What people say about China Odyssey Tours

Dear Annie

Well, what can I say! Everything was most wonderfully organised, I certainly would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending China Odyssey Tours to anyone and would have no problem should you wish to give my e-mail to anyone who wants a recommendation. In fact some friends of ours may be visiting China next year and they have said that should they do so that on my recommendation they will be using your company.

As for thinking occasionally back to China, even though David and I have been lucky enough to travel extensively with David's business, China I think will be one of the most special of all our trips - thanks in no small part to your you personally and to your company.

Once again Annie, our very sincere and heartfelt thanks for all your organisation.

Dear Annie,

Thanks very much for your mail. Yes, we are back !! We just arrived yesterday after a long long journey, but very happy for the great holidays we spent in China.

As we told you in your offices, all the tour was great. The hotels were very good and the service and tour guides were excellent. They were always on time waiting for us at the arranged cities and the tours and explanations were very good.

Everything: the service, the punctuality, the flexibility of the tour adapted to our needs. we had a great time in China thanks to your organisation.

We really appreciate all your efforts and nice work with the organisation and arrangement of our tour. We of course highly recommed your agency to any traveller who want to visit China . You have fulfilled our expectations.

Of course, as soon as we download all our photos (more than 350!!!!) we will send you some of them, and you will see how happy we were with our holidays!!!

Take care and we will be in contact!!!

regards
M. Carmen Sánchez
from Spain
(August 28, 2006)

Dear Louisa,

Last Saturday (26/08), we were back at home, with good health, very satisfied with the tour we made in (East) China, good organised by China Odyssey, good local guides (we also have very interesting conversations about the daily live) and local travel agents.

Herewith, I and my wife, wish to thank you for your (personally) service/assistance and the very pleasant and fast (and correct) communication, that indeed we have not any feeling to be ALONE IN CHINA.

Best regards and many thanks,
Hok Liang
Holand
(August 28, 2006)

Dear Laeticia,

As summer so quickly is coming to an end and the children are getting ready to begin school, we so often think about our wonderful experiences in China.

With your guidance through the China Odyssey Tours, we have so much to draw on; from the incredible sights on the Li River to climbing on the Great Wall to celebrating our daughter's 18th birthday in the Dolar "hot pot" restaurant in Shanghai. What a wonderful family experience on every level!

We had so many great experiences. Our time in Putuo Shan with Ken's father and our very gracious guide was very special. Shirley took such great care of us in Guilin and Yangshuo. We experienced such beautiful sights, tasted delicious food and met very nice people. Tibet was a wonderful experience that exceeded our expectations.

Thank you again, Laeticia, for the special care you took in creating a lifelong memory for us.

Hello Laeticia,

I want to share with you how wonderful of a job we believed you did in planning our trip. The guides were all very knowledgable and accomadating. We had some special requests and they did not hesitate to fill them for us. The sites we visited were phenomonal I would have loved to have more time in the city of Shanghai for more exploration. We loved visiting the hutong in Beijing and the temple of heaven. The forbidden city was amazing in its size and grandeur. The terra cotta soldiers were probably my favorite site. It was amazing to be so close to something that was over two thousand years old and to have that connection with the past. The big goose pagoda was also amazingly beautiful. and the boat tour up the le river was stunning. We enjoyed all of the sightseeing and could not have had a better time. We were treated very well by our guides. The food that was provided was delicious and the shows were great as well. We had the best time and plan on coming back. we will definitely use your company again. Thank you for all of your hard work, you did an excellent job. We were also very glad to get to meet you.

yours truly,
Kris Erik and Bodhi
California, USA
(August 24, 2006)

Dear Sinba

I cannot thank you enough for all your help and the excellent service I got. I had a wonderful time in your country and cannot wait to go back, it is so clean, the people are so nice and the scenery is beautiful. No problem about the train tickets, I understand. Thank you again and I will certainly give your name to anyone travelling to China in the future. As for me, I will only use you.

