2-Day Xian City Break

Just returned from a trip to China organised by Wendy at China Odyssey Tours. My daughter and I had a memorable time visiting Xi'an to see the Terracotta Warriors. Definitely a place to visit as this archeological find is over 2,000 years old. Also the Ancient City Walls with the Bell Tower standing in the centre of the city were great sights to see. Wendy customised our trip to suit and nothing was a bother for her. A guide was organised for us and Harry was so knowledgeable on everything we asked. We were driven to many great places in Xi'an and had a pleasurable time visiting all the ancient sights. Wendy organised all flights, accommodation and tours and I would definitely recommend her to anyone interested in visiting China. I will definitely return again when my savings permit...A very big THANK YOU....

We are going to China in April 2017, but started the planning way ahead - in May 2016! We contacted two travel companies in China, both of which came with good reviews on TA. But after a couple of emails it became clear Odssey Tours were streets ahead.Of course that's all to do with the individual you get to deal with. in our case it's Tom Zhou, though by reading the other testimonials it seems that the execellent training is company wide.Tom has been excellent in working with us to arrange the best itinerary and accommodation, and we are so looking forward to our trip, confident that we will be well looked after, and that if there are any issues/problems, they will be dealt with, promptly and efficiently.One of the most important things for me is prompt replies to emails, even it's just an acknowledgment. There's nothing worse than being ignored. Tom has been assiduous in replying to me, and I really appreciate that.

My wife and I reviewed several China tour providers before deciding to book our China vacation with Susan Su at China Odyssey Tours. We ended up booking a 30+ day custom itinerary with nine stops that we are looking forward to in 2017. It took us several weeks to get everything just right, but Susan remained patient and worked hard to make sure everything was just as we wanted.Our trip was a bit challenging to put together. Some of our tours were relatively standard tours that you would see in online itineraries, but in other places we had special things that we wanted to do. There was a similar issue with our lodging choices. Susan did a great job of understanding what we were looking for in a hotel and recommending appropriate hotels. We were happy with all of hotels Susan recommended, but in a couple of places we had specific hotels in mind and Susan did a great job of blending them together. After piecing together tours and lodging, we still had a challenge left to put the nine stops in order and connect them with flights. Our itinerary included activities that only occurred on certain days of the week. In other cases, we wanted to avoid certain popular tours on weekends (like the terracotta soldiers in Xian). On top of all this, flights between some of our nine stops were only available on certain days of the week, and a couple of stops had no interconnecting flights at all. It took a lot of fine-tuning to put the nine stops together in a sequence that used our time well and met all of our constraints. As I said, it took several weeks to get everything put together, but Susan Su was patient with us throughout the process and she was diligent in making sure that all the pieces fit together and all of the little annoying constraints didn’t trip us up.We haven’t taken the trip yet, but we are very happy with the itinerary. It contains all the things we initially wanted and several wonderful additions that we didn’t even know about when we started the process. We will post again after we take the trip, but we are confident that Susan has assembled the trip of a lifetime for us.

I booked a fully custom tour with Odyssey for Xi'an and Dunhuang. I planned a demanding schedule that required long days for the tour guide (sometimes 15 hours, with 8 miles of walking) and the driver, going out to distant sites, climbing mountains, etc. The guides smoothed out all the difficulties and allowed my friend and I to have a wonderful experience. When we wanted to make changes and book tickets for a hard-to-see show in Beijing, they had it all arranged. I would definitely choose Odyssey again for a trip to China.

We just returned from a fabulous tour of China arranged by Femando Shen, who was extremely helpful in lining up exactly what we wanted to see. Femando made sure all of our hotels, flights and activities were confirmed and arranged for friendly, knowledgeable guides who took all of the worry out of our vacation. I must say that after travelling for many years, we found our China Tour with Odyssey was the best trip we have ever taken!