Hi Jack,

Sorry to the late reply. Sandy supposed to send you the feedback and I didn't know she still hasn't done yet. Or she will send you in a few days.

That's a great tour. For such short time, I can see both Huangshan and Zhangjiajie. The tour guide at both area is great, friendly and knowledgeable. Hotel is good. Only one thing that the meal included in our tour was not that great, a lot of vegetable but not enough meat. We love meat and most people live in US love to eat meat.

Next time you can have some suggestions that we stay one more day to explore a little bit of Shanghai even though we all have been travel to Shanghai. Every night we went back to shanghai so late. We only can go to the bund to take picture and then come back to sleep.

Lastly, we are very appreciate your arrangement, we can see what we want to see. Thanks a lot. I definitely will recommend you and your company to my family and friend.

Toni

Hi Lyn

Thank you for helping us with the tour. We really enjoyed it and would recommend you highly.

 

Hi Vivien,

All is well and we enjoy very much in Harbin. Many thanks for your fantastic service.

Regards

Marcus

 

Hi Wonder

We are now back in South Africa after one of our very best holidays,ever so again very many thanks for making it so.

Listed below are responses to your appraisal--

1)Wonder was incredibly quick at answering our e-mails and super efficient when dealing with any queries I had both before and after the tour.Nothing was ever too much for him.

2)Tour arrangements were fantastic! Drivers were always available to meet us at train stations or airports to take us to our hotels. Also guides often arrived earlier than planned in the morning for our daily tours. Guides also very helpful and informative. (Minor point but Guilin Hotel was a bit out of town and did not offer facilities of the others—Chengdu hotel was magnificent)

3)I certainly am very willing to speak to anyone who is interested in travelling with you in the future

And recommending your company.

4)General opinion—10 out of 10—it couldn’t be better

5)I think overall the tour was very well organised-maybe the guides could promote evening events more in the different cities.I did attend a Sichuan opera eve.in Chengdu which was good.

6)Have lots of photos which I can send—let me know-panda cubs attached

Please use any of my comments on your web site

7)Certainly –future/potential customers can contact me for advice

OVERALL A SUPERB HOLIDAY—MANY,MANY THANKS

Very best wishes

Ken and Perola Noble

 

Hi Wonder,

Sorry about the late reply as I am still travelling! Thanks again for organizing my tour, what can I say? It was the most perfect way to end my China trip and my guide Louise did an outstanding job taking care of me and arranging what was needed to make a truely memorable experience. Having visited during the beginning of winter, there were barely any tourists so I could really immerse myself in the magic of the mountains. 

Thanks again to you and your team.

1. Is your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions?

 Yes

2. How’s the service of the tour guides during your whole tour?

Outstanding. Louise spoke perfect english, having her as my guide was like traveling with my sister. From a short conversation she figured out what I wanted from the tour and adjusted accordingly. I could have asked for a better trip.

3. Would you like to recommend our company?

Yes, highly recommended. All I had to do was turn up as everything was arranged perfectly.

Hello Wing,

Sorry the late response....see response in Italic below....

(1)  How do you like our tour arrangements and are you willing to recommend our service to your friends?

 The tour arrangement was perfect and I have already recommended to my friends, etc

(2)  Do you have some suggestions for us to improve our service?

 It is better and easier for us to provide survey feedback for the individual tour guide and driver online, right now it is paper based and sometimes we hold back comments knowing that the tour guide get to see the comments.

(3)  If you come to China again, would you like to use our service again?

 YES

Hello Riley

I have just submitted a review to trip advisor.

Here is a bit more information than I posted in the review.

Firstly, I want to thank you for your assistance and perseverance in organising our trip. We appreciate your listening to what we wanted and fitting in our requests as best you could. As a result the holiday was fabulous and included things we like to see and do and didn’t include the ‘normal’ mass tourist things.

Your guides are excellent. We appreciated all guides, but we would especially like to mention Zhouma (Lhasa), Jessie (Kunming) and Tutu (Zhangjiajie), they have a wealth of knowledge which they are able to impart in an enthusiastic manner, and they are also very very helpful. Zhouma and Jessie’s assistance with firstly my Ipad and then my clay colours was exceptional and truly appreciated.

We had many highlights along the way but if I have to name a few I would say Muslim Street in Xian (I had previously been to the Terracotta Warriors, so it was a repeat trip – though still amazing), the Potala Palace and walking the circle around the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Green Lake Park in Kunming, the Impression show in Yangshou, just about all the mountain activities in Zhangjiajie.

We will certainly be recommending you and China Discovery to anyone who is interested in travelling to China.

Regards

Lee

Hi Leo

Overall, the tour experience was great and the itinerary was closely complied with. 

We were greeted promptly by the local guides in both Beijing and Xian at the very moment we stepped out of the customs.  Immediately, we were brought to our hotel in comfortable vans driven by friendly and safe-minded drivers. 

Sunworld Hotel in Beijing is slightly below expectation as the room is small for 3 of us. Pillows were flat and curtains old. It is however well located within walking distance to Wang Fu Jing and surrounded by convenience stores and shops.

Places of interests in Beijing like the Gu Gong and Great Wall are still as charming as 18 years ago. Public toilets at these places still have a lot of room for improvement though. 

Kai, our local guide at Beijing is professional and knowledgeable. He speaks both Mandarin and English well. His sharing of China history was engaging as he would assess us now and then with Q&A:). He also went the extra miles to send us to the bullet train cabin/ seats and gave us very detailed instruction on when to get OFF the train to ensure we do not miss the stop.

Bullet train from Beijing to Xian is a good alternative to internal flight as the cabins are clean and quiet. Can observe the development of different cities along the way too. 

The Titan Hotel in Xian is much bigger and comfortable. It has also engaged robot to assist in housekeeping. The breakfast has a wider spread than that in Beijing too. 

The Terracotta Army in Xian is eye opening. Our guide at Xian is knowledgeable and explains clearly too. Many new stores and eateries are located outside the TA museum. Would suggest to allocate more time at this commercial site as we were rushing to go for our lunch which was located within a nice resort with 5-star toilets.

Meals at Xian are less exciting and appealing due to our non-spicy and no beef nor mutton diet. Also, most if not all of the meat dishes are served cold including braised trotters. Chinese food in Singapore is served warm/ hot unless otherwise indicated. 

On hindsight, 1-night stay in Xian is sufficient, with a full-day visit to the Terracotta Army Museum, and shopping at the commercial site outside the Museum. Foot and body massage outlets are commonly found in Xian with good services. Will recommend a relaxing massage to wrap up the day! 

Last but not least, thank you for the arrangement and here wishing you a Blessed and Prosperous New Year !

Regards

Jacqueline

Hi Riley,

Thanks for your email! We had a nice time at the panda enclosure. 

Our guide’s service was good at jiuzhaigou and huanglong though we did expected more walking at jiuzhaigou instead of taking the bus on and off all the time.  Tickets could be bought beforehand as well at jiuzhaigou so less waiting? But apart from that, everything was smooth sailing. Thanks!

Happy holidays!

Cheers,

Fiona

Hi Vivien,

Yes, we did receive your gift (Panda Bears soft toys). It was truly very sweet of you. Thank you so very much. Yes, our Yangtzi River Cruise was awesome. We loved it. I posted a review in TripAdvisor and spoke highly of you and your services. Thanks again. I will contact you in the future for all of my China tour needs.

Sincerely,

Shuvo Dutta

Hi Riley,

Thank you for your help in organizing our holiday in Guilin.  Below is our feedback as requested.  Apologies for the delay as life has been very busy since we returned from Hong Kong last week.

1. Is your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions?

Riley was an excellent consultant who went beyond the call of duty to stay late in the office to respond to time critical queries as we were a bit late booking our trip to Guilin and we needed information for our Chinese Visa application.

2. How do you comment your tour arrangements?

The tour was excellently organized from the time we arrived in Guilin train station until we left the same station 6 days later.  Accomodation was excellent and our guide Daniel was extremely patient in taking into account our food requirements in organizing our meals for us.  The tour activities were well balanced to our abilities and interests.  We especially enjoyed the hiking and the rural atmosphere in the Longji Rice Terrace area and also along the Yulong River.

3. Are you willing to recommend our service to your people who also have an interest to visit China?

We would highly recommend China Discovery and their guides to others visiting the Guilin region.  Our guide Daniel was enormously helpful in describing the history of the area as well as the sights and went well beyond the call of duty in helping us.  We especially liked the fact that there were not frequent visits to "shopping experiences".

4. Your general opinion on us?

China Discovery provides an excellent service.

Regards,

Martin

Hi Wonder,

Thank you and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy new year.

Thanks again forour smooth running of our tour. And your dedicated and responsible staff like Ruby, tour guide liu and driver luo...

Also we are impressed by Emei mountain resort.

Thank you

Mr Thong

Wonder

Thank you for the Christmas greetings. Thanks for your help. We had a very unforgettable experience during our stay there. Warm regards.

Emilie

Hi Lily,

Thank you for your help with our tour planning.  We had a great time and enjoyed all the food & places we visited.

Have a Merry Christmas and happy New year!

Wing

Hi Rita

I hope you're well. I just wanted to say thank you for putting together an exceptional holiday in Chengdu for my family. We had the most amazing time! Everything has been perfect! Thank you for the upgraded hotel on the mountain as well, it far exceeded our expectations! Jason has also been a wonderful guide.

Thank you again. We will definitely be back!

And thank you for my lovely gift as well!

Kind regards

Nishthal

Hi Wonder, 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Here's my feedback for the 3 questions.

1. Is your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions?

Yes, prompt and attentive service.

2. How’s the service of the tour guides during your whole tour?

The tour guide was professional, helpful and hardworking. He was fast to follow up on matters.

3. Would you like to recommend our company?

Not at the moment as i am busy with work, thank you.

Regards, 

Kathleen

Thank you Lily!

We had a wonderful holiday, thanks to you!

Happy New Year to you too!

I had trouble posting on the link you sent me, because of difficulty with Chinese language.

But I have posted a review today on trip advisor on the Australia site. If there is anyway to link this to your home page I will help however I can.

This is what I wrote:

Heading: Thanks Lily

I can’t praise China Discovery enough. Lily Xu put together the perfect holiday for my wife and I. Two nights in Guilin, a boat tour to Yangshuo, and two nights in Yangshuo. Everything was better than we had hoped for. Lily did a fantastic job. Nothing was too much trouble for her. Our guide, Alma, was fantastic. An interesting story teller who was fun to travel with. Our driver was first rate. Safe, friendly and helpful. We will definitely use China Discovery again and have recommended then to friends and family.

I hope that helps Lily. We will definitely be in touch again for a holiday in Szechuan and Yunnan.

Regards,

Rob.

Hello Ms. Wang,

First, thank you for the lovely gift sent to our hotel, we will cherish it in our house upon our return. 

Secondly, I must thank you for providing Ms. Cherry as our host and guide. She was absolutely wonderful! She made our trip so special and gave us such an appreciation for your country, and the people.

We just arrived in Hong Kong from our flight from Chengdu. In two days, we continue onto Sydney Australia for New Years Eve. If you would like me to send some photos of our time in Chengdu, I will be happy to upon our return to the states.

I will highly recommend your company to my friends, and will also post a high, positive review on Tripadvisor.  I am also already considering when we could take another trip to China to experience more. I will certainly use your company, and hope for those trips we can be provided the services of Ms. Cherry again.

Once again, thank you and your company for your assistance and services. Have a wonderful holiday season!

Scott Neale and Julie Morgan

Hello Ms. Echo Gou,

The tourist guide Jerry, is a very nice gentleman, who provided us phenomenal services.

We will definitely recommend your website to all our close friends and family in Canada.

Hopefully, you and your company will also consider that we're your pleasant customers

That would be wonderful if you guys will offer us a great discount next time when we're planning another long trip to China, such as 四村, 九塞溝...,etc.  Please feel free to send us some updates or new promotions.

Regards, 

Miranda Ng & family

Hi Wonder,

1) Yes. The tour consultant was fast and patient in answering my queries. 

2) The bus driver was great. He was patient, help us in our luggages, recommending us places of interest. Most of the morning we were late in coming down from our hotel rooms to meet him but he was patient enough to wait for us.

3) Definition yes. I will recommend to my relatives and friends if they were to visit China.

4) There is something i like to highlight on the 雪乡 hotel. As there were no elevator in all the hotels over there. It will be great if you can book the first level for us especially we have kids :)

Attached are some photos you may post in your website on our lovely trip in Harbin.

Regards

Ronnie

Hi Wonder,

Thank you for making our trip an enriching and enjoyable one. Service was good most of the time. There were times that they can be more attentive to our questions.

Best regards

Thong

Hi Wonder,

Excellent. Jack is knowledgeable and patience. He was able to answer all the questions raised. He also made good recommendations on where else we can explore on our free time.  

Jeanette

Hi Leo!

My apologies for taking such a long time in getting back to you. We had a wonderful experience, and I have told my friends back here in the US to take the tour the way we did if they ever decide to go to China.  I think the only helpful note to possibly relay to future tourists is to have Apple Pay set up.  It is not too used here in the US, so I do not have it set up and a lot of the local places only took Apple Pay.

Otherwise, the tour stops were great, we really enjoyed all of our guides - I want to be friends with all of them!

Please let me know if you have anyone that needs to reach out to me that is considering the trip. I would be happy to share my positive experience.

Thank you,

Molly

Hi Leo,

Upon arrival at Chengdu, we were greeted at Airport by the guide and driver and driver to Hotel. In it our next 2 days itinerary was explained and confirmed . After day 1, it was decided that instead of climbing Leshan Budha, we should consider taking the boat ride which is less demanding and we opted for that. Day 3 was our free day and I googled for things to do and end up going for Global Mall & one old tourist street within the city vide subway. Day 4 was our trip vide train to Xian and we we were taken by our guide to the station and after some 4 hours plus we were greeted by another guide in Xian. Our itinerary in Xian only involved one day guided tour to the terracotta warriors and Muslim quarters ( which we spend almost every day as our hotel is within walking distance) . All in all, it was a good holiday . Chengdu is modern and clean and Xian is historical , I wonder why there is very little organized tour on both cities .

About the guided tour, both our guide in Chengdu and Xian can speak good enough English but we converse mostly in Mandarin , I guess the only reason I ended up with China discovery was because I search tour sites in English as my chinese is not good enough to web-search and write in chinese  and I guess that most of the customer would be non chinese speaker.  I am an experience traveler and I always took my family to new places on my own and prior to my holiday I would plan all the logistic . In places like Japan and Korea, I usually opt for  separate day trip to  places where public transport is logistically troublesome , I either hire guide for a day or limo service for certain trip or  took the single day package , usually vide Viator.

My only reservation is the costs, all in all,  china discovery charge me RMB 12k plus for 3 days of guided tour and 4 transfers (hotel to air port of train station) , I am not sure how much saving I would get if I attended all transfer myself although I think getting the train ticket can be troublesome for outsider like myself. Anyhow, I think it is better to make contact at Air-port compare to meeting at Hotel Lobby the next day. For the record, this is my 3rd time using China Discovery. I was on my own in Beijing (private guide)  - Tianjing (taxi driver as guide)  and Xiamen holiday.

Quah

Hi Leo,

Sorry for late reply. We really enjoyed this 8 Days Silk Road trip for our company trip holiday.

We'll like to thank the Lanzhou tour guide Miss Dong Dong who waited for us at the airport late at night as well as received us at train station from Xining on our last day at Lanzhou. She was kind enough to inform us about places to get good food!

Travelling from Lanzhou to Zhangye, Jiayuguan and Dunhuang, we had Mr Gary guiding us and I must say that I enjoyed all his narratives about the places we were to visit. He was very helpful when we lost a camera and went all out to retrieve it for us. He even helped to repair a jacket for us. Well done!!

We enjoyed our visit to Qinghai lake very much, especially when our guide stopped at an adjoining frozen lake for us to play and take pictures. That was a bonus!

Overall, this trip was great although a bit tiring and cold!! We really like having the places to ourselves. 

The food was sometimes too spicy though.

Thanks China Discovery & Mr Leo Li for your help.

Best Regards

Irene Goo

Dear Wonder,

Yes, Wonder was very helpful the entire time from start to finish. Maggie was really great. We had a good time and she was very attentive to things we wanted to see, do, questions we had. 

Regards, 

Kelley

1.) Your travel consultants were very prompt in responding to us. Both Ashley and Wonder were very clear in responding to our requests for information, and both did well in addressing our questions and concerns. We especially appreciated the changes in accommodation they made for our trip in Xian, where our accommodation had to be changed. We appreciated the efforts they made and are generally satisfied with the results. They were also very patient in explaining everything to us, and we had very little confusion regarding the details of the trip.

We want to give extra credit to Kai, our guide in Beijing, who was not only helpful but caring. We thoroughly enjoyed our excursions with him, including the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and the Summer Palace. He is truly the best guide in our entire tour, and we hope all guides in the future can be as knowledgeable and caring as him.

Our general opinion of your tour company is generally positive, as your tour is a fresh idea compared to the usual Chinese tour operators we encountered in the past. Your focus on spending more time on the historical and cultural aspects of China and not pressuring tourists to do other activities (ex: shopping) is very refreshing, and allows us to appreciate the areas we visit more. We hope there are more tour operators in China who are willing to operate this way in the future.

Wing - 

Thank you very much for the emails and I apologize for the delay. First off let me say that we have traveled to over 30 countries with our children and this trip was among the best organized we have experienced.  The people were extremely welcoming throughout China and it all started with us working with you at China Discovery.  We knew that November is not the ideal month to travel due to the colder weather but that did not detract us from a wonderful vacation.  Here are some additional answers for you below:

 (1)  How do you like our tour arrangements and are you willing to recommend our service to your friends? 

Your services were exceptional! I appreciate your prompt responses to our questions and you were always willing to help. Since I have returned from China, I have already spoken with someone who is interested in touring China next year and I have strongly recommended that they ask for you: Wing Zeng at China Discovery for support. 

(2)   Do you have some suggestions for us to improve our service?

That is difficult to say. All tour guides we experienced spoke English very well and we enjoyed their company. Typically the tour guide is vital to the success of the vacation and we liked all them all which made everything great - Special thanks to our guide in Yichang who found an incredible restaurant on the way to the Yichang restaurant / The food we had was wonderful.

(3)  If you come to China again, would you like to use our service again?

Without a doubt! I will always recommend China Discovery and recommend they specifically ask for Wing Zeng. 

Please send this to the leaders of your company.  Thanks again and let me know if you have any further questions. 

Rob

Dear Catherine,

Many thanks for organising the tour for us. Even though we have not ended the tour, i would like to provide feedback.

1. Thank you Catherine for being so prompt in the reply and your excellent organisation and planning. You are also very patient and accommodating towards the many requests and incessant enquiries from all of us.

2. Pick up and transfers at each destinations has been very prompt and smooth. There was never a time when we have to wait for the tour guides and this is very commendable.

3. At YiChang, i must commend Faye for her fast response. She has been very impressive and quick witted to get the tickets changed when my husband's passport was the wrong one. I must apologise for not checking that he has a new passport. Pls help me extend my most heartfelt thanks to Faye because it was too rush then.

4. Zhangjiajie's tour guide Wendy and driver Tang has been very accomodating towards the group's demands. She has been extremely patient with all of us , making our trip so peaceful. She also went beyond her duties to bring some of the members to the hair salon and shopping and kept us company till very late at night.

She has been very thoughtful in all her little actions, including packing our breakfast when we were catching an early flight.

She was able to integrate very quickly into the group and at the same time be quick to make all arrangements n command our attention. 

Her knowledge of Zhangjiajie has helped us to understand the locals, the cultures and she is also creative to describe the different caves n peaks in the mountains so that enjoying the scenery became even more menaningful.