I am writing to express my gratitude to your staff for making my family's trip in Shanghai a memorable one. Firstly, I would like to thank Mr. Sinba Guang for his very caring attitude and prompt response to my needs and requests. I started corresponding with him a few months before my trip as I was pretty unsure of how my itinerary should go with only 4 days/3 nights in Shanghai. I wanted to go to Hangzhou and Suzhou as well but I am glad to take Sinba's advice in doing just Suzhou because of the tight schedule. I will definitely return someday to visit Hangzhou. I was also very weary of ending up in an uncomfortable hotel but I must say that Ocean Hotel was quite satisfactory. Although a little of age, the hotel was generally clean and our stay was pleasant. The buffet breakfast was good especailly the lean bacon! There was plenty to eat for the lunches and dinners, although we thought the food was a little more greasy.

Our tour guide Danny Wang Jiong and driver Mr. Xu took care of us well. I must say that Mr.Xu is a very skilled driver. Danny's explanation was food throughout the tour and he was pretty flexible in accomodating some minor changes in the program. We requested for a cruise down the Huangpo river and he took us there. My only regret is that we didn't have enough time to walk the entire Nanjing Road. Maybe I'll visit it in my next trip. I have no complaints about China Odyssey Tours and in fact, I am going to recommend your services to all my friends and family members. Honestly, I was a little worried about paying ahead of time because I was doubtful about how China Odyssey Tours would conduct its business. I am so glad that we took China Odyssey Tours's tour as you have conducted your business in a very professional way. My special thanks to Sinba who was obviously trying to make my trip in Shanghai an enjoyable one when he learned that I have had a horrible tour in Bangkok before.

Yes, China Odyssey Tours may use my comments for your marketing and publicity. I will be pleased to talk to any of your potential customers or journalist. Please feel free to use me as your reference. I will definitely be taking another tour with China Odyssey Tours as I have yet to visit other parts of China. Will you kindly email me of any special tour offers in the future?

Hi vera,

When I first contacted your company through internet, I did not know your company any better. It was at a great risk to do a business with an unknown travel agency, particularly in China. However, after I communicated with you a couple of times through e-mail, we became friendly very quickly. You showed me your honesty and sincerity and I knew you love your job very much!

Now I am glad that I have trusted you and everything went very well and we were very pleased. At every airport, your assigned travel agent was there waiting for us even though the airplane was delayed and guided us very pleasant professional manner. One agent at Xian even wrote down on the paper the dynasties of China chronologically, so we understood better. At Yichang, your agent paid part of fee for carrying our baggages, saying that your company allows fee for two baggages. It is an honesty that counts. She did not have to tell me that. At Shanhai, I asked your agent to take us to the train station at the end of tour, because we wanted to go to Suzhou. He took us to the train station and waited until the departing time and even came inside of the train with us to make sure we had seats.

Vera, I thank you very much for your arrangement and for your professionalism in dealing with my tour.

Actually, whenever we arrived at new places, I was a bit worried if somebody is there to pick us up or not.

But, sure, your agent was there everytime, waiting for us! You made me very happy.

Hello Annie,

We would like to let you know that we thoroughly enjoyed our time in Guilin. Libby was fantastic and we really enjoyed spending time with her. Her English was excellent and she was able to find out the answers to some of our strangest questions! The driver was also great - much safer than the other tours we took in Beijing and Chengdu! If we know anyone going to China we will certainly recommend your company to them. In the meantime, please feel free to give my e-mail address to anyone who may be looking for a reference about your company. I have not as of yet written a travel log about our Guilin trip, but I do plan to - I will send it to you when it is finished. Again, we would like to thank you for a great trip. Thank you for all of your assistance and communication leading up to our arrival. Our Guilin part of the trip was definately our favourite part of China!

Regards,
Karen and Michael
Canada
(August 21, 2006)

Hi Laeticia,

I just wanted to write to you to say what a wonderful trip my family had to China. Everything was outstanding, the guides were fabulous.We really enjoyed seeing your beautiful country and can't wait to go back. It was so sweet of you to call while we were in Beijing.Actually, my husband is back in China right now doing some business in Chongqing. I think our favourite places were Beijing and Xian, as well as Hong Kong. Shanghai is so big and busy, but still amazing.

