Testimonial

Nancy,

Just wanted to express our complete satisfaction with our tour. Our tour guide was fantastic!!!! very knowledgeable and so much fun. When we decide to visit China again ( and we will) China Highlights will be the first agency that we contact. Thank you for making our visit to your beautiful country so wonderful.

Warmest Regards,

Connie

Hi Carol,
We also enjoyed meeting you at your office in Guilin. Thank you very much for the sweet osmantheus flower sachets and the elephant rock hill book marks! We had a wonderful trip to China and would be happy to answer your questionnaire. We also attached the photo that we took of us in your office to this email. We took almost 2,000 photos in China, which we will add to our personal website, so you can view all of our photos. However, it will probably take us over a month to complete the website. It's a lot of work! We'll let you know when it is finished.
 
There were a lot of favorites. We both loved the cruise down the Li River, it was very peaceful and gorgeous! Our favorite show was the Acrobat Show in Shanghai. We also enjoyed the Kung Fu show in Beijing and the Impressions show in Yangshuo. I really loved the hundreds of statues of Buddha at the Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou. We also enjoyed observing the daily, exercises and games of local Beijing retirees at the Temple of Heaven. It was fascinating to watch people practice tai chi, caligraphy, dancing and singing. We also really enjoyed riding bikes on top of the ancient city wall in Xian. We also really enjoyed eating at local restaurants. Most of our daily lunches in local restaurants were wonderful. 
 
We absolutely adored Laura in Beijing and Claire in Guilin. They were are two most favorite guides! Laura is very talkative, friendly and helpful. In addition to the history of China and its many attractions, she shared interesting things about Chinese culture and her own personal life. Plus, she showed an interest in American life and our personal lives. She was also very generous and went out of her way to help us. She shared snacks with us and was always there for us. She even helped us later in our trip. Claire in Guilin was also lovely. She was very kind and sweet; almost like she was our little sister. She even sang a local folk song for us which was incredible. Sheryl in Xian and Ricky in Hangzhou were also very good tour guides. Sheryl was extremely sweet and Ricky's English is perfect! Daisy in Shanghai was also excellent. We really liked all of our tour guides! There kindness, helpfulness and excellent English made our trip perfect.
 
We greatly prefered eating lunches in local restaurants opposed to local hotels. The restaurants had interesting decor and atmosphere, lively and entertaining local people and excellent food. The hotels were often very boring. The only other diners were fellow tourists, the decor was bland and the food wasn't as good. All of the local restaurants were interesting, exciting and had excellent food, but most of the hotel restaurants were boring with average food. We liked all of our hotels and had no problems with any of our accomodations.
 
Most definitely! We would absolutely recommend China Highlights! We adored almost every guide, we loved almost every restaurant, each hotel was excellent, every show was wonderful and we enjoyed nearly every activity and attraction. We would say our tour with China Highlights was 95% perfect!
 
We found that we prefered Beijing over Shanghai, since there are a lot of historical and cultural attractions in Beijing, whereas, Shanghai has fewer attractions and centers around shopping. So plan more time in Beijing than in Shanghai. Our favorite area overall was Guilin and Yangshuo, so extra time there would be well spent! Our favorite day was spent cruising the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo. We could have stayed several more days in that area and wished we had stayed longer in Yangshuo. Shows are expensive, so if you have to choose only one or two, don't miss the acrobats in Shanghai and be sure to see an Impressions show in either Yangshuo or Hangzhou. We didn't think the Pearl TV Tower in Shanghai was worth standing in line for, once we finally reached the top, we could hardly see anything through the smog. We thought the Pearl Tower was a major disappointment.

Hi Rebecca,

We have returned from our trip, and I just wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed it. Chengdu is a great city, and we had a lot of fun.

Isabella was a fantastic guide. She really went out of her way to make sure every part of our trip was perfect, including our evening plans which were not part of the itinerary. She arranged dinner plans for us and helped us to order the right thing. She also took us to the Sichuan opera, which was a real treat. We felt really comfortable and taken care of in her hands.

We have had a great experience with China Highlights, and would love to use it in the future for other China trips!

Thanks,
Eileen

Nancy,

Our vacation was very interesting. All places and attractions what we have seen we recommend to other travelers. The Yangtze Cruise is a major part of every China tour. The river is very important not only for the people in this area but also for the whole big country. It have to be seen! Another suggestion is a visit an original chinese tea house - we did it - great!

The three weeks were not enough to enjoy and discover all details in visited places. All was very interesting. For Beijing we should plan more days. Xi'an is an interesting place as well. Hangzhou should be visited for longer time.

Every guide on our tour was very professional. They were very good. The english language skills of all were excellent. We have to point that there were two outstanding guides: Vivienne (Beijing) and Peter Wang (Luoyang) - not because of longer attendance than the other guide - they were the best!

