my friend and i are looking for a 12-14 day tour of china, looking at seeing Xian, Guilan, Bejing possibly Hong Kong. We want to go early May 2012. We need to know which tour would be best for us. We want minimum side tours of silk or cloisonne, etc. factory tours after which you are encouraged to buy things at higher prices than normal. We understand most tours go to Shanghai as well. Do your tours include land transportation and hotel?

Dear deirdre halat
Warmly greetings from Lily, Top China Travel! Many thanks for your enquiry and trust to us, I am your personal sale representative who handles your trip to China.
Apr, May, Sep and Oct are the best time to visit most parts of China. If you want to visit 4cities, Xian, Guilin, Beijing possibly Hong Kong, then we suggest you fly from USA to Beijing first, then fly or take 1 night train to Xian. After that, flying from Xian to Guilin and then go to HKG at the end of the tour. So you are two people, right? I’d like to tailor made this program as standard tour base on 4 star (first class better than standard class) hotel during the trip, cloisonné and Jade shop will be arranged at Beijing, Silk and tea shop will be arranged in Guilin, carpet factory in Xian & jewelry factory in HKG as well. Usually, our package won’t include international air ticket: USA---Beijing, HKG---USA, you can check with your local air ticket company.
Please find the attached details attached, the cost has included all land service and air fare of China, but excludes international air ticket from and back to USA。 In addition, if you want to add some days on some cities, please let me know.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate let me know. J
Many thanks and best wishes

Lily