Thanks so much for all your efforts and hard work to put the trip together.

Have a great day,

Regards,
Jenny Hewet
(August 9, 2006)

Dear China Odyssey Tours

We have recently enjoyed a wonderful trip around China. I would like to thank Yoko for her wonderful help in making some of our bookings. Yoko recommended the cruise down the Yangtze with China Regal Cruises. Well, what a wonderful experience that was. We were treated like royalty on the boat. Everything was so clean and the staff were so polite and helpful. We were amazed at how the waitresses in the dinning room remembered our names. That was a very personal touch. The on shore excursion on the second day was unbelievable. The trip down the Lesser Three Gorges on the 'peapod' boats was just an amazing experience. The scenery was incredible but also the men working on those boats were so happy in their work. Our tour guides spoke good English which meant we could understand the trip well. All-in-all the cruise was great. I would recommend travelling down the Yangtze to anyone, but I would definitely recommend doing the trip with China Regal Cruises. They are the biggest cruise boats on the river. 5 star service.

Also, Yoko organised some train tickets for us as buying these in China can be a daunting task for anyone who doesn't speak Chinese. Not only did Yoko arrange the purchase of these tickets and delivery of them to our Hotel but she also organised for an English speaking guide to come with us to the train station and show us which train to get on. What wonderful service!! You out-did yourself Yoko.

All-in-all I would like to give a HUGE thank you to Yoko and to China Odyssey Tours for there excellent help in organising and booking our trip.

Dear Annie,

Thanks for contacting us again after our trip to China .

We have had a wonderful time!

You have done an excellent job with your kind support (and selling skill!) extended to us and with the booking of the Yangtze Victoria Cruise.

Also the pick up service with the local tour guides in Chonquin and Yichan has been very well organised with good guides and comfortable cars.

Thanks again for all your support!

Best regards,
Thomas & Bettina Heer
Switzerland
(August 7, 2006)

Hello Vera!

Good that everything solved out at last with the tourmoney that we sended over.The trip was fantastic and very interesting! Fancy boat, good food and excelent company at the dinner table (something that may vary but we were lucky:).

I have recommended the trip to a lot of travelers that we met on the rest of our trip and also to my friends home in Sweden where I am now. Everybody that we came in contact with were very professional, serviceminded and nice.

Hello Laeticia!

I am sorry to have taken so long to write, but I wanted to thank you for all the work you did to ensure that we had such a wonderful time in China. This was truly the trip of a lifetime for us! I will often look at the pictures on my computer and reflect on all of the things that we experienced and the people we met. One of the real highlights was when we were able to meet you. You are a very sweet person and we consider you a friend of our family.

I could spend the evening writing about all of the things that we did, but I will simply end with "Thank you so much!" It seems odd to me now that some people will say to me "Why China?". It was a fantastic experience which we will always remember, and we learned a lot. I hope that some day we will be able to return.

Sincerely,
Alan, Jan and Cameron Fisher
California, USA
(August 2, 2006)

Annie,

Please accept our apologies for not responding before now. Since our return from

China we have been quite busy with work and other items.

We were most pleased with our travels through China. We were also pleased with the services provided by China Odyssey Tours. The package exceeded our expectations and the itinerary was perfect for our group. Everyone was able to see things that were important to them. We were quite pleased with the accommodations and food along our trip. Also, the guides provided by China Odyssey were quite pleasant, good natured, helpful, and spoke very good English. In particular, our guide Owen worked very hard to help us when we decided to purchase eyeglasses in Yangshuo. We have several photographs documenting this entertaining afternoon and laugh whenever we look at them. This experience is one we will remember for quite some time.

When we look back at the trip, we believe the manner in which we took the trip (Beijing to Shanghai) was the best for us. By the time we reached Guilin and Yangshuo we were ready for some time to relax and enjoy nature. The area around Guilin and Yangshuo were beautiful and we truly enjoyed sitting in the restaurant and comparing cultures with Owen. It was a wonderful and educational experience.

