Guide profile:
You can hire a private tour guide and car to go among the sites smoothly and efficiently.
Choose the places and sites most interesting to you and get closer to details and enjoy personal conversations geared directly to your interests.
You don't have to waste your time wandering with people who have different preferences and interests.
You can seasonably arrange your visit time and itinerary to avoid tourist crowds. You can choose your schedule at your pace.
Choose the restaurants and taste delicious food the way you want !
Get a personal photographer to record your happy moments.
It's your time in China enjoy it !
Always follow your heart. It makes traveling a real experience and real enjoyable!
Welcome to my page!
My name is Cindy Zhang and I'm your licensed freelancer tour guide. I live in Beijing and mainly engage in travel business, interpretation (in English) and electronic businesses. I have worked as a professional tour guide for 10 years and receive constant praise and good reviews.
I majored in English at college. In 2002 I worked as an English shopping advisor in the Forbidden City of Beijing. That's when I entered Beijing tourism industry. In the past years, I have worked as an art works shopping advisor, travel sales advisor, tour guide and interpreter. In 2008, I was trained by Jet Set Sports to host the VIPs, clients, and partners of BHP Billiton during Beijing Olympic Games. I have received foreign tourists from 46 countries thus far.
I can offer insightful, informative, inspiring and entertaining tours with a difference. The tours vary in different themes, topics and locations, customized to your interests, time and budget. I make personalized itineraries in consultation with you.
My mission is your satisfaction and your enjoyment of the sightseeing and tour service, also for you to learn Chinese culture, way of life, get insights and inspiration. To achieve this, I will assist you in your experience with things big or small. I can take pictures, give you travel information & practical suggestions, book train tickets, make restaurant reservations, coordinate vehicles, help you to communicate with local people, etc...
Let me know your interests and ideas and I will help you to get the most out of your visit to Beijing and make your memories great.
Welcome to China! Welcome to Beijing! I wish you a great trip and wonderful 2017 !
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If you are not sure yet where to go, what to do and where to stay, my suggestions for you is as below.
Please spend some time studying travel destinations and see what you are more interested before you contact me. To figure out what you like, you can also check my sample itineraries where you can find more details and photos about tourist destinations and itineraries.
1. where to go? desired destinations:
A. 5 world cultural heritages: the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven, the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs
B. Popular temples: Yonghegong Lama Temple, Confucius temple and Imperial College
C. 4 Traditional living quarters for indigenous people: Hutongs around Shichahai, Drum and Bell tower, Nanluoguxiaing, Qianmen street
D. options of the Great Wall: four sections ----- Badaling Great Wall, Mutianyu Great wall, Jinshanling Great Wall and Simatai Great Wall
E. Traditional commercial area and old streets ------ Qianmen Street Area, Qianmen Street, Liulichang street, Dashilar street, etc.
F: other well-known places: Jingshan Park, Beihai Park, Wangfujing Pedestrian Street, Olympic park
G: Museums: National Museum, Capital Museum
On the tour, you will also see different sides of the city, its modern living quarters, central business district, high-tech zones, rural areas, schools, hospital, vegetable market, etc.
2. Food and restaurant for lunch and dinner:
Food: there are many cuisines and good restaurants in Beijing. the local popular cuisines are imperial cuisine, official cuisine, Muslim cuisine. the most popular dishes in Beijing are Beijing roast duck and Hotpot.
Restaurant style: temple, prince palace garden, official’s mansion, traditional residence ----- quadrangle, modern restaurants, revolving restaurants, fast food restaurants(Chinese or western), local ordinary restaurants, whatever. per capita cost range from 30CNY/person to 1000CNY/person.
Food and restaurant will be recommended to you on the tour based on your preference and budget.
3. Transportation:
The most economical: public bus, subway, taxi
economical and comfortable: special cars
the most costly, convenient and comfortable: private car
The relevant cost is listed in my itineraries for your reference.
4. What can you do in the evening after a long day walk? watch a show in the theater, rest in your hotel, wander around in the shopping streets and appreciate night scene, have a drink and listen to music in a bar or taste delicious food.
