jmulligan712

Has anybody used China Spree Tour company to go to China? I made tentative reservations with them for a Luxury tour in April 2012. I asked them to completed my visa application . When I downloaded their Visa application I noticed they put down hotels from their lower ( first class) tour. I inquired about the listed hotels and they said it was fine to leave these hotels on the application even though I'm staying in five star hotels. Has anyone run into this situations with other tour companies? I'd hate to find out my hotel /tour package is not not what I expected it to be. I still may consider another tour company- any recommendations?

rkkwan

No experience with this or other companies, but I have to say that you're fussing over irrelevant stuff.

Kathie

Do a search here - type in China Spree in the box near the top of the page. Also note that a trip report on a China Spree trip is near the top of this page.

qwovadis

http://www.ripoffreport.com/travel-a...na-spree/china

Fair to say some complaints about bait and switch and

doctored hotel photos... to be fair good reviews also

www.affordabletours.com many better reviewed upscale

options my last one of these was with Globus 40% off

Thought it great value for an upscale group tour.

qwovadis

www.zicasso.com for bidding out luxury options nice also.

yu243229

Hi jmulligan - I just got back from the Middle Kingdom tour with China Spree (September 11-22). I had a blast and they really exceeded my expectations. The hotels we stayed at were excellent - all 5 star with one 4 star thrown in. The tour guides did were fabulous and the group was maxed out at 16. I followed these blogs before I went on my tour and was slightly apprehensive. I took the land only tour because I wanted to spent a few days in Beijing adjusting to time. When I arrived at the first hotel on the tour, a letter was already waiting for me from the national tour guide, leaving me with all her contact information in case I needed any help. She also followed up with a call that evening and had prearranged wake up calls for all of us the next day so that we wouldn't miss the introductory session. That is just one example about how well organized and thorough they are. I'm not a blogger and if you back into the history, you will see that I also asked some questions last year about China Spree. Yes, the cost of the trip is reasonable but quite frankly, you are getting way more than you pay for. They didn't scrimp on anything. If you don't speak the language and you want to spoil yourself a little, this is the way to go. I've travelled a lot and I'm not sure if I would try to wing it in China on the first go. I might think about independent travel next time but, honestly, I had so much fun, I would probably go with China Spree again.

You will have a great time, I'm sure.

kawh

we did a chinaspree tour about 4 years ago. really enjoyed it-- but they had only one class of tour at that time. seems odd that they would split it into 2 classes-- as the regular tour seemed very first class to us. did you check the dates and other details of a regular tour vs a first-class tour? i the international air travel a higher class as well? we loved just about everything about the chinaspree tour-- except the food. i would say that most of the dinners were just barely average. they kept us busy every single minute-- and handled every detail for us. the guides were superior.
kawh

JPDeM

As an aside, whatever hotels you name in your visa application does not mean you need to stay there after. You can even visit cities different from those in your visa application.

johnsonw

looks good