Overall, this trip is one of our more memorable vacations as a family. We truly enjoyed the sites, the food, the culture, and mostly the people of China. Everyone we met during our trip was pleasant and helpful. We have recommended this trip and China Odyssey Tours to others since our return to the U.S.

Thanks in advance for your assistance. Also, thank you for your efforts to make our visit to China a memorable one.

Best regards,
Justin W. Jarvis
From USA
(July 31, 2006)

Hi Laeticia,

My wife and I had a great trip in China, thanks for everything, we love it, those tour guides were excellent, and they gave us the best services that we never have before.

Once again, thank you so much and look forward to the next trip to China but different cities. I will introduce to all my friends about the tour.

Thanks
SAM NGUYEN
Australia
(July 17, 2006)

Dear Wanda,

We really had a very good trip and enjoyed your country enormously; so much so that we want to go back. Regarding the tour, let me tell you that the quality of the guides (Vicky and Wei Wei) was outstanding -you must feel very lucky and proud to have people like them working with you, and the quality of the hotels was also very satisfactory.

All the best,
Patricia
From Colombia
(July 17, 2006)

Good morning, Yoko,

We were always met on time by our guides, who were very gracious and efficient. ALL the food was delicious! We became expert with chopsticks. The three star hotels exceeded our expectations. Tibet was our favorite part of our trip, because the people there have retained their identity and are very spiritual and the area is so beautiful. The two of us did fine in the youth hostel setting in Lhasa, but we are not ordinary American tourists. Conditions were somewhat poor, but we felt that made the experience more organic, and it put us in touch with lots of backpackers and independent travelers. We also had more opportunity to visit with common people, who were very friendly and open. Tibet would have been fine to navigate independently.

What we are allowed to see is very beautiful. Thank you for all your help in carefully planning our trip. We experienced no disappointment in visiting your country. We will never forget the faces and the kindness shown to us.

Hi Vera,

As i wrote in my individual evaluation sheets for each city, i really had an excellent time in china in every city. It was truly a magnificent trip! My only regret is that i didn't stay longer! :-)

Contracting companies for foreign travel over the internet always makes me a little bit nervous, but your company was truly excellent in every way. All of the drivers and local guides were really knowledgable and friendly. One very pleasant surprise was the fact that your drivers (in all cities) seemed to have arrangements with the local sites that allowed them to park very, very close to the interesting sites (most tour buses would be 3-5km away!). That was great, especially in the hot weather.

I'm normally a very critical person with many negative views, but this portion(Beijing) of the trip was really perfect. Your guide and driver really were exceptional and very helpful! I had a very positive experience. The Shanghai experience was great. I had a wonderful time! The guide and driver were really outstanding. they made extra efforts to make my visit here fun and educational. They both did an excellent job! Also, most of my conversations (with drivers and guides) were more like what I would share with friends than what I was expecting from a "formal" tour guide...this was yet another positive feature. And they were flexible also, in the few instances in which i wanted to deviate from the plans a little bit. Just outstanding all around.

Hi Vera,

We only have to thank you for this wonderful trip and for your patience after all the changes we made until we got the final itinerary. Everything was great (but the delays of the flights, although that has nothing to do with you).

In every city the guide was waiting for us. They are all great, nice and know their country very well. Thanks to everyone of them specially to Lily (Guilin) and Tony (Beijing). I think they understand exactly what we wanted and were very helpful in everything, without mentioning their excellent English, and to Tessie who waited for us almost 8 hours at the airport in Kunming!!!

It's difficult to summarize 15 days of travelling throughout China. Every place we visited was amazing, the cities and the countryside, specially Longshen county, Huangshan and Guilin, every place just incredible! (We also stayed in Beijing, Xian, Kunming, Lijiang and Shanghai).

This is the first time that with my sister use an agency (and also first time via internet) and I only have to say that everything was very well organized. We will surely recommend you and your agency to everyone.

