Hello Tom,
Thanks to your advise, I found a good trip arrangement in Beijing. Thank you for your e-mail. Everything went really well and we are overall very pleased about the whole trip! I thought that the meals were excellent and provided a range of styles and flavours to suit most people. We had some great meals and it is hard to pick out just one as being the best but I would say that the lunch we had on the way to the Great Wall at Badaling and the Dumpling Banquet were my favourites.
I consider 4 days was enough to travel in Beijing, and we had enough time to visit every place. Summer palace was a place suitable to visit in summer. As for the guides, some were better some a bit less, but overall communication was quite OK at all times. We understand how difficult is for Chinese people to speak such a different language. I really enjoyed my 4 days in Beijing, and thank you.

Best regards,
Candy Burner
Austrilia