Shopping Policy
Shopping or no shopping, it is your decision
Shopping in Beijing is a fun .You could bargain a lot with the vendor, buy cheap commodities at less than half the price back in your country, get meaningful souvenirs with Chinese characteristics and traditions, for example silk, Chinese painting and calligraphy and folk handcrafts, where you could leave your name.
However, shopping in Beijing may be a nightmare due to various traps. There are trap from the peddler who sells at a much higher price, bad quality products or fake products; trap from the guide and the tourist agency that might have made some agreement with the shopkeeper thus could get discount by leading the tourist to the shop and persuading the tourist to buy things.
We understand in the tourists’ stand and make the according shopping policy which is distinct from other travel agencies and could protect the tourists’ benefit well.
Factories ranther than shops
We lead customers to factories instead of shops. These factories we choose must present Chinese characteristics culture and traditional arts. In the factory, you don’t need to buy anything and you could see the displaying products and the manufacture process without a cent cost, for example, in a silk factory, which is greatly welcomed by our customers, you could see how a delicate piece of silk cloth is made of lines of silk without money out of your pocket. We aim at enlarging your knowledge of Chinese culture by arranging such factories in your itinerary. You would feel just like visiting a place of interest and just enjoy the Chinese culture. The name of the factory would be clearly written in your itinerary so that it is transparent and could be canceled as your request. Many other agencies or guides hide the shop name or factory name in the itineraries and add such sites temporarily during the tour so that they can get discount from the vendors according to their premade agreement.
No forced shopping and no forced factory tour itinerary
If you don’t want to buy the things in the factory, it is OK, just say no. Our guides are forbidden to force or trap you to buy things and they are also responsible to help you supposing you get forced or trapped by the vendors. If you are not willing to contain factory tour in your itinerary, just tell our consultant to cancel that for you in advance. Complaints are welcomed if you find your guide or consultant disobey the above policy.
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