When facing a great deal of China tour operators, it is easy for tourists to fall into some travel traps such as fake or low-quality tour services, insufficient time and shopping traps. In order to avoid these traps as much as possible, we suggest you choose a qualified travel agency like TravelChinaGuide.com with large-scale and standardized administration. Here are some typical traps for your reference:
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| Shopping in a Jade Shop |
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Nowadays there are numbers of travel services in China claiming that they are the leading tour operators in China. However, how should we distinguish the real one from the fake one?
Answer: Hereunder are some practical tips:
A leading tour operator, such as TravelChinaGuide.com, must be a legal one, who definitely has been authorized corresponding licenses and other related documents to run not only business, but also tourist business; a leading tour operator should have been accepted by the authoritative organizations in tourism industry; a leading tour operator must have been professional, experienced and able to offer high-level services; a leading tour operator must be reliable and popular among customers, which can be judged by the feedbacks from real customers; a leading tour operator may have got numerous media recommendations. One may tell if the tour operator is a real leading one by those mentioned means.
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| Bargainning in a Jewelry Store |
When having the tour, the guide sometimes will suggest us see the Chinese doctor or acupuncture, is this a good idea?
Answer: We suggest our clients refuse to do that with them, because they may be doing sort of commercial business with the doctors. And we assume the so-called hospitals are not real Chinese hospitals except the doctors there know something about Chinese medicine or acupuncture.
How to tell if a Chinese company is real or not?
Answer: Below are some tips for your convenience:
By Business License
If a company is real, it must have been authorized to receive a Business License by the local Administration for Industry and Commerce and it can be found out on the related Administration for Industry and Commerce website via the Business License number, the name of the company or the enterprise legal person. Please note that most Administration for Industry and Commerce websites do not have English versions, you may ask for help from someone who knows Chinese. Besides, due to some unknown reasons, some companies cannot be found out on the related website, you may then need to have someone went to the local Administration for Industry and Commerce to check it for you.
By Bank Account
If a company is real, definitely it has a bank account. Consult the related bank to see if there is such a company by using its bank account.
By Contact Information
If a company is real, usually it will have an available address and fixed telephone number. You may check if the address exists or not. Also, you may write to or call them to see if anyone replies.
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