Paty and Marcela
Chile
(July 13, 2006)

To China Odyssey Tours and Leaticia:

The four week trip to China my wife and I organised through China Odyssey Tours was one of the best trips we have been on in many decades of overseas travel.

We sent out for four quotes for this trip, two from Australian based companies and two from China based. The China Odyssey Tours quote was 40% cheaper than those from Australia without any drop in quality. We would not hesitate to recommend their services to anyone wanting a personalised quality tour. Well done to everyone from China Odyssey Tours.

Yours sincerely,
John & Beverly Tozer
Associate, Australian Institute of Professional Photography.
Melbourne, Australia
(July 12, 2006)

Dear Sinba, Thank you so much for pulling together my vacation in China! I am so glad I went, and I am so hoping that I can return someday to see Guilin, perhaps the Yangtze River, and other areas that I have not already seen. My guides were all very knowledgeable and friendly. They answered my many questions and were very good to me, and I learned a lot more about China. I was just glad that there was not a test at the end of each day! :)

I hope you are still busy, because that means business is good for China Odyssey Tours!

Thanks again,
Brenda Bostwick
SW United States
(July 12, 2006)

Here we are back in Lisbon some weeks after returning from our fantastic China tour.
I'm writing to let you know we had a great time there, in a very well organized tour arranged by you, from an initial sketch made by us.

I search the web for several travel agents in China, and you sure had the best proposal, were the first to reply and made everything very pleasant for us.

This in resume was our great time in China, we have been recommending to all our friends in Portugal.

Thanks for everything.
Sergio and Silvina
from Portugal
(July 12, 2006)

Hello Laeticia,
It was really good to meet you towards the end of our trip, but by then we had learnt that all the things you had told us you would arrange had been done very well. The guides were really enthusiastic and helpful.

You did a really good for your company, and we were very happy with Odyssey tour planning.

We would recommend you to our friends or any of your clients who wants to talk to us before they make a booking with you.

Thanks Laeticia,
Glenn & Annette Mitchell
Australia
(July 8, 2006)

Just a brief note to say a big thank you for the excellent job you did in organising our tour of China. We had no idea what to expect when we signed on with your company and I must say that we were very pleasantly surprised with the service that we received in every stop during the entire tour. I will have no hesitation in recommending your company. The highlight of the tour has to be the Yangtse River Cruise on the East Queen. It was simply magic.

Thanks again.
Kind regards,
Francis Chung Partner Ernst & Young,
Fiji
(July 7, 2006)

Hi Wanda ,

Let us first thank you very much for the super service we've got from you and China Odyssey Tours.

The tour was organized just PERFECT ! ( Pick-up at the airports, trains , hotels , driveres - even we could not talk to them directely because of the language and most of the guides ).

We can only thank them again for the nice time we've together and for their professional guide-service!

i.e. the guides from Xian, Guilin-Yangshuo & Lijiang (super charming girls ) as well as those from Suzhou/ German speaking , Hangzhou & Dali . Please thank them again and give all of them our best regards.

Above all , Dear Wanda , you deserve all the compliments being the "Conductor".

You've managed to handle all our claimes on the best side, also our son would like to thank you again for that.

Be sure that we will recommend you to our friends , who we just now starting to tell our tour experience.

Denise , Dan & Rony Miniowitz
From Israel
(July 7, 2006)

Dear Ms. Wang:

Back in Miami, I know that I write for the Kerr's also when I tell you we had a great vacation because of your good efforts.

Particularly, we each wanted you to know what an excellent job all the tour guides did; we especially appreciated their promptness and reliability.

We especially want to recognize the excellent job done by Lina Ma (in Xian) and George (in Shanghai). They were particularly helpful and most "professional" in their efforts and in their representation of your firm.

Again, thanks, too, to you for all your good efforts.

