Mar 19, 2002

"Pat and I arrived safely in Europe. Without your help and understanding with unusual trip was not possible. Thank you very much.
The trip was excellent organized, all our local tour guides were very experienced and know their home towns very well. It was really a great fun to follow them. The hotels were excellent, but sometimes a little bit too far away from the city area, especially in Shanghai and Xian.
Datong: the coal mines produce air pollution. This is quite natural. Can you mention this in your introduction of Datong? Then it is easier to scope with the pollution.
Great Wall: Simatai is so beautiful that another place is not necessary.
B+L: after an excellent breakfast we often substituted lunch with an early dinner.
I recommend Travel China Guide to all my friends and of course I choose you when I plan another trip to China."

Feb 25, 2002

"Globally, we appreciate a lot the different itineries. South China has to be known better than today by foreigners. Stay close to people in different villages was the best. Now, we know better the real life in South China provinces. To get songs & dances in some villages are very important too, in order to feel the traditions.
Concerning the organization of the travel, it was very good except with Guilin agency (see Nota in this mail). Concerning the proposed tour in Guizhou province, its better to propose the itinery Rongjiang->Kaili than Rongjiang->Sangdu->Duyun. Concerning the food, from time to time, we have requested to get local food (not Continental food as planned); we have chosen to know better some China provinces included the real food.
Thanks for all & next time I would like to come back I will contact you again."
Nota: We were disappointed by the Guilin travel agency (Guilin Ronghu International travel service): it was planned the 06th Feb to visit Drum Tower but it was not done because the guide has prefered to return to Guilin city than to stay 1 night in Sanjiang & said us good-bye the 07th Feb morning.

Jan 14, 2002

"We both had a very enjoyable trip. We had many new and good experiences and our guides and drivers were very good and all was in order. We would certainly use your services again. By the way we enjoyed the many different types of food and there was more than enough to eat. The only discomfort we found was in the hotels in Vietnam. The 3 star standard was not the same as in Thailand or China and even in Vietnam some 3 stars were not as good as others in the country (i.e.) hard beds and poor showers. We commented to our local guides. Our drivers were excellent, but the road especially in Vietnam was dangerous as just going to the Mekong Delta & Airport we saw 3 accidents. We were most impressed with the services we received in China, Thailand & Vietnam while dinning."

Jan 7, 2002

"Just writing to let you know that we had a very enjoyable trip to China. Everything worked very well except our flights to and from Lhasa which were delayed for 1 day 2 different times. Our tour guides were great! We especially liked Peggy (Xian) and Sheri (Beijing).