my next trip to Guangzhou will be in April next year.
going for my yearly shopping trip.

i usually stay at Jia Mei inn at Shang Jiu Lu.
they charge less than RM100 per night and the rooms are quite okay. but you have to ask to see the room before you choose the room. cause sometimes got very strong smoke smell. it's very convenient for me cause you just step out of the hotel and there is shopping left and right. food is all over the place so you wont get hungry also.

By flight then take plane lor.
Try checking out different airlines for their domestic travel routes.

Just got back from GuangZhou yesterday morning.
Spend almost RM1.5k on shopping alone.

Stayed at Home Inn Hotel on Shangjiu Lu. Was originally JiaMei Inn but now changed to Home Inn. Clean and comfortable rooms. Price was around RMB200+ for 2 beds room, can fit 4 person. Prices during expo period is at least double. A bit far from subways though. But shopper's paradise. It's located on ShangJiu Lu and just walk down to enjoy ShangXia Jiu Lu. Walking distance to Zhuang Yuan Fang, another shopping paradise, lots of small shops that you can bargain and product quality not bad as well.

We walked to HaiZhu Nan Lu for wholesale shopping and also Yi De Lu for dried seafood.
Further up Yi De Lu is Shoe City where all the wholesalers for women shoes are. But most of them don't sell one or two pairs. Have to get like at least 6 pairs to buy from them.

IMO, Tao Tao Ju is overrated.
I like the Cheong Fun & Porridge shop opposite Home Inn Hotel on ShangJiu Lu. Prawn cheong fun cost about RMB10 while porridge some cost RMB5 only. Oh and Pearl Milk Tea is very nice over there! There's also a shop selling Egg Tarts at ShangXia GuangChang. The egg tarts are veryyyyy delicious! I miss them already.

The airport is easy to navigate around. Unless you don't know how to speak their language that is. It's pretty simple. If someone is coming to pick you up then thats even better. I don't think you'll have any problems. It's very big so even crowded also not a problem.

Btw, there's a lot of buses to town which is very cheap. I take the bus to town everytime I visit GZ.

If there's any train/subway to the city, I would like to know as well.
As far as I know there's none, that's why I'm still taking the buses when I'm there.

Any idea how's the ticket price like?
I check the map, the place I usually go to have to change few lines. =.= while if I take bus less hassle. If lots of luggage won't be nice travelling via subway.