Well done!
William B. Werther, Jr.
United States
(July 7, 2006)

Hi Vera,

Neil and I had a wonderful trip and found China to be more than we expected. The south, especially Guilin, was our favorite area. We also really enjoyed the Yangtze trip. Your help during our trip made us feel relaxed and without a worry. If we are able to come back, we would definitely head for the south and the southwest. Almost all of our guides were knowledgeable and very attentive to any requests and questions we had. All were very enthusiastic and proud of China. I would suggest (for American travelers) they stay in four star hotels rather than three star. We would have liked to be more centrally located in Beijing and Xian. We like to walk around by ourselves at night and in the mornings. Overall our trip was truly remarkable and we enjoyed all the places we visited. Again thank you for your help. Your agency is very easy to work with.

Peggy & Neil
From UTAH, USA
(July 4, 2006)

Dear Yoko,

What a great time we had in Beijing!

I enjoyed seen the Great Wall Bandaling section. It was a dream comes true. It was a 21 hours trip from PR to NBreijing, but worth.

I like the chinese people. Gentle and humble. My family enjoyed seen the Train Station in front of the Hotel (Paragon Howard Johnson).

I wanted to write you this note because i will never forget you also. I do not know if i will return to Hong Kong or Shangai. I would like. In a couple of years, i will tell you.

Take care my friend, lets stay in touch.

Alvin
Puerto Rico
(July 3, 2006)

Dear Vera,

We really enjoyed our two week trip! All the tour guides were very informative and helpful. Forrest, our tour guide, in Xian was excellent. He was helpful in suggesting which restaurants to eat at outside the hotel and when we wanted to go to a massage parlor he took us to his recommended place and even waited for us while we were getting our body/foot massage and had a taxi waiting for us to take us back to our hotel. Romy, our guide in Chongqing, took us to a hot pot restaurant since we wanted to eat local food before taking us to our Regal Cruise ship. The cruise was wonderful and the food very good. In Wuhan, our guide-I think his name was Jack-wanted us to have some memory of Wuhan since he was supposed to take us directly to the airport from the ship. We had some extra time so he took us to the rock museum. Jasmine in Hangzhou was also very knowledgeable and helpful. Jenny our guide in Shanghai, I thought, was excellent. Her suggestions on where and what to do at night was very helpful. She is also very well-informed about the city.

I have travelled with Pacific Delight tours in 2004 in Beijing and 2005 in Shanghai, but I must say that I enjoyed my trip with your company the most. I was a little bit worried about making all the connecting airplane flights and train trip between the cities, but everything was well organized and went fine. In fact there were a couple flights that were slightly delayed. When we got to the airport, though, our tour guide was there waiting for us. In fact, I think it was Forrest who had to wait almost an hour and a half for our delayed flight.thanks for a trouble-free and wonderful trip!

Dear Vera,

Linda and I had a wonderful trip with your company. We love China.The sites and hotels you selected were ideal and the itinerary accomplished Linda's photographic goals. She took over 2500 pictures and is still going through them.Your guides were all excellent. In general, with the exception of Angela, their English was acceptable but slightly difficult to understand. They more then made up for that in enthusiasm and going the extra mile to meet and exceed our needs. For example, Violet went our of her way to arrange a personal Cormorant fishing tour not once but twice. They all gave us sound advice regarding shopping and evening entertainment and managed to arrange theatre seats in front rows for Linda's photography. Our driver, speaking practically no English, anticipated our needs, took the initiative in pointing out photo ops, and was able to get us swiftly to our destination in spite of detours due to the movements of the Panchen Lama.

You and all your company are wonderful. I hope that all your young people have the same energetic and empathetic attitude. I suspect if you do, this century will be your century and that of China.

Hi Vera,

Our trip in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi was beautiful and very interesting, all very well organized, punctual, the hotels clean and confortable, the guides and drivers nice and professional. We are enthusiastic for your travel organization.

Massimo Morselli & Francesca Generali
Modena, Italy
(June 23, 2006)

Hello Wanda,

Xi'an was great wish I could have spent more time there, i may go back there agian, my guide Jennifer was great, very nice person, and was like a mother taking care of her childern :o) and the people that took care of me in Shanghia the last day was there where great too.

