hi, i am max from italy! i booked spring and a colleague of him for four days. for my research i wanted to visit areas in zhengzhou that are going through urban transformations in and around the city. simply said a societal transformation from farm to city. certainly not the standard trip that is booked... prior to my arrival i was not sure what i was going to find and where exactly my guides will take me. eventually i got exactly what i wanted to see. we saw many new development areas and urban villages, many of them in phase of demolition. i guess some places and things were also new for my guides but since they were locals it was very easy for them to get around and get informations from the local people. i very vaguely pointed out my proposal for an itinerary based on the things i wanted to see. spring understood right away what my intention was so it was never hard to explain what i wanted. he is a very honest and friendly person with excellent english skills. also a very careful driver. i felt at easy all the time and enjoyed my time with him a lot! it was like driving around with a friend! same counts for his colleague!

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I am just completing my visit to China and I just wanted to write a quick review for Spring. He was an outstanding guide. He was extremely helpful and responsive in the pre-planning stages when I was contacting him from NY. While touring with him in China, he was extremely knowledgeable, courteous and flexible. Also, as a woman traveling alone, I always felt safe and well taken care of by him. In fact, after my initial tour with him in China, I asked him to personally arrange tours for me in other cities during my 3 weeks stay in China. In short, great guide and I would highly recommend him! Read less

We travelled to LUOYANG in August 2015. 
Actually we did not want to take an organized tour with a group , instead we tried to plan our own individual tour. If you do not want to spend too much time in restaurants, in visiting tourist traps, then stay away from the organized ( often cheap to attract tourists ) tours.
Be prepared that thousands of other tourists want to visit the same place at the same moment with you. Your definition of “crowds” will change after your trip to China.
The same applies for traffic conditions. It is very important to rely on a tour guide who knows the area very well. Planning is very important to make best use of your available time and to have a tour in line with your health conditions and interests.
Spring could not have done better
He  invested so much time (even before confirming the tour) which helped a lot to organize a fantastic trip.
I remember that we sent already so many messages that we become friends before arriving ;-)

He  has a vast knowledge of the area and the history.
Explanations we got were very well balanced, enough but not overloaded and all questions were answered. 
He is a well-educated person with good language skills (English), very polite and organized but still funny. (which is important, you are on holiday, no ? )
We had a great time together and learned a lot about local life and habits as well.

One important thing I really want to mention is that traffic in China is very, very special. You might be used to traffic jams, to sometimes dangerous maneuvers from you home country, but forget about this when you come to China, especially the country side.
You will understand why you should not drive yourself. You have many overloaded trucks, speedy buses, many cars, thousands of bikes and pedestrians using every available inch of space in all possible directions – at moments you can be scared. Most  of the accidents in China happen because of bad driving skills.
So, it is important that not only you have a good guide but also a good experienced driver with a clean car in perfect technical conditions !  This was the case, we felt very secure.
So when you book with Spring, I can say that the car we had and the driver were excellent  and always on time from pick up at the train station upon arrival ( at 6 in the morning !! ) until departure in the evening.
Unfortunately China is very far away from our home and we will probably never meet again in our life, but we will never forget the time spent together.
Thank you !
Alain and family from Luxembourg / Europe
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