Wei Lin
Founder · journey design
Grew up between Suzhou and Hangzhou. Designs routes around opening hours and walking distance.
Mandarin, English
About
A small team, a short list of places
We are a China-based team of planners and local guides working with international travellers. We keep our routes few and our groups private so that the detail holds up.
Why we started
Most first trips to China are built around distance: four cities in eight days, photographed from a window. Guests told us the parts they remembered were smaller — a breakfast stall, a garden at opening time, an hour in a tea house with nothing scheduled.
Trip Casmai exists to plan for those hours. We write itineraries ourselves, walk them with the guides who will run them, and say no to routes we cannot deliver well. If a place is not on our list, it is usually because we do not yet have the right person there.
We are a young company. Rather than quote numbers we cannot verify, we would rather you judge us on the itinerary, the clarity of the inclusions, and the conversations before you book.
The people you travel with
Planners and guides, not sales staff. The person who writes your outline is in the same team as the person who meets you at the station.
Mei Chen
Chengdu & Sichuan
Former restaurant cook. Runs market visits, home kitchens and the tea house mornings.
Mandarin, English, Cantonese
Bo Zhang
Beijing & the north
History graduate and licensed guide. Knows which wall section is quiet on a Tuesday.
Mandarin, English
How we work
Small by design
We only take private groups, and we limit how many journeys run at once so guides are not stretched between trips.
Written before spoken
Route, travel times, inclusions and exclusions are confirmed in writing before any deposit. If something changes, you hear it from us first.
Guides, not narrators
Our guides live in the places they show. They are chosen for how they read a room, a market and a queue, not for a memorised script.
Honest about the ordinary
Long transfers, early starts and the days that are simply a train ride are all described plainly. A good itinerary is not a sales page.
Start with your dates and a rough idea.
Journey enquiries are answered by email, usually within two working days.