We are enjoying ourselves and hope that the last part of our tour will help us bring back great memories of China.

Thank you Catherine once again for your excellent service.

Wendy

Catherine,

At the train station and all is well. Wanted to thank you for the perfect visit to Chengdu made possible by you! You created a delightful experience. Ellen was wonderful as a guide. We will be recommending you to our friends who have expressed interest in visiting Chengdu.

Thank you again!

And also for the gift!

You and Ellen both did not need to do such a kind act, the services were definitely enough. But thank You.

Thank you again,

Liesl

Dear Wing,

I have returned and am back to my normal busy work and school schedule, sorry for the delay in response. You are more than welcome to use the review on your website!

We had a wonderful time on our day trip to Suzhou and Zhouzhuang! Both our guide and driver were knowledgeable and fantastic. The car was nice and clean and very comfortable. Our pick up was on time, and the entire trip was planned out perfectly. You made planning our ideal trip extremely easy and it ended up being a great experience. I would most definitely recommend both China discovery and our guide & driver to friends and family. I will definitely be emailing you on our next trip to China!

Thank you for everything!

All the best,

Sydney

Hello Riley, 

Thanks for reaching out, I can certainly share some feedback with you.

Transportation Services: Overall transportation services were good quality, the size, type of vehicle and driver were good and that's the kind of service I was expecting. Really appreciate your fast response when we needed to arrange transportation services from one day to another. Having you as a WeChat contact made the difference. The most important thing was that every single time the driver and vehicle was on time and with a printed sign with my name on it. I appreciate you having my flight information and taking care of times, arrival information etc. This worry-free experience is very important to me. The only not so positive thing to share was maybe not related to you or the driver but the two times we were picked up at the airport we had a long walk to reach the vehicle. When you are traveling with large group of people, many kids and a lot of lugagge this is difficult.

Tour in Shanghai: I have nothing but positive things to say about the guide. Her knowledge about the places we visited were amazing she had a vast amount of information to share, every single detail about the places we visited she mastered the details and we as a tourist value this a lot. I appreciate that you understood my VIP request travel to the river. When we get there we had a special place on the boat that made the difference. My people were pleased with this. Please recognize the work the guide did that day, working with a large group of latin american people including kids is difficult I admit but she was so kind and professional that I admire her. Even when we were in the bus driving to our destination she was sharing so many facts about Shanghai that we gladly received.

Happy to share this feedback to you and I hope you find it useful

Manuel Torres

Dear Riley,

I agree to allow my answers and comments below regarding our China travels arranged by our Tour Operator Ms Riley Guo be put on your website.

1.Did your travel consultant of our company quickly reply to your E-mails and were they patient enough to answer your questions?

- Yes, Ms Riley Guo assisted me in planning our entire tour from beginning to end (from Kunming to Beijing) months before our trip, patiently guided me through every aspect of our journey making good suggestions and provided alternates.

- She always replied to my email inquiries promptly, answering all questions I had for her.  She is extremely patient and courteous throughout the "developmental" stages of our planning.

2.Do you have any comments concerning your tour arrangements?

- The tour arrangements were exactly as planned, with the only exception when we encountered a problem where the original plan had to be modified, see answers to Q 4 below.  The Tour Operator handled our problem in a timely fashion to our great satisfaction, in face above my expectations. When we encountered other minor problems during our tour, we received prompt attention and assistance from Ms. Guo promptly via WeChat and phone calls, often outside of regular office hours.  

3.Are you willing to recommend our service to anyone who also may have an interest to visit China?

- Definitely "Yes".  I have no hesitation of recommending your services to anyone interested.

4.What is your general opinion of us?

My opinion regarding:

- Advice and guidance provided in planning stage: Excellent!

- Ms Riley Guo our Tour Operator: Very knowledgeable, paid attention to details.

- Cost: I found your cost very reasonable and easily affordable.

- Efficiency: You run an efficient operation.

- Accuracy: Ms. Guo's suggestions and plans were accurate.

- Honesty: My travel team and I are particularly impressed by the honesty and integrity of your approach to business and in treating your customers when problems do arise.  I will cite the following Two Examples:

(1)  When Ms Guo made a minor error in our planning, she offered to take $100USD off from our final fees.  When I found out that the fee reduction would come out of her commission I was so impressed with her honesty I declined to accept the fee reduction.  I would suspect many operators would not even inform the client of such errors.

(2) You were not able to book the high speed train ride for us from Yichang to Beijing after the Yangtze River Cruise.  Instead your company put us on a flight for that, and you arranged for a guided day tour of Yichang while waiting for flight time at NO EXTRA costs to us.  It was a surprise and pleasant tour.  

5.Do you have any suggestions on improving our services?

- I think you are already proving a reliable and trustworthy service to your clients as experienced by me and my travel companions.

- The fact that Ms Guo has such a superb command of written English would no doubt be an invaluable asset to your company in helping non-Chinese speaking clients from overseas who want to explore China.

Hi Wonder,

Thanks. My answers are below:

Mr. Wonder Wang has been very responsive and knowledgeable in answering our questions and inquiries. He has patience in helping us revise the itineraries to meet your needs.

Both the tour guides (Roland of Xiamen and Cherry of Wuyishan) were very good in getting us around. They were helpful, very knowledgeable and patient in explaining to us the important points of the area.

I highly recommend China Discovery to everyone who are looking for quality services.

Sam

Hi Vivien,

Thank you so very much for organizing this tour for us. We thoroughly enjoyed it. I received the Pada Bear soft toy gift that you had left for us with the receptionist. It was such a sweet gesture from you. I loved it. Thank you very much for all you did for us. I enjoyed the trip very much. I will refer your company to my friends who would wish to visit China in the future.

Kind regards,

S. Dutta

Hi Yanny,

We'd like to thank you for a very great vacation. Everything went according to plan and on time. We had a great time in China thanks to the thorough care of every detail of the trip. Guides were great and very polite and accessible to our questioning and queries.

respectfully

Alon

Hi Rita!

Today was a little colder, but everything is fine and the baby is doing well! We spent the day in Xian today also. We thought our tour yesterday was going to see the Terracota Warriors (our mistake!),so we took the day today to do that.

Thank you for everything! And also, I'd like to say that both our guides, in Chengdu and Xian, were great! They took very good care of us, were very patient and understanding, and helped a lot more than expected! As usual, the service was top notch.

I'm sending some photos attached. And be sure that we will post good reviews!

Sincerely,

Luis

Thank you Wonder for everything.

The tour arrangements are great. As always, you are very prompt and patient with all our queries. I am a repeat customer so this concretely shows much more than what words will ever mean. I have already recommended you to one of my associate. I am planning for the trip next year and you will hear from me soon enough. Keep in touch!

Thanks Wonder.

The tour was very good. Sandy was very professional and knowledgeable, and made sure everything ran like clockwork.

Please feel free to use my endorsement above.

Best wishes,

Donald

Hi Wing,

Please see below my comments...

1. The tour arrangements were excellent, I like that there was sufficient time for every location and we enjoy the easy going pace throughout the tour. First of all, a big thank you to Ms Wing Zeng, the Travel Consultant who has provided us an excellent service in organising the tour that suited us best. The tour guide, Mr. Lee was outstanding and trust-worthy. He is definitely knowledgeable about all the places, and I like how he always came out with Chinese poems to describe the places that we visited. He took the extra mile to help s to take a lot of great photos and videos throughout the tour. The driver was very pleasant and the vehicle provided was in superb condition which made our tour very comfortable. I would highly recommend to my friends and relatives, and in actual fact, I have already recommended to a few friends.

2. As our last 2 days were free and easy. Mr. Lee, the tour guide has suggested us to go to Xianggung Mountain to have a panoramic views of the river and the surrounding karst peaks which was not a disappointment to us. I would highly recommend that Xianggung Mountain be included in your itinerary for your potential customers at all times.

3. I would not hesitate to use your service again when I go to China again.

Hi Rita,

Good morning. We reached our home safely. All thanks to you and your team for organising such a wonderful trip. Starting from planning, implementing, and executing it. We dint face any problem anywhere while traveling or while inter changing the between stations. I would like to thank each one of you for taking care of us. I would like to highlight few things which made me speechless. 

Security: 

In the entire trip we didn't face any problem. Either with baggages or any other property. Everything was secured. 

Comfortablity: 

Spacious cars were provided all over the trip and we were very much comfortable. 

Special Thanks: 

To you and team for organising . 

And Mis. Tina and driver at Beijing and Mr. Johnny and his Driver at Xian, were very truthful and treated us like a family. Such a wonderful experience with them made our Journey to China remarkable. 

We would like to Visit China again in near future to other places Visiting Yiwu market. 

Best Attraction out 5 which we felt the Best 

1. Zhangjiajie

2. Xian

3. Beijing 

4. Shanghai

We went to optional activities in Beijing, Xian, Zhangjiajie, and Gulin. The best activity was at Xian. We loved the performance the most. 

Once Again

Thank you soo much. 

Harika

Hi Wendy,

Replies to your questions below. You are welcome to use the attached photos on your website if you wish.

Regards

Gary Mc Guinn

Was your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions?

Yes. Communication from my travel consultant was excellent. Wendy was very helpful in setting out options for the tour, answering my questions and helping me make the right choices. She was always responded promptly and with clear, concise information. 

How was your tour? Are you satisfied with the tour we arranged for you?

Yes. I was very happy with the tour. The guides and driver were great. My girlfriend and I both had a good time. We saw a lot of unforgettable sights in 6 days but we also had opportunity to rest and to do our own thing.

Do you have any suggestions on improving our services?

No. I only hope that Tibet can become easier to visit in the future while at the same time being protected from overdevelopment so it retains its unique charm and heritage. I think managed tourism is good for the local economy for everyone’s benefit.

Hello Wendy,

Yes, I would be happy to provide you with some feedback on our experience with your travel services. My answers to your three questions are below.

1. Was your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions?

Wendy provided timely and professional travel services to us for our Li River cruise, and answered all of our questions quickly and accurately. We particularly appreciated the confirmation emails and giving us needed advice, such as notice of road delays due to a biking event which might impact our arrival time at the boat. We also appreciated the clear email communications in English, which was easy to understand.

2. How was your tour? Are you satisfied with the tour we arranged for you?

The tour was very well organized and was one of our favorite experiences during our 2 week trip to China. It actually exceeded our expectations and I have already recommended it to others. The taxi driver was on time, and was polite, and took care of getting the cruise tickets also.

3. Do you have any suggestions on improving our services?

No suggestions for improvement, as we are very satisfied and everything went perfectly.

Thanks for your travel assistance, again,

- Blaise Barney

Hi Echo,

Just wanted to thank you for an amazing trip to China. We LOVED it! The itinerary we planned was perfect, the hotels were fantastic and really 5 star! The food was terrific, we ate everything. We were also so happy to find our parents villages.  

What really made our trip was the fantastic guides we had in all our locations! We learned so much from them not only about the sights we saw but also what their lives were like.  Please send my deepest gratitude and appreciation to Jack (Guangzhou), Shannon (Chengdu), Timo (Xian) and Mark (Beijing).

Our drivers were also wonderful and on time every where we went. My only concern was the driver at Chengdu.  He was very tired driving us back from Leshan and I caught him a couple of times closing his eyes.  That was a bit scary.  

I would definitely give you and China Discovery 5 stars! Our only complaint (more of a surprise) was the difficulty in getting our Shanghai Disney tickets, but in the end it all worked out. I have included some photos for you. I will be recommending you and your agency to all my friends.

Thanks again for a wonderful trip!

Regards,

Alanna Wong

Dear Echo,

Thanks for your email. Anne's knee has now recovered and she has been able to resume her visits to the gym this week.

I have paid the outstanding bill for the Shanghai airport transfer in $USD via PayPal

Thanks once again for all your assistance in setting up our trip and then helping us with the transport variations whilst in China.

It was a pleasure doing business with you and China Discovery

Best wishes

Russell & Anne

Johnson,

Just wanted to let you know that we arrived home, safe and sound and to let you know what a Fantastic time we had in Chengdu, Chongqing and Tibet.

Everything went perfect, we are so impressed with you, your company and the 3 guides and drivers that we had.

All our requests and questions over the months of planning the trip were answered promptly. We couldn’t be more pleased with the service we received from you and the quick help received in a Tibet when we had to make a last minute change. My husband and I were disappointed that we were not able to make the trip to EBC, but you made the extended stay in Lhasa easy. My husband is still fighting his cold, but the rest and walking around the 4 days in Lhasa helped him to start recovering.

Our guide in Chengdu made our day at the Panda Research Center and cooking experience a day we will always remember.

Our guide in Tibet was Fantastic, he was very interesting and fun and easy to be with for the week, we enjoyed our visit to Tibet very much.

Our our short time in Chongqing was wonderful and we appreciated the last minute tour that we booked our last afternoon and evening.

All the guides and drivers were very helpful and were where and when they said they would be at all times which made all the train stations and airport experiences easy.

We would definitely use you and your company again if we ever get the opportunity to return to China.

Thanks again for all your help and making this a very memorable trip for the 4 of us.

Hi Wendy

I have submitted a review to Trip Advisor via our Australian site.

Review:

"Wendy Dan organised our Yangtze river Cruise for our group of 6 Australians. From our initial contact all emails were promptly answered in a timely and professional manner. Wendy also organised transfers, tickets to the amazing Han Show and train tickets from Yichang to Wuhan. The ladies that carried out the transfers were excellent and accommodated our needs. Our cruise ship, the Century Sky was very good - reasonably priced alcohol (for a cruise boat) and very good variety of food.  The ship crew were very helpful and really looked after us. There were only about 130 people on board including 20 westerners. I would not hesitate to recommend Wendy and the Yangtze River Cruise agency to travellers.”

Kind regards

Annette Priest

Hi Wonder

I apologize for not replying earlier. Please find my review below.

Century Glory Yangtze River Cruise November 2019

I arranged our River Cruise through Wonder Wang at www.chinadiscovery.com. Wonder was superb! When there was an issue with the email server he phoned to check that I had received the information. He was patient as we decided on dates and efficiently organized all the details and information we required.

The cruise itself was fabulous. The Century Glory had only been launched in September 2019 so we were fortunate to be on an almost brand new Cruise Ship.  The ship was extremely well decorated and equipped.  We only booked a basic cabin with the intention of upgrading on the boat.  This wasn't possible as all the upgrades had been completed by the time we boarded.  However, our cabin was excellent and we don't believe that there would have been any advantage in being on a higher deck.  We did upgrade to the higher floor dining room.  We didn't hear any complaints from other guests in the standard dining room but I can say that the food and the service in the upgraded dining room was 5 Star.  All in all the ship staff at all levels delivered excellent service.  English was never a problem and staff in the dining room were able to assure me quickly that my allergy to MSG wouldn't a problem - and it wasn't.

The Yangtze River, Dam and tours were all amazing.  We had wondered if the scenery would live up to the other spectacular sights we have had the privilege to see around China and it did.  The optional tour of the Ship Lift at the Three Gorges Dam was incredible and if you have the opportunity a must do.

All out tour guides spoke excellent English, were knowledgeable,engaging and had a great love of their country and its progress.

An absolutely wonderful cruise, If you have the opportunity I would highly recommend it.  We then followed up with a most enjoyable 7 days in Chongqing. 

Liz Chan

Hi Wendy,

Thank you for the mail received, I’ve meant to reply some time ago already, but unfortunately the days since our return from China has just been flying by.

Our trip was truly an unforgettable and amazing experience. 

Needless to say, to anyone living in China, that we have chosen one of the worst weeks in October to travel as it was rainy, cloudy, cold and just plain miserable but, this said, we still had an amazing time onboard the President No 8.  We were fortunate to be upgraded to two suites and this just made everything perfect...  The suites are amazing, we even had a sky light, right over the  most comfortable king size bed.  This really did not make getting out of bed in the mornings an easy task.

We have decided to take the exclusive dining package as this allows a little more privacy.  We could indulge in the most fabulous meals and allow meaningful and lengthy discussions with the best Changyu champagne till late in the evenings.  Something we don’t always get to do due to our busy schedules back home.

We have managed to go on all the excursions on offer, an excellent decision as the guides were all equally friendly and knowledgeable and the tours truly very memorable.  I can really not single out a single individual. 

I would recommend this trip to anyone.

Kind regards and greetings from a warm and sunny South Africa

Dalene

Dear Mark,

I have submitted my review to Trip Advisor. I have to apologize for the late reply as I was very busy last few days. 

1. How's the tour arrangement? And your travel consultant's service?

Overall it was an excellent arrangement by Mark who meticulously planned every detail and religiously monitoring our schedule throughout and had it executed by the caring and helpful guide Carrie. 

2. How's the hotel and meals?

The hotel in Zhangjiajie was good as it is expected of Pullman 's branding. The one in Fenghuang is not as good but Mark had forewarned me so I was prepared that the accommodation and breakfast would not be good. The meals are alright as Carrie had given us the liberty and good recommendation to order the food that suits our pallet as we cannot take spicy ones. Good advice by Mark and well executed by Carrie.

3. What do you think of our guides and drivers?

The drivers are all good and pleasant especially Mr. Du who was careful and polite .He drove at the right speed and I was impressed by his driving skill on a wet day. 

We would like to place on record our heartfelt thanks to Mark and the team in Chengdu, Yichang & Zhangjiajie. 

Regards 

Teo & Lily 

Dear Mark,

Hope this email finds you well. The trip is great and fantastic. I met a group of Singaporean also stay the same hotel with us in Xi'An. They are so impressed by what Mark Shen had plan our itinerary in Beijing and Xi'an. I share with them your company email hopefully in future they go China they can look for you guys as usual they also like me worry what if after deposit no show. I tell them they should have trust themselves what trip advisor advise.

As Mark Shen is very very patient to me and also give me a few alternative to choose . I will recommend Mark Shen to my friends and also keep his contact info for my future trips in China.

Best regards,

Jenny Tan

Hello Wendy,

We are finally back home and work!

Tours went very well, cars were outstanding, trains as well, and general overview is positive. As soon as I will check my pictures, I will put some in tripadvisor and I will leave a review for you.

Thanks again

Barbara

Hi Wendy,

Thanks so much for following up, I'm absolutely going to send you some reviews of the tours we did - they were all amazing. I'll hopefully get the chance to do this shortly, we've just returned from China and are so busy with work. As soon as I get the chance to I'll email you back with some comments :-)

Thanks again!

Jamie

Hi Ms. Dan,

Please find the copies of my review.

Thank you very much for your help to assist us to have a great China experience.

Hope you will have more success in your professional future.

Best regards

Jello

你  好 Lily

Just a quick line of thanks for your time today and sharing your wealth of knowledge about the Pandas and the Chinese culture. My wife and I had a fantastic time and we really enjoyed our day.

We leave your fine country with so many great and fond memories.

谢  谢！

Jerry & Cheryl

Hello Mike:

I will send some sceneries pics from each place we have been to, without the participants, since I need to get others to give me permissions In order to release their pictures.  (Under separate email).

1)  How do you like our tour arrangements and are you willing to recommend our service to your friends?

Your tour arrangements were seamless and perfect. We couldn’t ask for better arrangements.  Everything went very smoothly.

Our very special thanks to Rita and Mike.  You guys made our trip a very memorable experience traveling through the Chengdu and Yangtze regions.  

All of our Tour Guides were great - Cherry, May, Nancy, Susan, and Jack were the best. They all could speak perfect English, and Jack was able to speak to us in Cantonese too!  

