点评:We did 4 tours with Mary - she was brilliant with the terracotta tour - funny, charming and full of interesting facts, but her true colours emerged in our next 3 tours. The Luoyang tour was supposed to be by bullet train but Mary indicated that it might perhaps be better to go by road. Trusting her, as she is our guide after all, I left it up to her. But she took us for a ride!!! The journey was 6 hrs each way - that meant 12 hrs in the van!! Promise of a light lunch in town was never fulfilled - Mary just decided we have dinner instead halfway along the way. We insisted on some lunch - and it was almost 3pm then. To top this, Mary charged us for the return train tickets (300rmb each - and there were 8 of us). She pocketed 2400rmb - just like that! We missed dinner and got back to the hotel just before midnight.
Huashan tour was next - Mary gave great details on each peak but her plan was only to show us the west peak - which could be done in under an hour. Last tour was Hukou Falls and she ditched us to attend to someone else. Left us with her husband (driver/guide) who spoke no English. This is not what we paid for! 6 of us in a van with a driver/guide - is that even allowed? Mary seemed unfamiliar with tours outside of Xi’an - her timings were always off and she did minimal guiding. Really disappointing! For non-Chinese speakers like us, please do your research. Ask plenty of questions and get a detailed itinerary. At least u know what you are paying for. Don’t make the same mistakes I did!
翻译:我们和玛丽一起参加了 4 次旅行 - 她在兵马俑之旅中表现得非常出色 - 风趣、迷人,而且有很多有趣的事实,但她的本性在我们接下来的 3 次旅行中才显露出来。洛阳之旅本来应该乘坐高铁,但玛丽表示,也许最好走公路。我相信她,毕竟她是我们的导游,所以我把事情交给她了。但她带我们去了一次旅行!!!单程旅程需要 6 个小时 - 这意味着要在面包车上待 12 个小时!!承诺在镇上吃一顿清淡的午餐从未实现 - 玛丽决定让我们在半路上吃晚餐。我们坚持要吃午饭 - 那时已经快下午 3 点了。更糟糕的是,玛丽向我们收取了往返火车票的费用(每人 300 元人民币 - 我们一共有 8 个人)。她就这样赚了 2400 元人民币!我们错过了晚餐,午夜前才回到酒店。
接下来是华山之旅——玛丽详细介绍了每座山峰,但她的计划只是带我们参观西峰——不到一小时就可以游览完。上一次的旅行是壶口瀑布,她抛弃了我们,去参加其他人的旅行。她把我们留给了她的丈夫(司机兼导游),他不会说英语。这不是我们付钱买的!我们六个人坐在一辆面包车上,还有一个司机兼导游——这允许吗?玛丽似乎不熟悉西安以外的旅行——她的时间总是不对,而且她提供的导游服务很少。真令人失望!对于像我们这样不会说中文的人,请做好调查。多问问题,获得详细的行程。至少你知道你付了钱是为了什么。不要犯我犯过的错误!