Asia Odyssey Travel Expert Thalia

We recently took a 6 day tour to Tibet , booking through Asia Odyssey Travel through agent Thalia.

Our itinerary including:
1, flying from Peking to Xining (with one day private tour in Xining)
2, taking overnight train from Xining to Lhasa.
3, Staying in Lhasa for 4 nights visiting several monasteries, palaces and Yamdrok Lake.
4, flying from Lhasa to Chengdu with one day private tour in Chengdu.

The highlights of the tour is the overnight train ride ( around 19 hours) passing snow capped mountains with breath taking scenery. Although we were told by several tours that it was extremely difficult to obtain train tickets, Thalia was able to secure train tickets and Tibet permits for us as promised ( soft sleeper cabin for four) Thalia is the best travel agent I have dealt with so far. We communicated by WhatsApp and paid by PayPal or WeChat. Thalia sent us itinerary first and followed us throughout the whole trip with updated detailed instructions of flight information, airport pick up and tour guide contact information, scenic points on the train ride , and precautions for high altitude sickness. ( there are oxygen and humidifier in Lagani hotel in Lhasa)

When our flight from Lhasa to Chengdu was delayed, Thalia made her best efforts to rebook different flights.

We also had fantastic tours in Chengdu lead by Tina Chen and in Xining by Sally

Thalia is reliable, always replying texts promptly and available even when she was on vacation. Her English is excellent. She is professional , pleasant , optimistic and reassuring.

We definitely will contact her for any future trips to China.

Thalia email Thalia@aisiaodysseytravel.com

My husband and I spent a wonderful time in Bhutan. Thalia supported us throughout the whole process, from defining the best itinerary to getting the visa on time, choosing the best air connections and providing support during the whole trip. Her service and guidance have been just superb! 5 stars for her!

We had a very knowledgeable and flexible guide and an excellent driver who took us safely to all our destinations.

The itinerary was well designed and we managed to see everything we wanted and even more!

Just a great experience that I would recomendable undoubtedly.

Our family had a great 7-day customized China tour experience with Asia Odyssey Travel! Several months before our trip, I contacted the company and Thalia was our very responsive and helpful travel agent. She helped us plan an interesting itinerary with a variety of different activities that exposed us to the ancient history, vibrant culture, and beautiful outdoor landscapes of China. The English-speaking AOT guides in each city we visited had warm, friendly personalities and shared great insights with us about life in China. They guided us on memorable visits to the Suzhou and Xitang water towns surrounding Shanghai, and to Xian, Guilin, and the beautiful countryside of Yangshuo. AOT took care of all our travel arrangements including wonderful and well-situated hotels, private mini-van with driver, and train/airport transfers. These arrangements were very reassuring as this was our family's first trip to China. For all the activities, care, and excellent customer service we received from AOT, we felt the overall cost of our family's customized tour was reasonable and well worth it! We would not hestitate to use AOT again for a future trip to China!

I contacted Odyssey and Thalia replied. My wife, Nora, and I traveled to China for the first time. We visited Hong Kong, Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai. Thalia, from

Odyssey, organised the trip at our request and excelled in the provided services, including internal travel in China, hotels, guides and drivers in Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai. Hong Kong, as she advised, was organised by ourselves to be cost effective given the area and period of time we visited it.

The hotels were excellent, the guides were fantastic and the drivers took us to all of our destinations safely and professionally.

As an additional and remarkable note, when I lost my camera bag with camera and lenses in it at the Airport in Hong Kong, Thalia organised its pick up and sent the items to our hotel in Shanghai via a courier, which was a highlight in our trip.

China is, in our impression, a fantastic country, worth visiting, with an extraordinary infrastructure, amazing places to visit, an enjoyable culture, delicious food and very hospitable. We felt guided and assisted by Thalia, who was reachable at all times via WhatsApp. The cities and places we visited were simply extraordinary. The high velocity trains were fantastic.

The assistance from the teams was particularly important given that English is not commonly spoken and when it is, the local pronunciation is not always easy to understand hence being guided and helped by the Travel Agent was in our case of paramount importance.

An additional fact to highlight is that the flight from Xi'an to Shanghai was cancelled due to bad weather and Thalia quickly organised, after consulting with us via WhatsApp, going by high speed train.

Thank you Thalia, from Odyssey, thank you Thomas, our guide from Beijing, Kimi, guide from Xi'an, Linda (picked us up at train station in Shanghai and took us to the airport to return home), and Jessica, the Shanghai guide. Thank you to all three excellent drivers.

I just came back from Bhutan, booked through Thalia /Asia Odyssey for a 5 days’ trip to Bhutan. Went to Thimphu, Punakha and Paro.

The trip arrangement is perfect, hotel, meals, every logistics were being well taken cared. My 5 days itinerary arrangement is perfect! The trekking experience to Tiger nest is really worth! Punakha is also highly recommended, very nice valley, worth to stay for few days!

My local guide Tashi ( His nickname is Jerry, cause many people names Tashi in Bhutan ) and driver Nima are very friendly and professional.

It’s really an unforgettable and pleasant trip!

Asia Odyssey Travel planned our March 2025 China tour from Huangshan>Suzhou>Shanghai. Ms Huang, Mr Ken, and Ms Maria were our respective tour guides, who conducted our tours professionally. They shared their intimate knowledge of the History, food, and entertainment of these places with us. Our drivers were always on time and did their duties well.
We stayed in very comfortable high-class hotels. All these made our tours very memorable - we will definitely recommend Asia Odyssey Travel to our families, friends, and everyone keen to tour China!