

Yes: day one has no fixed start. Your driver waits, the market walk shortens first, and the two days after it do not depend on that afternoon. We set the day one start time with you when you book, not from a calendar.

Which parts of this could fall through?

Two, and both are already paid for in your price. The Robotaxi ride runs on a public operator's service, so if that service is suspended on your date the ride does not run: nothing replaces it and day one finishes about an hour earlier, with the price treatment for that case written into your quote. The drone show runs only on scheduled dates and in suitable weather, and the late-2026 schedule is not confirmed yet: on an evening without one you get the lit cityscape around Shenzhen Civic Center instead, at no change in price. Everything else on the plan is under our own arrangement.

Do these three extra days fit my stay?

We check before you take payment, not after. UK, European and Canadian passports currently enter China visa-free for days, and so do Australian and New Zealand passports. The window is counted from the day after entry, so your clock started when you flew in for the fair. We add your entry date, your fair days and these three days together against that window. If the total does not fit, we tell you and do not sell the plan.

Can I still work in the evenings?

Day one and day three end before dinner and nothing is scheduled after them. Day two is the exception: the drone show or the lit cityscape takes that evening, which is why it sits on day two rather than the night your inbox is fullest. If you would rather keep that evening too, tell us and we drop it.

My flight leaves at noon on day three. Is that a problem?

No: day three holds one visit of about two hours plus your airport transfer, so it is built to be cut. Take the creative park and go straight to the airport, and the morning still works. The optional museum is the part that needs a later flight, which is why it is only offered once we have seen your flight time.

Shenzhen, After the Fair

Overview

Your week in Shenzhen happened inside a booth and a meeting room. The city that makes what was in that booth is twenty minutes away. This plan starts the hour your closing session ends and takes the chain you buy from in three cross sections: market floors where components are sold by the tray, the address finished machines ship from, and street traffic that already includes cars with no driver in the seat. Between them sits a walled old town about 1,700 years old, inside a city about forty. Day one and day three end early enough to leave the evening alone. By the second floor you'll be reading your own purchase orders differently.

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Every LyrikTrip journey begins with a conversation. Tell us your fair dates and your flight home, and we shape these three days backward from both. First reply within four hours; a clear price for your dates within one business day. If your closing session moves, day one moves with it: that is the point of this plan.

Why you'll love this trip

The working city, up close. Nantou Old Town, the planning exhibition, an evening skyline and a creative park, with an English-speaking guide throughout.
3 days from a tray of components to the finished machine. See the whole chain.

Walk the component floors before lunch and stand at the address the finished machines ship from after it: one working day, and the line on your purchase order turns into a street you can walk.
Step through a gate on day two into a walled old town about 1,700 years old, inside a city about forty: the counter-evidence to everything the skyline tells you.
Spend the last morning in a factory shell that now holds art, design and coffee: the same city, one more time, doing something else with a building it had finished using.
Start the hour your closing session ends: one city, one hotel for both nights, no flights and no repacking.

Things to do

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Itinerary

Arrivals

Shenzhen · Day 1 - Day 3

Day 1 · Off the show floor, onto the market floor

Your last session ends and the plan starts. Meet the chain you have been buying from by email.

Pickup, whenever the hall lets you go Your driver meets you at the fair venue or your hotel when the closing session actually ends. A late finish shortens the walking, not the plan.

Huaqiangbei electronics market You walk the sourcing district floor by floor with your guide, one level of loose components, one of prototypes, one of finished units. Stand at the end of an aisle and look down it once: trays to the ceiling, and somewhere along that shelf is the part inside the product you flew here to talk about.

DJI Sky City The drone company's address in the city, after the market floors, so the morning's parts and the afternoon's finished machine belong to the same day.

Robotaxi ride You order the car from a screen and it arrives with nobody in the driver's seat, then reads the street with sensors and cameras while the wheel turns itself. It is also how you get between the day's two points. A block in, you'll notice you have stopped watching the wheel and started watching the street.

Evening Yours. Your guide recommends and books dinner around your taste (on your account), or the laptop opens back at the hotel; nothing else is scheduled.

Day 2 · The old town under the new city

A gate, an exhibition hall, then an hour of sky. The city you were sold as forty years old turns out to be keeping older receipts.

Shekou and Nantou Old Town You walk in through the gate of a walled town about 1,700 years old and come out into a harbor district that reads as the opposite. Stop in the lane just inside the gate: low roofs on both sides of you, towers standing above them at the end of the street. Inside the gate you'll catch yourself lowering your voice, which is not something this city usually asks of you.

Lunch Nearby or back in the district: your guide books it, on your account.

Shenzhen urban planning exhibition A city about forty years old, keeping the record of how it was built, in a hall built for the purpose. Admission is included, and the visit lands where it does on purpose: an hour after the old gate, the argument has two sides.

