Review of 1 Day Flight Tour Beijing -Xian -Beijing (round trip) by John

Our tour was a 1 day tour to see the terracotta warriors from Beijing. We were notified several times in our hotel about the time of the flights, so no problem there. Early in the morning we were collected from the hotel and dropped off at the airport (no escort to check in). One point here, we were not told to bring passports or booking information, luckily we had the common sense to bring them, but if you had not, you would not be able to board the plane. Personally, I think it would be useful to mention it in the telephone reminders the night before, to save any hassle at the airport. We were met in Xian by Daisy and her driver. Dailsy was very knowedgeable about chinese history and clearly was proud of her city and it's past. We had the obligatory tour of the Terracotta warriors pottery factory, which while interesting enough, is not something we would choose to visit. After looking at the various manufacturing processes, you pop out in the shop, where you are encouraged to buy. On to the high light -- the terracotta army. We were lucky, nice weather and few people. It is a wonderful experience and lived up to expectations. Once again, Daisy showed us around, adding in depth comments on the various sights there. very good. There was no time pressure and we were encouraged to stay as long as we wanted. From here we went to a restaurant for some lunch - definately not a high light. Although the food was included in the price it was probably the poorest quality that we had in our whole stay in china. It would be worth paying a bit more and getting some decent food, especially as this is the main meal of the day, as you start really early (collected at 5am) and it is about 9pm before you hit beijing again. We did a tour of the hot springs, which was fine and then, ran out of time and headed for the airport. Daisy saw us through to check in and arrived back in beijing, where we were delighted to find someone with our name on a board at the airport to take us back to the hotel. All in all, a well organised tour, with just a few points to fine tune on. I would have no hesitiation booking with them again. it was very well organised and our tour guide Daisy was excellent. She spoke very good English and was very informative about the chinese history. We were picked up at our hotel in the morning' after a phone call the night before to tell us what time. We caught our flight to Xian and were met at the airport by Cally and driver. After our personalized tour (with no shopping stops, by reque