We have a “Special Thank You” to Kathy and her team on the Yangtze gold 5 cruise ship.  She was most caring and helpful to us from the time we arrived on the cruise and throughout our stay. Upon her recommendation, we had opted for the better accommodation category and dining, and she made sure we understood the various tour options etc. When Jack (our brother in law) inadvertently scraped his leg and it started to bleed, she and one of the Captain’s Assistant came to his aid.  Since the cruise ship’s First Aid station was not adequately equipped with bandages, etc, Kathy and her staff made sure he received the proper first aid care needed.  The Captain Assistant accompanied him to the nearby hospital once the boat docked, and they made sure he was ok.  We could not have asked for more. He is doing fine.

Also, thank you so much for sending one of your tour guide, Frank, and driver to pick us up at midnight when we arrived in Guangzhou Airport that first night. That was greatly appreciated.

The added bonus of the Pearl River Night Cruise was a very nice gesture of China Discovery.  It was a last minute surprise, and we all enjoyed the lovely lights and beautiful sceneries of Guangzhou from the river perspective.  Thank you very much.

(2)  If you come to China again, would you like to use our service again?

Definitely. The quality of your service is commendable, your Tour Consultant, Mike Liu, did a great job in helping us to plan, formulate and worked out all the details of our trip.  All of  your tour guides were great, genuine individuals who were more than willing to go a second mile to make sure the customers are satisfied.  I have nothing bad/ or undesirable to say really.

On our next trip to China, we will be sure to contact you again. Thanks for all you have done, you have six very satisfied customers. We will recommend you without any hesitations to all of our friends and associates.  Keep up the good work!

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Ho

Hi Johnson,

Hope this email find you well. 

My family and I have returned to Sydney after 6 weeks of travelling! I want to thank you for arranging our 25 days China tour which we have really enjoyed. The itinerary was good although a bit tiring! 

China was amazing and your service in organizing and trouble shooting while we were there was greatly appreciated.

On reflection, we realized the highlights during our tours were the cities where we had a good guide and driver.

FYI the guides in SuZhou (Sarah), Guilin (Summer), Kunming (Jessie) and Lijiang ( Susan) and Chengdu (Jane) were all amazing. Their English and knowledge were very good. They made these cities/ places come alive for us.

Alan in Hangzhou took us to the best restaurant and ordered the best lunch we had in 25 days. Again a memorable city for us

On the flip side, Dali which was a beautiful city but we did not enjoy mostly because our guide ( Shirley) does not speak English well. We could not understand her narrative or explanation most of the time. The guide in Wuhan ( Jennifer) was very unhelpful, was on her phone most of the time unless we asked her questions. For e.g. The highlight of Wuhan to us was the yellow crane tower but she did not even bother to walk up with us  ( and gave us 20 min to go up and come down) As we all could not read Chinese , it made all the beautiful artworks, poems and historical significance a complete loss to us! At the Eastlake, again a beautiful area she rushed us in and out because she said we did not have enough time but we ended finishing the day around 4 ! As you know she also ignore us during lunch so I had to send you the complaint myself! So Wuhan to use was the least enjoyable day.

For your reference, I think you have to ensure the guides you provide to any group you organize speak good English and are experience and helpful.

Overall, I think it was a great tour and your service is excellent from start to finish. I will certainly recommend you to my friends and hope to organize a Silk Road tour with you  in the near future !

Thanks again

Regards

Sharon

Good morning Yanny,

we are still not home and I’m having difficulty filling out the form. Please know that we were extremely happy with our tour with you and that day is one of our best of our time in China.

Regards,

Carol

Hi Wendy - Tara and I just got home last night. Thank you again for arranging a great trip for us. Here are are a few comments:

What we really appreciated:

the great guides…while we weren’t able to submit a feedback form for Mamie in Changsha, we felt she was very experienced, and enjoyed her thoroughness

the way the guides accompanied us into the airport to make sure we got our tickets. the flights you booked for us, particularly the great seats at the front of the plane. the hotels were also good - we recommend the Crowne Plaza in Changsha (over the Pullman), which has a fabulous breakfast. we had a great, experienced driver in Chengdu, who put in a long day getting us back to Chengdu from Emei Shan

What could be improved:

it would be nice to include evening entertainment in the itinerary (or at least offer it as an option) - we were interested in seeing the evening performance in Chengdu and the ethnic minority show in Zhangjiajie, and the guides were kind enough to help get us tickets

the cable car at Zhangjiajie was closed for the month of November, so we were not able to visit Huangshi Village or the Golden Whip Brook - as a result, the day’s activity was very short, and we ended up arranging a separate tour of the glass suspension bridge (at our own cost)

the last day in Zhangjiajie was short; to fill up the time, the guide was kind enough to take us to a shopping mall

the van in Zhangjiajie was not as new/modern as the vans in the other cities (however, we really liked the driver)

In addition to Mamie’s experience, we loved Ruby’s exuberance (in Chengdu) and Tony’s vitality and personality (in Zhangjiajie).

Tara may have additional feedback. By the way, she had problems using her gmail account for email in all the cities (except for Guangzhou). 

Thanks again for working with us.

—Best, Royee

Dear Riley,

We were very happy on your boat President 8, together with our Chines friend Aries Tu who booked the same boat later for herself and her grandmother.

Your organisation and food and tours were excellent. Thank you. And that we were together with a group from Austria at the same table was wise and made us new friends.

We updated our room in the 6 th top floor. On the boat Nina took care of us. She was very friendly and always helpful towards us.

At the moment, we enjoy the last days in Phuket before going home tomorrow.

Best regards an thanks again

Albert and Carmen

Dear Ms. Wing Zeng,

Yes, I am back home and back to work, although still trying to recover a bit from the time change. I have answered your questions below and you are welcome to use my input on your website. I have not yet downloaded my trip photos, but will be happy to share some when I do. I also plan to do a very complimentary TripAdvisor review in the near future.

Thank you again for all of your help in setting up my two tours - I enjoyed them both very much.  And my apologies for getting everyone so excited during my mountain tour, but please know that I still had a great time while everyone else was worrying!

Finally, please extend my sincere thanks once again to Crystal, and to Mary for her kind gift and for arranging a car to the airport for my Sunday departure. It was very generous of her and much appreciated. Plus my wife loves the tea pot/tea cup!

Best Regards,

Neil Berryman

Hi Rita,

I am still recovering from bad cough and sore throat. Fever comes off and on so not yet feeling 100%.

It will be a pleasure to post my feedback on the trip. Do you have any performa or  a questionnaire so that I can give the feedback as per you requirements and details. We did enjoy the trip but would definitely like to give a detailed review for the tour.

Thanks

Cheers

Kajoli Thomas

Hi Wing Zeng,

Yes, everything is fine. The itinerary was well organised despite we only have 5 days 4 nights to spend in both Shangri-La and Lijiang. The tour guides are knowledgeable and helpful. Will definitely recommend to friends and family.

Regards,

TARA ENG

Hi Wing Zeng,

Thanks for the bus arrangement, everything went very smoothly. I've attached some photos of our day in Longjiang.

For your questionnaire: 

1. The Hong Kong Inline Hockey Team was very happy with their private escort service to and from the hockey rink during their visit to Shunde to compete in the Greater Bay Inline Hockey League. Highly recommended.

2. Our travel arrangements were catered specifically for our sports team; the willingness to completely accommodate our schedule was much appreciated!

3. Yes, for future group travels, I will be contacting China Discovery.

Regards,

Daryl

Yanny,

Already submitted the review. I think you are great. Next time if we want to book other tours, we will find you for help again. 

Wendy

Dear Wonder,

As you can easily imagine, coming back home after almost two and a half months, there was a lot to do!

We have written a report (see attachment) summarizing our experience and including a number of recommendations. You'll see that we are very satisfied with our trip and that we feel that this is greatly due to your role in its preparation and in its implementation. Feel free to use our report as a testimony of our satisfaction with the services provided by China Discovery.

We won't hesitate to recommend China Discovery to people wanting a private tour through China. Feel free to have potential customers contact us by e-mail if they wish to know more about our experience.

Best regards and thank you again for everything!

Elie

Hi Tracy,

We have a wonderful times on this Xian trip. Our guide, Kelly, is very exceptional and knowledgeable. She took good care all of us .

I will definitely recommend your company to any of our friends who interest in exploring China on a small group and we will definitely use your company for our next China trip.  

Please say thanks to Kelly from all of us. She made our trip enjoyable and memorable.  

Thanks again and hope to use your company in the near future.

Regards,

Sak

Dear Mike,

We have returned home after our interesting trip to China. All the tour arrangements went very well, the guides were knowledgeable and helpful, the hotels were good and the sightseeing very good.

We will certainly recommend your company to anyone wanting to tour China.

And a special thanks to you Mike for all your help in organizing this trip,

You can use our evaluation and picture on your web site.

Best regards,

Esther & Baruch

Dear Mike,

Thank you for the arrangement for this cruise. Me and my all friends are enjoy this trip. I have been Tibet once, maybe can go once more.

Willa 

Hi Yanny!

I must apologize for replying so late. I got so busy with work and kept forgetting to reply to you. Thank you for asking about our tour. We had a really nice time with Cheryl. And sure let me answer your questions. I hope its not too late yet.

1.How about your tour arrangements? 

Before the actual tour, we were in contact with the travel consultant Yanny He, who helped us customize the tour we wanted. She had to re do the itinerary several times since we had to keep changing our itinerary considering our budget and time constraints. Yanny was always cheerful to help.  Once we got to China, and once our tour started, everything was effortless as we were met in the train station. We had our own personal car service with guide and chauffeur. We were brought to the tourist spots and back to the hotel, until we were done with our tour and we were brought to the airport. Everything in the tour package agreed upon beforehand was what we given to us in the actual tour. 

2. Are you willing to recommend our service to those who would like to come to China ? 

Yes very much. And also it was the most affordable one we find, but also quality

3. Your general opinion on us?  

It was a good value for money and legitimate tour service. At first we were hesitant because there were many reviews of scams of different tour agencies. But this one was legitimate. 

4.  Would you like to share your tour with us? we will appreciate it if you would like to send some pics.

Our tour was in Henan--Longmen and Zhengzhou. It was around 4days. Our main goal was the Shaolin temple which had been my dream since I was a kid, after watching my first kungfu movie 

Win

Hi Lyn

We received all the lovely pandas. Thank u very much. We enjoyed our trip very much. Jason is very pleasant and helpful.

Peggy

Hi Riley,

Thanks for your email. It was a very good tour, Vivian was extremely knowledgable about the city and the warriors. She went at a good pace and was very patient with my daughter! All the logistics came together really well and went smoothly.

All in all very good, and we would definitely come back to you for any future trips.

Many thanks 

Lindsay 

Dear Lily,

Sita and myself had a lovely honeymoon, it was well organised and everything went to schedule.

The tour guides in each city were very knowledgeable and helpful to make each day unique and tailored to our needs.

We have no hesitation to recommend China Discovery to all our friends.

Thanks

Neel & Sita

Hi Lyn

We have just arrived home and would like to say an enormous Thank you. We had a fantastic time and your planning and arrangements all worked perfectly. We will certainly be sharing our good experience and photos with friends and family, and will definitely recommend you and China Discovery to anyone we know travelling to China in the future.

With very best wishes

Carol & Dave

Hi Vivien,

I am going back to US today and I will send you a review when I got back to the States.  Overall we had a real good time. 陳慧 is a very pleasant lady. We enjoyed her a lot. I will give you a more detail evaluation when I get home.

Jenny

Hi Wonder,

Our cruise was great. I am happy to provide feedback to you. However I will leave it till I return to HK next week,

Thanks

Elizabeth

Hi Wendy,

We have just returned home today from our month away and, rather belatedly, I wanted to thank you so much for the lovely scarf and gifts you sent us to Chengdu.

Our Chinese trip was absolutely perfect and we loved it.  For your information I will give comments on the guides:

Chengdu – Yijia

What a lovely girl, a pleasure to be around, incredibly innovative and helpful, beyond the calls of her job. She helped us get SIM cards for our phones, told us about the Opera near our hotel, even joined us for the panda workday.  Am not sure about how much knowledge she has but it was certainly enough for us.

Chengdu – Shani

First whole day in Chengdu.  She was very nice and knew her history.  Very informative about the Temples.

Xian – Vivien

We didn’t get off to a good start with her unfortunately as, although the driver was waiting for us at the station, she had been delayed with other clients and was 45 minutes late.  After our initial anger and seeing how upset she was we all settled down and I have to say she was incredibly knowledgeable and most informative. The next day, when we went to the Terracotta Warriors I don’t think we could have been with a better guide.  She was excellent.

Guilin & Yangshou – Lona

What a pleasure this guide was and so informative.  She certainly knows her history of the sites she took us to.  Very dedicated and we thoroughly enjoyed being with her.  I think she was the absolute best.

Shanghai – Tracy (I think)

A different caliber entirely.  Arrived late but with lots of excuses and no apology!  She was fine when we got going but her English wasn’t up to that of the others, nor was her knowledge I think.

Beijing - Kai

Probably the most well informed of all the guides we had, and a charming person.  He was most caring and happy to share his knowledge of all the sites as well as impart information about life in general in China.

Pick-ups were all excellent, with good and careful drivers. All in all we had a wonderful time in China and thank you so much for arranging it all so well for us.

We will certainly recommend you to our friends and if you need us to give recommendations to future clients, we shall be happy to do.

All the Best,

Candy & Laurie

Dear Lily,

All worked out very well and I enjoyed the cruise. Thank you once again for your help.

Definitely will recommend your company if somebody asks me.

Best regards,

Karl

Hello Ms. Wing,

Here are some comments on the trip, answering your Evaluation form. I would have to say you were very helpful and patient with us through out the entire experience. From planning to execution of the trip. All the arrangements went well without any problems. Slight changes were never an issue.

I would recommend your services however keeping the tour private is the only way to go. It’s personalized service that way. You are very well organized. We would be happy to tell potential customers about our trip.

Attached are pictures of us and our Guides. They were all great and fun to be with.

Thanks for a wonderful time.

Regards,

Michael

Hi Rita,

We would like to thank you for all the arrangements. The cruise was wonderful. Nancy was on time and very helpful. 

Best regards from us in Israel. 

Nurit and Beny

Mark,

Thanks for your message.

(1) My wife and I had a very good time on our cruise -- some beautiful scenery, a nice boat, and excellent service throughout our trip. 

(2) You and your team provided us with excellent service and were very responsive to our questions. Thank you very much for your assistance.

Bill

Hi Riley,

I am very happy with the service you have provided.

Yes we were pretty worried that if we would be able to board the cruise and next my hubby leg was infected.

It ended up all good. Thank you so much for your efficiency.  

I have recommended you to my friends who wishes to travel to the 3 Gorges.

Regards

Daphne

Hello Wendy,

I have filled in the details below and added a few photographs.

Quite happy for you to share on your website and very happy to recommend your service.

Can I say from all of us we really enjoyed the tour. All hotels were very nice and you personally have provided an excellent service. All transfers and guides were very nice and knowledgeable and level of service again was excellent.

Overall thank you very much and if we ever return we will definitely be in touch.

Please let me know you have received the email

Cheers John B

Dear Lyn Wang,

Just wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed the Tour you scheduled for us. It was really great having the tour guides and drivers at each location to make sure we were on schedule and were able to get to the next location on time. We could not have done nearly as much of the tour on our own.

Each of the four (4) tour guides was very helpful and fully knew their area. Sherry in Chongqing and Bailey in Shanghai were outstanding.

I took many pictures so it will be a few days before I can edit and load them on my computer. When I do, I will send you some of the highlights.

It was a great trip and we certainly will recommend your Company and specifically Lyn Wang to anyone we know that plans on going to China.

Thanks again for a Job Well Done.

Bet wishes, 

Joseph

Hi Yanny!

It was a great weekend! Thanks! Ellen was a great guide and the experience at the Dujiangyan Base as a Panda was amazing and I'll never forget it! I had a great day Sunday exploring the Panda base near the city and seeing more pandas including babies, toddlers and red pandas.

Working on a trip advisor review.

Yes I would recommend your services!

Ahh, so sorry Wendy.

When I got the first message we were still overseas and I am still just catching up with things after getting back.

I haven’t been through my photos yet but will be sure to send you some through and provide feedback.

We had the best time and were very happy with your help and the places chosen by you. It was a great holiday! I will provide feedback and photos asap.

Thanks again for everything and I will definitely pass on your details to friends visiting China and would not hesitate in going through yourself for our next China trip.

Will talk soon.

Leisa

Dear Yanny He,

We just came from Hong Kong. We would like to thank you very much for the organisation. We had wonderful trip to Guilin . We enjoyed every moment of our trip. Our guide  was very professional and wonderful person! Thank you.

Best wishes

Edita Conte

Hi Yanny,

1.How about your tour arrangements?

 The Tour arrangements were very good, The Hotels,The flight and train journey were perfect.

2.Are you willing to recommend our service to those who would like to come to China ?

Yes very much so, the Guides and drivers were all very good, it made my time in China more enjoyable, I learned so much, it was very easy.

3. Your general opinion on us?   

 I was pleased with the quality of all the arrangements and professionalism of the guides and drivers, well done.

4.  Would you like to share your tour with us? we will appreciate it if you would like to send some pics.

Unfortunately I have lost all my photos due to a problem with my computer, As you can imagine I am very upset.

5. Could you please write some comments comments for me and our company in the link below? Undoubtedly it would be quite beneficial for my personal career. If so, I really appreciate it!

I have found working with You Yanny to have been quick and easy, nothing was a problem, the Hotels, Flights, train journey all we very good. Will recommend you and your Company to whomever asks.

Thank You

Pete

Hi Yanny,

1.How about your tour arrangements?

 The Tour arrangements were very good, The Hotels,The flight and train journey were perfect.

2.Are you willing to recommend our service to those who would like to come to China ?

Yes very much so, the Guides and drivers were all very good, it made my time in China more enjoyable, I learned so much, it was very easy.

3. Your general opinion on us?   

 I was pleased with the quality of all the arrangements and professionalism of the guides and drivers, well done.

4.  Would you like to share your tour with us? we will appreciate it if you would like to send some pics.

Unfortunately I have lost all my photos due to a problem with my computer, As you can imagine I am very upset.

5. Could you please write some comments comments for me and our company in the link below? Undoubtedly it would be quite beneficial for my personal career. If so, I really appreciate it!

I have found working with You Yanny to have been quick and easy, nothing was a problem, the Hotels, Flights, train journey all we very good. Will recommend you and your Company to whomever asks.

Thank You

Pete

Hello Yanny,

Good, I hope you guys too.

1- Very good. Even if things went out of the way for a moment, they will know how to fix it.

2-Yes. Definitely.

3-Very professionals, dedicated and honest.

4- Yes, but because I'm very busy I will do the two things you are asking me during this week. The pictures first and TripAdvisor.

Thank you Yanny, We also wish you the best and the same for all your people.

Regards

Remi

Hi Yanni,

Thanks to your efforts, we have enjoyed our trip and safely come back to Hong Kong.  All the transits were smooth and the hotels were comfortable.  Our guide, Carol, was awesome too.

Many thanks,

Youngnan

Hi Yanny,

Thankyou. Fantastic Xi’an was magical, you have some really great staff there, Bruce Johnny and Mary really know their stuff and know how to keep people engaged... well done

Guilin is the icing on the cake, the cruse was sensational and the hotel right near the lake is a great location, beautiful view from window 

Thanks again for keeping in touch.

Rosetta

Hi Jack,

We loved it! Will definitely do it again if we go back to china. The book was lovely, the staff was great, scenery was gorgeous and we loved the entertainment. Wish it could have been longer.

Hi Wonder

We just came back from our great vacation. Thank you so much for coordinating the trip for Xiamen & its surrounding areas. Everything went very smoothly and you had done an excellent job!!  You also have a good team of guides & drivers, they are all very good & helpful. Definitely we are happy to recommend your company to our friends & relatives who want to visit China or may be for our next trip.

