Beijing Xian Muslim Tour
Assalamualaikum Johan,
Alhamdulillah we arrived home on time, very much overweight. I had to plead with the airport staff not to insist on making me pay 2800 yuan for excess luggage. Fortunately she agreed that I pay only 600 yuan! We really did our bit for the economy of Beijing and Xian.
A little bit of feedback and critique for your company:
1) Hotels both in Xian and Beijing were very good.We had a bit of problem in Xian but fortunately Linda the guide you assigned to us helped resolved it well.J essica also helped us settle in the hotels quite fast
2) Meals were so much better in Xian. Linda went really out of her way to introduce the cuisine of the locals in Xian. There was enough for the 12 of us and generally we were really well taken care off in Xian. Meals in Beijing were not as good. They tend to be rather salty and the portions were much smaller than what we had in Xian. De plus, the menu tended to be almost the same unless we requested for different dishes which most time we had to.
3) Linda in Xian was excellent as a guide. She was very enthusiastic about wanting to show us and tell us as much as she could about Xian. It was really good and the whole group was very pleased because we learnt a lot about the history of Xian and the silk road and about all the emperors and the dynasties that made Xian its capital. Her love for the city really showed and was quite contagious. We definitely will recommend her to our friends if they are looking for a good guide in Xian.We had less historical info in Beijing. Perhaps it was because Jessica was 3 months in the family way and may have been quite exhausted by the time we finished each day. We actually would have liked to have a lot more info on the history of Beijing and of course more data. (I could make the comparisons because this was my 3rd visit to Beijing whereas this was the first for the rest and they really would have liked to get more info on the city.)No matter we still had a fantastic time in Beijing.
4) The only other feedback that I can give is that perhaps in our next trip we need to remember to request for special meals ie Muslim or vegetarian for the internal flights.
5) The buses and the drivers were excellent too.
Will send you the pictures soon when my son or my daughters have time to help me send them to you. Please take the feedback and the critique the way it is meant to be taken ie for the purpose of improvements.
InsyaAllah we will go again to Beijing and the other cities but this time we will want to do it in Spring or Autumn to enjoy the beauty and colour of that season. We hope Islam China Tours will still want to give us the honour to manage our tours again.
Thank you again for the wonderful holiday we had in China and most of all a special thank you to you for making the arrangements and for making the tour a wonderful one for my family.
Merci
Shamsinar Shaari Malaisie From Dec 25, 2008 à janvier 02, 2009
5 Days Beijing Muslim Tour
Assalamualaikum Mr Yusof Ma.
I thank you very much for your fast action that made our trip to Beijing recently very enjoyable. Your guide Da Wang is very helpful and knowledgeable. My family and I enjoyed very much our trip, especially to Great Wall, my husband and my two sons managed to climb to the top. We might consider going there again. Thank you for your cooperation.
Ruslina Mohd Lazim Malaisie From Dec 22 à déc. 26, 2008
5 Days Beijing Muslim Tour
Dear Johan/ Yousif,
Please accept my heartiest, warm wishes to you, Monsieur. Yousif and Mr. Moosa for making our trip to Beijing a memorable one!. We really enjoyed the China’s traditions & culture. China is surely the world best place to live and you guys going to be the world leaders in all aspects very shortly. My wishes to all.
My family enjoyed curtsey extends to us by Mr. Moosa. He is best man ever I know. He is too humble, focused and service oriented. He is truly a brother, who took care of us well. May Allah reward him here & after. Our Eid Al Adha prayer was a memorable one!
Insha- Allah, I will be promoting your company within UAE for the families who want to visit China. Please convey my best regards to Mr. Moosa & his daughter Ms. Zara. I even personally invited him to Dubai too. I may request you to send us Mr. Moosa’s bank account number & Bank address for sending him a gift.
We have traveled many places in the world, This is truly memorable trip. May Allah bless you all.
Dr.. Riyaz Anzari India, currently residing in Dubai, EAU From Dec 05 à déc. 10, 2008-12-15
Beijing Xian Hangzhou & Shanghai (tailor-made)
Waalaikumsalam
Good to hear from you again as I just about to email.
Firstly, me and my family that was in the trip would sincerely say thank you for the excellent tour and an amazing journey. As a whole, we're really happy and satisfied with the tour from the accomodation, guiding, meals, etc.. We'll definitely recommend IslamiChina company to anybody that wanted to experience China and seriously when any of our friends/relatives going to China I'll ask them to contact your company. Thumbs up!!
Few details that worth to mentioned,
Hotel
- The best hotel we like is New Henderson in Xian, very spacious room with excellent choices of food during breakfast.
- The second best hotel we like is Hong Ye Hotel in Shanghai, good size room and hotel staffs but very little choice on the food during breakfast.
- The least hotel we like is Braim Seasons Hotel in Hangzhou, the room is quite small, air- conditioned not function properly which at night can be very hot esp. warm air trapped in the small room (we've inform the hotel about this unfortunalty the same problem still occur), however we're satisfied with the breakfast.Guide touristique
- Monsieur. John tour guide in Hangzhou/Shanghai is an asset to your company; very knowlegable, dedicated, utile, friendly and I must say one of the best tour guide I've encounter after travelling to many countries.
- Ms. Zoe in Beijing is also a great tour guide!
- Ms. Lily in Xian is also good but she is quite quiet person.Repas
Dans l'ensemble, meals is gooood, delicious and excellent choices. Cependant, we didnt get our lunch in Xian on the second day as our flight is at 1.30pm, arrived at Hangzhou and after checkin to hotel straight away went to early dinner at around 5pm. Just a small suggestion maybe next time, the flight time can be extended to around 3 ou 4 pm (after lunch) and dinner in Hangzhou can be done around 7 - 8pm.Lastly, could you please give me your, Monsieur. John, Ms. Zoe and Ms. Lily correspondence address? I would like to sent a thank you card.
