Helen has an obvious passion for what she does, is highly knowledgeable and knows how to take care of guests. Every aspect of this tour met or exceeded expectations. Travel with confidence!
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Jake LaForet
I used China Tours for a small group tour of Beijing the surrounding area (i.e. the Great Wall). From the initial contact where I inquired for information, their staff was very focused on making sure my questions were answered and even customized my tour to accommodate my work schedule. Not only did they arrange for the actual guided tour of my small group (there were six of us in all), but they handled the transportation to and from the airport, and even assisted me in finding the quickest and most appropriate path through the rather confusing Beijing airport when I departed.
Their tour guide (Jack) was very knowledgeable and easy to talk with, and made the journey through China very enjoyable. The food was amazing too – the restaurants Jack chose were priced very reasonably and offered an amazing selection of foods. The drivers were excellent too, gently navigating the crazy Beijing traffic. Everyone I met from China Tours were kind, friendly, and very helpful.
I cannot think of one negative thing or area upon which China Tours needs improving – I can assure you they are very good at what they do. I hope to return to China (I have the 10-year visa) and when I do I will make arrangements through China Tours again.
Mr. Peter Mills
China Tours helped us plan and execute a private personalised 28 day tour across China. They were able to tailor the tour to our requests for several hiking trips during the 4 weeks.
They were very efficient and everything went as planned and promised. Had some lovely guides along the way.
Saw all the things we wanted to and managed to get away from the crowds some of the time.
Mr. Tarak Akrout
We had 16 days private tour with China Tours.Guides were excellent,Helen in X’ian was outstanding we learn so much about X’ian history with her and the terra-cotta warriors are impressive.
We did also Shanghai, Guilin ,the Li river cruise is a must, the cruise on Yangtze river also was very relaxing with gorgeous scenery and Beijing ,each stop was fantastic.
I highly recommend China Tours if you plane to visit China.
I was able to custom made my circuit ,hotel, bullet trains, airlines, length of stay in each city without any problems with the help of Kote who always was answering in the next 24 hours.
Karen Greer
We had 18 day tour with China Tours. Each stop was fantastic, from Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu, Shanghai, Suzhou , Wuzhen, Hangzhou. We had a private guide each stop & all were fantastic. Hotels were 5star, & guides recommended the best restaurants. We saw all the best tourist attractions but was glad of our guides to organise tickets etc. a must I think as not a lot of English was spoken. I organised this trip from Australia via email to the lovely Virginia from China Tours. I’m so glad we did this type of trip as we could tell them what time to pick us up each day when possible. A must organisation
Mr. Norman Goldsmith
We had a private tour covering Beijing, Xi’An and Shanghai. All three guides had a good command of English, and had an obvious set of knowledge about the local culture and history. We arranged the tour to have a free day for additional exploration on our own. I highly recommend doing that.
The spefic activities were well chosen to match our interests. All of our guides also took special care to adjust to the needs of this 85 year old traveler.
In addition to our guides we had great support from Wendy at the home office including changing our trains on short notice. I would use China Tours again without any doubt.
Mrs Sharon Craig
I was in China for my son and daughter in laws wedding celebrations for a week and I had limited time extra to tour. I had very specific dates in mind which my usual agent could not help with. I found China tours online and was a bit nervous not knowing anything about them. I gave my dates and requests for where I wanted to visit. Within a short period Wendy came back to me with a perfect itinerary. I caught a boat down the Yangtze from Yichang to Chonxing, caught the train to Chengdhu for the amazing pandas, train to Xi’an for the wall and the warriors then Beijing for 2 nights for all the usual attractions. I still was nervous paying a company I knew nothing about but the communications before, during and after settled my mind. All the guides and drivers were first class and attentive and punctual in picking me up from stations and the boat. They ensured I knew exactly where I had to go when tackling the trains and they became friends. I was travelling on my own yet it seemed like I had friends there. Even whilst I was away I contacted Wendy on wechat and she was very quick to reply. China could have been difficult with the language barrier but all the guides spoke perfect English. Thank you so much China tours for squeezing everything I asked for and more. I would highly recommend you.
Mrs. Mandy Doda
As a professional travel agent for 30+ yrs I have worked with many tour operators and guides and I can categorically tell you that China Tours is the top of the line! This was a private luxury trip for my husband and myself for our 20th anniversary to Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai and Beijing and I had some unusual requests! I started off with 4-5 other companies but the rest fell by the wayside as they could not comply with my itinerary but Ellen from China Tours was consistently patient and answered all my inquiries with full details. Since I had access to booking hotel rooms on my own, I just needed to have China Tours book daily tours with car and guide and they sure did come through! From start to finish everything went super smoothly without a single hitch!
Thanks to our lovely and competent guides, Kenni in Hong Kong, Zoe in Shanghai and a special mention to Shirley in Beijing. Everyone spoke beautiful English and knew their city & history well and there was never a dull moment on our long drives. Our drivers Chi and Huang were also very polite and we felt safe in every city.
Mrs. Shirley Thackray
Visiting China has always been top of my adventure list so I wanted to see all the main sites and for it to be a holiday of a lifetime – this 14 day tour certainly made that happen! We visited Beijing, Xi’an, Guilin, cruise down River Li to Yangshuo, Chongqing then 3 night Yangtze River cruise to Yichang, finishing in Shanghai. At each place the lovely China Tours guides met us off the plane or train – they were all friendly, helpful and knowledgeable and we would have been completely lost without them as the language barrier is a problem! They were all great but especial thanks to Ginger in Guilin/Yangshuo who thought of everything and really went the extra mile to make our stay a happy one and John in Shanghai who gave up his own time to show us round parts of the city and how to use the subway on an afternoon when we had no formal sightseeing scheduled. Do bring extra cash to tip the guides, we hadn’t factored this in when ordering our currency.
The itinerary though full, worked perfectly. I was concerned I would find all the constant moving between places too much but the way it was organised meant there was free time as well as full on sightseeing days. As someone else has mentioned, the only thing I would change is to add another night in Shanghai as we only had 1 full day there and Shanghai is WONDERFUL! All the travel arrangements were seamless, the cars were all comfortable and air conditioned, the hotels were luxurious (and I am not a lover of hotels). I couldn’t imagine trying to do all this on your own, it just wouldn’t be possible to have the same experience. We had a mixture of small group tours and some time when it was just me and my daughter with the guide as people peeled off to do different itineraries. We met some great people!
I am so pleased we decided to include the Yangtze cruise as it was a chance to really kick back and relax after some of the busier days. I’d read mixed reviews of the boat we were on – Century Sun – but we found it clean, very comfortable, great food, lovely staff members and our cabin was huge! The initial booking and follow up communications with the China Tours office was extremely efficient. Especial thanks to Wynn who was always so prompt to respond and very helpful!
I’ve no hesitation in recommending China Tours and would definitely use them again.
PS I NEVER bother writing reviews but really felt I needed to reflect the great experience we had!
David Roberts
You will not find a better tour company than this one. From the booking process to the tour itself. We did a group tour Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu, Guiliin, Shanghai absolutely brilliant Lora was our contact at their office and did a great job. Although it was a group tour you can chose your itinerary and we had another couple with us for Beijing and Xi’an the rest of the holiday it was just the two of us …. like VIP’s with our own driver and guide. Cannot praise them enough 🙂