If the United States does not retreat, the more prosperous the city, the more expensive the shopping tax. The tax in Hawaii is the lowest in the United States, only about 4%, while the tax in new york and Los Angeles is as high as 8%. Ralph? Lauren, Coach, Kiehl's USA and Apple USA are the most popular brands for China tourists. It is recommended to buy in a place with lower shopping tax. At the same time, you can also go to the outlet discount center, where there are many brands, and the styles may not be novel enough, but the price will definitely satisfy you.

In addition, DFS in the center of Los Angeles Heights is also a shopping destination for China tourists. New york, a discount clothing store, has many popular discount products. On Orchard Street in the Lower East Side, the clothes sold in the shops are all designer brands, and the prices here are also cheaper than those in big stores.

These shops are open on Sundays, but closed on Friday afternoons and Saturdays. If you want to buy electronic products, and the price is cheap, you can buy them in the shops on Cana Street and Essex Street in the city center. Luxury shops are like the Champs Elysé es, and the Fifth Avenue is also a must-see for new york. This is a luxury concentration camp, where you can find all the top brands in the world, such as CD, Gucci, Dzheniya, Versace, Hermes, LV clothing, TiffanyCos jewelry and so on.

Being here, you can always feel the luxurious and prosperous senior temperament. Unless you are a financial oligarch on Wall Street, ordinary Americans will not regard this place as a daily shopping center. Digital products There are many famous brands of electronic products in America, such as Apple, GE, Microsoft, Google, Blueberry, Hewlett-Packard, Kodak and Dell. You can buy the latest digital products you like here. Many civilian artists in new york use such daily necessities, turn them into works of art, and then sell them. Don looks a little rough, but it is definitely a unique design.

You can also go shopping in Seattle. Seattle Premium Discount Store is a very important stop. There are 125 stores here, and there are not many luxury brands, only Armani and Burberry. But there are also many popular second-tier brands, such as Coach, Diane von Furstenberg, Hugo Boss, Kate Spader, Mike Goldstein and Theory. And some brands that young people like. Including American Eagle, Forever2 1, CalvinKlein, JuicyCouture, Swarovski, etc.

It is worth mentioning that there is also a discount store of top kitchen ware brand LeCreuset, which often has a big discount. Students who like cooking should not miss it. Official website has a detailed brand list and map. You might as well get an overview of official website before you leave.

Don't forget to register a member in official website before shopping at the Seattle Premium Discount Store, and then print a member-specific coupon, or get a VIP coupon from the management center of the discount store to get more discounts.

2. Shopping centers in Los Angeles

Los Angeles refers to the metropolitan area of Los Angeles or the southern countries, including the city of Los Angeles, the county seat of Los Angeles County, Long Beach, Anaheim and so on. In most rankings, its GDP exceeds 900 billion yuan, ranking second in the United States (after new york metropolitan area).

San Francisco, located in BayArea, is the only administrative region in California that integrates markets, counties and counties. Traditionally, the Bay Area has not been accurately divided, but the relatively unified cognition is the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area, including the financial industry and commerce in San Francisco and the heavy industry in the East Bay of Oakland. The population is less than 5 million and the GDP is more than 400 billion. It is the second largest city in California and the seventh largest city in the United States. Generally speaking, this area will not be recorded in Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley).

Let's take a look at the comparison between the two cities:

1. Compared with Los Angeles, San Francisco is more urbanized and there are fewer high-rise buildings in Los Angeles.

2. There are skyscrapers almost everywhere in San Francisco; Southern California is full of bungalows no more than two stories high.

San Francisco is a very small city; Los Angeles is very vast, with many counties. It is the second largest city in America.

You can often see white-collar workers in suits and ties on the streets of San Francisco. The population density is extremely high, but it is very orderly; There are few people on the streets of Los Angeles.

5. San Francisco has a fast pace of life, and everyone speaks quickly; Life in Los Angeles is slow, and you speak slowly.

The consumer price index in San Francisco is three times higher than that in Los Angeles.

7. San Francisco people have better quality and service, while Los Angeles people are more easygoing and lively.

8. For industrial reasons, there are many programmers in San Francisco; The industry in Los Angeles is relatively average.

9. Los Angeles people drive faster than San Francisco people, but generally obey the traffic rules.

10. San Francisco has many slopes and a narrow one-way street; There are many street corners and highways in Los Angeles.

1 1. Although these two cities are only five hours' drive and both are in western California, their cultures are completely different. Walking on the streets of Los Angeles, through various bulletin boards and advertisements, you can easily see what American dramas, movies, TV programs and cartoons are being broadcast recently. Street advertisements in San Francisco basically have everything except American TV series, movies, TV series and cartoons.

12. Both places have Mediterranean climate, with large temperature difference in the morning and evening, but San Francisco is foggy; The sky in Los Angeles is more beautiful.

San Francisco is very small, even if it includes the whole Bay Area, it can cover one third of greater los angeles area.

14. Chinese in Los Angeles are the happiest. Although the Chinese in the Bay Area are already very happy, it is three times more convenient and three times cheaper for Chinese in Los Angeles to do business than in the Bay Area.

15. San Francisco is a place to start a business. Nine out of ten people you know are engineers. Los Angeles can meet people from all walks of life.

16. Los Angeles is a shopping paradise with rodeodr and scp, while San Francisco is better than the local business run by young hippies.

17. The house price in San Francisco is more expensive than that in Manhattan, but it doesn't taste like Manhattan. Recently, housing prices in other parts of the United States have also been highly speculated.

18. There are more plants in Los Angeles. Disney and the zoo are both in southern Canada. In addition to the southern horizon, the climate also has a certain relationship.