All you helps is very much appreciated and may Allah grant you the best deeds.
Many thanks
best regards
Novia RU juin 11, 2008
5 Days Beijing Muslim Tour
We would like to thank specially to Hj Musa for his hospitality and helpful during our visit to Beijing. May Allah bless him and his family. And not to forget to his son Mubarak.
Mohammad Juani Malaisie octobre, 2007
5 Days Beijing Muslim Tour
Your guide Madame Hu is very good, well verse in guiding tourists especially the historical aspects of Beijing. She is also very friendly and very helpful. Not to forget also, your coach driver Mr. Tang is also very friendly. Overall as the head of Uitm Group, I?ˉm very satisfied with your service and hope that it will be maintained for a long time.
Khairulzaman Hamun Malaisie July, 2006
Best of China Muslim Tour (Shanghai/Suzhou/Hangzhou/Xian/Beijing)
The trip was very very good. the guides were all very good, and taking example of Mr. moosa, the guides easily got to know the groups temperament and were very much part of the group the hotels were all above standard, and so were the meals. i do not think there was anything negative about the whole tour. i for one will definitely call on you when fellow South Africans wish to visit china, and will be in touch with your company. Encore une fois, a very big thank you to you all and all your staff
kind regards
firoza
Firoza South Africa July, 2007
The Great Wall Muslim Tour
Your guide Musa speaks fluent English, and he told us a lot about the Great Wall and Mings Tomb. He also showed us on the way a mosque and a little bit story about Muslims in Beijing. He was also very flexible with the schedule given the fact that we have small children. He also helped us to bargain in a souvenir shop - although at the end we decided not to buy that. He also took us for lunch at a restaurant with possibility to do midday prayer there.
IslamiChina management was also helping us by providing fa piao needed, even though it means delivery after our tour.
One improvement potential should be that the sedan car was too small for us, even the folded baby car can not be put inside the trunk because it was full. The trunk should be empty before any trip. As the result our feet should be folded during all the trip.
Best regards,
EstanantoEstananto Indonésie novembre 09, 2008
2006 IMANA Beijing Convention
Dear Mr. Shiraz Malik, Salaam Alaikum
My name is Kazim Akbar and I, my wife, daughter and grand daughter went to China in the group of Dr. Khalid Rehman. It was a wonderful trip and an extraordinary vacation. It turned out to be more like a vocational trip with immense learning experience. I must congratulate you for planning the trip to its finest details. And full credit should also go to Mr. Yusuf and Mr. Johan of ICT tours for executing the plan effectively- like clockwork.
As a retired Army Officer, who served through two wars, I am well aware, how much it takes to plan Logistic Support for an Operation and what is involved in its execution. I can say, par conséquent, that planning on your part and its execution by ICT was done with Military Precision. There is so much that I can say about the finer details. But I will only mention some of the remarkable facilities that we enjoyed. We didn’t have to show our passports and register to check-in. Hotels had already received details of the guests. Our National Tour Guide gave us room keys as soon as we arrived at the hotel. We were divided in groups named after the color given to our bus. Our baggage went to to one floor accordingly. And it was taken out before check-out, and sent directly to the airport. We didn’t have to buy our ticket and get Boarding Pass. Imagine 200 people lined up for checking in at the airport and baggage weighing. It would have consumed hours standing in lines. We got our boarding pass on arrival and moved straight to the departure gate. What a VIP treatment.
Before leaving Pakistan we were apprehensive about the type of food we will get in China. We thought of carrying canned food as well. But what a surprise. We ate at Muslim restaurant in every city every day. Quality and variety of food was such that it was a treat every time. Yet some people wanted to go for Pizza and missed eating it. You might hear complaints from some disgruntled participants. I can say that these would be those of the kind who always complain and grumble. They become miserable because they see their glass half empty; unlike the happy people who see their glasses half full.
That is not all I have to say. I can go on and on describing how much was done for our enjoyment and what a great experience and education it has been for us. I must also say that our group was the luckiest to have Angela as our National Guide. We were called the ‘Brown Bus’. Angela was full of knowledge about the History and culture. But what made her dear to all of us was her warm personality and how much care she took for our comfort. She was more than a guide; she was our host and we became her pampered guests. She was there to provide help even after the day was over. Mahvish, my 19 year old grand daughter simply adored her. Angela’s personal charm made our group as one family and we would shout like children in response to every question she asked. Soon we became envy of the other groups. No other bus had the same harmony, friendship and tolerance as Brown Bus. On the last day as we said farewell to Angela; our spokesman asked what we thought of her. Answers came: She is wonderful; she is helpful, she is caring, she is affectionate, she is beautiful; she is the best guide- She is Professional. My narration would be incomplete if I don’t mention our last Local Guide. That was Mr. Yin. I called him Commnder Yin. It was amazing to see his love of romance, hear his mythical love stories, his grasp of historical knowledge and his humor. Yet he had been a military man. He created an atmosphere of participation by the Brown Bus riders. We enjoyed his stores told in his peculiar accent which we began to like very much.
At the end I would say that I and my family (We were a family of seven members) owe much gratitude to you, to Mr. Yusuf, Monsieur. Johan and to Angela for the most memorable vacation of our life.
With best wishes and regards
Kazim Akbar
Kazim Akbar American July, 2006
Best of China (Beijing/Lanzhou/Linxia/Xian/Hangzhou/Suzhou/Shanghai)
Salaam Johan
Merci! Once again for a beautifully prepared trip. I loved traveling through China and would like to com back again. I appreciated your extra effort in helping me get my passport and Visa. You are a real trouper! May Allah bless you!
Amirah
Amirah American Août 07, 2004