Every thing was really well planned & arranged and you were very responsive so our experience was really good.

Thank you

Hi Rita,

Thank you so much for the return of funds I left in the Hong Kong hotel. I really appreciate your efforts on my behalf.

Additionally that you for the lovely gift, reflecting the Panda, Gand Chinese opera. It was most thoughtful, and very much appreciated.

We were treated most wonderfully by our guide Cherry.  She was helpful, flexible, informative and kind

Hi Wendy 

Apologies for the late reply been busy in the office.

1. Was your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions? YES We appreciated your assistance and updates

2. How was your tour? Are you satisfied with the tour we arranged for you? YES we were looked after both by Kiki and Eric 

Kiki helped Dylan in the yellow Mountains to overcome his tiredness and helped him achieve the extra walk into the valley 

Eric looked after us and when Dylan left his stuffed Koala in Beijing arranged for the hotel to courier it to Shanghai and arrived within 24 hours 

3. Do you have any suggestions on improving our services? Not really 

Regards,

With Our Kind Tour Guides

Hello Leo,

Thanks for your email. Yes I am back to USA after a long trip to China. I have now fully recovered.

Our trip to China is one of the memorable trips we have taken. Thanks to you and China Discovery, we enjoyed our tour without a glitch. It was very well organised and executed.

Our flights and trains were all on time and very comfortable. The vehicle, tour guides and the drivers were very respectful and flexible to accommodate all our needs. We were impressed by all the tourist sites, especially the grottoes and other sites in the silk route. All the sites are well maintained and the facilities were  excellent. We saw several cultural shows and they were all very enjoyable. We have no hesitation in recommending your services and China Discovery travel agency to all our friends and relatives.

Good luck and thank you,

Best regards,

Hi Vivien,

We enjoyed the cruise. The new ship was very nice and the staff were wonderful. The arrangements you made for us on the trains and the cruise perfect. I appreciated your advice. Thank you

Hi Riley,

The trip was excellent. Everything about it was wonderful. It was more luxurious than I had expected. The staff were excellent, so kind and helpful.  They even cooked gluten free food for me and served me separately.  There was so much to do that we were never bored and everything was perfectly organized.  

I would thoroughly recommend this trip to my friends.

The only problem we had (and this is not your fault) was that the taxi from our hotel to the dock dropped us a long way from pier 5 and we had to pay Y100 to the porter to have our bags carried.  Perhaps in the future you could explain exactly how to get to pier 5.

Thank you Riley for such a wonderful trip.

Dear Riley

Thank you for your arrangement and follow up for our China trip. Everything is going well with your help. We got the train tickets once we checked in at Beijing Hotel. Tomorrow we are going to Xian.

The cruise experience exceeded our expectations. We upgraded to executive suite at acceptable price with more spacious room at Level 5 and other privileges including VIP restaurant, free 24 hrs lounge access and free laundry. The cruise manager Jeffrey was very attentive and other staffs are helpful.  The excursions were well organized and the local guides spoke good English.

We are looking forward to our next trip and your further assistance.

Best regards

Dear Wendy,

I want to thank for your special effort in securing the tickets for us. I apologize if I appear to be too frantic but I was just not used to how things are done in the rail system. We had good time in Huangshan and Alex was wonderful. I definately would recommend Chinadiscovery to all my friends. We are also thinking of future trips and would definitely contact you. Thank you again and have a good one.

Dear Mr. Liu

We still are grateful for your service and patience.

(1)  How do you like our tour arrangements and are you willing to recommend our service to your friends?

- Your reservation service was very helpful.

- We still think yours is one of the best options to cruise the Three gorges

(2)  Do you have some suggestions for us to improve our service?

- The greetings offer of drink forfaits and the rest were a little shocking.

- We would have appreciated  those arrangements would be settled beforehand.

(3)  If you come to China again, would you like to use our service again?

 - Life is short and the world quite big ...

- We would recommend your services.

Yours sincerely

Dear Lyn,

Delighted to see your email. Yes, we are both fine and I must say that our China trip worked out extremely well thanks to you. Right from the word go, you have been so helpful and prompt in all your responses. Your advice was great and the choice of places to visit was just right. We do appreciate your help mid-way in getting our room in Novotel, Beijing, changed. All our tour guides – Yoyo in Beijing, Fiona in Hangzhou and Melody in Shanghai were very polite, friendly, helpful and flexible. So were the drivers too. Please covey our heartfelt thanks to all of them. Our thanks are also due to Mark who picked us up when we landed in Shanghai and Tina who was there to pick us up, help us with ticketing and drop us off twice at the Shanghai Railway Station. The weather was good throughout and everything went exactly as planned. Without doubt, we will recommend you and China Discovery to our friends. In fact, we have done so to many already.

Many thanks again and warm regards from both of us,

Hello!

Sorry for the delay, 

We really enjoy our day at Bifengxia. Even if the weather was rainy and cold. And even if the road was just a nightmare. We were only the two of us, and it was perfect : this journey was my daughter’s birthday gift. 

So, thanks for all, Echo. 

I will just suggest for the next travelers to wear warm clothes. And be aware that there’s work on the road : may be it’s not the good time to go to Bifengxia, you should check when the road will be ready.

Best regards.

Lyn Wang,

Thank you for your email. We have enjoyed this trip tremendously. We want to give a special thank you to Sheri in Chongqing. We thought she went beyond her duties to insure we were well taken care of. All guides were very informative and helpful but we thought she went beyond her duties to insure we were well taken care of. Also Bailey in Shanghai was excellent. We really liked Shanghai. 

Aside from experiencing language barriers which was difficult for us at times, we had a good experience. I’m sure Mr Weichman will send you a followup once we arrive at home. 

Thank you,

Dear Catherine,

We are back in Singapore now.

Wish to thank you for arranging the Yangtze River Cruise, hotel in Yichang and the high-speed rail tickets back to Chongqing.

The crew in the Yangtze Gold 8 Cruise ship were also very welcoming and helpful.

We had a lovely time on the Yangtze River, especially in viewing the three gorges and the lesser three gorges.  The views were splendid.

Would like to update you that the Wanda Orange hotel goes by a different name now and somehow the reception took some time to find our booking.

However, once that was sorted out, everything was fine. We had a good view from our room window.

We were pleasantly surprised with the development and lights in Yichang city too and the lively activities along the riverside park in the evening and morning.

The high-speed train was punctual and the ride was also very smooth.

Overall, we had a very good trip.  Thank you once again for all your help.

Best regards,

Hi Tracy,

The trip was just what we wanted. Thank You for helping us on our way to a great trip.

Hi Lyn,

We had a very good time in Tianjin and would definitely do another tour through you and recommend you. Please be aware the ferris wheel in Tianjin is complicated for non Chinese to get on!  It requires filling out long forms electronically and paying with an ap, not real money. We went for a walk instead!

Zoe,

We were back to US. We had wonderful time during Yangtze Cruise and Chongqing Tour.

David was super and knowledgeable guide. Also, we had a safe and comfortable ride in Chongqing - driver was good.

Thank you very much for your help in arrange all these.

Thanks

Dear Leo

Thank you for your email. We really enjoyed our China tour with China Discovery. The itinerary planned for us were very comprehensive which allows us maximum time to enjoy the natural beauty and attractions each locations had to offer with minimum shopping trips. We really don't like those tours that spend a lot of time bringing us shopping rather than spending time to explore the attractions and I am really glad the tour that you organized for us did not make us do that.

The transfer from one place to another was also arranged very well and we were well looked after. The hotel and meals arranged were good except for the hotel in Beijing where the toilet is not very clean especially the shower cubicle. Other than that we were really satisfied with the hotels arranged which were in convenient locations in the city center and the food was great.

The tour guides were also very accommodating and look after us very well especially Lily and the driver Mr Chang from Beijing who really made sure that we had a really enjoyable time in Beijing.

We will definitely deal with China Discovery for our next trip to China and will not hesitate to recommend China Discovery to our friends.

Kind regards

Hi Wing,

See answers below.

I was very pleased with the tour company. On the first day of our trip we got an emergency call from home. China Discovery’s tour coordinator and tour guide bent over backwards to get us to the airport on time and to squeeze in a spectacular visit to the Great Wall on the way. They went above and beyond the call of duty. I would highly recommend them to my friends. I look forward to going back to China to finish my tour with China Discovery.

Hi Echo,

I just wanted to drop you a line to say a huge “thank you” for organising our wonderful trip to China!

Both myself and Claire had an absolutely fantastic time and seeing China of today was awe inspiring.

We were delighted with the itinerary – although tough, (hotels, trains, planes and cars), it was worth getting to see every iconic site and more besides!!

We met the wonderful guides and drivers on our travels, and although it is very difficult to single any out one, I thought Danny, who looked after us in Guilin and the surrounding areas – was incredible.

The other guides were equally fantastic and they ensured we visited every site and more, to really make our trip to China a fantastic and memorable trip of a lifetime!

Thank you again for all your assistance and help you have provided over the past few months – you made this a trip to always remember.

If you could pass on both Claire and my thanks to everyone involved in making our trip very special, I would really appreciate it!

Best regards always,

Superlative team and organization

Review of China Discovery

Our group of 7 toured 3 weeks across China from Shanghai to Tibet. It was to be the trip of a lifetime, and it was. In my due process to search for the best itinerary and TA for us, I found Leo Li of China Discovery. Compared to other top in-China TAs, CD and Leo Li gave me everything I wanted including the best price for the desired itinerary. None of us were strangers to China. I was born there and had been there 5 times since, while the others had toured the capital cities but never the remote regions of Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Tibet.

We were always prompted met with a guide as soon as we left the airport security area; we were transported in clean mini-vans with plenty of bottled water. It was always door-to-door everytime. We would be dropped off at one end and after the tour, the mini-van would be waiting for us at the other end -- no backtracking. Nothing was ever stolen or missing in the secured vans. The many guides we met were always courteous and spoke varying degrees of fluency but always well-informed. One even held my wife's hand as she walked slowly on icy pathways in Huanglong National Park.

Their pricing was reasonable -- better than if I booked myself. We stayed in not only elegant country inns, but also at Pullman, Sofitel, Shangri-la, and Grand Hyatt.

I have nothing but praise for Leo and his team. He is easily accessible 24/7. That is really necessary in China. His English is flawless, his personality infectious. We met him in Chengdu. Ask for Leo Li.

Date of experience: October 2019

Dear Mrs. Zeng,

We liked your Arrangement very much and would book your service again.  

Thank you

Good morning Mark,

Thank you for all your support. Here are the answers to the questions:

1. Very good service: Patient, good arrangements, great hotel suggestion in Yangshuo (Li River Resort), answered all questions. Would recommend!

2. Drivers were all perfect. Tour guides were too, and Dickson had been very flexible due to rainy conditions, appreciated.

3. Guilin/Longsheng/Yangshuo is outstnading.  Jinshanling Great Wall should be one of the 7 wonders of the world.

4. All was great. A suggestion for hikers like us: Offer either optional lunch or take-out lunch as we often want to hike/explore on lunch time and not spend 1 hour in a restaurant in the middle of the day, especially when sunny.

I will plan to do the TripAdvisor recommendation when back at home.

Many thanks and best regards,

Dear Lily,

We have now returned to Australia after the holiday you organised for us in The Guilin and Hunan areas and are happy to provide some feedback on the service you offered.

1. Is your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions?

Lily was efficient and polite and always got back to us within 24 hours of our contacting her.  She was very patient, particularly when the first trip we planned had to have major changes made due to our personal circumstances.

2. How do you comment your tour arrangements? 

The tour was everything we expected.Timing was excellent and the attractions we visited were beautiful. Your country has spectacular scenery.

Some things are worth mentioning:

• The Guilin Park Hotel, while comfortable, was not really 4-star. The bathroom was very old, with mouldy wall tiles.  We would not recommend this hotel to others, although the location was perfect and the exterior and foyer looked beautiful.  The restaurant was uninviting, and the bar was not operating at all.

• The One Art Hotel in Ping’An was superb, and the family operating the business were very friendly and welcoming. This hotel is highly recommended.
• If we had our time over again we would have liked 2 nights in YangShou.  It was a lovely town and small enough for us to wander at our leisure
• The bike ride along the Yulong River and then to Moon Hill and The Banyan Tree was great fun
• There were long car trips involved in our visit to Fengshuan.  Perhaps we could have made a return trip from Zhangziajie by train and then flown from Zhangjiajie to Shanghai.
• Steven was an excellent guide and he provided advice as to where we should eat for our evening meals. He also suggested things for us to eat.
• Kevin was good, but perhaps not as helpful as Steven. He tended to rush us past things we wanted to see and we often had to ask him to slow down. 
• It was difficult for us to order from restaurants in the Zhangziajie area.  There was very little English spoken – and I had not downloaded a translation service to my phone before I left.  I was not able to access this once I was in China as access to Google was blocked

3. Are  you  willing  to  recommend  our  service  to  your  people  who  also  have  an  interest  to  visit China?

We certainly are. This is the second time we have used your service and have no complaints whatsoever.  It is an excellent service and Lily is a pleasure to deal with.  We only wish we could have met her personally to thank her.

 4. Your general opinion on us?

5 star!  Well done

5. Do you have any suggestions on improving our services?

2 suggestions: 

Perhaps you could advise future customers to download translation app before they arrive.

Your guides could have with them a simple menu in Chinese/English that customers could refer to when in a non-English speaking restaurant. 

6. Can we use your comments of our service, the photos or other images that you took on the tour for our websites, brochures, marketing and publicity? If yes, could you please send us some of your photos by E-mail?

See attached photos

7. We sometimes have requests from potential customers who would like to inquire from or our ex-customers. May they contact you for advices?   

Yes, of course.

Thank you once again for a wonderful itinerary,

Warm regards,

Lovely Villages and Beautiful River in Hunan and Guilin

Dear Riley,

All of us have reached safely to our home. We enjoyed our tour of China a lot. All arrangements made by you were excellent. All the hotels were very beautiful & breakfast was awesome. All the three ladies got the vegetarian food as per our request. We thank you for that. Everywhere the vehicles were comfortable & drivers were good. Guides also took very much care of us as we are all senior citizens. In short all of us enjoyed our holidays in China & will plan to come again there next year to some different places in China.  

I thank once again to you for such a nice arrangement of our holidays in China & will recommend to our friends & relatives the same.

Looking forward,

Best Regards,

Dear Lily

Thank you very much for organising a very smooth tour for us. Your help is very much appreciated.

Lee is a top class guide and very resourceful. We very much enjoyed the tour with him

Again thank you for all your help.

And we wish you & Lee all the very best in your career

Hello Wonder,

The tour was arranged very nicely, just excellent!

Thank you for the same.

With regards,

Dear Wonder,

We have concluded our whole trip to China and now we already back home.

Thank you for your arrangements during our trip to Zhangjiajie, it was so helpful and wonderful trip.

Regards, 

Hi Jack,

Could you please pass on our appreciation and thanks to Management and staff at Yangtze River Cruises.

My wife and myself have just completed a cruise from Chongqing to Yichang on 7/10/2019. We wish to say that the cruise was excellent. The land excursions were excellent and interesting.

With regard to the Victoria Jenna, the ship was clean, and ALL crew were very helpful, courteous and friendly and in our opinion did there jobs in an excellent manner.

We also enjoyed the food and the amenities on board.

A big thankyou to YRC for the excellent way they handled our booking and the prompt attention to our inquiries along the way.

The Yangtze Cruise was one of the highlights of our trip to China and will always be remembered.

Keep up the good work, we will always, when the opportunity arises recommend YRC and the Victoria Jenna to any of our friends looking for a cruise on the beautiful Yangtze.

Dear Mr. Li,

Thank You for the opportunity to give some feedback!

Our journey through China was perfektly organised! For me, it was a very good combination between sightseeing, historical information about the Republik of China and beside that, it became nearly the feeling of a roadtrip with good old friends!!! On the one hand, our driver Ladu (maybe I wrote it wrong!?) drove us very safely and though we couldn't speak a word together, the communication was warm and friendly! On the other hand, our guide Pipoo was always very careing, when we had some problems with the altitude, so that we were never worried. As I said before, all the time he was able to make a good mix between interessting historical facts about the sights and the developement of China, but also framed it with a lot of fun. It never got boring or exausting. Pipoo was also very helpful, when we had some problems with the service of one hotel, to manage this problem. So even in those few problemsituations, we never felt uncomortable or lost!

I want to thank You Mr. Li and Your Team for organising this unforgetable trip for us. From my side, i wish defenitly to come back some more times in this beautiful country and hope to have the same guidance and service I was able to enjoy this time!

Kind regards

Hi Lyn

So nice to meet you. The trip went so smoothly, it was such a pleasure to have all those arrangements made ahead of time. Thank you for all your hard work.

Dear Tracy,

Just reached home this morning. Yes, we do have excellent vacation with a good guide and excellent driver. Billy is a good and helpful guide, he took care of us all the time and make sure we enjoy the trip. The driver is very skillful in driving because he is local from Jiuzhaigou .

Thanks for everything and let us have a good memorial time in Huang long and Jiuzhaigou .

By the way do you handle Muslim trip to Jiuzhaigou ?

Thanks and regards

Hi Leo, 

Yes, the cruise on the Victoria Katarina went very well. The boat was well maintained (looked in better condition than the Yangtze Gold 5, & 6), the food was more than adequate,  the tours arrangements went smoothly. 

Thank you for thoughtfully putting me in the English speaking group for meals, as my Mandarin is woefully inadequate. 

Thanks also for your prompt replies to my queries. 

Best Wishes, 

Hi Jack,

I’m sorry for answering just now! 

Yes the trip was great. Lhasa is a so magical place with so many devoted people. It is stunning! 

Everest base camp was really spartan but it worths to see this giant mountain from so close.  

The bus trip was also ok, except my previous idea to go to Kathmandu I think it is the best because you avoid doing the same road back and forth. 

Anyway everything was very good and the group too. 

Thank you for organizing everything.

All the best.

Hi Lily

Thanks very much for organising the refund of admission fees for us.

We had a great time with Jim and really enjoyed our two days with him. The driver was very good too. We are pleased that we made the trip to Wulong.

Thanks again

Hi Tracy, 

As everything in life my trip to China came to end. It was great, so many things I saw. I feel I have been in China for a year. I had very good time. 

You were great and made everything to go smooth. Well organised. 

Thanks for everything. I will try to write very good review soon and of course recommend you to other. And I hope I will have chance to cone back again and see many other things. 

Thanks for everything again and all the best in work and future.

Hi Rita,

Yes, it’s was cold but after seeing Jiuzhaigou the lifetime experience is definitely worth it!  Maybe we are just lucky in that day of visit rather than the snowing day just the day before at Huanglong.

Jason is a great guide.

Lifetime Experience in Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong

Hi Tracy

I am good. Back in Singapore, safe and sound. Hope everything is well with you too. Please see my feedback below.

"I would like to thank Tracy for arranging this private tour for us. We have very limited time and would like to see as much as Zhangjiajie as we can. We are delighted that you helped us to make it happen. We are able to see key areas of the magnificent park and get enough rest at the cosy hotels, with the help of our personal guide, Kevin and driver. Thank you all for the good job!"

Regards

Hi Jack,

Sorry I meant to message you but I’ve been suffering a bit from jet lag! My whole family had a wonderful holiday. Every tour guide was lovely and we thoroughly enjoyed every experience. Thank you so much for everything you did to make it such an amazing holiday! I will be leaving an excellent Trip Advisor review shortly. Also thank you for the note and gift we received in Chengdu it was very kind of you and we all loved them. Thank you again for everything.

