We enjoyed our tour and our guide Wendy was very knowlegeable about the sites and history although we, a family of six, found it information overload and she was agitated when we didnt share her enthusiam for her information. I believed using this site as means of booking a tour would mean we would be protected from the risks we read about such as being directed to preferred markets, ie pearl markets, jade markets etc, to purcahse items where the tour guide would be favourable reimbursed, and as a result our cost price, unknowingly to us at the time, was increased accordingly.
All this was made known to us when friends of ours visited similar locations, without guides and got purchases in some instances at half the price.
Although i would like to again visit China/Bejing again this notion of being touched up on the sales and the friendly assertion we should save our money for her tip left a bitter taste in our mouth.
Apart from that disappontment, and the reason for not providing an excellent rating, the sites we visited were well organised. The Hutong area was great and the visit to the Wall excellent.
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[3 of 5 Stars!]