19. San Francisco wasn't not crowded at first, but recently many people poured in and the infrastructure couldn't keep up with me.

20. The cities near the sea in Los Angeles and the places near the sea in San Francisco are very good, but in comparison, several cities near the sea in Orange County of Los Angeles are particularly beautiful.

2 1. The air in San Francisco is better, with bridges and redwoods, as well as wineries in the north.

22. You may meet China, Mexicans and Americans in Los Angeles. In the Bay Area, you may meet Indians, China people and Americans.

23. San Francisco's urban layout is more concentrated, more like a city, and travel can be solved by public transportation; Los Angeles is a rare group city layout in the world, and travel mainly depends on self-driving.

24. The cultural atmosphere in San Francisco is exquisite and compact; The cultural atmosphere in Los Angeles is diverse and inclusive.

25. The business atmosphere in San Francisco seems simple, but in fact it is complicated. The business atmosphere in Los Angeles seems complicated, but it's actually very simple.

26. The climate in San Francisco is confusing all year round. The climate in Los Angeles is orderly and human all year round.

27. San Francisco has more food and entertainment choices, while Los Angeles has more outdoor sports and Chinese and Korean food choices.

28. San Francisco has high housing prices and high rents, while Los Angeles has relatively low housing prices and rents.

29. San Francisco is a city for young people, and Los Angeles is a city for everyone.

3. Shopping at Los Angeles Airport

TBIT terminal, namely terminal B.

LAX has nine terminals, each of which is independent. At present, TBIT Airport (TomBradley International Airport) is the main international flight airport. The flights of several major domestic airlines: China Airlines (Taiwan Province Province), China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines all landed in this terminal.

What can I buy in Los Angeles?

1. Download several apps to buy air tickets on your mobile phone, and check the air ticket price of the scheduled destination at the scheduled time;

2. According to the lowest air ticket price, the airlines with these air tickets in official website are registered members (they must be registered as members, and ordinary airline members will get discounts, accumulated flights and other preferential measures when purchasing tickets);

3. Buy a plane ticket and register an airline in official website.

It's that simple. Let's leave now.

Among the domestic routes to Los Angeles found on the APP for purchasing air tickets, HNA air tickets are more favorable; Hainan Airlines official website registered member; Then find the ticket for your scheduled travel time. The lowest fare I found is165438+ departure at the end of October,1early October 165438+ return. Round-trip ticket price from Guangzhou to Los Angeles 970 yuan (member 950 yuan)! Do you think it is incredible that the ticket price is so low?

5. Los Angeles Shopping Street

Griffith Observatory

The landmark of Los Angeles is on Hollywood Hill, which is far from Hollywood. At dusk, you can overlook Los Angeles, which is covered by thousands of lights. The Observatory is not open to the public free of charge, and every exhibition hall displays astronomical knowledge in a vivid and interesting way.

Second, Disneyland in California.

This is the first Disney theme park in the world, where the best Disney parks in the world are gathered. Besides American Avenue, Sleeping Beauty Castle, Fantasy World and America's Tomorrow, there are four theme parks in the United States. There is also a float parade and fireworks imagination staged in turn every day, taking photos with lovely Disney animated characters, as if you were in a colorful fairy tale world.

Third, Universal Studios Hollywood

The world's largest movie theme park in the United States includes the Jurassic Park, the Mummy Revenge Roller Coaster, Water World, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Transformers, Minions and other 4D riding equipment, as well as real movie shooting scenes such as air crashes, floods and explosions. It is a good place for families and children to travel.

Four. Avenue of Stars

The owner of the Avenue of Stars has thousands of star cards with celebrity handprints. Besides, there are first-class Hollywood theaters such as TCL China Theatre and Dolby Theatre and Madame Tussauds Wax Museum on both sides of the street. You can buy souvenirs of various movie themes here. Come to Hollywood to find idols, don't miss a photo.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Getty Center

The largest private art museum in the world, donated by American oil tycoon paul getty. You can enjoy Greek and Roman sculptures, Renaissance paintings and Van Gogh's famous paintings without tickets. There is also a large natural garden around the Getty Center, where humanity and nature live in harmony.

Intransitive verb Santa Monica beach

The beach closest to downtown Los Angeles is also route 66's destination in North America. Pacific Paradise on Santa Monica Beach is a small amusement park with a Ferris wheel miles from Titanic and a Forrest Gump shrimp restaurant miles from Titanic. At the same time, theme parties are frequently staged, and street-style California bands are affectionate. There is also a bustling shopping street, which is the first choice for many beaches in Los Angeles.

Font This is an internationally renowned brand. RoryBeca, a designer brand in Los Angeles, was founded in 2007. There are more than 400 boutiques in the world and major department stores, and they have settled in well-known online stores such as Shopbop and Revolve. In 20 12, the brand also cooperated with Forever2 1 fast fashion brand to design and launch the spring/summer collection, which increased RoryBeca's store scale with the help of fast fashion and was very popular in the United States.

6. Which shopping mall in Los Angeles is better?

Grove Shopping Center is a shopping place recommended by Los Angeles Tourism Bureau. It must be good. At the service desk of the shopping center, you can get the shopping guide issued by the Los Angeles Convention and Tourism Bureau, which introduces the special offers of more than 40 contracted retailers and restaurants in seven selected shopping destinations in Los Angeles. If you want to do your homework in advance, you can download/experience/shop directly from here.

7. Los Angeles Shopping Paradise

USC is located in Los Angeles, the nearest to Los Angeles International Airport, only 23 kilometers, and it takes about 42 minutes by car.