TripAdvisor Reviews

An amazing day at the Terracotta Soldiers Xi'an. As normal when we travel in China, we used China Travel Guide to book our tickets and arrange our tour. Everything went smoothly from hotel pick up to collecting our tickets. Our guide for the day was Lily. She was extremely knowledgeable on Chinese history and we learnt so much. Lily's English was impeccable and she delivered her information in a most eloquent manner. As a foreigner living in China during these sad, difficult times, do not be put off by travelling within the country. We were made welcome by the people of Xi'an and I thoroughly recommend this city for a destination. Thank you to China Travel and to Lily for a very special day. Less

We have called upon Travel China Guide to book some bespoke domestic tours, train tickets, cruise tickets and air tickets.

Their service has been truly perfect: flexible, friendly, fast communication and all at a good rate.

Unfortunately we had to cancel our entire trip due to the Corona outbreak but here again, the agency has been very fast and co-operative to refund all our bookings whilst remaining their good service and fast response time.

We hope to be booking our trip again in the near future and will surely call upon Travel China Guide again to handle our domestic tickets and tours. Less

We have just completed a 12 day private tour booked through Emily at Travel China Guide.

From the very start Emily was always very responsive to my endless questions and changes so that we could get the experience that we wanted to have. Thanks Emily for your professional service!

Our tour started with 2 days in Beijing where we visited the Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City, Hutongs and the Great Wall at Mutianyu - with a beautiful sprinkling of snow. Yes it was cold but nothing a few layers of clothes didn’t fix and there were no crowds. Almost had the place to ourselves - it was fantastic to finally visit.

We then traveled by high speed train, after our guide assisted us through the checking in process, onto Pingyao. What a beautiful place! It was like stepping back in history. We stayed at a gorgeous hotel - the Yide Hotel, we had a courtyard to ourselves. Everyone was so lovely.

We thoroughly enjoyed our time in this pretty place.

Next we traveled to Xi’an and had the pleasure of visiting the Terra-cotta Warriors, City Wall and the Big Wild Goose pagoda. Another city full of ancient history and wonders.

Following Xi’an we flew to Harbin and visited the exquisite Ice and Snow festival, Sun Island Snow sculptors, the Zhaolin Ice Lanterns as well as the amusement park on the Songhua river - a lot of laughs were had! We have waited a long time for an opportunity to visit the Ice and Snow festival and was in total awe of it! Could’ve spent longer here to fully take it all in.

We then finished our tour with a day in Shanghai.

Overall we had a wonderful time with very professional and helpful guides. They all ensured our every needs were met, checked us into our hotels, transport and other activities we wanted to go to.

We will definitely be recommending Travel China Guide and visiting China in Winter! Thanks for a wonderful itinerary and experience! Less

My wife and I were part of a small group tour with Travel China Guide that included 11 nights/12 days in 4 different cities in China, starting in Beijing, then Xi'an, followed by Guilin and finally Shanghai.

We had 3 nights and 2 full days in Xi'an where our guide was Lily, an experienced veteran guide with Travel China Guide. Lily was heads and shoulders above a typical guide, taking excellent care of us from our afternoon arrival in Xi'an airport (day 1 of our 4 days in Xi'an) to our departure flight on the 4th day morning to Guilin, out of Xi'an airport.

We were accommodated in the Sheraton Hotel in Xi'an. Over the next two days and nights, Lily took us on tours to the Terracotta Warriors (Terracotta Army), Small Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi'an Museum, the City Wall Park and the Great Mosque in Xi'an. Taichi lessons in the City Wall Park and the Caligraphy class near the Pagoda were unforgettable experiences! We also had great lunches and dinners on these days, and Lily took great care of all of our dietary needs, including those of a couple of vegetarians, ensuring the vegetarians got a great selection of meals in the restaurant in Muslim Quarters as well as the wonderful opportunity we had when visiting a traditional family to have lunch with the family.

Lily gave us an excellent overview of the history of Xi'an and the various dynasties - specifically Tang and Ming - and the details behind the various monuments and museums we visited.

I'd say that Lily was the best guide ever I had in all my years of traveling in different parts of the world. Thanks to Lily, we had an upgraded flight (from economy to first class/front cabin) out of Xi'an to Guilin!

I also recommend Travel China Guide to anyone who wants to have a great travel experience in China (espcially, any first time visitor to China- I was one)! Less

Travel China Guide (TCG) arranged a private 16 day tour for us visiting Shanghai - Beijing and the Great Wall - Pingyao - Xian - Chengdu - Guilin and Yangshuo. I have no hesitation in recommending them. They were good value when compared with other Chinese tour operators and much better value than well known UK companies who also priced our itinerary.

Kelly Wang was our excellent travel consultant who I dealt with by email over a 2-3 month period in autumn 2018 to develop the itinerary that we wanted. Our tour was completed in October 2019. We had a fairly detailed draft itinerary but Kelly helped us refine it and booked all the internal high speed rail travel, hotels, activities and of course arranged for the guides and drivers who escorted us. Kelly even came to our rescue when we had an incident at one of our hotels and decided to move on early. She efficiently re-arranged travel to our next location and negotiated with the hotel. We booked our flights to China and extensions to the tour that took us to Hong Kong and Singapore.

The arrangements all worked well. The guides were all waiting for us at the airport or train stations and made sure we got on the right trains as moved around the country. They were all friendly and helpful. Several arranged extra activities that we only found out about when we arrived. Most spoke and understood English well. They were knowledgeable although a couple were relatively young and inexperienced. All the cars we hand their drivers were good apart from one car that was a bit scruffy. All the drivers were courteous and also went out of their way on occasions to take us to places not on our original itinerary.

The highlights of our tour were Beijing and the Great Wall, Xian and the Terracotta Army and Chengdu and the Panda Research Station. If I was planning the trip again I would skip Pingyao - ancient walled city but very touristy - and the Li River cruise - pretty if the weather is good but another tourist magnet.

My other advice would be watch out for battery operated scooters in the cities, they are everywhere and you don't hear them coming! Do travel by the world class high speed trains and do it in first - it's not much extra and is much more comfortable as the trains are busy. Use at least 4* hotels and think carefully about any that are described as boutique, historic or character hotels. They may be different but not alway in the best way.

The TCG website has a wealth of information that's really useful for research.

Finally, do go and visit China. You'll not be disappointed First world, third world, rich history and culture, stunning scenery, beautiful buildings, thousands of ugly modern apartment blocks, traditional skills and cutting edge technology. It's got it all. Less