5. Shopping:
what to buy? where to shop? You may leave it for decision when you get here.
6. Hotel:
The traffic in Beijing is bad, especially in rush hour. so if you come here for travel purpose, the best hotel location for you is within the second beltway. 1.Wangfujing, 2. Chongwenmen 3. Jianguomen are all good locations. You can check by yourself when you book hotel.
Recent reviews of this tour guide:
Patrick K.
Cindy was amazing! She made our trip to Beijing awesome. She is a wealth of knowledge and a true professional. Our group of 5 can't say enough. She made us feel at home and gave us so much information about China. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
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Tour guide services/sample itinerary:
Based on my working experience and personal preferences, I suggest you several itineraries on my profile. For a tour to Beijing, please check out the itinerary No 1, 2, 3 and 4 and see what you are more interested. The 4 itineraries cover the most of must-see places in Beijing. There is no duplication of them. The destinations are clear so that you will know how your time will be spent. The tours are relaxing, fun, educational and inspiring.
The quotation of my sample itineraries is made based on the duration and exact activities. It includes guide service and photography service only, exclusive of transportation, lunch and admission fees, show tickets and other expense. The itinerary can be customized based on your interests, schedule and budget.
About my tours:
1. Food and restaurants will be recommended to you on the tour by your preference and budget. You can order the dishes and pay yourselves. The per capita cost of a meal in a nice and clean restaurant is about 60CNY/person. My lunch will be paid by you. Normally I have lunch with my clients together.
2. payment methods:
The guide service charge and special cars or private car service charge can be paid to me when the tour is over.
The fees for entrance tickets, public transportation, show tickets, meals will be paid on the tour accordingly.
you can pay in cash or by credit card. Acceptable currencies; USD, EUR, CNY.
If you pay by credit card, about 3.9% of the payment will be charged extra as commission.
3. My standard daily rate is USD$110/ day (8 hours), including guide service and photography service（Fujifilm XT10).
4. If you need book a tour less than 8 hours, I charge by hour. The hourly rate is as quoted on my profile, USD$ 20/hour.
Transportation by tour guide:
1. public bus, subway, taxi
2. special cars ----- served by different cars and drivers
3. private car ----- one car one driver
Private car types and service charge:
5--seater car : 750CNY/day Passat/ Camry
7-seater MPV: 900CNY/day Buick GL8
14-seater or 17 seated van: 1100CNY Toyota Haice
23-seater mini bus: 1350CNY/day Coaster
within 100km, 9 hours/day
All special cars and private cars are smoke-free, air-conditioned, in excellent condition
Private sightseeing & group tours offered by this guide:
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6 day tour to Beijing & Tianjin
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Price Per
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1579.00
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A 15-hour Layover in Beijing
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Price Per
Group
200.00
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Beijing tour 1: the Forbidden City &Summer Palace
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Price Per
Group
132.00
USD
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Beijing tour 2: Temple of Heaven & Qianmen&Hutongs
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Price Per
Group
132.00
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Beijing tour 3: Badaling Great Wall the Ming Tombs
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Price Per
Group
132.00
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Beijing tour 4: Lama Temple & Confucius Temple
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Price Per
Group
120.00
USD
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Beijing tour 5. Mutianyu Great Wall & Ming Tombs
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Price Per
Group
132.00
USD
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Beijng night tour to Jingshan Park &Qianmen Street
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Price Per
Group
100.00
USD
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Jinshanling Great Wall and Chengde Mountain Resort
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Price Per
Group
320.00
USD
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One-day tour to Tianjin from Beijing
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Price Per
Group
132.00
USD
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Private tour to Jinshanling Great Wall Beijing
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Price Per
Group
130.00
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Tianjin Cruise Ship Port pick-up & tour to Beijing
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Price Per
Group
80.00
USD
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Tianjin Cruise Ship Port pick-up & tour to Tianjin
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Price Per
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138.00
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Tour guide interests:
I like planting flowers, raising cart, traveling, reading, cooking, shopping, photography.
