(DEAL EXPIRED) 10-Day Tour to China (Beijing, Xian, Shanghai) for $1299 including airfares and taxes from West Coast USA (3 specific departures in November and December 2012)

This is a very good price.

It looks like the $1399 is "Land Only", with $900-1300 additional for international air fare from LAX or JFK?

Quote from taureanx : It looks like the $1399 is "Land Only", with $900-1300 additional for international air fare from LAX or JFK?

Oops.... sorry... I was looking at their parent company Ritz Tours [ritztours.com] and posted their higher end tours instead... Linky and post corrected... Thanks

It's more like $1399 + $900.

Quote from yk88 : It's more like $1399 + $900.

Like I said, link is now corrected. It is now at unbelievable $1299 (INCLUDING ALL AIRFARES)!!

This might be a dumb question, but do they speak English in China...?

Quote from Unfattenator : This might be a dumb question, but do they speak English in China...?

LOL... errr... yes!!??!! The tours are in English....

Any experience with Air China?

AIR CHINA so bad! Rough Landings and terrible food. But this price is pretty decent.

The tour is actually only 6 days not including the air.


Most of the tour is by bus "drive by" with optional add on tours.....

Still a deal but be aware that you will spend triple the amount on local tours to Great Wall, Peking Opera, and Peking Acrobats! Note how many days... free time to explore....

We went last year on a Viking Yangzee river cruise and tour and met people along way who complained about cheat tour groups "nickol/diming" them at every turn! In the end their tour was almost as expensive as ours!

Go Reputable!!!!!

Quote from Dinas : The tour is actually only 6 days not including the air. Most of the tour is by bus "drive by" with optional add on tours..... Still a deal but be aware that you will spend triple the amount on local tours to Great Wall, Peking Opera, and Peking Acrobats! Note how many days... free time to explore.... We went last year on a Viking Yangzee river cruise and tour and met people along way who complained about cheat tour groups "nickol/diming" them at every turn! In the end their tour was almost as expensive as ours! Go Reputable!!!!!

AffordableAsia.com appeared to be a consumer direct online booking site that cuts through the clutter of middlemen and offered by the parent company Ritz Tours of California that have solid rep. I believe your "people you met along the way" do not refer to this company since from what I read they are one of the few tour operator members under the USTOA that has a 1 million dollar protection against gross business misdeeds.
Best to read reviews on TripAdvisorsabout AffordableAsia.com (which I noticed to have really great reviews about their tours) than to beat down this offer with unsubstantiated comments...

Air China is fine. I would have no problems with them. In generally, most foreign carriers are better than US based carriers. If you compare US airlines to most Asian airlines you can't believe they are from the same century. Asian airlines understand the concept of service.

As for the price. It's good. I wouldn't call it unbelievable. The hotels give it some extra value though. It's the dog dead of winter and thus the airfares are cheap. Take that into account. You will be freezing your <blah> off in Beijing and Xian.

As for English. Many 10 year old Chinese kids probably speaking English better than us Amurican speakers. If in a jam, just say "yingwin". The cry will go out and magically someone who can speak English will materialize. The Chinese are very good about that.