Testimonials

Best of China Muslim Tour 16 Days

Dear Grace:

We arrived back in the United States on September 30th as scheduled after an action packed, fun and extremely educational 3 weeks in China. We all had a wonderful time made possible by the hospitality, cooperation and understanding of the travel guides and the drivers. We received extremely good treatment wherever we went. It was very fascinating visiting all the cities. The guides did a very good job showing and describing the various sites and helping us understand the local customs. The tour guides and the drivers were just awesome.

Our sincerest best wishes and heartfelt thanks to Jennifer, Jenny, Sophie, Fantastic, Alex, Sunny, yourself, and all the drivers for making our stay in China such a memorable one. We have come back with great appreciation of China and the progress it has made. We will recommend IslamiChina tours to all friends here.

Azra and I are planning to visit Uzbekistan in April 2011, and if possible to visit Urumqi, Turpan and Kashgar with flight from Tashkent,Uzbekistan to Urumqi and then back to Tashkent. Are there any flights from Kashghar to Tashkent? Please recommend an itinerary for these cities in China with cost.

Again thank you very much for making our trip so enjoyable.

Best regards

Omar A. Syed

Omar Syed USA From Sep 13 to Sep 28, 2010

Tailor-made Beijing Muslim Tour 2 Days

Dear Grace,

Nice to hear from you again. We did enjoy our brief trip to Beijing very much and will hopefully return in the near future to experience China again. These are our comments on the tour overall as you requested. I hope these serve to be useful and constructive to your company. It was really pleasant liaising with you, despite us not meeting in person, and we wish you the best.

Overall review on the trip: 2 Nights Beijing Tour (Tailor-made) A very good brief encounter with Beijing, with a very good tour guide and driver.

Communication with IslamiChina.com sales representative: Grace was excellent to communicate with. She was extremely prompt in her replies to us and particularly attentive to our needs, incorporating our interests and needs into our tailor-made tour package on our very short stay in Beijing.

Tour guide: Claire (Ms. Zhang) was overall an amiable and very knowledgeable guide who answered all our questions patiently. She provided us with adequate information of the various sights we visited, though I would have liked accounts of modern/contemporary Chinese history to be incorporated into her commentaries and how these then shaped the lives of the Chinese and broader Chinese society, which I thought was missing and was often not addressed. It seemed as if the commentaries served to celebrate Chinese imperial history, rather than provide a more balanced, nuanced account.

Hotel: Sofitel Wanda Beijing Hotel (on our own arrangement). Excellent 5-star hotel situated close to the metro. Fantastic room with a large bathroom and Wifi services. You could consider using this hotel for your future tours.

Coach: The minivan driven by Mr Yan was generally good and comfortable. He drove safely throughout our trip and provided us with bottles of water, which was a pleasant gesture.

Meals: Excellent food. We requested for less salt and oil, and the meals turned out to be very good, especially the Peking duck, though the least favorite for us was the lunch stop before visiting the Great Wall, but this venue is understandable since there were no halal restaurants in the vicinity.

Kindest regards and Wass.

Mr. Noorman Singapore From Jun 06 to Jun 07, 2010

Tailor-made Shanghai Beijing Muslim Tour

Hai Grace,
 
It was really nice to have met with you and Becky during my trip to Beijing.
 
As for your questions, my answers are as follows:
 
Overall review on the trip: The whole trip was wonderful. We have the opportunity to visit places of interest as well as have our own leisure plan.
 
Communication with IslamiChina.com sales representative: Very good communication at all times.
 
Tour guide: You provided very good general information about the city.
 
Hotel: The Hotel was very good and the rates are attractive.
 
Coach: Very comfortable.
 
Meals: The meal stop was excellent for Muslim meal with prayer room provided.
 
Aspects that we need to improve: It would be nice to offer more hotels with Halal Muslim food.
 
Thanks again for making our stay so wonderful.
 
Best regards

Safian Md. Salleh Malaysia From June 02 to 09, 2010

Muslim Group Tour, Best of China 11 Day

Just wanted to write and let you know what a wonderful time we had on our recent trip to China (May 1st – May 13th, 2010).

Your arrangements were first class and went off without a hitch from Domestic travel, Accommodation & the buffet of dishes. We appreciated your professional advice and expert planning.

The hotels were outstanding and very comfortable. The drivers (Mr Jhang/Chen/Ghour & Yao) were formal and pleasant and the guides (Jessica/Lin/Sarah) throughout the tour were superb in terms of their in depth knowledge, personality and approachability. We had only one exception which applies to “June” who was our guide in Xian. We found that she had a negative attitude towards foreigners & we felt fairly uncomfortable with her throughout our stay in Xian.

Our stay at the Ramada Hotel in Shanghai at the end was just the tonic we needed. If ever your clients feel in need of a few days of pampering in ultimate luxury this is certainly a place to recommend.  We absolutely loved it!

We will certainly not hesitate to suggest you as a travel agent well equipped to handle a similar trip if any of our family/ friends ask us.

Ismail and Naseema Rangila

Mr. Muhd Hassim Ahmad South Africa From May 02 to May 13, 2010

Silk Road Adventure Muslim Tour 10 Days

Dear Grace
 
We returned to Singapore last Sunday. The holiday went well, except that we had to curtail our program in Turpan because of the Sandstorm.
 
