No. Some travelers imagine booking through agency will cost more. But actually sometime make arrangements through travel agencies for your trip may cost much less, because travel business just like wholesaler, which means we have great deal on restaurants, hotels and tickets than individual booking prices.

There are lots of reputable travel companies in China. American travel companies set up cooperation with them after many researches, visits and contacts. But as individual travelers:

1. As individual travelers, booking tour directly from China instead of through companies in the US. easily put yourself unprotected.
2. If you are American citizens, booking a tour directly from China will cost you 3-3.5% of the total amount more than booking in the US. This part of money is for money transaction service only.
3. Money transaction takes 2 weeks. This means before your money is received, during the 2 weeks, your tour is unguranteed.
4. If for any reason you have to change or cancel your trip. The China Foreign Currency Control and Restriction policy makes it very difficult to get your money back, besides, another 3-3.5% of the total amount transaction service fee will be deducted.

1. Transportation between cities
2. hotel accommodations, double occupancy
3. American or Chinese breakfast, Chinese lunch and dinner daily
4. Private sightseeing with professional English speaking guides locally.
5. Special banquets and cultural events
6. All transfers

1. Gratuities
2. Visa processing fee
3. Travel insurance
4. Airport Taxes and International Departure Taxes

• ZONE 1: To Los Angeles: No Additional Charge Los Angeles, CA Portland, OR San Francisco, CA Seattle, WA
• ZONE 2: Please call our reservations department Honolulu, HI
• ZONE 3: Add $250.00 to Los Angeles tour fare Albuquerque, NM Ontario, CA Sacramento, CA Spokane, WA Anchorage, AK Palm Springs, CA Salt Lake City, UT Las Vegas, NV Phoenix, AZ San Diego, CA
• ZONE 4: Add $180.00 to Los Angeles tour fare Atlanta, GA Ft. Lauderdale, FL Miami, FL Sarasota, FL Austin, TX Detroit, MI New York, NY Tampa, FL Boston, MA Fort Myers, FL Orlando, FL Washington, D.C. Chicago, IL Houston, TX Philadelphia, PA W. Palm Beach, FL Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX Jacksonville, FL
• ZONE 5: Add $220.00 to Los Angeles tour fare Pensacola, FL If your city is not shown on the lists above, please call us for information. IMPORTANT NOTE: The above add-on fares are applicable only when using flights on Northwest Airlines. Valid from April 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. If there are some surcharges required, please pay it on the spot.

The hotels, cruises or other accomodations are all based on starndard room double occupancy. If the visitor travels alone, he must pay for the other half of the accommodations of the hotels and cruises. This additional charge is called single supplement.

Usually, single supplement is separately listed in the quotation.

Land only means the round-trip international air tickets to China is excluded.

Air Taxes & Fees in the U.S.:

1. U.S. Customs & Immigration fees, U.S. departure taxes, other governmental or quasi-Governmental fees, air taxes,fuel surcharges and airport facility charges are extra approximately $110 per person.
2. Air Taxes & Fees in China: Mainland China airport taxes are approximately USD $6.50 per domestic flight and $12 international flights.
3. HKairport taxes is approximately USD$13 per person per departure flight.

Currently, it is RMB115 Yuan (about HK$110) consisting of airport construction fee and departure tax.

*** PLEASE NOTE: Airport TAX COUPONs will be collected at each airport at the time of check-in.

1. All passengers must first purchase a TAX COUPON sold at specific booths at all local airports.
2. If you have local guides, they will usually collect the appropriate fee from you (cash only) and will purchase and distribute the coupons for all members in the group.
3. You won¡¯t be permitted get into the check-in area without a TAX COUPON.