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My trip to China was a very interesting experience.
I was impressed with the extraordinary history, culture and how advance the modern cities, the fast train, the roads and highways.
The trip was a real success because our excellent guide Betty. She was so aware of our security and needs. Besides her perfect English, her interesting anecdotes made our long bus journeys pleasant. Very grateful with her
The food was delicious and nice to go to local restaurants to see the real way of eating of Chinese people.
The fast train was amazing to ride. The train station so clean and organized
Impressed me the cleanliness and organization of the cities in general
The others guides and bus driver were very nice too, specially Tony in Beijing and Johnny in Datong etc…
Thank you to Wendy Wu tours for perfect organization of my tour to China

This holiday is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for travelers who want to see more of the interesting ancient stuff that China has to offer.
The itinerary gives an interesting mixture of the well known sights (in or near the big towns) and almost unknown sights near small towns in between.
Long distances were traveled by Bullet Train (far nicer than internal flights) - these were organised impeccably, as were the smaller distances traveled by coach.
The tour manager (Lisa) was amazing, cheerful, friendly & informative and really went the extra mile to ensure things went smoothly for us. The local guides were all, likewise, cheerful, friendly & informative and experts in their locality and the sights we would be seeing. At no point was language / comprehension a problem.
Food was good, all the way through, and frequently excellent.
Hotels were usually very good / excellent while one or two were included to give a period experience - I enjoyed them all.

First time using Wendy Wu and didn’t know what to…. They turned out to be brilliant and exceeded all expectations. National guide couldn’t do enough for us.

This was the holiday of a lifetime and proved to be excellent value. Everything was perfectly planned and managed by Wendy Wu Tours, from booking onwards. The schedule was jam-packed and we were able to see so many different aspects of China and its long history, accompanied by local guides in each main region who put our experiences in context for us, and our national guide who was with us from start to finish and became a valued friend. I was truly sad to leave this wonderful country.
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Nothing can prepare you for the immensity of the Terracotta Warriors display near Xi'an.
Our evening river cruise in Shanghai was unforgettable.
A peaceful afternoon by the lake at the Summer Palace in Beijing.

Easy to book and friendly female Voice.

Website booking failed multiple times on flight page. Phone line booking went well but would have liked to have seen the choice of flights. I was not asked some questions that were available on website. Still waiting purchase confirmation.

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The guides were very good.
We would recommend them
We would travel with Wendy Wu again

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Saw lots of awesome sights

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They did everything well. I would travel with them again and recommend to family and friends.

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The tour was paced just right and covered a wide range of sights and experiences.

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Pre-Holiday support excellent; answered all queries & sorted out Visa. During Tour National & Local Guides provided full support from touch down to take off. I am looking to book with Wendy Wu for 2019.

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The holiday went smoothly; any issues quickly sorted & resolved by Guides. Itinerary covered everything I wanted (except Hanging Temple which was closed for renovations) & much more besides

Very well organised tour. David, our national tour guide was exceptional, very good English and extremely knowledgable. He had the patience of a saint trying to herd 27 people on the tour.

Unfortunately there were more things I didn’t like..
The food was very poor - we were served the same ‘tourist menu’ at every meal time which was extremely bland and poor quality. Ie processed meats when meat was in the dish or very fatty meat. Despite raising our concerns, asking for fewer dishes but better quality food, we were told the budget didn’t run to the type of food we asked for (bearing in mind spring rolls were classed as a la carte!)
By the end of the tour we were trying to eat on our own as we were hardly eating anything. We had to write a note and sign it to say we wouldnt claim a refund...
this trip wasn’t cheap (just under £7000] so to be honest, I did expect better food..

The tour was ‘full on’, which was good to help you see many things on the trip. However, there should have been more time allowed for you to be able to have free time to explore areas yourself. Half day tours would be perfect for some days.

The tour group was too large. With 27 people we were forever waiting for individuals who were late meeting back at the appointed destination. We spent sooo much time waiting for others.

Overall it was disappointing. No-one can fault the sightseeing in China - but it’s what goes with it that makes the holiday.

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All inclusive, looked after from arrival to departure, all food and tips included. Just a few "shopping" trips, which are not needed.

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Been with Wendy Wu before, so reviewed their brochure online, choose the tour and date and then booked it.

Very well organised tour. Would travel with them again.

Excellent trip and tour guides, particularly Alice the National guide, brilliant. Enjoyed the transport experiences on the trains. Visited before but now three years on things have changed, most noticably.

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From our initial engagement with Liz, we were provided with excellent personal service. When I had queries people always rang us back (notwithstanding we do not live in the UK) Our National Tour Manager (Mark) was amazing and we could not have asked for better, he made an amazing holiday experience even better.
Only developmental point was at the beginning I had asked for my tickets to be emailed and they weren't, they did not ahead of our leaving Spain for the UK to start the tour; however when I pointed this out the tickets were emailed by return.

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AS well as seeing the regular sights (Forbidden City/ Great Wall/ Terracotta Warriors) we saw some sights that many westerners would not see; almost all were fantastic and a privilege to see. As feedback I could have lived without the Yellow River experience and perhaps had another day in Shanghai visiting Suzhou, perhaps more in line with the Ancient China theme

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service was good from start to finish.National guide was very professional, knowledgeable and keen to share his country history with us. He has good organisational skill that lead us to have wonderful and unforgettable experience and memories.

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This tour full fill my dream of visiting historical towns and temples especially The Hanging Temple and grottoes-Yungang and Longmen. It has inspire me to want to read history books of China