You provide an excellent service to people like me coming from other countries , I was well taken care of from the time I entered Beijing until the time I left Shanghia, Thank you.

Kenneth James Rice
Canada
(June 22, 2006)

Hi Vera,

We were very pleased with all the arrangements that you made for us and thought you did a super job making sure all the details were in place. It can be a little worrying when you deal with a travel agency that is very far away and one that you have not had any personal experience with or know anyone personally who has used it. So I would be glad to be used as a reference now that I know first hand what a good job you do. We were especially happy that all the travel arrangements were totally in order: we were always met at the airport or boat as planned, all the tickets were waiting for us or were in order at the airport, and the drivers professional, the cars good quality and comfortable. We had three guides and they were all capable, friendly, and eager to please us. We traveled on our own in China both before and after the part of the trip you planned and did not find it hard to find our way through Chinese cities using maps, taxis, and the subway. I could see that occasionally the guides were nervous about our independence. But we really appreciated that they wanted to look after us and make sure that there were no bad surprises for us.

Hilary Cohen
Chicago, USA
(June 13, 2006)

Hi Vera,

Good to hear from you. We really had a great time in China. First of all, I would like to thank 3 tour guides ( Hawk, Winnie, and Lina), 3 drivers ( I don't exact recall their names), and special thanks go out to you,Vera, who arranged this trip as smooth as possible. Secondly, we love to visit China, and we don't believe we would ever forget this trip experience; in fact, we even consider to re-visit China again in 2008 to catch Olympics game, take Yangze river cruise, and visit to Hong Kong. Of course, we will definitely be happy to join with China Odyssey tour again. Thirdly, the entire trip was flawless; you guys are INCREDIBLE. I would recommend my friends here in the States to visit China with China Odyssey Tour.

Thanks
Soe Thu
from Burma
(June 10, 2006)

Dear Sophie,

We had a great time. It was a bit fast. I wish we had at least three days in each city instead of two. Maybe the next time. The guides and drivers were excellent and well informed. We especially enjoyed the driver in Beijing. He was fabulous, treated us like rock starts always taking us to the front of the line of cars and buildings, then picking us up. The weather treated us well and the rain in Guilin was perfect as it provided wonderful misty views of the Li river. We were able to communicate with all the guides with no trouble. It was a wonderful trip and we look forward to doing it again sometime.

Hope you day is going well.

Hi Vera,
Thank you for arranging our trip to China using China Odyssey Tours. We had a wonderful time and were very pleased with China Odyssey Tours services. It was also great to meet you and the China Odyssey Tours team.
We traveled to 4 cities within China. At each airport we were welcomed by our Guide and driven to our hotel. It was so nice to have someone waiting for us! All the arrangements worked out perfectly – the guides, the drivers, the China flights and our hotels.

We found that our guides often had suggestions that helped make our trip even more enjoyable. From wonderful sites and shows to a delightful foot massage, we experienced many different and interesting things. Wherever we went we found warm welcomes – especially from the local people.

Please extend a special thanks to our tour guides for making the extra effort to help us have a memorable vacation.
Shanghai – Jennifer
Beijing – Kelly
Xian – Hoffman
Guilin – Charles

Although I didn't get the names of the drivers, they were all polite and professional and had well-maintained, clean vehicles. We were happy to have them behind the wheel, driving in the challenging China traffic.

One suggestion would be to offer lunches in more local restaurants. Although the meals we had were good and some of the settings were very nice, we felt that they were very Americanized and didn't offer us choices. We enjoyed the meals that we had in local restaurants, especially when our Guides helped us order and understand what to expect.

I would not hesitate to recommend China Odyssey Tours. Please feel free to use any quotes. I'd be happy to act as a reference, please use this email address: red4rnr@cox.net.

Thank you again. We loved China and hope to return for another wonderful vacation! Also – I noted my comments on Trip Advisor too.

Nancy Beeson
Phoneix, USA
red4rnr@cox.net.
(June 2, 2006)