Kind regards, 

Good morning Riley,

We are still enjoying China, fly Shanghai to Australia today.

The C. Glory was exceptional in all areas, food, cabin/balcony, all good and weather great, so lucky...!!!

English information and cruise staff first class. Alan entertainment officer so friendly along with river guide.

Regards

Wonder 你好！我们已經在機場等候登機了! 此次旅遊一切順利!导游很热情尽則，天氣也好！謝謝你的安排！

Hi, Jack, that what I want to put on Trip Advisor, please read and let me know if it is something you expected.  Also if you can advise me what was that place in Xi’an I am writing about I will put it there.

10 days semi-private tour

10 days tour with the group of 6 friends was totally amazing, it was perfect combination of physical activity, information to process and just moments to enjoy.  Out of all included and optional activities I want to highlight just two special moments in Xi’an and show on the Li River in Yangshuo.

Whith basically all-time rain our visit to Xi’an was bright, interesting and full of surprises thanks to our wonderful guide Timo.  It started late in the evening when we arrived in the city and was taken to…I don’t remember name of that place, but it was a long street filled with lights, decoration, different activities, lots of people, some in traditional cloths and etc.  And the next day, after seeing the Terracotta warriors, City wall and other place of interests there was another surprise for us. One person in our group had a birthday and what he got as a gift from our tour company was creative, unique and above our best dreams (don’t want to go into details in case somebody else wants to celebrate birthday in Xi’an).  The only thing I regret about is we did not tip our wonderful guide enough. Tip recommendation was at the very end of our confirmation letter and none of us bothered to read it to the end until the mid of the tour.  We used our best judgment, and as it turned out it was not that good, he deserved much better. 

And show in Yanhshuo – I have no words to describe it, have never seen anything like that before, definitely worth seeing it even under the rain (theater does not have a roof).

So many great picture, so much great moments to remember!

Hi Ashley! 

We have now completed our China tour with you and are sailing away on the ship. So I wanted to take a quick moment to thank you for an AMAZING trip!!!  You were such a pleasure to deal with and super responsive to all my questions and requests.  And then your tour partners stepped up to deliver on all the promises you made. We were taken care of every step of the way!!! We couldn’t have imagined getting better service!

There were so many little extra touches that your team gave us that took your service from beyond great to outstanding but here are a few examples:

- When we were dropped at our hotel in Beijing Fong Fong came up to our room with us to make sure that everything was in order and we didn’t need anything.

- Fong Fong and Mr Lee went out of their way and found us a Subway restaurant so we could grab a submarine sandwich to eat on the train.

- Fong Fong stayed with us at the train station until we got on our train and had our luggage stowed. She even took me to a different part of the train station in search of a western toilet for me.

- I wasn’t feeling great in Xi’an and Vivian made sure I drank lots of water, found comfortable places for me to sit and rest when needed and automatically found elevators and shorter routes to help me see everything with as little effort as possible.

- Vivian also stayed with us until we were on the train, which was a very different experience than some other fellow travelers who used a different tour company and were just dropped at the front doors of the train station

- Gila and Zhang adjusted their plans to take us to the Opera in the evening.  This was a BIG ask given that we only decided to do this the day of (because I hadn’t been feeling well and wasn’t sure if I’d be up to it) and then they had to then be back in the morning at 5:30 to take us to the airport.

- When we were dropped back at the hotel after the Opera Gila came in with us and made arrangements with the hotel to have a “to go” breakfast ready for us in the morning.

- Gila stayed with us at the airport and helped us navigate through the check in process and the payment for our extra piece of luggage.  This was invaluable for us as I’m not sure, with the language barrier, if we would have been able to sort all this out.

I will definitely complete your evaluation and send it to you when I get home. I will also go online and post my extremely positive review of your company. However, I did want to let you know how pleased we are and how grateful we are to you and the team for an amazing adventure! 

P.S. Thank you SO MUCH for the beautiful gifts. We LOVE them!!

Hi Lyn,

Please ignore this mail. We’d a great time with Caroline today, yesterday we just had some misunderstanding. 

She was very nice with us, considering that we wanted to change the program in Shanghai.

She made her best to satisfy our needs, and we’d a wonderful time togheter.

I want to thank you because our trip was wonderful in China!

Everything worked perfectly, and we sastified all our desires.

Unfortunately we didn’t receive your present in Chengdu.

We’ll prepare a wonderful review for China Discovery and your job.

Thank you so much for everything!

Best

Dear Echo,

We have now returned from our China visit and I want to thank you for your assistance in providing excellent guides, drivers and hotels for our trip away.

We were most impressed by the professional manner in which they conducted themselves. Never did we feel uncomfortable and that is a great recommendation for any guide!

We would gladly recommend your company to others looking for a more personal way to travel without the bother of a large group booking.

Thank you once again. It has been a pleasure to use China Discovery.

Kind Regards,

Dear Echo,

We have now returned from our China visit and I want to thank you for your assistance in providing excellent guides, drivers and hotels for our trip away.

We were most impressed by the professional manner in which they conducted themselves. Never did we feel uncomfortable and that is a great recommendation for any guide!

We would gladly recommend your company to others looking for a more personal way to travel without the bother of a large group booking.

Thank you once again. It has been a pleasure to use China Discovery.

Kind Regards,

Hello Vivien

Thank you for all. The organisation of the tour was perfect. Every guide stood at the right time at the right place and was very friendly.

Our first guide Kai is the best guide we ever had. We will ever remember the time with him in Beijing.

We recommend China discovery to all our friends.

Kind regards

Wing,

We had a great time in China. Thanks for such a culture packed itinerary 

Below is the evaluation sheet from the confirmation letter

There is one thing in shanghai I need to bring up. I paid 720 rmb each for our Disneyland tickets. It turns out the shanghai tour guide bought 1 regular (standard) and 1 senior (selected) ticket for us. The senior ticket is 200 rmb cheaper than the regular ticket. Should I get a refund? I found that out at the entrance when the ticket checker keep checking my birthday on the passport and not my daughter’s. I asked her why and she said I have a senior ticket.   Please let me know

1. Is your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions? Excellent. Ms Zeng responded to all my requests in a timely manner during the planning phase and during our trip

2. How do you comment your tour arrangements? It was more than expected. The trip to Chengdu introduce us to Chinese culture that we were not aware of. We are still talking about the face changing performance we attended. 

3. Are you willing to recommend our service to your people who also have an interest to visit China? Absolutely. I have been telling my co-workers about the private tour we had.

4.  Your general opinion on us? Very responsive and very familiar with the Chengdu area.

5. Do you have any suggestions on improving our services? better tour guides in Shanghai. however Ms Zeng was able to re-mediate the situation

6. Can we use your comments of our service, the photos or other images that you took on the tour for our websites, brochures, marketing and publicity? If yes, could you please send us some of your photos by E-mail? I am sending a few pictures of the pandas. A baby, an older one eating lunch and the forgotten red panda. These are pandas that we actually saw

7. We sometimes have requests from potential customers who would like to inquire from or our ex-customers. May they contact you for advice?  yes

Thank you China Discovery for an excellent tour

If we decide to visit other areas in China we will definitely engage your service again.

Giant Panda and Red Panda

Hello Vivien,

First ...many thanks to my amazing travel consultant Vivien Li. Actually this was my third times joint her arrangements’ tour , she always available to help us during times of trouble and attentive to our demands. I applaud her for her quickness in finding routes and alternative destination. She also are quick to respond & responsibly, if there is a problem or anything that inconvience us as a grouble.

I would like to also say that despite our large group size of 20 people and the majority of them are eldery tourist Vivian aptly provided them with access to convinient wheelchairs as well as arranging the easiest possible routes for the eldery. I commend Vivian for her great job because our group is difficult to manage and she made our trip enjoyable and convinient.

We also like to thank you Moon (Kunming) and Nyama (Shangrila) our tour guides for helping the tour going smoothly and make it less stressful for our tour members. Thank you for the clear and concise explanation of the landmark and famous place of the tours. We also like to thank you to Mr. Deng our driver who take us safely to our destination despite the difficult terrain also his friendly & helpful attitude. 

Finally I would say that this tour is great and beautiful. It worth your every penny to go to Yangtze River cruise, Zhang Jia Jie and also Kunming , Dali , Lijiang & Shangrila.

Dear Tracy

Thank you very much the cruise was excellent, the staff really friendly and the food was great. We had a great time and will recommend you to our friends,

Regards,

Hi Wing,

Thank you for your email.  I am just settling back in after the end of my vacation. We had a great time on the cruise!  

1) The tour arrangements were excellent. We appreciated the English-speaking guides and the planned excursions were very interesting.  

2) No changes for service improvement, everything was great.

3) Yes, I would use the service again.

One favor I would like to request is that I have not yet received the fapiao from the boat. We paid for beverage packages, food upgrades, and other items on the ship so I was hoping to get a (personal) fapiao for that.  Are you able to request that?

Thank you again for your help.

Hi Wonder,

We’ve just arrived at our Beijing hotel and there was a packet waiting for us containing our train tickets.

We are very pleased with the service we have received from you and will certainly use China Discovery for any future trips to China. Your company was recommended to us by a work colleague last year and Vivienne I think organised a really good day for us in Xian. So of course when we needed some Chinese rail tickets this year your company was the first one we tried.

Many thanks for all your help.

Hi Wonder

Sorry in the delay in responding to your email, but I have still been away travelling.

Elaine and I were very impressed with your company and your service. We are happy to reply to your survey as follows

1.  Is your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions?

Absolutely

2.  How’s the service of the tour guides during your whole tour?

 Excellent

3. Would you like to recommend our company?

 Definitely 

Cheers

Dear Wing Zeng,

We have just returned to Ireland after an INCREDIBLE trip to Beijing, Xian and Shanghai. The tour guides and drivers were SUPERB and gave us a fantastic experience for the duration of our time in China. We will always treasure the great memories from this UNFORGETTABLE trip. China is such a beautiful and vibrant country. It was our pleasure to experience such a fantastic time in your wonderful country.

Thank you so very very much for all your great help and organisation in arranging an unforgettable trip for us.

It is GREATLY appreciated.

Regards,

Hello Lyn,

Thank you for your email. Our tour yesterday was very good. The guide, Ms. Melody, was great as was the driver.  Traffic was difficult, but that’s impossible to avoid. So it was a good day. My work colleagues also enjoyed the day very much.

Yes, I will keep your info future reference for myself and others. 

I am unable to send you photos now as they seem to be removed when I try to email.  I may try to share a couple of photos once I return to the US and my regular Internet connection.

Thank you for organizing this trip for us.

Hello Mark

Thank you for your email. I apologise for the delay in replying but I have had some computer issues that took some time to resolve.

The cruise was excellent with the onboard services (food, accommodation and services) to a very high standard. We had some excellent weather that made the scenery that much more spectacular. I would certainly recommend the Century Paragon to any of your clients.

I have attached some pictures of some of the scenery along the trip.

With my best regards

Beautiful Gorge

Hi Tracy,

We are well, thank you - we had a marvelous time in China.............Brenda thought it was an amazing holiday! And it was everything she hoped for. She sends her thanks for the gifts.

Everything went very smoothly and we felt 'looked after'. Andie, Johnny and Shannon were very informative and personable - we'll 'sing your praises' on Trip Advisor.

Thank You again.

Hi Riley,

Thanks for your email and sorry for my late answer.

My response is short and easy: Everything was perfect. Thank you again!

Kind regards

Echo,

I finally have the time to say how thankful Valerie and I are to you for putting together a wonderful excursion.

Everything went very smoothly and we would certainly recommend you and China Discovery to our friends.

Ruby and Waldner were very knowledgeable about Chengdu and Xi’an and the places we visited. Both spoke very good English which made Valerie and I very comfortable. They were particularly very helpful at the airports and train stations.

The drivers also were very helpful and skilled.

You did a great job in selecting the Hotels and setting up the logistics of meeting with the guides.

I would like to let your supervisor know what a wonderful job you and the guides did.  If you send me a name an email address I will let them know 

Sincerely

Hi Echo,

We had a fabulous trip to China with your company. I would like to write a nice review. Can you send me a link or tell me where you want me to post it online and also send me the full name of your company so I get the details correct please.

There was one restaurant that we were not happy with and Lucas can provide you with the details, apart from that everything was amazing.

Thank you

Hi Echo,

Thank you for your email. The trip was great! I shall write a brief review for you in the next few days. The good (almost everything) and suggestions for improvement (only a couple). 

My one sister-in-law had a phone which was easy to view in the daylight. She will be emailing me some of her photos over the next few days. Then I shall complete the form and send it to you.

Hi Wonder,

Both my Mum and I really enjoyed the cruise and want to thank you very much for organising it.

The whole crew were amazing, in particular Rebecca our river guide, she made sure we were very well looked after.

Just to let you know, the ship elevator now costs 295 yuan, I think on your itinerary it says 218. It was definitely worth doing!

Thank you again, we will definitely recommend the cruise to other people.

Best wishes,

Hi Wonder!! How are you!!

Sorry for the late response, it has been a bit more time demanding coming back home than I expected!!

We will gladly write a review in trip advisor. Actually Rubi and I worked on a review for you that you can find below, it is written both in English and Spanish if that helps you with the Spanish speaking countries. Also for your information we are sending you our comments of hotels and guides, but that is for you only.

Wonder Wang was fantastic since day 1, he always replied very quickly to our multiple emails and questions. He worked in record time to provide us with a perfect itinerary that adjusted not only to our wishes, but as well to our budget.

As many customers have pointed out, thinking of paying for your trip to a chinese company many miles away could be nervewracking. Nevertheless, you have nothing to worry about, we did the payments through paypal and Wonder and China Discovery fulfilled all our expectations, always going the extra mile.

As an example, once our itinerary and plane tickets were booked, the Chinese government informed that the Forbbiden City was going to be closed in order for the 70th Anniversary preparations. That was very sad, but Wonder informed us right away appending the official communication and with lots of new proposals for us to choose from. Kudos Wonder!!!

Both the guides and drivers were fantastic, they took us to really nice places for lunch with plenty of food and gave great recommendations for our dinners. The vehicles were impeccable, and they always greeted us with water bottles. Thank you Jack in Beijing, Lucas in Xian, Lee in Guilin and Nini in Shanghai.

We have nothing but gratitude to Wonder and China Discovery they managed to make our trip a hassle free no worries holiday, in a challenging country. Definately we will be booking our future China trips with them.

Wonder Wang fue fantástico desde el día 1, siempre contestó rápidamente todos nuestros correos y nuestras dudas. Trabajó en tiempo record con nosotras para poder lograr un itinerario que fuera perfecto, que no sólo se ajustara a nuestros gustos y deseos si no también a nuestro presupuesto. 

Como todos lo han dicho, el pensar en pagar vía paypal a una empresa china a tantos kilómetros da nervios. Sin embargo, no tienen nada de que preocuparse, Wonder y China Discovery cumplieron todas nuestras expectativas!!! y siempre fueron más allá atentos a nosotras y a lo que pudiera pasar. 

A modo de ejemplo, cuando ya habíamos organizado todo nuestro viaje, el gobierno de China informó que la Ciudad Prohibida estaría cerrada por preparativos para el 70 Aniversario. Wonder inmediatamente nos comunicó esta triste noticia, adjuntando el comunicado oficial y con miles de propuestas de visitas. Muy bien resuelto!

Los choferes y guías fueron espectaculares, los lugares a donde nos llevaron a comer deliciosos y sus recomendaciones de lugares de cenas muy buenos. Los vehículos siempre estuvieron bien cuidados y limpios. Todos los días nos recibieron con botellas de agua. Excelente atención!! Gracias Jack en Beijing, Lucas en Xian, Lee en Guilin and Nini in Shanghai.

No nos queda más que agradecer a Wonder y a China Discovery por permitirnos disfrutar inmensamente de nuestras vacaciones, resolviendo todo lo necesario. Definitivamente para nuestros siguientes viajes a China buscaremos a Wonder Wang de China Discovery sin dudarlo.

Now Wonder about your questionnaire, yes you can give our contact details to customers. And finally here are our personal comments on hotels and guides for you:

Beijing:

Jack was a fantastic guide, he knew a lot, he always had great information to talked about. He took us to great places to eat and gave the most wonderful recomendations for dinner. We had a great time with him! 

Sunworld hotel: excellent location, rooms are ok, it is true it is a bit old hotel, but staff was great, the room was clean and of good size for 2 people for a couple of days is good. For this hotel our only concern was the restaurant, it is not big enough for the amount of guests, so unless you wake up really early, it will we difficult to find a place to seat at rush hour. Food choice was good and ok for a couple of days.

Xian:

Lucas was really funny, he had cool fun facts and made the visits were interesting. He also took us to really delicious restaurants and was very attentive to us and our needs. He knew the museum was going to be crowded so beforehand he showed us lots of great pictures and information of the most representative pieces on his ipad so we could appreciate them calmly. We loved that!

Xian Park Hotel, was one of our favorite hotels, room was large and clean, staff was really attentive and the breakfast was great with lots of options to choose from.

Shanghai:

Nini was really sweet and kind, she explain lots of interesting things about the chinese culture and about her and her family. She was our first guide so we didnt know what to expect. We found it odd that on the museum she took us to the top floor, explained to us one jade piece and then left us on our own to explore the museum. We didnt know if this was what we could expect from the guide, but Lucas did it different because he stayd with us through the whole visit to the museum and explain the most important pieces which was nicer than us going alone. The restaurant she took us was nice, clean and with lots of food although it wasnt the best of our trips the other restaurants were tastier.

Sunrise on the bund: our first leg of the trip we thought the hotel was great, the room size and bathroom were great, the breakfast was amazing and the staff very attentive. We thought it was a bit far away, although metro station was close. What shock us the firs time was that one of the beds had holes and hairs between the mattress and the sheet. But our last day the room was better situated and had no problem with the linen. 

Guilin:

Lee was such a nice guy, he was very attentive, he taught lots of cool things and took great pictures of us!! he took us to really nice restaurants and was very helpful with everything we needed.

Guilin park hotel: from our perspective it is not possible to compare the Guilin Park and the Sunworld as the same category 4 stars. We think the Guilin park must be a 3 stars or less. Or maybe it was just bad luck for us the room we were in. The staff was attentive and the location was good. For us the problem was the room, the carpet was dirty, the wallpaper was coming off on several places, the bathroom had damp and mold on ceiling and on the shower, the tv only had 1 channel in english. All the corridors and the room next to us smell awful of cigarette. And the breakfast had very little options and was not nice in taste, we actually bought some food and decided to have that as breakfast for the second day instead of what was offered in the hotel. 

We decided not to bother you with this during our trip, because at the end we knew that we had a tight budget and the first thing we decided to do was to pay less for hotels, and because we could survive it for 2 days. But if we were going back to Guilin we now know that we will be willing to pay more for a better hotel.

If we were to go back to all the same places we will certainly stay at the same hotels except for the one in Guilin, as we say for us it is very far from a 4 stars.

Finally Yangshuo Mountain retreat: was everyhing we wanted and more, rooms were great, food was excelent as well as service!!!

Well Wonder I hope all of this information is good and useful for you.

Once again thank you for everything and we will keep in touch!!

Did you like the mezcal??

Regards

Hello Yanny,

Thanks for the tour planning and sorry for my delayed response.

The tour arrangement was very professional,

I will recommend the tour service to my friend if they come to China.

Our general opinion is that the travel tour is very organized and has much experience on organizing tour.

