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Consultant handing apartment keys to a relocating family — full Shanghai relocation package

Full Relocation Package

One person owns your move to Shanghai.

School, apartment, visa, and the first 30 days on the ground — coordinated end-to-end by a single point of contact.

Why bundled beats piecemeal

One owner. One plan. One cadence.

A relocation has dependencies — visa timing gates school applications, school choice gates neighborhood, neighborhood gates apartment, apartment gates the moving date. When four different vendors own four different slices, the dependencies break.

  • Sequencing risk goes away — the order is held by one owner.
  • Single decision-maker on your side, not four.
  • Fewer redundant intake calls — you tell the story once.
Desk calendar, sticky notes, and stationery flat lay representing planning and coordination (Pexels stock by RDNE Stock project).

What’s included

Three phases, end-to-end.

Open suitcase mid-packing with passport and tickets — pre-arrival visual (Pexels stock by Vlada Karpovich).

Phase 1 · Pre-arrival

The plan that holds together.

  • School Fit Diagnostic and shortlist
  • Apartment briefing, shortlist, and viewings (in person or video)
  • Visa coordination and document plan
  • School application support
  • Master timeline keyed to your move date
Empty bright apartment interior with parquet floor and balcony window — just-moved-in arrival visual (Pexels stock by Max Vakhtbovych).

Phase 2 · Arrival week

A soft landing, not a scramble.

  • Airport pickup coordination
  • SIM, banking, and basic accounts setup
  • Move-in walkthrough at the apartment
  • First-week schedule, hour by hour
  • Local emergency contacts and a quick-help phone line
Cozy lived-in living room with bookshelf, plants, and daylight — first-30-days visual (Pexels stock by Hatice).

Phase 3 · First 30 days

Stabilize, don’t firefight.

  • Household setup vendors — internet, cleaning, basic furniture
  • Healthcare registration and clinic introductions
  • School onboarding check-in with the family
  • Weekly cadence call with you and your partner
  • Day-30 review and handoff to your own routine

Investment

Quoted after a 30-minute scoping call.

Pricing depends on family size, timeline, and scope. Most engagements run as a fixed quote covering pre-arrival through day 30 on the ground. You receive a written quote before any work begins, with the scope spelled out.

Panoramic Shanghai Bund and Pudong skyline at dusk, with reflections on the Huangpu River (Pexels stock by Olivia Cai).

Who it’s right for

  • Families relocating with two or more children
  • Professionals with thin or no corporate relocation support
  • Executives with tight timelines who need a single owner
  • Families with complex sequencing — school + visa + housing in parallel

Who it’s not right for

  • Solo professionals on simple Z visas
  • Anyone whose company already has a tier-1 relocation partner
  • Families with 12+ months runway who want to DIY
  • Anyone unwilling to share the family information needed to plan

How it works

From scoping call to day 30 on the ground.

  1. 01

    30-minute scoping call

    Family situation, timeline, scope priorities. We confirm whether full relocation is the right level for you.

  2. 02

    Custom scope and quote

    A written scope, a fixed quote, and a master timeline. You approve before we start work.

  3. 03

    Kickoff and weekly cadence

    A single point of contact, weekly review calls, and a shared workspace until day 30 post-arrival.

What clients say

One owner. Day-30 handoff.

Two kids, three weeks to set arrival in motion. One person owned the timeline. School applications, visa, apartment, and arrival logistics — all on a single shared doc. Felt like we'd hired a chief of staff.
E.H., Canadian family of fourFull Relocation
Our company's relocation provider was a tier-3 outfit. Hello China ran the parts the corporate package did badly — school choice and lease quality. We'd do it again.
K.S., Korean executiveFull Relocation
Day-30 handoff was honest. They told us we were running our own life from there, and they weren't wrong. Took the call exactly when scheduled, then stepped back.
B.J., South African familyFull Relocation

Why one owner, not five vendors

Cross-border operations, run by someone who's done them for years.

Years of running an export business out of China — coordinating goods, paperwork, partners, and payments across cultures and time zones — is what taught our founder that bundled relocations work and unbundled ones break.

The instinct that the school decision gates the apartment, the apartment gates the move date, and the visa gates everything came from doing it twice in our own household, with our own kids on the line.

Independent. Paid by clients only. Honest about what we know — and what we don't.

Read the full founder note →
Hello China founder on a video diagnostic call — Shanghai relocation consulting in action

Common questions

Before you book a call.

Is this just the other three services bundled?

It includes School Fit, Apartment, and Visa coordination, plus arrival-week and first-30-days work that the standalone services don’t cover. The bigger value is the sequencing and the single owner.

Can I add or remove pieces?

Yes. The scope is custom. If your visa is already handled, that comes out. If you need additional school-application support or an extended on-the-ground period, that gets added.

What’s your involvement on day 31 and beyond?

By design, we hand off. You should be running your own life by day 30. We stay reachable for follow-ups, but the daily cadence ends.

Do you replace my company’s relocation provider, or work alongside?

Either. Some clients route their corporate package through us. Others use us specifically for the parts the corporate provider does poorly — usually school choice and lease quality.

How is pricing structured?

Fixed quote after the scoping call. Engagements typically range based on family size, scope, and timeline. We share a written quote before any work begins.

How early should we start?

Three to six months before your target arrival date is ideal. School applications and visa work are the long poles — earlier is almost always better.

Tell us when you’re moving.

We’ll come back with a written scope, a fixed quote, and a timeline you can actually run on.

Book a scoping call →