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Hello Friends,

The mixture of sites selected was very good.

Because every meal was a variety of dishes, it is not possible to select one specific restaurant. The way multiple dishes are served with every meal is excellent for a mixed group of people like those I was traveling with including our Moslem member.

All the guides were very knowledgeable and considerate. All were able to communicate very well and had a very good knowledge of their area. Each spoke as if it was a natural conversation rather than a recording or memorized speach.

The vehicles were always clean and the drivers maintained a very smooth and comfortable pace.

While I consider all four guides as having done an excellent job for our group, I would pick Miss Chen as the best of all. I think the cities and sites chosen in your tour packages give an excellent introduction to China and would recommend your tours of ChinaTour360 to anyone.

Cheers,
Robert Hanke
  • Name: Mr. Robert Edward Hanke II and Ms. Yixian Cao
  • From: Iowa, USA
  • E-mail: msn.com|HankeBob
  • ltinerary: 12-Day China Small Group Tours of Beijing - Xian - Guilin - Yangshuo - Guilin - Shanghai
  • Date: 12/3/2007
It has taken me rather a long time to give you any feedback following my trip to China in July, but better late than never. Here is what I made of the trip.

Guides: We had some excellent guides on our trip. I was impressed by the standard of English of all of them. Something that I particularly appreciated was their ability to manage a group who had different ideas and interests. They managed well when half of the group wanted to do one thing and half another, and never allowed us to miss the scheduled visits because not everyone was keen. Our guide in Xian was particularly good. I was impressed at how enthusiastic they were, and how much they knew. We also particularly appreciated knowing exactly what was happening each day. The guides told us what time everything would be happening, when we would have meals, when we would get back to the hotel etc, and this really helped us to relax and enjoy the visits. Well done, guides. Keep it up!

Food: The food for most of the tour was outstanding - it far exceeded my expectations. Occasionally we had a disappointing meal (Hong Kong was a bit disappointing after the magnificent food we had enjoyed for the rest of the trip). But the variety was great - it was lovely to try so many new things. There was one night when we ate as a group but chose our own dishes - this did not work as well as the guide ordering for the whole group. It caused a lot of confusion. But I have very happy memories of the meals during our tour.

Visits: We saw some outstanding things, and I really enjoyed the visits that we made. I wonder if it might be possible to spend more time at the Great Wall (we were there for a couple of hours, but it would have been lovely to spend longer so that we could spend more time walking; and at the Terracotta Warriors - I would have liked to spend another hour looking at them.) But most of the visits were timed very well and we spent about the right amount of time in each place. Well done to our guide in Beijing, who gave us 2 hours at the wall when some of the group wanted to go back sooner.

Hotels: Our hotel in Beijing was outstanding. The service was excellent, and it was lovely to have a swimming pool. The other hotels were mixed.My feeling is that slightly smaller, less grand hotels, might provide better service. The four star hotels were better than the five star ones.

Evening entertainments: These were magnificent. I enjoyed every one of them. The performances were colourful, entertaining, skilful, and gave us a real flavour of Chinese culture. There is nothing I would change about the itinerary here.

Cruise: I enjoyed the cruise and everything that we saw, but the accommodation was not rather comfortable. I understand that it is difficult to provide comfortable accommodation on a boat, but I wonder if you could warn people in advance how noisy it is, so that they can bring some ear-plugs! The staff on the boat were friendly, and very good about providing us with water whenever we asked for it.

Bus: It was lovely to have an air-conditioned bus to get into after each visit.

Overall, this China tour was outstanding. We were looked after superbly, and felt really welcome thanks to your guides. I would definitely recommend ChinaTour360 to anyone I know visiting China. It was also lovely that Maggie and Sally came to see us in Xian - it was a nice touch, and much appreciated.
  • Name: Ms. Jennifer Mary Thomas and Ms. Alison Clare Denniss
  • From: Essex, British
  • ltinerary: 16-Day China Small Group Tours of Beijing - Xian - Chongqing - Yangtze River - Yichang - Shanghai - Guilin - Yangshuo - Guilin - Hong Kong
  • Date: 11/19/2007
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