When traveling to Hong Kong and Macao for the first time, what's the difference between going alone or with a group?

First of all, you need to know whether you meet the conditions of free travel in Hong Kong and Macao, that is, whether you can get a personal travel endorsement (G sign). Generally speaking, the conditions for applying for free travel to Hong Kong and Macao are: permanent residents of the city who provide individual travel to Hong Kong and Macao, or non-resident residents who meet the conditions stipulated by the Ministry of Public Security.

At present, 49 cities have started individual mainland residents to travel to Hong Kong and Macao: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong Province (the whole province), Nanjing, Wuxi, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Taizhou, Fuzhou (urban areas only), Quanzhou, Xiamen, Tianjin, Chongqing, Chengdu, Jinan, Shenyang, Dalian, Nanning, Haikou, Changsha, Guiyang, Kunming.

In other words, if your hukou is in the above 49 cities, it meets the conditions for free travel in Hong Kong and Macao; If your registered permanent residence is not in the above 49 cities, but meets the requirements set by the Ministry of Public Security, you can also realize free travel in Hong Kong and Macao. You can consult the local exit-entry administration for details.

If you can only get a group tour endorsement (L-sign) but want to travel freely, you can find a travel agency online and ask the travel agency to handle customs clearance services for you (you need to fly to Shenzhen and enter the customs from Shenzhen), but only if you apply for a Hong Kong and Macao pass first.

If you can solve the problem of documents and travel to Hong Kong and Macao, you will definitely recommend free travel. One of the main reasons is that Hong Kong and Macao delegations (especially Hong Kong) have always been the hardest hit areas with zero negative tour fees.

The so-called zero-negative tour fee means that the tourists who join the tour only pay a very low tour fee, and the package travel agency does not pay the reception fee to the local agency, and even asks the local agency to pay the tour fee to them. For the land agency, these groups are "zero negative tour fees". This phenomenon is very common in Hong Kong and Macao tourism market. How do land agencies and tour guides make money? Only by shopping.

During the trip to Hong Kong and Macao, there are often all kinds of shopping. It is not uncommon that shopping leads to conflicts between tourists and tour guides. How can such a tour be dignified, happy and enjoyable? Is to make yourself suffer.

Moreover, there will be no language communication barriers when traveling in Hong Kong and Macao, the transportation is very convenient, and there are many travel strategies that can be found, which is very suitable for free travel.

To sum up, whether you are going to Hong Kong and Macao for the first time or not, you should choose to travel freely as long as your documents are ok.

I wish the subject a pleasant journey!