Favorite pets: cat, fish
Movie: documentaries, historical movie, comedy, action movie
Reading: communication, news, history, culture, customs, politics, biography, cats, animals, travel, real estate property investment, education, healthcare, skincare
Favorite sports: Ping pang, badminton
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For any request or further questions, please feel free to let me know. I will reply in 24 hours.
Tips for inquiry:
To improve communication efficiency, please specify the following basic information in your first inquiry.
1. Tour date and duration, when do you want the tour started and finished? You need to let me know your flight’s arrival and departure time or the approximate time of your arrival and departure if your flight arrive in the morning and want to start the tour on the day when you arrive. You'd better schedule the flights or trains first.
2. Number of people, members’ general age (if there are kids or people over 60 years old, let me know. )
3. My proposed itinerary will be based on a hotel located within Beijing Third Beltway. If your hotel location is beyond the Third Beltway, please let me know. Because of traffic, the schedule won't be right for you.
4. The specific destinations you want to go. If you have got some ideas of where you want to visit, please just let me know. If not sure, please let me know your request.
Reviews of this tour – by clients who booked!
Jessica A.
26 Mar 2017
Cindy is a perfect tour guide!
She arranged a perfect schedule for us, with all the main attractions and points of interests.
Also, she has a lot of knowledge about all the history and other interesting information about China, which was great for our understanding about the country.
Cindy is super organized and supportive. It was great spending some days with her in Beijing.
We really recommend her as a guide.
RUENELLA C.
20 Sep 2016
You must book Cindy when traveling to Beijing.
Cindy is an amazing guide! She assisted me in planning 2 wonderful days in Beijing for my 11 clients and myself.
From first conversation to final goodbye Cindy was consistently great. She even went over and above for me as China can prove difficult when a problem arises and you don't speak the language.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you did for me.
Limor H.
26 Aug 2015
Cindy is amazing !!!
I took a privet tour with her for 3 days in Beijing and it was perfect.
She knows the city and it's history very well, and although the Forbidden City was closed, I don't feel that I missed something in Beijing, because she took me to so many other interesting sights.
She came with a plan where to go, but had an open mind to change it, when she noticed that I'm into something else, so it was almost like having a tour with a friend who lives in Beijing…
ITZHAK (. E.
07 Oct 2014
Cindy is an excellent tour guide.
It was the second time we visited Beijing and with Cindy -it was the best. We were 3 days with her ,and all of them were well prepared, arranged and performed. She is very Knowledgeable , enthusiastic and her English is very good and well understood.
She was enough flexible in changing and adopting our tour program to reflect our interests and to show us the off beaten track points of interest.
If we shall come again to Beijing , of cours we shall look for he
Tour Guide Comment:
Thanks again for your trust and support. Wish you many happy days.
Alan E.
22 Apr 2014
We would be pleased, and confident, to recommend Cindy to anyone seeking a private guide for their visit to the Beijing and Tianjin areas of China.
We hired Cindy as a private guide for two consecutive days in April 2014, for an onshore break from our cruise. She is a highly skilled, official / licenced, guide with detailed knowledge of the area, it's history and customs.
She is trustworthy and reliable, we were fully satisfied with the performance of her duties and would immediately book
Tour Guide Comment:
Thank you very much for your trust and support. I love the romantic city very much too. I believe you enjoy the time in the Astor hotel and the stroll along the river bank and the short break there. All these places have witnessed your enviable love. I'm looking forward to seeing you in China next time. Wish you good health and a long life.
Kai V.
13 Feb 2013
Cindy, thank you so much!
You made the days unforgettable. Thank you for this great tour and for showing us imposing historic sites and places of Beijing. Now we know that we have to come back and really have to know much more about your culture and your country. Thank you for being a very professional, polite and kind guide. He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man;-)
Kind regards from Germany
Kai, André, Angelika and Dieter
Tour Guide Comment:
Thank you all for your rating and review of my service. I'm glad that you like China more. Wish you all the best. Don't forget to send me a group photo.