The most enjoyable hotel was Double Happiness Courtyard Hotel. It has a special flair and unique character. It fits very well to Beijing. Another hotels were comfortable and also clean. The service in all hotels wassuper. We enjoyed the meals in all restaurants. The Chinese cuisine is very,very tasty.

Thank you once again,
Bernard Antoni

Dear Karen,

It’s 01:30 her in Beijing and my wife and I have just got back from the airport and unpacked after our return from Guilin.

We had a wonderful time.  Thank you so much!  I’ll write a more measured thank you tomorrow, but I know that you will probably see ‘Ann’, our Guilin guide, sometime on Wednesday  for a debrief on our visit and I wanted to make sure that you had this before you saw here.

The things we saw in Xi’an and Guilin were wonderful.  The hotels were comfortable and all you’d expect from 4* and 5* hotels.  The flights and transfers worked well.  The drivers were calm, skilful and safe.  The cars were comfortable and clean.  We had a great time and our trip exceeded our expectations.

But, the thing that really made our trip was the guides.  ‘Summer’ and ‘Ann’ were so helpful, friendly, kind, thoughtful, respectful.  They had excellent English and local knowledge.  They were such nice people.  Ann had lots of ideas for our trip and through her we saw the wonderful show at Yangshuo.  Summer had to cope with the fact that the conference I spoke at was very badly organised and she had to change plans on the day.

Ann and Summer were the most wonderful ambassadors for your company and for China.  We loved them both and would be proud to think of them as our friends.  You company is lucky to be able to employ such wonderful young people.  They deserve the highest possible scores on your feedback forms.

Best wishes,

Tim

Michael,

sorry I have not responded earlier but we travelled for another couple of weeks after leaving Beijing and are barely home.

The service we received from your company was excellent. Our guide Laura and our driver were both very helpful and clearly did the jobs professionally and more than adequately. There were many highlights, especially the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and the Olympic precinct.

Our hotel was adequate but not brilliant. The food provided at your lunches was acceptable but we would have preferred some leeway in ordering at each venue rather than simply receiving pre ordered food. We appreciate that time is limited but our eating moods vary from day to day and are frequently dependant upon what we ate the night before.

I will certainly recommend your organization to anyone who asks of me how to go about arranging a China tour.

Thanks again,
Joseph

Hi Grace,

Great trip, we enjoyed every moment, and have nothing but praise for China Highlights. Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Great Wall, Temple of Heaven, Terra Cotta Warriors, Xi'an city wall, Shaanxi Museum -- all were great in different ways. Very tough to rank one over another.

Terry, Rainy, Lemon, each different personalities, each had something to give that was special. Lemon probably shared more of her life with us, that personalized the experience in a meaningful way. We can't rank them in a way.

Bell Tower in Xi'an was the best hotel among them, the meals throughout were exceptional. Again, guides were terrific in guiding us through local delights. I will recommend your company without hesitation. And I will suggest to enjoy the local culture and sample all the foods.

Kind regards,
Merv

Hi Cindy,

Now that I am back in the office I would like to thank you for the wonderful organization of our trip. As always you have done a great job organizing the trip and everything was perfect - the guides where knowledgeable and spoke fluent English, the hotels where nice and with very convenient locations, the transportation was comfortable. All the clients enjoyed their trip in China and returned with good memories. Thank you once again!

Best Regards,
Georgi

Dear Carol,

I am glad to have the chance to thank you again for the wonderful 3 days you helped me set up in beijing the things we did were all wonderful but if i had to pick i would say the great wall was incredible we also loved the palace museum and the summer palace very much although everything was excellent the shangrila beijing hotel was terific.

Our guide Terry and driver were the best they were perfect always on time and very informative and helpful overall i would strongly recommend you and your service.

Richard

Hi Grace,

It was a memorable trip we had of Guangzhou. My husband and I travel a lot - Europe, North America, Canada, Asia and my home country and we always savor the beauty of the tourists spots?and histories of the countries we visit. Guangzhou has so much to offer. Our most memorable historical place is the Chen Ancestral Shrine - for its architectural beauty and preserved artifacts. The scenic beauty of the Lotus Hill with the vastness of the South China Sea was awesome. I also enjoyed the cable ride atop the Baiyun Mountain, the enhanced beauty of nature of the Yuntai Garden , as well as the serenity of the Panyu Bao Mo Gardens. All the places we visited should not be missed by any tourist going to Guangzhou.

Our tour guide Lucia Zhu is very professional, always on time, articulate in the English language and extremely knowledgeable of the places we visited. The restaurants and the food were well chosen, to showcase the taste and presentation of Cantonese cooking. It was really a gastronomical delight.

Of course, I will highly recommend this tour to my friends and I promise you, I will always choose China Highlights among all other Tour Agencies whenever my family and friends visit China. It would be a pleasure to be a reference to future travelers in your country. You may forward them my emailaddress. Thank you for making our vacation hassle free, comfortable and unforgettable.

Best regards,
Teresita