Originally, Airbnb was going to stop offering $60 off to Shanghaiist readers and first-time subscribers on August 15. They've now pushed back the date to the middle of September! So if you go onto the Airbnb website three days from now and enter the words SHANGHAIIST while signing up, you'll still get their awesome deal. Find out how to sign up here. more ›

It's almost August and edging closer to the end of summer. What better time than now to get out of Shanghai and escape its almost intolerable 35C 80% humidity heat? AirBNB is offering $60 off your next when you enter the code: SHANGHAIIST while signing up. Offer ends August 15th. Find out how to sign up here more ›

something a bit more special. Hopefully you've already gone through the process of signing up (outlined in our post here). Now enter "SHANGHAIIST" upon your Airbnb membership and you'll get $60 USD off your next rental. The coupon expires Aug 15, 2011! more ›

You need a break from the sweltering heat of the Shanghai summer and, in the meantime, hundreds of tourists are clamoring into the city to coo at its bright lights & revamped history. Turn it into a win-win: take a vacation to lands of un-VPNed internet while letting someone stay in your roomy French Concession loft! more ›

The following post is from our advertiser Ctrip. So did we mention we’re going to Qingdao? Yeah, near the end of August we've got plans to infiltrate and report on the great Asian fraternity party of 2009. That means for a weekend, you'll get to hear about all the streaking, chugging, bonding and other ridiculous antics that will no doubt spawn from the copious amounts of beer we'll be drinking. Want to come too? Need a place to stay? Check out the hotel and flight deals the good people over at Ctrip have compiled. See you there! more ›

The following post is from our advertiser Ctrip To commemorate the annual pukefest celebration of life we call the Qingdao Beer Festival, we'll be turning into Qingdaoist in late August. We hear the fest, which spans from August 15 to August 30 is well worth the trip, so if you're a fan of beer and fun, you should think about coming too. Get a jump start making your way through the madness by booking through our friends at Ctrip, who have compiled all their flight deals to Qingdao here (flights from Shanghai start from just 500RMB). Come, not just for the beers but also to see a veritable cultural mashup when everyone begins using the nectar of the Gods as a diplomatic lubricant. more ›