Here is an important update about the additional tours after Unicon X.
I talked to Yuan, my contact in China, last night and found a major mistake in
the price of tours that will happen after Unicon. The prices listed are per day
and not the total price. This does not affect the Great Wall tour or the Summer
Palace tour. As many people pointed out, the prices of the tours were too low.
This became a concern and during multiple phone conversations I brought up the
price to make sure they were correct. But, while the prices of the tours were
rechecked many times, the language and culture difference prevented us from
finding this error earlier. The prices for the tours are still a good deal as
everything is included except for souvenirs. Here are the three major tours and
their total cost.
Here are the updated prices for the three tours listed in the registration form
and schedule.
Itinerary of Chengde. Three day tour. (August 11 to August 13) Cost per
person: $75 per day for a total of $225 (includes bus, all tickets, lunch,
dinner, three star hotel and guide)
Itinerary of Luoyang - Xi’an - Guilin. Seven day tour. (August 11 to August
17) Cost per person: $64 per day for a total of $448. This price is good for
10 or more people. (includes bus, all tickets, air ticket from Xi’an to
Guilin, trian ticket from Beijing to Luoyang, meals, three star hotel and
guide. Not included is the air ticket from Guilin to Beijing, Guangzhou, or
Hong Kong)
Itinerary of Shanghai - Suzhou - Hangzhou. Six day tour. (August 11 to August
16) Cost per person: $58 per day for a total of $348. This price is good for
10 or more people. (includes bus, sightseeing tickets, train tickets, meals,
three star hotel and guide)
There will be at least one more tour available.
The starting and ending dates are not final and the group can decide to change
the date as needed. Also there might be a discount for the tour depending on the
final destination.
For the tours, a discount is available if a child is under 11 and stays in the
same hotel room as the parents or guardian.
I will be sending updated files of the registration form and schedule to the
people who need them for distribution or the web sites.
Thanks for clearing this up. It was clearly impossibly low before. Anyone else
up for the 7-day 8/11-8/17 tour afterwards? What I’d really like to do is have
the tour end in Lhasa. There seems to be some flexibility there, so if there’s
enough interest I bet we can set that up.
—Nathan
Andy Cotter <cotter@skypoint.com> wrote in message news:Pine.BSF.3.96.1000301113410.21557E-100000@mirage.skypoint.com… > Here is an important update about the additional tours after Unicon X. > > I talked to Yuan, my contact in China, last night and found a major mistake in > the price of tours that will happen after Unicon. The prices listed are per > day and not the total price. This does not affect the Great Wall tour or the > Summer Palace tour. As many people pointed out, the prices of the tours were > too low. This became a concern and during multiple phone conversations I > brought up the price to make sure they were correct. But, while the prices of > the tours were rechecked many times, the language and culture difference > prevented us from finding this error earlier. The prices for the tours are > still a good deal as everything is included except for souvenirs. Here are the > three major tours and their total cost. > > Here are the updated prices for the three tours listed in the registration > form and schedule. > > 1. Itinerary of Chengde. Three day tour. (August 11 to August 13) Cost per > person: $75 per day for a total of $225 (includes bus, all tickets, lunch, > dinner, three star hotel and guide) > > 2. Itinerary of Luoyang - Xi’an - Guilin. Seven day tour. (August 11 to August > 17) Cost per person: $64 per day for a total of $448. This price is good > for 10 or more people. (includes bus, all tickets, air ticket from Xi’an to > Guilin, trian ticket from Beijing to Luoyang, meals, three star hotel and > guide. Not included is the air ticket from Guilin to Beijing, Guangzhou, or > Hong Kong) > > 3. Itinerary of Shanghai - Suzhou - Hangzhou. Six day tour. (August 11 to > August 16) Cost per person: $58 per day for a total of $348. This price is > good for 10 or more people. (includes bus, sightseeing tickets, train > tickets, meals, three star hotel and guide) > > There will be at least one more tour available. > > The starting and ending dates are not final and the group can decide to change > the date as needed. Also there might be a discount for the tour depending on > the final destination. > > For the tours, a discount is available if a child is under 11 and stays in the > same hotel room as the parents or guardian. > > I will be sending updated files of the registration form and schedule to the > people who need them for distribution or the web sites. > > -Andy