Shanghai Joyful Star Hotel (Pudong Airport/Free Trade Zone Area)

It's an experience.

The staff was very prompt and helpful. The shuttle to the airport: great. The concierge: great. It felt safe, and its close to the airport.

There are slabs of sandstone in the world that are softer than the beds. I almost gave this hotel a high rating just for the pure experience of sleeping on a bed it feels like just asked you for a divorce. I want you to stay at this hotel only so you can then email me about the bed, because it seems like a 8th wonder of the world, but if there was a separate 7 horrors of the world list. I want to be you pen pal only so we can complain about that bed. All that being said, if you have a long layover at Pudong, there are probably worse places you could stay. And if you do, please email me about how soft the bed was.