Attached are some of the picture we took during our travel

Best regard,

Taking a Selfie with the Terracotta Warriors

Hi Wendy,

I now had some time to put some pictures and a map of our journey together onto a travel blog page. You can see them (optimal on computer display, not so good yet on mobile) at:

http://www.gerhardbechtold.com/Home2/travel.html?trip=China2019

And in general about my journeys at:

http://www.gerhardbechtold.com/Home2/traveloverview.html

Thanks again for the wonderful trip organized by you.

Kind regards

Traveling Beijing, Longji, Yangshuo, Guilin, Shanghai and Having a Cruise

Dear Wendy,

Thank you very much for your help in arranging the tour for me. Your replies were always quick and informative. I am happy to say that the tour was very good. I dont actually have any suggestions about how it might be made better,  I just regret that I was not able to spend more time exploring Tibet, however in the short time I was there I think I was able to get a good taste. My guide was very helpful and informative and Namtso Lake was very beautiful to gaze out at.

Thank you again, and i am sorry for the delay in this reply.

Kind Regards,

Hi Lily,

Is it normal to be charged 500 yuan deposit at the Sunshine Hotel? I hope I will get it back later?

So far the trip has been great! I loved Guilin! What beautiful scenery!! Amazing.

Question: do you offer walking tours of the Great Wall?

Thanks!

Hi Lyn,

Yes it was fantastic- Vivian was cool and funny we enjoyed her company. Both guides were exceptional and very flexible.

Hi Mark,

Please see our feedback below:

1- Yes, he was fast to answer my emails. Mark answered all my questions until it was clear for me.

I felt very comfortable with all his answers He would let me know in advance if there was a festive day or he was going to be out of town.  Excellent service!

2: all our tour guides were amazing! Made every moment extra special!!  I liked all a lot specially our guide from Chengdu and Beijing

All were terrific and they know where to take us, the explanation of everything

I felt very comfortable with all of them. Kevin was great watching that I wouldn’t fall or get to tired

Increíble guides and choferes too!!

3.  I am going to recommend your company with friends and family

Excellent service!!! We felt save every moment in China

4. Of course I will send pictures

I will write in Trip advisor and recommend specially you mark

You were so kind with us all the time

Thank you so mucho for all your work and keeping us safe and happy

Increíble increíble trip!!!

Enjoy Our Time in Beijing and Xian

Dear Jack 

I would like to thank you for arranging a wonderful once in a life time China trip for us. We thoroughly enjoyed our tour. You have a good team of guides and drivers throughout our tour. Hotel were very good and comfortable. We will certainly reccomend your company to our friends who would like to do a similar tour like ours. My wife Manjula and Myself Ramniklal varu , Amita and Chandrakant Chandarana would like to thank you and your team for a lovely trip. It was lovely to meet you in a hotel and thanks for the lovely gifts. 

Thank you.

Dear Rita,

The train was fine thank you again for arranging .

Warmest regards,

CHINA DISCOVERY (CHENGDU CHINA): chinadiscovery.com Highly recommended.

The itinerary ; 16 days private tour in Shanghai Hangzhou Guilin Zhangjiajie Xian Beijing and group tour Yangtze Cruise (13^th Sept to 28^th September 2019)

If there is one word that best describes the flow of our 16 day long tour to China , the word is SEAMLESS. Our tour operator China discovery (based out of Chengdu China) were simply awesome. Right from the time we landed to the our last day they ensured we were cared for and made all efforts to make the trip memorable. It all started with an email to Leo Li (Representative at China Discovery). I’m sure he practices meditation coz he never lost his cool answering the several questions we had and innumerable changes we made before landing. He replied to my queries even whilst on his personal leave….that’s dedication. He guided me on the dates. We would have landed during golden week and that would have been a challenge with the local holiday crowds. Leo was also empathetic when we lost our perfumes, hairspray and swiss knife to security at the railway station in Xian (bear in mind you cannot have these if you are taking the bullet trains). He arranged to pick the confiscated items from the railway authorities and ship it back to us in Dubai. The level of service is par excellence. Having travelled extensively I can vouch for China discovery for the extra-efforts they put in to make it a great experience.

All tour guides spoke good English (Trust me you need one). I would like to mention KAI (Our guide in Beijing). He is an excellent story teller. Got us hooked to the history of China (Wish I had someone like him teach us in School). Then there were the other guides who gave us enough time as required, never overdoing the information bit. Answering the never ending questions we threw at them.

Our only setback during the trip was missing The forbidden city tour. The site was closed earlier than expected; as preparations were on for the 70^th National Day. However we were re-imbursed by the tour operator.

China has something for everyone. We chose the more scene route. Avatar mountains of Zhangjiajie are surreal, the rice terraces of Guilin, the Li river cruise , the lake city of Hangzhou and the Yangtze cruise were all a delight to experience. We insisted on a no-shopping tour.

Food can be a bit of a challenge to a few . Chinese food although popular may be quite different than how its made in a foreign land. If you are a vegetarian , pls specify this to your tour operator to help them guide you.

Hotel rooms were comfortable and locations were perfect. We could wander around the happening streets in every city and enjoy a dinner and a drink whilst taking in the local experiences.

People of China love to take pics with foreigners and its fun to share a smile , a laughter or even a hug with well-meaning individuals. Chinese parents encourage their kids to speak in English. So do indulge in a bit of a chat with the little one’s .

Tips :

When visiting China , ensure you give it at least 2 weeks. It’s a huge country, with every city/town/village offering different experiences.

Keep an eye out for what you cannot carry on train journeys or risk prohibited items getting forfeited.

VPN : Buy it to stay connected.

Have an offline app to translate your language into Mandarin (This is a BIG help)

Do not take offence if the Chinese don’t smile back at you. They are not being rude. It’s just my understanding that they do not know what to make of your smile. They do not understand your intent or it could be that they simply don’t smile often. They are lovely people if you get to know them .

Do not pack in too much for the day. Every location has lots to see, so a lot of walking. Shortlist your choices and finish the day at around 5 or 6 p.m . This way you are ready for the next day.

China will surprise you in ways you weren’t expecting.  This middle kingdom is indeed a sleeping giant as Napoleon Bonaparte rightly put. The country has had a remarkable growth economically. They have adapted to change .The transportation systems are super-efficient , the development in tourism is surprising and all these changes while keeping its traditions and culture alive.

China fascinates.

Hi Wonder 

Thanks for all your help 

See comments below 

1.     Is your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions?

 Yes very polite and helpful at all times 

2.     How’s the service of the tour guides during your whole tour?

 They were very good and helpful 

3.     Would you like to recommend our company?

 Yes

Thanks

Dear Wing Zeng, 

Enclosed are some pictures from our great China journey. You are free to publish any of them on your web site.

Did you receive them?

A Tripadvisor recommendation will follow soon.

Best regards,

Beijing & Xian

Hi Wonder, 

The tour was very good. We managed to cover a lot of places in a short period of time, thank you for arranging it. 

Here are the answers to your questions: 

1. Yes, very prompt with detailed replies. 

2. Tour guides were all good. 

Christy in Guilin was good, however, she could have done a better job in accommodating our food preferences as she preordered all meals for us without giving us the options from the menu or choice of vegetable/meat. She took us to many interesting places and did a good job of that. 

Eben in Chengdu was very good. His command over English was really good, and shared a lot of knowledge about Chengdu and China with us. He managed to get us into the Panda reserve without waiting in line at all. Food options from him were very good, and he helped us order even for dinner. 

Phoenix in Xi'an was also very good and showed us a lot in a short period of time. 

3. Yes

Thank you for all your help over the past few weeks!

Best,

Dear Ms. Riley,

Aixiao and I enjoyed the cruise very much. The ship was almost new and the accommodations for our deluxe cabin were quite nice. Considering the high price for upgrade to larger cabin I'm glad we stayed with what you booked. Crew of the ship were great but I'm very glad that Aixiao speaks Chinese to help us. We had a wonderful time and all of the reservations you made worked out perfectly. Train ride from Beijing to Yichang was great. No problems with 2nd class tickets because we each had our own comfortable seats. Thanks so much for handling our reservations and bookings. You are a good professional travel agent.

Sincerely,

Hi Lily,

We arrived in Chengdu last night. Thank you for the wodnerful honeymoon present, we love it a lot!

Can’t wait to see the pandas today.

Hi Wonder,

Sorry for the late reply. I got sick coming back from the China tour. Below are my answers:

1. I am actually really impressed with Wonder's response time to my emails. He always reply within the same day and with answers. In fact, this is one of the thing I told my friends when I made the recommendation about your company. Wonder is just wonderful.

2. The tour guide is great during my trip at Hangzhou.

3. I have already recommended a few of my friends to contact Wonder for their future trips. 

Regards,

Dear Lily,

We are having a wonderful trip. Thank you for your organisation. 

Kind regards,

Beautiful Autumn Scene in Longsheng

Hello Rosalyn.

My 2 days hike has just finished and it was really great. So thank you for helping me to organize this hike. And I want to specify that I really enjoyed the company of my guide Mr David（张国亮). He has been really great and careful with me and the hike will not have been the same without him. And the driver (张伟泉) was also nice. Thanks a lot to both of them, and to you. Also to inform you that my phone number and wechat will not work after tomorrow.

Thank you.

Dear Jack

We had a very nice time in China. 

We filled in all the different feedbackforms allready. 

To make a Trip to Longji, it could help to know in advance, that in makes sence to bring a small bag.

The most important information for you is to know, that everything was perfectly organized. 

Thank you very much.

Hi again,

This is my review.  

NadineTravelCoord

Exceptional experience for architecture students in Tibet!

Review of China Discovery

Pending review

As the travel coordinator for a graduate school at a major US university, I work with travel industry professional daily. I can honestly say that the service provided by Riley Guo and Tibet Discovery was the best I have ever encountered. From the moment we decided to reserve a tour for a group of our graduate students and faculty until the day the group returned, Riley Guo was exceptional. We had less than thirty days to organize passports to China, travel permits to Tibet and the trip itself. Many experienced travel professionals told me that it would be impossible to organize a group to travel to Tibet in that short time period. Well, they haven't met Riley or worked with China Discovery. Because we did it! And our group had an unbelievable time.

Riley was involved every step of the way. She advised us on visa requirements, the flights, tour details, how to prepare the students for what they would encounter in Tibet. Every e-mail I sent to her (and I probably e-mailed her daily for the entire month of planning) was promptly answered and every question answered. She was the model of efficiency and a treasure-trove of knowledge. We never could have organized this trip without her. She even provided the faculty traveling with the students with her personal cell phone number because she was going to be away on holiday during the time the group was in China/Tibet and urged them to contact her during her own vacation if they needed assistance during the trip. Honestly, where else can you find that level of service??

The students and faculty had a remarkable visit. They saw sights that will stay with them forever. The hotels were perfect. The food was great. The tour guides instructive and knowledgeable. The travel plan went without a hitch. Everything promised was provided and then some. Our group was traveling for educational purposes (they are architecture students) and not simply on a tour and the tour guide made every effort to create a program that would meet the educational goals of the trip and highlight areas that would be of interest to our students.

I can't praise China Discovery or Riley enough. I will definitely use them again for future trips. I wish all tour companies operated like this company. Everything was perfect! Thank you China Discovery!

Date of experience: October 2019

Hi Wonder: 

We enjoyed our tour of Yunnan.  For the most part, things went fine and our tour guides/drivers were quite good. 

My responses to questions are below:

1.     Is your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions?

Yes.  Very prompt an informative responses to email inquiries. 

2.     How’s the service of the tour guides during your whole tour?

The guides were good, some better than others. 

3.     Would you like to recommend our company? Because of the high elevation, the tour guide in Shangrila should have recommended purchasing supplemental oxygen before the hike; we only discovered it was possible to buy oxygen when we were on the hike and saw many others had oxygen canisters.  Also recommend booking non-Chinese tourists like ourselves in hotels suitable to foreigners; some of the hotels were not well suited for foreigners because the staff did not speak English and there were no international TV stations.  Lastly, we recommend the tour guides ask us for lunch preferences and let us choose meals among a menu of options; several times the tour guides ordered our food and we did not like what was ordered.

Thanks for your help with organizing our enjoyable and memorable tour of Yunnan province.

Kind regards,

Hi Wendy,

Q: How was your tour overall? Are you satisfied with the tour we arranged for you?
Excellent

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Hi Wendy,

I hope you had a good National Week.

When we said goodbye to our guide Gila we thought we had lost our feedback form. However when we unpacked in Shanghai we found it. So I have attached photos of our feedback. I will try and also post it.

We had a brilliant time in Chengdu. Gila was a wonderful tour guide so please thank her for her hard work. After Chengdu we went to Xi’an and Shanghai and are now in Beijing. We are really enjoying time in China - it’s an amazing country.

Many thanks,

Hi Jack,

We loved the cruise. The staff was awesome. We felt very special. There was great service and wonderful food.  Steven was particularly helpful. We saw the doctor and he was knowledgeable and made us feel at ease when Dave was ill. The scenery was breathtaking. 

I will pass your name on to others.

Sincerely

Hi Jack,

My wife and I had a fantastic time on the Yangtze Explorer. We enjoyed the tour very much. We particularly liked our cabin, the fantastic service, and we really enjoyed the cruise across the 3 gorges.

We will definitely be recommending this to our friends.

Best,

Dear Jack,

Globally, the participants were very satisfied of the trip

Everything was on time and organization without any problem

The guides were very good more specially  in Lhasa and Beijing they know very well ‌the story and are very good in description of the visited sites and very thoughtful for all the domestic aspects of the trip

Planes and train were on time ...............no waisted time!

The hotels were very good in Xi'an good in Beijing and Lhasa : good situation and good service the one in Xining was a little bit under expectation : far from the center and service only average

The visits were well orgarnized and very interesrting

Of course, the timing was tight as we stayed only 12 days but I think that it gave a good image of the various acpects of your country
Thank you for all the work that you did for our pleasure

I shall recommand your agency if some other people want  make a tour in China

I shall send some pictures in another mail

Bests regards

Hi Mr Wang,

Of course and thanks. Everything was very well organized and we had a wonderful experience in China with the itinerary you made for us.  Support was great !!!

My answers below!!!

Best regards and thanks for everything!!!

1. Is your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions?

Yes he was; Mr Wang gave us an excellent service before and during our tour answering all our doubts and helping us with all requests made. 

 2. How’s the service of the tour guides during your whole tour?

The three of them were great (guide and chauffeur). They were very kind, had a lot of knowledge and all itineraries were fully satisfied. 

 3. Would you like to recommend our company?

Of course, I’ll do so whenever somebody tells me is planning a travel to China

Hi Wendy,

Yes, we had a wonderful trip, thank you so very much. I added comments after your questions. I will send a few pictures in a separate email. Thank you very much for a great tour.

1.Was your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions?

Wendy was wonderful. She always replied quickly to our emails, answered all of our questions and was willing to make any arrangements we needed.

2.How was your tour? Are you satisfied with the tour we arranged for you?

The tour in the Huangshan mountains was wonderful. Our guide Zora was helpful checking into hotels. We were lucky to have great weather and the mountains didn't disappoint at all. Zora knew the tour very well and took us to many highlights of the mountains. Be prepared to climb MANY steps. The Xihai Hotel in the mountains was also perfectly adequate. We also visited Hongcun and Xidi, two ancient villages. And we had a tour on the Xin'an river. The first stop in the ice cave is not a highlight, but the other three stops were well visiting. The stop in Jiusha Village is particularly beautiful in the fall, when the harvest is displayed.

When not in the mountains we stayed at Huashan Huiyan Hotel. It is not a fancy hotel, but the location is right by the 900 year old Tunxi street. Perfect to spend an afternoon and evening. Zora, our guide, was helpful in pointing out some areas to visit.

3.Do you have any suggestions on improving our services?

It might have been nice to have a guide in the Tunxi street. We had so many questions. Zora was great answering them the next day, but it would have been nice to have her with us on our first visit. Otherwise, I couldn't think of any improvements. I would definitely use China Discovery again to arrange for future travels.

 

Huangshan Mountain and Village

Vivien

I was very impressed by the cruise director and all the staff who were very friendly and helpful throughout the voyage. The accommodation, facilities and meals were all of a very high standard and the cruise was a very enjoyable experience.

Thanks.

Relaxing Cruise Trip

Hi Wendy

Thanks for reaching out.

Yes - everything was good: 

1. Was your travel consultant of our company polite and patient to answer your questions? Yes, thanks
2. How was your tour? Are you satisfied with the tour we arranged for you? Yes, well planned and I enjoyed it.
3. Do you have any suggestions on improving our services ? No - it was really good

Thanks again

Hi Wendy,

Thanks. We all got back home safely in one whole piece!.

We are happy to provide, please see our feedback as follow:

I will do the “Trip Advisor” later.

We are happy to provide you our group photo so that you can published into your website:

Please let me know if you need any further information

On behalf of our group, I thank you once again for your dedicated effort so that we have a great holiday in China

1. How was your tour with us in China?

Overall, our tour was good but hard to choose which part of the tour was the best. Below are our daily tour activities:

Zhangjiajie is our first destination:

On day 1, local guide, Carol was helpful, punctual and spoke English well. Her local knowledge was handy where she took us on the shortcut up to "1-step from Heaven" which saved us a couple of hours walking time. That was our 20km walk day!

On day 2, when we did the “Bailong Elevator”, and “10-li Gallery - 十里畫廊” was probably a bit disappointing cos Carol didn't give us much info on some of the sights or the significance of them (if there was any significance). may be too noisy traveling in the cable car.

On day 3, very handy to have Carol organise for tickets to the evening show for “Mei Li Xiang Xi - 魅力湘西”, which was pretty good show can’t miss.

On day 4, This is a 2 days visit to “Fenghuang old town” was good, Carol was able to show us best vantage point to take photos of an old town at night. Carol is also flexible enough to make arrangement for us to visit the “Hibiscus town - 芙蓉镇” on our way back from FengHuang.   

Last day – day 6 in Zhangjiajie, Carol was good in chasing down our outstanding train tickets from Zhangjiajie to Yichang and saw us off at the train station. So, overall, Carol was very good, in our opinion, but probably could have given us a bit more background info and historical significance of the places we visited.

We enjoy the Yangtze river cruise very much. The friendly crew members, the foods and the entertainments are excellent. The state room is roomy and clean. This is exceeded our expectation

Chongqing is our 2nd destination:

On day 1,  a day tour to “Dazu  Grotto - 大足”,  the local guide Alex, he certainly seemed to have more clued up on his subject         re: the Dazu Grotto and the Beishan Rock Carvings. Alex’s English was pretty good.

On day 2, a day tour to visit the “Wulong Karst Scenic Area -武隆 & Furong Cave - 芙蓉洞”was great. It features the rare geological wonder  - three natural karst stone bridges. Both Wulong and the Furong Caves are highly recommended.

Alex did his best to ensure we saw both places.

Guangzhou is our 3^rd(last) destination:

Our last day tour is to visit – “Windows of the World”  in Shenzhen. The local guide was Maggie. She spoke the best English. No real requirement for a guide as we were only going to Shenzhen. The miniature park which combines history relics nature wonders and culture together was good. Cos of time restraints, the CBD - shopping centre that we went to was probably really just to kill time, certainly not a lot that we were interested in, but that could just have been us.

Have said that, Maggie did a fantastic job for us. She is doing her best to resolve our transportation issues. She organised a van to pick up us for the airport at 04:45am from our hotel. The van is able to carry 6 of us and 6 large luggage. Maggie, also organised a private car tour for me to visit my hometown in Chongbian, xinhu.  The total price is cheap and the service is great.

Moreover, Maggie did recommend us a fantastic restaurant for us to have dinner at (this is the best meal we have since we arrived China), no one will forget that meal we had at the 1 Michelin star restaurant, nor the “Bor-lor bao - 菠蘿包”Many thanks to Maggie!