Evening drone show An hour of formation flying above the city, watched from ground level with your guide. On dates without a show, the evening becomes the lit cityscape around Shenzhen Civic Center instead, at no change to your price.

Day 3 · The third use of the same building

One creative park, then the airport. The last morning is cut to your flight, not the other way round.

OCT LOFT creative park You walk a former industrial area that now runs on contemporary art, design and coffee, with the old structure left visible above the new tenants. Sit outside with a coffee for twenty minutes; the yard is the quietest thing on this plan. You'll catch yourself planning a slower return trip before the cup is finished.

Shenzhen Science Museum An optional add-on for this morning, about two hours, taken only if your flight leaves room for it and only if you choose it. It is quoted separately and never joins the plan by default.

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What's Included

Private vehicleAir-conditioned private vehicle for all listed touring on all three days including fuel, tolls, parking and driver service allowance
TransfersDay one pickup at your fair venue or hotel; day three drop-off at the airport or the departure point named in your confirmation
Inter-city transportNone on this plan: it is a single city from start to finish, with no rail and no air segment between cities, so no cabin class applies
Hotel2 nights in Shenzhen at four-star, five-star or quality boutique level, breakfast included, named in your confirmation
GuideLicensed English-speaking guide on all three days, briefed to answer industry and supply chain questions
Meals2 hotel breakfasts, on the mornings of day two and day three
Day oneHuaqiangbei electronics market with a guided walk of the sourcing floors, DJI Sky City, and the Robotaxi ride, which is also that day's transfer
Day twoShekou and Nantou Old Town, the Shenzhen urban planning exhibition with admission, and the evening drone show
Day threeOCT LOFT creative park
Drinking waterBottled water on all three touring days
InsuranceTravel accident insurance for the length of the plan

Not Included

FlightsYour own arrival and departure flights, and everything before day one, including your fair-period hotel
MealsBeyond the 2 breakfasts above, all lunches and dinners: your guide recommends and books them on request, on your account
Shenzhen Science MuseumAdmission and reservation fees for the optional day-three morning visit, quoted separately when you choose it
Optional add-onsQuoted separately when you choose them; nothing optional is added by default
A fourth dayNo fourth day is sold with this plan, in Foshan, in Hong Kong or anywhere else
PersonalVisas, gratuities, single supplement, personal spending
Disruption costsExtra costs from severe weather, traffic restrictions, venue closures and flight delays

Special Notes

A few things on this route follow your schedule, an operator's schedule or the weather. Here they are, told straight.

Start time — day one has no fixed start. It begins when your own closing session ends, and we set that time with you order by order, including whether teardown takes your last morning. We do not assume it from a fair calendar.
Robotaxi — included in your price and booked by date, then reconfirmed before you land. Its availability is the operator's, not ours. If service is suspended that day the ride does not run, nothing is substituted for it, and day one runs about an hour shorter. How the price is treated in that case is stated in writing with your quote.
Drone show — included, and conditional. It runs only on scheduled dates and in suitable weather, and the October to December 2026 schedule is not yet confirmed with the operator. We promise you the evening, not the show: on dates without one, you get the lit cityscape around Shenzhen Civic Center at no change in price.
Shenzhen Science Museum — sold as an add-on only, quoted separately, never bundled and never counted as one of this plan's reasons to come. It takes about two of the four hours the departure morning holds, so we check it against your flight before you choose. Without it, day three is the creative park alone, which suits an early flight.
Two guests, two names — the number of guests your quote covers is stated in writing on that quote, and no order is taken without it in writing.
Hotels & venues — named in your confirmation; "or similar" always means the same class and comparable location, never a quiet downgrade.

Is Three Days Your Length?

Only two days instead of three?

Each day stands on its own, so we cut days, not corners: tell us your flight and we shape backward from it.

Good to Know

Group: Private, just your party. From 1 guest. No fixed maximum party size.
Start: Day one starts at your fair venue or hotel, the hour your closing session ends
Ports: Starts and ends in Shenzhen; no second city and no overnight anywhere else
Visas: You are already in China when this plan starts. Before you pay, we check your entry date, your fair days and these three days against your 30-day visa-free window; if they do not fit, we say so instead of selling
Language: English-speaking licensed guide throughout, briefed on industry and supply chain questions
Payment: From 1 guest. A 10% deposit (minimum $399) locks your dates. The balance is due 14 days before departure. "Or similar" never means a quiet downgrade
Changes: The change and refund conditions for your dates are listed in writing with your quote, before you pay
Season: Selling season is October to December 2026. The one item that depends on a calendar and the weather is the drone show; see Special Notes

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Shenzhen, After the Fair

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Why you'll love this trip