Dear Karen Nestingen,
Thanks for contacting
Top China Trave!
We would love to assist with your China Tour Plan.
1)Could we start in Hong Kong on May 20th or so , and then have 3 free days and then head north and end up in Beijing June 7th or so, and then have 2 free days there?
The answer is yes, we can tailor made a tour for you. There are about 12 days left excluding your arrival date on May 20th in Hk, departure date on June 7th in Beijing and 3 days free in HK and 2 days in Beijing. You also mentioned that you will also go to Guangzhou and have friends in Beijing and in Guanzhou who would like to show you around their areas, then waht service would you need from us in HK, Guangzhou and Beijing? like tranfer service or hotel booking?
2) Also if there are 3 of us traveling, can accommodations be made for 3?
If there are 3 people, we usually suggest you to stay in a triple room, or a two-bed room with a extra bed. Is that alright for you? But the availability of triple room or two-bed room with a extra bed depends on different hotel. May I Know which star hotel would you like to stay in? 5 star for deluxe hotel? 4 star for first-class comfortable hotel or 3 star for budget hotel?
3) Can we get any kind of flight deals flying into Hong Kong and out of Beijing?
Regarding to the international flights, we generally suggest our clients to book from their country directly, as the airfare will be cheaper from the departure city in their country according to our experience. We usually can not get good discount for international flight from our side.
4)Do you have any options to make it less expensive?
To save money, you could take part in Seat-in-coach tour in Beijing, Shanghai, Guilin and Hong Kong. But as you have your own arrangement in HK and Beijing, then you can visit to Guilin and Shanghai and have SIT tour in the two cities. But in other cities in China, only private tour is available. About What is a SIC tour, you can visit
/customer-center/what-is-a-sic-tour.htm But usually, we do not suggest our clients to have coach tour, although Bus tour/Coach Tour is cheaper, the tour guide can not meet the need of every guests on the bus. What's more, you have go into one or two shopping stores while doing sightseeing in scenic spots, which may affect your visit time and
mood. What do you think of that? Also, you can take high-speed trains for transport if there is high-speed train between the two ciites.
5)How much would this trip cost?
For you only have about 12 days left, I suggest your to visit Guilin, Chengdu, Shanghai and Xian? They are all hot toursit destination in China. What do you think of that? If you do not mind, we could send you a tour package for thoese cities with price?
Any further request or question, please feel free to contact with us.