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Just got back from a 7 days China Shanghai tour with this company. The food were ok but greasy and about the same items everyday needless to say we were all fairly sick of it a few days into the tour. The negative aspect is that the tour guides, the merchants, and the bus driver are all professional con artists of an elaborately rehearsed and choreographed scam with one objective, pressure you into spending as much money as possible on over priced items, and they'll even offer to lend you money for outrageously expensive items that you can't afford. Here is how our activities were distributed, 70% wasting time in shops, 20% on the bus, 10% actual sight seeing. Be forewarned.

I had a great time in China for such a low price I paid. It was well worth it. It was a shopping trip but they did not pressure me into buying anything. Eventhough it was a shopping trip, we still had time to explore China such as going to The Great Wall, The Summer Palace, The Three Kingdoms, etc. The trip was very well organized. They were quick with the China Visa process. They were quick with answering any questions I had either by phone or email. (Jamie provided me with excellent services!) They were very organized with the flight tickets, meeting me at the airport, transferring me to the hotel and completing the itinerary as planned. The English tour guides were very friendly and knowledgeable about the history and culture of China. All the hotels they put me in were 4-or 5-stars, very nice and modern. The people in Beijing and Shanghai were very nice even though they didn't speak English.

I just came back from the 10-days China tour. I would say it is worth to go to China for just $1200 including air tickets with my wife even through it including shopping sites. I spent about $500 for shopping and $200 for the others like food..... The total cost for me and my wife was about $2000. I would say worth. We did't expect too much. Just went to China and Looked around.

We went on a 10 day tour of China in Feb/Mar 2018. There were 6 of us travelling together in a tour group of 31 on the bus. The tour guides were great - easy to understand and very thorough in their information. Friendly and patient. We had a wonderful time. This was a low cost trip ($680 all inclusive) so there were shopping stops at different government factories but, we found them quite interesting. There was some pressure to buy at the shops but we were able to decline. We saw some amazing sites such as the Great Wall of China, Summer Palace etc so it was a great way to get a taste of China without spending a fortune.

We booked our tour through our travel agent Sally with Goyal Travel and once payment was done, we received our confirmation, process on how to obtain our visa and complete detailed schedule. We were updated frequently ensuring we have obtained our visa and complete details of the tours and what it entailed. So definitely completely impressed with level of professionalism.