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Sayhello--as the OP says, don't let transfers dictate your decision. From HK or Shanghai public taxis are readily available. The cost from the Hong Kong airport to Kowloon or the island is about $30-40 usd. From Pudong to Shanghai city is about $40-50 USD. Obviously if you wanted to take a train or bus it would be much less expensive, but taxis are pretty reasonable and very well regulated in Asia. The taxi drivers tend to look at it as a career and my experience has been that they take alot of pride in their job.
We paid about $45.00 for the taxi from the Peninsula to the airport; we had the hotel call ahead and order it for us. They usually get the nicer taxis.
In Shanghai you *could* take the Maglev train directly to Pudong in 7 minutes and get a taxi from there to the hotel. A taxi from the Maglev station in Pudong to the Peninsula would be around 20 minutes depending on traffic.
I'm sure you could get more competitive rates at the hotels over the next few months. We had an executive Bund view suite at the Peninsula in Shanghai for our 3 nights post-trip and I think the rate was around $600.00 / night (I like large rooms lol). The rate included breakfast, early check-in and late check-out and one dinner at the hotel dining room. I'd recommend the Bund view room as it is lovely to look at the lights at night. Quite mesmerizing.
Since you start in Shanghai I definitely recommend going in a day or two early. Visit the fabric market and get some clothes custom made for yourself. Highly worthwhile and extremely reasonable price-wise. Dd and I both got 2 dresses and a romper. I also had 2 silk sleeveless tops made.