At home in Ottawa, Mei was planning another visit to her aunt in Shanghai. She wanted to book the same hotel as last time: a short walk from her aunt's apartment, with a quiet courtyard room. She remembered the room, but not the name of the hotel.
Her husband had already found a photo of their room. It showed two mugs, an open suitcase and almost nothing that would help them book it again.
Mei opened the Chinese travel account she had used on their last visit. The old reservation would give her the hotel's name and the room category, so she could look for another courtyard room rather than one facing the road.
The account asked for a code sent to her linked mainland China number. Mei had kept her iTalkBB China SIM service active between trips. With the SIM in her phone, she received the text in Canada and entered the code on her laptop, which was connected to her home Wi-Fi.
iTalkBB China SIM can receive texts and verification codes sent to its mainland China number worldwide.
Once inside, Mei found the reservation and copied the hotel name and room category into their trip notes. She also noticed that their previous stay had ended on a Friday. This time they would need the room through the weekend, after her cousin’s birthday dinner.
She sent her husband the hotel details. He could stop enlarging the photograph of the mugs.
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