MARINA
I would say that it wasn’t all good
I would say that it wasn’t all good. Service on all flights was very good. But we were promised direct flights from New York and Shanghai. Ok, from New York we had at least one transfer. But flight trip from Shanghai was worst you can imagine. Instead of 14 hours we spent 24 hours to get back home with 2 transfers. We spoke with other people in our big ( 50 people ) group. Most of them had direct flights. Only tourists who got there trips arranged by same travel agent ( Jennie) had very long with a lot transfers flights. All hotels were good , clean during the trip. No complaints on service. It would be nice if we see more of Beijing and Shanghai themselves. But we weren’t happy with our guide in Benjing. He told us very little about city even when we were driving over the city. Good we knew Benjing’s history. When we asked him to help with tickets to special show which we wouldn’t be able to see at home he refused even without trying. We were pushed to pay gratitudes on day 2. It was not nice. Another problem was when our hotel in Shanshow -nice city was exchanged to one in nowhere. It was raining almost all day so we couldn’t go to yellow mountains or another trip. We had spent all day in hotel. No transportation were arranged for people who didn’t want to go to offered trips because of weather. There we had problem even with dinner because no one spoke English. Menu had no pictures. We waited for long time for second restaurant to open. We couldn’t go anywhere for any entertainment in the evening. So for that day I would put even one star. I need to say thank to all guides we got in Shanghai and during the travel time after Beijing. They were very professional, helpful. Thank you very must ch any way. It was nice trip and I would go there again to see what we couldn’t see last time.