I am overall pleased with my experience…
I am overall pleased with my experience with China Travel and do recommend them to others. I just got back from my trip to Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai on an 8 day tour. I booked the trip back in February, and the booking process was easy to do and understand, and was reasonably priced. Vivi Chen was my coordinator and she answered all my questions promptly via email or whats app. I was nervous for my first international trip and was worried about scams and making sure I had all my ducks in a row. Beijing- My guide was Thomas, he was professional, polite, and gave me alot of history of the sites we saw, he even had photos and maps to show me things from history. The driver was good and drove safely, there was a crazy amount of traffic and scooters on the road. Xi'an- My guide was Mark, he was polite, professional and was flexible when I didn't want to go to spend more time with Terra Cotta warriors because I was getting pushed/squished too much in the crazy crowds and didn't want to go to any more markets (markets were too busy for me and we were there for too long). He found me a musical play to go to on one of the nights that I enjoyed. The driver was a bit too aggressive for me though, I got alot of motion sickness because of all the swerving and speeding, and skipped dinner because of it. Shanghai- My guide was Qi, she was great, she sat in the backseat with me in the car which neither of the other guides did. It was a small thing that made me feel more at ease, because it is very awkward having the guide in the front with the driver and they turn to talk to you to give you history of where you're going so it's hard to hear and concentrate that way. She was also very flexible with the tour based on the golden week crowds and gave me advice to go to the Shanghai Era acrobatic circus, which I liked. The driver was my favorite by far, very professional, dressed professionally and drove the safest and most responsibly- no motion sickness.