On behalf of my wife and friends, I would like to thank you for making all the arrangements. Hotels, meals, tour, flights and guides were very good, we have no complaints. We will certainly use your company's services again, if we travel to China in the future and would definitely recommend IslamiChina to all our friends.
 
Please convey our regards to Mr. Yusof Ma and Johan.
 
Thank you once again and warm regards.
 
Muhd Hassim Ahmad

Mr. Muhd Hassim Ahmad Singapore From April 18 to April 27, 2010

2010 Great Wall Trekking Tour

Overall review on the trip:
Excellent. My requirements were meet. I would defo recommend IslamiChina to my friends. You are all very welcoming. Your website is also really good

Communication with IslamiChina.com sales representative:
Excellent. I probably sent nearly 1000 emails and all emails were replied to in a timely manner.

Whilst out there Johan was really helpful explaining things to me and also translating a few things with the locals.

Very impressed with how Johan and Grace were able to understand my specific requirements so clearly especially as English is their second language.

Tour guide:
Michael Li was brilliant. He was very accommodated with our religious requirements and did a great job taking us around the wall. His English is also very good. In some occasions it felt like our tour guide was part of the trekking team.

Hotels:
Our Beijing hotel was really nice. The staff was really friendly and they served really nice breakfast. Some of my friends found the beds a bit hard. The location of the hotel isn't the best but it didn't matter too much to us as we only had 2 nights there.

The hotels that we stayed in whilst on the trek exceeded my expectations, I was expecting something basic.
The Jinslink Hotel was really nice and traditional. It reminded us all of our stay in Yangshou.

Coach:
Good size for our group. The driver did a good job driving it too.

Meals:
Food was my biggest worry in china but we were so amazed to find so many nice halal outlets. Our tour guide took us to a nice restaurant. I was really impressed with the fact that halal food was arranged in our hotels whilst doing the trek as I didn't expect this.

Writing this up is really making me miss China.

I hope all your family are safe as I just heard about the earthquake in south west china.

Regards
Eman

Eman Syed Ali UK Apr 06 to 10, 2010

Classic Beijing Muslim Tour + Half Day Beijing Tour

Our experience was amazing! We love Beijing! Thank you to the tour guide, Laura and the driver for bringing us around. Everything was excellent! The food served at the restaurants were great too. I was happy to get a taste of authentic Halal chinese food! No negative comments from me.

Thank you to you for arranging this for us. We will surely recommend your company to others who are going to Beijing!

Raha Singapore From Mar 20 to Mar 21,2010

Tailor-made Beijing Yinchuan Xian Shanghai Tour

Your overall review on the trip:
We really enjoyed our trip to China and would like to thank IslamiChina for contributing to the success of the trip.  The tour was tailor-made to suite our needs, and the staff went out of their way to accomodate us.  We are very happy that we chose IslamiChina to co-ordinate our first, but certainly not last (inshaAllah), trip to China.  Some of the highlights included climbing the Great Wall, and interacting with the Muslim community in Yinchuan, and especially spending time at the Islamic college there, meeting the students and teachers.

Your communication with IslamiChina.com sales representative:
We mainly corresponded with Grace, who was always very prompt and helpful.  She would often reply the same day, and we were very pleased with her effeciency.

Your tour guide:
We were most impressed by our tour guides Jessica (in Xi'an) and Jennifer (in Beijing).  Jessica was the sweetest and friendliest person, with a wealth of knowledge and information.  Both she and Jennifer were very accomodating and kind.  We will remember them fondly.

Your hotel:
The Hotel in Xi'an (New World Hotel) was the best as far as the room, the service and the facilities and breakfast.  The hotel in Beijing can also be recommended.  We were less satisfied with the hotels in Yinchuan (they served a chinese breakfast, with very little on offer for us to eat/drink) and Shanghai (we were glad we only spent one night there).

Your coach:
By far the best coach was in Xi'an, and the best driver Mr Ma.  Although, mashaAllah, the transportation in all four cities was good.

Meals:
For most part the meals were great, especially at the local restaurants in Yinchuan and in the Muslim district of Xi'an.

Aspects that we need to improve:
Our only recommendation is that in Beijing, the tour be structured in a way that allows the guests to visit a mosque around lunch time, or to eat at a restaurant that has prayer facilities (like the one near the Great Wall, which is wonderful), to make it easier for them to pray on time.

Shahida South Africa From March 20 to March 31, 2010

5 Days Beijing Muslim Tour

Salaam

The tour guide and car driver are very kind and good. All the service given by Islamichina is excellent! Thanks for everything! I like Beijing very much and hope to come again for the next time.

Wr. Wb

Engku, Abdul, Rahman, Suhaimi, Bin, Engku, Muda Malaysia June, 2005

Beijing Muslim Tour 5 Days + 2 Nights Extension

Your overall review on the trip: The trip was outstanding, very rich in history. We had an amazing time.
Your communication with IslamiChina.com sales representative: Our communication with Islamichina.com was very prompt.
Your tour guide: Our tour guide, Helen, was amazing, very flexible and knowledgeable.
Your hotel: The hotel was very nice, a bit below a 5 star rating. However, the staff was very nice and the service, especially the restaurant was very nice.
Your coach: It was very accommodating have our own coach, the driver was very patient and knew his way around very well.
Meals: Quantity was fine; however quality could have been better.
Aspects that we need to improve: One aspect that could be improved is the food. Improving this aspect Islamichina can have a true five star service.
Kindest regards and Wass.

Haytham Abduljawad USA From dec 25 to 31, 2009