紫禁城と八達嶺万里の長城を巡る北京日帰りツアー

I didn't need a guide, but I had no choice but to pay a high price to sign up for a guided tour in English, because it was very difficult to get into the free Tiananmen Square and book the National Palace Museum on my own. The guide didn't show up at the meeting place at all, but showed up about 20 minutes late for the meeting time. On the way, he called me once, but of course he couldn't speak the language and the call was cut off. I didn't know what to do, so I thought about it, because the meeting place was the hotel, so I asked the front desk staff at the hotel to call me at the phone number they called, and I had them talk to the guide, who assured me that they would come to the meeting place. What does it mean to have a non-speaking guide arrive late to the meeting place in a non-speaking country? It's unthinkable in Japan, and if you do this, you'll be in trouble. They were also not released near the exit of the National Palace Museum, and were directed to tip what they were doing. Also, I was unable to go because my reservation at another facility that I had booked for no reason was cancelled the day before. If you had told me sooner, I would have gone the day before. Even if I'm only refunded the money, I might never get a chance to go again. Trip.com and the guides suck.

We really enjoyed the tour with our guide Helen. Tiananamen Square and the Forbidden Coty were incredible and we learned loads from Helen who was great :)

Michael was an excellent tour guide. He provided so much information about the historic context and cultural significance of the buildings and features around Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. He also gave us a recommendation for dinner that was delicious. We would highly recommend this tour.

The experience was perfect and Helen is really available and nice

Enjoyable and informative tour by our terrific guide Rocky. He was even kind enough to take some excellent photos.

Jessica was an excellent guide. She took us to many interesting sites and explained the facts in an engaging fashion

Very rushed. Our tour guide Michael kept running off had to race to keep up. We had limited opportunities to look around. Tiananmen square he gave us an overview of why communism is great and so is Stalin's year plan. Then we had 20 miinutes to run around the square on our own while he waited for us to come back. In the Forbidden city, he kept running off and then getting annoyed that we couldn't keep up because we were trying to look around. Thankfully, we didn't include the great wall part of the tour so we left the group and had the opportunity to explore the Forbidden city on our own and redo all the areas Michael made us rush through. This tour was a waste of money. Very little was said about the places we visited.

Michael Ren was an awesome tour guide who was both enthusiastic and kind. He provided us with lots of historical knowledge and made the tour very enjoyable.

Having a guide made the whole day easy. From pick up, tickets, entry, tour, lunch,+++, all day. We spent just enough time at each location that I felt good about the visit. I now understand the layout of the areas and can do longer visits next time I am in Beijing.

The experience was worth while. Our guide Judy Li was very engaging and easy to understand. My only advice is prepare for a long walk.