China Tour Reviews

The meals were all very nice and in every case, once we had informed the guide of our preferences they always saw to it that we did not get food that we did not want.

The guides were all very good and very helpful especially Elizabeth in Suzhou who took us to the Silk Factory where we purchase a silk duvet, duvet cover and pillow cases.

Both the drivers and the cars were completely to our satisfaction.

All the guides were extremely helpful and courteous and went out of their way to ensure that we enjoyed our tour. This was, in our opinion, one of the best holidays we had spent abroad and enjoyed every moment of it and will be referring our friends to you should they wish to tour China. The Sheraton in Suzhou was also an exceptional hotel.

We took over 900 photographs and will try to post some on your website.

Dear Eileen and Flora,

Thank you so much for talking to the tour companies in Shanghai and SuZhou. The tours definitely got much better after your intervention. They became full days rather than half days, and the guides asked me how long I wanted to stay at each place, rather than telling me how long I could stay.

So since Zhouzhuang appeared to take only half a day, I asked to spend the morning at the new SuZhou museum designed by I M Pei (it's great!). And at the Shanghai museum, I stayed nearly 3 - 1/2 hours, rather than the 2 initially allotted. So I'm MUCH happier!

By the way, the hotels in both Shanghai and SuZhou are very good. And although the hotel in SuZhou is three stars, it is well above the City Hotel in quality. (In fact, it had the best coffee of any hotel I've stayed in during the past couple years!) The City Hotel was really fun for its hot pot, though.

Anyway, I'd like to thank you both for organising (and reorganising) the trip for me. And you should know (maybe you already do!) that comparatively, Phoebe is well above the quality of the other guides I had this trip, even though she is younger. She really knows her history and was happy to share it, and she was more flexible in helping me see what I wanted to see in the way I wanted to see it (which is the reason I booked a private trip rather than a group tour). So now that I've experienced the difference, could you please thank her (and the driver) again for me!

Cheers, Nancy