Trip to Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou
On the whole, our trip to China had been a very pleasant one. Much of the credit should go to the meticulous planning made by Asia Highlights. Also, I was very impressed by the guides. They took great pains to accommodate our requests, including the provision of a wheelchair all the way for one of us at no extra cost! Their command of English was very good. The meals provided were clearly above average. The only glitch occurred when we were given a smoking room at one of the hotels though we requested for non-smoking rooms; this took some time to resolve. The most outstanding hotel during the whole trip was LiuYing Hotel at Hangzhou, a truly five-star hotel! Suggestion: It would have been very helpful for Asia Highlights, headquartered in Guilin, to get detailed and up-to-date information from the LOCAL guides about hotel recommendations, on-going festivals or artistic performances, most efficient means of transport, acceptable foreign credit cards, famous restaurants, places in the vicinity worth visiting etc. Such information, if given BEFORE the trip, would have saved a lot of time for the travelers.