  2. Are you satisfied with the tour we arranged for you?

Yes. We are happy with the services provided. Our travel consultant Wendy Dan is a response person, she communicates with us frequently and make sure our requirements are met. She also contacts us thru email while we are on our journey to ensure we are problem free.  The quotations provided are clear & reasonable, the payment instructions are clear. Having said that, since we have chosen our destinations, I guess so, it was a lot easier for Wendy to make arrangement, provide local guide and van/driver based on  our choose destinations.

Overall, we are happy with the services arranged.  Because it was a lot easier to get to the faraway places with the organised driver and guide, rather than we have to organise it ourselves at the risk of being ripped off, or given a bum steer like that driver in Guangzhou (after getting off the airport shuttle bus) who said that he could take all of us in the one car, with the suitcases, only to find out that he couldn’t do it!    

 3. Do you have any suggestions on improving our services ?

Well done. Only suggestion may be, ensure the local guide has a bit more background information and historical knowledge on the sights that we are visiting.

Zhangjiajie

Hi Lyn,

It is good to hear from you. We wanted to say a very big thank you for everything. All arrangements you made for us were perfect and all went very well. We loved the Yangtze Cruise. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming. The scenery was beautiful and the food amazing. We will definitely use you again for any further trips to China and I have already recommended you to friends visiting next year. 

Thank you SO much as you made our holiday very special. The guides were fantastic and very informative. We loved China and do hope we can visit again. 

Lyn,

We had an incredible experience in China!  Your planning made everything go so smoothly and our guides were so informative and helpful. Please find attached four pictures taken from some of our favorite places.  Take care 

Family Tour in China

Dear Lyn,

we have now arrived home and I would like to thank you for a truly wonderful trip - we have so many amazing memories to thank you for.
Your help and organisation from beginning to end was excellent - thank you for being so responsive and patient with all my queries - I am amazed the whole trip ran so smoothly, which is a credit to you!

Our personal favourites:

Our favourite hotels were Longsheng Lian Lodge, Yangshuo Tea Cozy, St Regis (Lhasa). Our least favourite hotels were Grand Soluxe hotel (Dunhuan) and Huangshan Xihai hotel.

Our favourite guide was Ms Tu Tu - Zhangjiajie - she was amazing at negotiating long queues and tourist buses. 

We really loved all the amazing locations - Dunhuang was our least favourite - more time in the Mogao Grottoes would have been nice.
Thank you again Lyn for showing us your amazing country.

Hi Wonder

Firstly I wish to thank you for a most wonderful holiday last week in China that you so professionally and efficiently organised for me.  Despite a couple of small hiccups, I found your arrangements for everything very professional and I am also most grateful for your accommodation of several last minute changes and tailoring to my itinerary. 

I have recommended you and China Discovery to others, and have also written up a positive review in TripAdvisor. 

I would be interested in exploring the Silk Road tour, especially the 10-day classic tour.  When I checked on the website below for a preliminary quotation, it did not give it to me.  Wonder, you know I would like to explore the most comfortable, 5-star tailored tour.  Would you be able to facilitate an introduction to an experienced agent that covers the Silk Road who might be able to help me please?

Again, very well done and I appreciate your great help. 

Regards

Hi Wonder,

Thank you very much.  We had a wonderful holiday and appreciate your time and efforts.

Warm regards

Hi Lily,

Back in India and I wanted to thank you for all the arrangements and tour planning you have done.

I have enjoyed every bit of the tour, guides and car drivers were all good and helpful. Must say Shanghai has been the best interms of everything. The hotel, their service, city and the experience everything was the best.

Beijing was also good and pleasant. It would have been more fun if the hotel people were more customer oriented. I had to struggle with room and air conditioning of the room everyday. I would suggest you choose another hotel for other customers.

But overall, I loved the trip and have lovely memories of all the places visited. Will plan next visit again through you.

Thanks again and much appreciate your efforts.

Regards,

Dear Johnson,

We are safely home, settled into our normal life and it is with great pleasure that we respond to your request for feedback.

1.    Is your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions?

I can not recommend Johnson Wang highly enough. He was incredibly prompt and patient with my numerous emails, and super helpful in allaying concerns or accommodating specific requests. 

2.    How do you comment your tour arrangements?

From my initial enquiry, until completion of our tour 12 months later, Johnson ensured that every detail of our tour was thoroughly met. The tour arrangements exceeded our expectations!

3.    Are you willing to recommend our service to your people who also have an interest to visit China?

There are multiple tour companies and travel agents offering very cheap packages for China tours, but we are so pleased we chose to contact China Discovery and negotiate a package that met the travel needs of each of us, and that made our experience in China feel exceedingly VIP compared to the travel stories we have heard from our friends who chose the cheaper deals. We would only recommend your services, as every detail from the communication, guides, drivers, itinerary and special touches are what made our tour so incredible!

4.  Your general opinion on us?

Admittedly we had some reservations about creating, booking and paying for the tour entirely online, as there are too many stories about dodgy agents and fraudulent companies, but China Discovery (& particularly Johnson Wang) were exceptional to deal with, reassuring and very trustworthy. I give them a 100% recommendation!

5.    Do you have any suggestions on improving our services?

The recommendations for optional activities was appreciated, but as the expectation between Western and Chinese culture is so different, I think a suggestion of dress code for each activity would be a good idea. 

For example, in Western or European culture the dress code for an Opera is formal, but in China it is casual, so we felt a bit silly when we dressed up very formally but then had to walk 30minutes to the venue and everyone else was wearing casual clothes.

6.    Can we use your comments of our service, the photos or other images that you took on the tour for our websites, brochures, marketing and publicity? If yes, could you please send us some of your photos by E-mail?

Of course.

Our China Trip in Beijing, Xian, Shanghai

Hi Vivien

We thoroughly enjoyed our cruise. Thank you so much.

Hi Leo,

Apologies for my delayed response. My family and I greatly appreciated the beautiful gifts that you had sent us. We also greatly enjoyed our experience with the Tibet tour. My feedback is overwhelmingly positive! Thank you also for accommodating my family's request for the additional hotel room. It was decided on the trip that it would have been best to have three rooms instead of two. The hotel in Lhasa had wonderful accommodations as did the hotel in Shigatse, though our first night in Shigatse had rooms that seemed a bit outdated. However, it was still very comfortable. I also appreciated the experience at the Rongbuk Guest House because it was such a unique experience. Most of us could not sleep at the Rongbuk Guest House but that was due to the high elevation and not because of the room. 

The tour guide and driver kept us on schedule and our tour guide shared very good information. We all felt it was very thorough and informative beyond what we could have learned on our own. He was also transparent with adjusting the schedule and I thought that was a very good adjustment. It was probably better to do the longer sightseeing drive (11 hours) going back to Lhasa from Shigatse rather than what was originally on the itinerary. By then, we had been more acclimated with the altitude so we were less tired and able to enjoy the sights more. I think that was a very good change. He was also great with helping us navigate through all the monasteries and palaces, even with the large number of other tour groups.

My mother did have some feedback regarding some of the bathrooms along the way from Shigatse to Lhasa as well as the bathroom at the Rongbuk Guest House. However, I did share with her that we were informed in advance about the more rugged conditions. She wanted me to share this with you, but everyone else in my group had no issue with the bathrooms as we understand that there are certain areas in Tibet that are far less developed. 

Thank you again for your hospitality. I have also shared my positive feedback with my Uncle Stephen who will be in China with your company later this month. I do plan to return to China and possibly visit a different area in the future and will reach out to your company when the time comes.

Hello, Wendy,

I write just to express our satisfaction with your work and with all the trip: everything was OK.

There is only one repair: the train trip between Yichang and Shangai was very long and it' ll be better to take a flight.

The program, hotels, guides, transfers were really nice and we are very grateful to you for all planning.

My best regards,

Dear Tracy 

Sorry the delay in answering you. The tours were very good. Everything was as expected. Thank you for planning it.

Regards

Hi Vivien

Our group of four would like to thank you for the fascinating Sichuan and Guizhou trip arrangements. The weather was good during this time of the year. The guides and drivers were all very professional. We especially like Mr Billy 張 of Guizhou. He was very dedicated to his job and so knowledgeable. The driver 王師傅was very nice too. Hotels were satisfactory considering the cost and environment. Will consider to pay more to upgrade accommodations in the future. 

You will hear from us pretty soon regarding future travel plans in China.

Thanks again for your wonderful service and sincerity!

Regards

Hi Leo,

We are home safe and sound and wanted to let you know I submitted the review. Thank you again for the enjoyable marvelous trip. I cannot tell you enough how much we have enjoyed working with you and your company to make our trip such a success. I wish you great success and happiness in the future. We loved everything about our trip. You planned such fun sites for us, delicious food, and lots of surprises.

Thank you is not enough words to express our gratitude.

With Regards and appreciation,

Hello Catherine,

First let me apologize for the length of time getting back to you.  As soon as we returned home on September 17, following our twenty-two day cruise from Shanghai to Sydney, my wife had to go to the doctor with a strained hip muscle.  I stopped all my activities for almost a week to help her as she could barely walk.  Then on the 26th we had to fly Phoenix, Arizona to attend a "Celebration of Life" memorial service for Myrna's brother-in-law who died while we were gone. We didn't return until the 29th.

Finally I am able to respond to your request for information about our China Discovery Tour.  Here are our comments:

1. You, Catherine Liu, our Travel Consultant, were excellent in answering our E-mails and definitely patient enough to answer our questions. We were very pleased with all you did to make our time in China a wonderful experience.

2.  Our tour arrangements were very good although we were under the impression that the same people would be on our tours each day.  Picking up different people at different stops each day took more time from touring than we expected.  

3.  We definitely are willing to recommend your service to people who are interested in visiting China.  We have already been doing so.

4.  Our opinion of your service is very good. The explanation of our China Discover Tour we received before booking was very thorough.  Our hotels were excellent. Our tours were very informative.  The guides were very good.  The people that met us and/or helped us at the airports and train stations were very helpful. Without their help we would have had a great deal of trouble.

Our only problem was when we arrived in Beijing from Los Angeles.  We were not met upon arrival and had to call to find out what to do.  Evidently the person who was to greet us, and take us to the hotel, went to the wrong exit gate.  He did find us after receiving a call from your office.

Our tours were generally very good although we did not get to stop at Tian'anmen Square and our long walk through the Forbidden City was in the rain.  We were able to avoid a 1-2 hour wait in line at the museum in Shanghai because of our age.  The others in the group were quite unhappy to have to wait in line so long. 

We were disappointed in the 2nd class seating on the Bullet Train ride from Beijing to XiAn.  It was extremely crowded.  We had to store our large bags in the next compartment and put our smaller bags between our legs for the entire trip.  Out suggestion would be to book 1st Class or higher tickets rather than 2nd Class train tickets.

Highlights of our China Discovery Tour were our visits to The Great Wall, the Terra Cotta Warriors, XiAn and the Pudong and Bund areas of Shanghai. 

5.  A suggestion would be to include a dinner at a Hot Pot restaurant.  We did this on our own in XiAn with the help of our guide.  It was a great experience. Also, unless you can get immediate entrance into the museum in Shanghai, you should eliminate this stop.

6. You can use our comments.   As to photos, we have not separated them as yet but will email some at a later date.  I have yet to start on my article but will notify you when it is published on-line....probably not for a few months.

7. You can have potential customers contact me at 501-922-1101 or by email at Chuck@TheTravelingGuy.com.

Catherine, again I apologize for the delay in getting this information to you.

Regards,

Hi Vivi

We just want to thank you so very much for organising our trip. We are now back in Shanghai all safe and sound.

Everything went so well. We really didn’t understand the Beijing busyness but honestly the trip was a success and we have you to thank. We hope you have an amazing golden week and we look forward to keeping in touch for future trips. Thanks again.

Hi Tracy, 

Done with the reviews. 

Thanks for making our trip so wonderful.

Travel planning with the elderly was never easy and I was a little unsure if I would survive. Big thanks to Tracy for fixing the itineraries, arrangements, transfers etc, making the trip easier, and big hug to their awesome tour guides accommodating to older people demands and easing my stress. Those priceless memories will stay with us for a long time and I would highly recommend China Discovery to all travellers.

Hi Wendy,

Just letting you know we had an amazing time, the guides were great, the Hotels were beautiful and the restaurants were lovely as well, e had opted to go To Tiananmen mountain , which was certainly the highlight in the mountains, so this tour should be added to your itinerary incuding the largest cable car in the world .

Loved it would highly recommenced using your travel company again, nothing was too hard for any of the drivers or guides.

Regards

Dear Ashley

We arrived home in one piece - thank you!

Yes, we had a wonderful time in China - thank you for the effort that you put into making our tour excellent.  I have sent you a few photographs by a separate email and I give you permission to put these and my evaluation on your website, provided my email address is not included.

1.  Our travel consultant was very quick in replying to everyone of our emails. An email sent one day would be replied to the next.  Given the 7 hour time difference - we were delighted with this aspect of the service. Every question I asked was immediately answered to our satisfaction and we were left in absolutely no doubt that all our requirements would be met. 

2.  All our tour guides were excellent.  They were informative and knowledgeable and easy to get on with.  We would particularly like to mention that Candy (Beijing), Timo (Xi’an) and Smiley (Guilin) were exceptional.  However, all our guides looked after us very well.  After I fell over badly (in Xi’an) Timo and Smiley went out of their way to ensure that I was able to get about easily, offering support where necessary.

3.  I would absolutely recommend your company to anyone.  The service we received from the date of our first enquiry was exceptional.  I cannot recommend China Discovery highly enough.

Thank you Ashley, for arranging everything so thoroughly - David and I really appreciated your efforts.  As stated in my email attaching the photographs - I give you permission to include my evaluation - but would appreciate it if you ensure that my email address is not published.  Should anyone wish to contact us to ask any further questions, please could you ask them to direct any enquiry through you and you could then forward their query to me.  

Best wishes

Hello Mr Li

we really enjoyed our tour in China. Hotels in Beijing New World Bejiing Hotel, Sofitel in Xi'an, Sofitel in Chengdu and Grand Meridien in Shanghai were super (meet our expectations).

As for the train it has change a lot in 20 years and you were right it was alright and efficient

Our guides were Sally in Bejiing, Iris in Pingyao,Crystal in Xi'an, Kevin in Chengdu and Caroline in Shanghai. The four first one asked us to complete a form for evaluation of their services we gave them back the form with our comments, we really like them and what we saw

We liked the visit of the hutongs in Beijing, the forbidden city, the summer palace, the temple of Heaven, the great wall and the Ming tombs. Crystal in Xi'an took us on a place between the bell tower and the drum tower it was really a good spot for pictures; when we went to The Terra cotta museum it was raining heavily but she help us find good shoes cover

Chengdu also meet our expectations, the Panda research base, the Jilin street,etc

As we told Iris in Pingyao the bathroom in the hotel was dirty and the food were not good but Iris and the driver were very nice. We liked Pingyao

As for Shanghai heavy rain and smog made it impossible to visit as planned, we were told that Yu garden was under renovation.

We would be pleased to recommend China Discovery

Best regards

Dear Tracy

The tour was very good. We enjoyed it a lot.

The guide, 王芳 is super. Very knowledgable, professional and caring. She went the extra miles to take care of me. She carried water for us, and even carried my bag for me in Huangshan. We toured Huangshan at my pace, so we were very comfortable.

She accompanied us in Tungxi to stroll the famous old street , pointed and explained to us interesting and famous shops, instead of letting us to stroll around on our own. We were most satisfied with her service.

Personally, I like Tungxi and Hongcun a lot. They are very peaceful , serene and beautiful.

I wish more tour guides are like her.

Thank you.

Dear Ms. Wing Zeng,

yes, everything went well, we are back in Germany and back to work.

We need to say thank you very much again for our strong support and perfect organization of our tour.

Time schedule, tour guide, driver & car very perfect. We like that and we like to travel with the organization of your company.

Also, our Tour guide, Niki, very nice and friendly, helpful and on every time available for us. We like to travel with her,  she

is very informed about local destinations and things to do.

1. How do you like our tour arrangements and are you willing to recommend our service to your friends?

- Yes of course, we like the tour arrangements and for sure we will recommend to our friends

  2. Do you have some suggestions for us to improve our service?

- Only one thing is important for German customers, a good breakfast and a good cup of coffee at the morning.

- Maybe you can recommend Hotel accommodation with European style breakfast.

- It was nice to try Chinese breakfast, but it is better to have the choice of both.

  3. If you come to China again, would you like to use our service again?

- Definitely yes, of course

Best regards

Hi Zoe,

Sorry for the late response.

Didn’t get the chance to check email until today.

We are really happy with your company.

Eric, Zoe and the drivers are really nice and professional.

They made our stay in China a memorable one.

We won’t hesitate recommending your company to anybody.

Thank you so much for all your help!!

Hi Wing,

The trip was really awesome! Thanks to Sonom, Tensow and you, who made all this possible. Yesterday I reached Nepal, here the roads are really bad.

Hi Wing,

First of all thanks a lot for everything.

1. The tour arrangements were very well planned and organized. Everything was very good and we will surely recommend you service to colleagues and friends.

2. Actually i can't remember anything. Everything was very good.

3.Yes we would.

Thanks for everything,

Best Regards,

Dear Wing Zeng,

We had a great visit in China, due to you and your company. Everything was as promised: transfers, sightseeing, very nice guides, excellent hotels and meals. We will certainly recommend you to our friends. We have no suggestions for improvements. Next time in China we will certainly use your services. 

We are looking at our photos from the trip, I will come back you with photos which may be used on your web site. 

Best regards,

Good Morning Lily

Thank you for your email on Tuesday.

Yes, we are back safe and sound in our own country after spending a most exciting time in yours.

We wish to make the following acknowledgments:

• Your contribution to the itinerary and to the attention to detail was flawless. You are the best!
• The Invitation Letter from Karen Wang was a work of art and I could see by the expression on her face that the China Embassy official was impressed. I had no difficulty with our visas.
• Every schedule with tour guides and drivers was met and we did not have one anxious moment. We would like to mention in particular the cheerful, non-English speaking driver who took us to the Zhangjiajie airport for the flight back to Shanghai. His service was especially noteworthy. We are very grateful to all our guides and drivers.
• All the hotels were excellent - better than expected.

Thank you again, personally. Without you, and your excellent service the thing would not have happened.

With our best regards

Don and Shirley.

Sorry Lily I made a little mistake...

That non-English speaking driver who who deserves special mention was the one who drove us from the Bullet Train at Chongquin  to the cruise ship.

He made sure that our bags were secure on board and saw us safely installed on the ship before he said good-bye to us. Top marks to him!.

Best

Hi Leo

Thank you so very much for an outstanding your the guides we had were all exceptional. Our gifts were lovely thank you. Yes we want to leave a review can you tell me where on your website you do this? And also if you can convey to all the tour guides how wonderful the all were and so very kind.

Thanks Leo it was truly the best time of our lives.

Hi Vivien

Here we are!

I definitely want to tell you about our holiday but we are a bit busy in Hong Kong at the moment. Will contact you again soon. Thanks so much for organising it.

Our China Trip in Chengdu, Suzhou, Guilin, Shanghai

Hi Leo

We are now safely home in Canberra after our Cruise from Shanghai to Sydney. Thank you for your help in organising this tour and for your ongoing assistance and communication during the tour. It was much appreciated.

We enjoyed our time in China but did find some of the places hard going. We did not realise that it was the School holidays which made places of interest so very crowded. We did however book to coincide with the cruise so that was our problem and could not be helped.

I have provided feedback on each stage of the tour as per your request as follows;

Beijing

Our Guide Linda was excellent. She was very attentive and caring and had a lovely personality. Nothing was too much trouble. She was very professional and knowledgeable and took great care of us, even walking us to our seats on board the train, we were very happy with her.

