STEVEN May has hosed down his coach's concerns about Gold Coast's trip to China, saying the Suns were "embracing" Sunday's history-making match against Port Adelaide.

Speaking on Sunday, Rodney Eade said he was worried about the 22-hour trip and Shanghai's smoggy weather, but co-captain May said neither was a problem.

"(Fellow co-captain) Tommy Lynch and myself and the leadership group have addressed the boys around potential issues that may happen," May said.

"We might get delayed, we might get bad food one night, all these problems that could happen, but at the end of the day there's nothing we can do about it, the game's going ahead and we're looking forward to embracing it rather than complain about it.

"We're going over to make history. The boys are all optimistic and looking forward to it.

"I'm sure if there is any hurdles we'll address them and there'll be minimal complaints."

The Suns leave their Metricon Stadium home on Wednesday morning at 5am on a bus bound for Brisbane Airport to begin their journey.

Four players – including ruckman Jarrod Witts and key forward Peter Wright – will be in business class, while the rest of the players and staff will be in economy.

Gold Coast has also organised for its players to spend time in a swimming pool at Singapore Airport during a stopover to help mitigate the effects of the travel.

May said there were no worries about the quality of the air.

"I love my international sports and they play there every week in China, and they're some of the best athletes in the world," he said.

"If it's good enough for them to play there, I don't see why we can't.

"That hasn't been a factor.

"Our sports scientists have looked at that ... it's all part of the challenge of going to China, but no-one is hesitant about going."