Our Driver Mr Tang was a very good driver and a very cheerful man. He made sure we were comfortable and went out of his way to be helpful.

We tipped them both extra for their great service and friendship.

The accommodation at Sunworld Beijing was sub-standard. The location was good but as you know we were not happy with worn/stained condition of the room or the uncomfortable bed.

The attractions we liked the best were;

• The great wall – (It was awesome being up there on the wall but at Mutianyu I found that it was a long hard walk just up to the cable car in the heat and the queues were horrendous for the cable car coming back down)
• The Summer Palace
• The Hutongs
• The Kung Fu Show

Xian

Our guide Vivian was very knowledgeable but softly spoken we had trouble hearing her when travelling in the vehicle. She was helpful and friendly and did not leave until we were safely though security at the airport.

The Driver Mr Leo was a good driver and his vehicle was clean and comfortable.

The accommodation at Courtyard by Marriott was excellent, very clean and comfortable and had a great buffet breakfast.

The attractions we liked the best were;

• The Terracotta Warriors and Horses
• The Muslim Quarter &
• Da Cien Temple

Guilin/Yangshuo/Longsheng

Our guide Daniel was very knowledgeable and very attentive, making sure we took advantage of every sight and photo opportunity. He was most insistent that we see the light show in Yangshuo and we were grateful and thankful that we did, it was certainly most spectacular. Daniel also made sure that we saw the Longji Terraces at sunrise and met us at 6:30 am to walk us up to the top of Pingan Village. He went above and beyond our expectations.

Our Driver Mr Zhu Ge was an excellent driver and was very helpful and flexible. He carried our overnight bag up to our Hotel in Ping An, which we did not expect him to do.

We tipped both Daniel and the driver extra for the extra effort they put in to make our time in this area interesting and enjoyable.

The accommodation at Guilin Park Hotel was terrible. The rooms were not Non Smoking, it was old and dated and all rooms they offered us smelled strongly of cigarette smoke. The bed was also rock hard and uncomfortable. We were thankful that we were there for only one night. We did not have time to look around outside the hotel as we arrived so late at night.

The accommodation at New West Street Hotel was reasonably comfortable but we had an odd experience at breakfast in the morning. When we went to the large dining room where everyone was having breakfast but were turned away and ushered to a separate room where they had only a very limited western menu of eggs, bacon, fruit and pastries. We were the only two guests in the room. We felt segregated, it was very odd.

We enjoyed our accommodation at the InYue Hotel in Ping An. It was a unique experience for us being in the middle of the village. The room and bed was comfortable but the food was a little strange for us. I had an upset stomach the following day but nothing too serious.

The attractions we liked the best were;

• The Li River Cruise
• Walking around Yangshuo Town
• Impression Liu Sanjie
• Reed Flute Cave
• Everything about the Longji Terraces – it was hard going with the uphill walking in the heat but we are so glad we did it.

Shanghai

Our guide Frank was most helpful as an interpreter for the Tailor Mr Ding and was there for the fitting and delivery. By the time we got to Shanghi we just wanted to shop and had had enough of history and museums. I conveyed this to Frank and he was flexible and still took us to all the planned sights but allowed us time alone at the museums to just see what we wanted to see. He then waited while we spent a couple of hours shopping in Nanjing Road. We were happy with his flexibility but he did not come across as professional as the other guides.

The driver Mr Shao was a good driver and his vehicle was comfortable and clean.

We gave Frank extra in his tip for his assistance with Mr Ding.

We were really happy with Reg’s jacket and we highly recommend Mr Ding. Thank you so much for organising it for us.

The attractions we liked the best were;

• Yu Garden and Yuyuan Bazaar
• Shanghai World Financial Centre Tower
• Nanjing Road
• Shanghai Planning and Exhibition Centre
• Jade Buddha Temple

All the lunches provided in all of the tours were very good and most enjoyable. The only problem we had with food was the dinner at the InYue hotel as I mentioned before. The family was lovely and did their best.

I hope this review helps. We enjoyed our time in China despite the crowds and heat but were both exhausted from such a packed itinerary.

We did boost the Chinese economy with our purchases and left with our luggage much heavier.

Thank you once again Leo.

Kind regards

Hi Vivien,

In short, our entire trip and experience with you and your company has been superb; beyond expectations.  From the very beginning stages of planning we felt we had made the right choice in choosing China Discovery.  A big part of this was due to your quick and thorough communications.  Whether it was about the locations, places of interest, accommodations, etc. you were always prompt to answer our questions or inquiries.  This made a major impact on our decision to use your services.

China is a huge country and our itinerary definitely had us traveling throughout the land.  Of course, this was necessary in order to visit the places we had in mind such as those cities/towns which were part of the Silk Road along with the usual tourist cities like Beijing, Xian and Shanghai and also Zhangjiajie National Forest which was spectacular.  All had their own uniqueness and character. 

The guides in each of the locations were excellent.  All were fluent in English although I had to listen carefully due to their accents.  Their explanations of the historical and cultural significance of the places they took us to were both interesting and educational.  Although all guides were excellent and thorough, I have to say the last guide we had in Shanghai, Andy, was exceptional.  He was extremely conscientious and  made it a point to be sure we were having a good time and was very flexible with any of our requests.  He stayed late with us on two nights even after the driver left.  We felt bad because even after accompanying us back to the hotel he still had to ride his bike another 40 minutes to get home.

The only criticism I have regarding the guides  pertains to both male guides we had; Andy in Shanghai and Ben in Xian.  They had a habit of walking a little too fast for us old guys.  The walking pace of the guides should take into consideration the age and physical abilities of the clients.

Transportation at all locations were fine.  The driving in China can be somewhat chaotic, but we never felt unsafe or uneasy.  There are some things that need to be pointed out for future improvements. 

The SUV we were traveling in Dunhuang had seat covers in the rear where we were sitting and the seatbelt buckles were partially covered which made it difficult to buckle our seatbelts.  Also, the rear leg room was a little cramped.

While most all vehicles had water for us, the one in Shanghai did not.  It would be helpful to have water available.

The items just mentioned are not complaints.  They are provided for you for feedback.

Again, our time in China has been marvelous thanks to you and your company.  I will also submit a shorter version of feedback on TripAdvisor.

Thanks again.

Regards,

Jack,

Below is a copy of a review I have submitted to Trip Advisor - my wife and I had a fantastic time in China and your company delivered everything promised at a great price, and the guides were fantastic.

I'm a meticulous vacation planner and while the pre-planned packages available from various tour companies were good, none specifically met what my wife and wanted to do on vacation. I did some research on where to go and what to see and we originally were going to do 12-13 days to include some trips into the rural areas to see some scenery, etc. We ended up limiting the trip to the three big cities and received bids from multiple tour companies based in China. China Discovery stood out in the quality and completeness of their responses and had the most competitive pricing. The reviews on Trip Advisor were also very positive and helpful. 

We ended up booking 8 days in China with visits to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. We had a list of everything we wanted to see and China Discovery made it happen -- an advantage of booking a private tour is that you can go and see what you alone want to do. (We booked our own air travel to and from China using miles earned on an airline)

In Hong Kong I was not able to find a private guide -- they are all group tours. The buses are designed for around 30 people and we had 10 in our group one day on a Lantau Island tour (fantastic) and just the two of us the next day (Victoria's Peak, Aberdeen Fishing Village/Stanley Market -- avoid it, just find a way to go to Victoria's Peak). 

In mainland China private tours are the only way to go. Why? You are only as fast as the slowest people in your group. And when it was just the three of us (us plus guide/driver) we were much more nimble at getting through crowds and we were in a car or minivan, not a bus, for driving around. The tour company gets the tickets for everywhere you are going so you don't have to wait in line. And we were able to customize portions -- like no Shanghai Museum, but add Tongli water town and a night cruise in Shanghai. Add high-speed train instead of plane between Shanghai and Beijing ... with first class tickets. 

I read reviews of the hotels they had chosen to put us up at and all got good to great reviews -- and they lived up to expectations. Note: you can ask for different hotels if you want higher quality or different location -- a China four-star is Western three-star, etc. The Regal Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong was 2 1/2-3 star compared to the other two hotels. Food was average -- I had to teach the cook how to do Over Easy Eggs. The Yangtze Boutique Shanghai was fantastic -- huge room and great service -- 4-4.5 stars! Beijing hotel was the Ramada Park Plaza Wangfujing that was also great ... 4 stars. Food was great at both Shanghai and Beijing hotels. Breakfast at the hotels was included every day and lunch on most days which was in local Chinese restaurants. Extra expenses were tips for our guides and drivers, dinner, snacks, souvenirs, taxis -- we ended up spending much less than anticipated in this regard.

We had different guides each day in Hong Kong because they were group tours, then a guide + driver for the Shanghai area and guide + driver for the Beijing area. All of them spoke English well and were able to answer questions that we had. They were all very knowledgable about the subjects of each tour and even got into nitty gritty details. We were VERY impressed. At meals we would talk about all sorts of things -- especially about how we all lived and family, things like that. The guides had no problem taking photos of us with our phones and never hurried us along if we wanted to take additional photos or video. 

We happened to encounter an annual holiday when we were in Shanghai -- with millions of people pouring into the city to celebrate -- and then rehearsals for a 70th anniversary of the PRC parade and celebration in Beijing shut some roads and attractions. Both could have really thrown a monkey wrench into our plans, but the guides were adept at rearranging the schedule to our advantage to avoid crowds and juggle going to sights that were open.

What did we see? Each line is what we did in a day
Hong Kong -- Lantau Island tour (4 sights to see) .... rating A
Hong Kong -- HK Island tour ... rating C (avoid as Aberdeen Fishing Village doesn't exist, Stanley Market is OK if you want to shop for clothes, artwork and souvenirs, and you are forced to do a Jewelry Factory Tour that is really a way to try and get you to buy some jewelry, only Victoria's Peak was good on that tour)
Shanghai -- Yu Garden, the Bund, Nanjing Road (shopping), World Financial Center (100th floor observatory), nighttime cruise ... rating A
Shanghai -- Tongli Water Town (has canals like Venice) ... rating B (very touristy, but still interesting)
Beijing -- The Mutianyu Great Wall, the Ming Tombs ... rating A
Beijing -- Hutong Tour/Rickshaw Ride, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven ... rating A
Beijing -- Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City ... rating A (the Square is kind of meh, but the Forbidden City more than made up for it)

One piece of advice save the Forbidden City for last ... it is so impressive it may make other sights seem much less interesting. 

Everything China Discovery promised, they delivered at a reasonable price.

Dear Riley,

So sorry that I was busy in the morning, but I had the payment in my mind. I just did it a few minutes ago.

We really enjoyed the Yangtze River Cruise and can really recommend it. I attached our real itinerary for your information. We liked it very much and can highly recommend the "Three Kingdoms" Liveshow on Saturday evening. It was amazing.

Thanks another time for your patience!!!

Best regards,

Dear Lily,

Before leaving Guilin, we have pleasure to inform you that the trip was great and full of interesting historical places and beautiful cities.

The drivers were professional, polite, helpful and driving very well with respect of conduct laws.

The tour guides were on time every day, scheduling our itinerary and anticipating our needs. 

We keep in our memories Miss Sandy, whom was liaibal and available with a strong sense of responsibilities.

Our sincere thanks to you and to all your professional personnel. 

We look forward to doing more tours with your agency in the future.

Sincerely,

Hi Lily...

I wanted to wait until Mr. Carney returned from his trip to talk with him before responding......they had a wonderful time in China and really enjoyed the time in Wudang...all the arrangements worked fine....and enjoyed the train ride from Changsha to Wudangshan...

Thanks for all your help...I will respond to the link you provided...

Dear Rita,

Thank you for making the arrangements for my trip. It was very enjoyable and I am impressed by the reliable service that you rendered. Please feel free to add this to the testimonials by your customers.

Firstly, Rita, I appreciate your prompt response whenever I had a query on the booking or facilities available on the cruise. It is very reassuring to receive a reply and to know that my requests were being attended to.

Secondly, thank you for arranging for the guide and booking the train tickets. The train seats were well planned as we had ample space at the back for our large luggage. Porsche, the guide, was also very helpful and knowledgeable, she brought us safely into the train station, got our tickets for us so we did not have any problems. She shared interesting facts about the culture & history of Chongqing too.

Lastly, the cruise was enjoyable as we intended to have a relaxing trip, and the food was good.

I will be submitting a more detailed review of the cruise in trip advisor, i hope that the review will help other travellers to decide on making their travel arrangements.

I will certainly recommend booking by www.yangtse-river-cruises.com to anyone!

Thank you, Rita.

Regards,

Hi Leo,

Just to say that all went well in Tibet,Lily did a fantastic job and also my guide in Lhasa,that Potala palace is unreal, and the other sights also unique, was a real rewarding trip one I've been looking forward to for a long time. I'm over the moon for having had the chance to visit there. Thanks to you,and your company. All the best, was a pleasure.

Regards

Hi Wonder,

The tour was great, we loved it. The guide and driver were excellent.

We would definitely recommend you guys and use you again.

Thanks from us all.

Hi Wonder

I'm back in KL after an amazing and adventurous week in China. Attached are some of our photos from the trip. Regarding the below, please see my feedback

1. Is your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and patient enough to answer your questions?

• You have been a great travel consultant, managing our entire trip at quite last minute notice, and arranging last minute add ons like the Fenghuang trip. Really appreciate your hardwork in making all the arrangements and providing fast replies. 

2. How’s the service of the tour guides during your whole tour?

• Sarvin was a good guide, very insightful, friendly and helpful. She knew of all the places to go, how to avoid tourist groups, and she was very patient while I was busy taking photos. However, I think she can still improve on her English proficiency, as at times there was difficulty in her understanding me, and me understanding her.

3. Would you like to recommend our company?

 - Definitely would recommend China Discovery for travel arrangements to China. 

Kind regards

 

Beautiful Zhangjiajie

Hi Echo,

Greetings from Michigan!

I will do my best to send photos from each city we’ve visited. Here is Xian.

I will send the survey after I’ve sent all photos.

Thanks much for the excellent service.

Best regards

Travel Xian with Family

Excellent Private Tour with China Discovery (Wendy) to China

We (German family of 4) had a most pleasant and interesting tour through some of the highlights of China. We stressed from the beginning, that our goals were the history, the nature, and the future outlook of China which we are the most interested in. And exactly to meet these expectations of us, Wendy organized the trip accordingly (Beijing with history, Guilin with nature, Yangtse cruise, and Shanghai to see the future).

As we are experienced travelers (I have been to some 80-90 countries traveling and working), we were not sure at the beginning, if we should use the services of a traveling agent at all. I had been in contact with a few Chinese and foreign agents, but then decided to use the package prepared by Wendy of China Discovery. After the trip, I can say, it was good to use this travel agency with such an efficient, always fast-reacting and well-advising tour operator, Ms Wendy Dan.

Ms Wendy did such an excellent job, very helpful, answered all our questions within hours, all her recommendations were great. She was always available to us, with an excellent command of English. She efficiently organized all the local guides and all the domestic journeys (plane, trains, boats) - everything worked well.

Beside my appreciation to Ms Wendy I am also grateful to these six tour guides, who also were all very friendly and helpful, some of them being with us for a few days, some only for a few hours. They were very helpful, gave good information on the venues but also in general conversation, always punctual, but also flexible, when we requested some minor changes of the program.

If we would have been traveling by our own, we surely would not have seen this much within the short period of 15 days. Also, language can be a challenge for visitors without tour (maybe not in Shanghai).

I also appreciate that Wendy informed us in a honest and realistic way about additional expenses, such as tips for the guides, or any fees not included. Additional expenses are acceptable, if you know them beforehand.

While some visitors complain about obligatory sales shows, we did not mind them at all (3), everyone was very polite, and we learned a lot.

One word about China and the main reason of our visit: China is huge, absolutely fascinating, often misunderstood and poorly reported in the West. This trip gave us a further insight (though clearly not complete within such a short time), how China is developing, and what dynamics it has at potential. It is by far better organized and structured than I thought, with great technologies and investments as the right means to bring development to the people. I consider China as a motor for the development to the future. To see it first hand and not only through the media of the West, made this trip a great lesson. Conclusion of this nice trip: Africa can copy, Europe can learn a lot from China.

Feel free to contact me (for questions or discussions).

Dear Wonder, Hi. Our Greetings.

Sorry for the late reply but we are still in the Tour mood. 

It was a memorable & wonderful tour for us, Thanks to your planning & execution.

Everything went off very well. Your service was perfect. 

We would liked to fill up evaluation form but unfortunately it is misplaced. Kindly send it again.

We will definitely recommended you & your company.

Thanks & Regards,

Dear Lyn

We would like to thank you for arranging such a wonderful tour of China.

We commend you for having taken great pains to arrange such a magnificent tour, by providing all the comforts and needs in a foreign country.

The tour was memorable in quite a few aspects. Sight seeing and the services of the guides were superb.

The accommodation was first class except for the Sheraton in Guilin.

The food was exceptional. We were very much worried about the availability of vegetarian food, but whole group was totally gratified with selection of restaurants by the guides.

Regarding the tour guides we would like to single out three exceptional ones. Yo yo in Beijing, Wady in Xian and Maria in Shanghai. All three were very informative, friendly, fluent in english and took care of all our needs in superb manner. We wish we had an opportunity to meet with you in Chengdu and express our gratitude to you in person for arranging this wonderful tour. We will definitely recommend you and your company to all our friends.

Thanking you

Sincerely 

Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Guilin...

Hi Wonder,

Thanks for your message. We are slowly getting back into our normal routine, hence the delayed reply.

The cruise was fantastic. Definitely a highlight of our three weeks in China.

Find my feedback to your questions below:

1) We were extremely impressed with the service provided to us. Our travel consultants handled all queries in an efficient and professional manner. They were quick to answer questions, and any concerns were addressed in a prompt manner.

2) The cruise was very good. The Century Paragon ship was clean and well maintained. The cruise manager, Jeffrey, had a fantastic sense of humour and glowing personality. The staff throughout the ship were friendly and attentive. The post-dinner events each night were entertaining. The shore excursions were interesting. It was helpful having tour guides communicating with us in English, however some of the guides were less than confident in their English-speaking abilities, and we did not get the same information that was being given to the Mandarin speaking guests. The cruise photographers were able to capture a lot of good memories.

3) I would not hesitate to recommend your company to friends and family. The service provided was friendly, helpful, and of a high standard.

Kind regards

Everything has been great so far, Zoe. Julia did a great job and we enjoyed our Chongqing experience. And the cruise is great. 

Thanks,

Hello Wonder,

Thank you for the gift and the card.  We really enjoyed our trip and we want to say a big thank-you for organizing it for us.   I don't believe we could have seen nearly as many wonderful sights in the time we had, if not for China Discovery and your amazing guides and drivers.  Also, thanks for making our last minute change for our flight to Beijing. We really appreciate that!

Cheers and best wishes,

Hi Mark

We had a wonderful day with Ruby!! The day was a real highlight of our trip for all of us, and my parents were pretty proud of themselves for all the walking they did. Ruby was an excellent guide, she was very informative and knowledgable and didn't tire of answering all our questions and made sure it was the right pace for everyone. We really appreciated her willingness to share insights into chinese life and culture along the way with us and to learn about our way of life in New Zealand! It was also great having her join us for our local lunch and share the meal. A fantastic day. I will certainly recommend you to anyone I know visting china!

Thank you for the gift too!  I will share some pictures when I return to New Zealand.

Hi, Lyn.  

I returned home a few days ago and I'm doing fine.  The trip went very well.  I really enjoyed my time in Lhasa and I've already told some friends and family about it.  

Thank you.