CLICK on the links below to view additional pages of information: Itinerary FAQs General Conditions Reservation Form Newsy Bits and Pieces Special Extras Flying Tigers Order 2005 DVD About Us Travel Aire (CST #2070111-40) 21133 Jimmersall Lane, Groveland, CA 95321 (209)-962-5588 Call Us Toll Free at: 1-866-669-2288 E-mail us: ChinaVIPTour@aol.com Click on any of these pictures to see a larger version:

The 2009 Tour is once again ALL 5-STAR with ALL hotels 5-star and our 5-night Yangtze River cruise on a 5-star ship! To sign up for our annual tour, please refer to the instructions in Item #2 of the FAQ page. While we do take note of your intentions by E-mail or by phone, mailing in your deposit check with your completed and signed Reservation Form is the only way to actually hold space on the tour or on the inevitable wait-list. The FAQ page also answers most of the early questions commonly asked by all. Just click on the link to the FAQ page on the upper right-hand side of this page to take you there. We continue to strive to keep our high-end tour offered at a low-end price by utlizing both this web site and the use of E-mail for two-way communications. It is essential that you either have your own access to the Internet or can arrange to have a friend, neighbor or family member offer to provide this on your behalf if you do not use a computer.

A New Project: Please explore www.FlyingTigerHeritagePark.com -- this is our web site formed for our joint project with China to create a 300-acre Memorial Park to the Flying Tigers at the site of the old airfield and Operations cave outside Guilin (formerly known as "Kweilin") in SE China. China has pledged $3 million USD for their portion of this marvelous endeavor and is asking us to raise $400,000 USD for our contribution from the USA to be applied to a specific part of the project. Additional information also appears on the "Save the Cave" page on this web site - click on the "Save the Cave" button above and to the right.

Basic Tour package price of $3249 Includes : B747 wide-body Jumbo jet between San Francisco and China (other selected departure cities available for additional cost) All meals (except four - 2 lunches and 2 dinners) All 5-star hotel accommodations New 5-star all-window-view-with-balconies ship on the Yangtze River Cruise 4 domestic airline flights in China (all jet airliner) All transfers and admissions All sightseeing with English-speaking guides

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Price does not include US & China Int'l and Domestic departure, airport and security taxes and fees China visa fee Tips and personal expenses Mandatory CSA Group Go! Travel Insurance Policy Please click on the FAQ page (upper righthand side of this page) for more details ... Of Special Interest to Aviators and WW II History Buffs: See All the Great Sights of China in the company of fellow aviators and with some of those who flew and fought there in World War II - hear their stories of being shot down and rescued or captured (Please see note at the bottom of this page). Hear the stories of the local Chinese who helped to build the airfields and helped to rescue our downed fliers. Experience VIP banquets with local dignitaries and TV and newspaper coverage along with Police Car Escort in Guilin and Xi'an (expedites our ground travel through the traffic). Tour Gen. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell's Museum at his WW II headquarters in Chongqing ("Chunking" in WW II) and visit the Flying Tiger Museum and Gallery across the street. Explore the Headquarters cave at the airfield used by Gen. Claire Chennault and the Flying Tigers of both the AVG and the 14th Army Air Force near Guilin ("Kweilin" in WW II) and meet some of those who helped to create that field out of a rice paddy, stone by stone. Enjoy a special tour of the largest aviation museum in all of Asia, near Beijing - much of it built inside a mountain, and with even more on display outside. Highlights of the Tour include the following: Shanghai - see the many sights there - both the remarkable old and the incredible new - and enjoy a spectacular acrobatic show Cruise on the 4000 year old Grand Canal in nearby Suzhou Jet to Wuhan to see historic points of interest and enjoy the 1st of 3 VIP banquets before you ... Board the New 5-Star all-window-view "Yangtze One" Cruise Ship (with glassed-in elevator, marble staircase and all cabins with private balconies) Cruise up the Yangtze River for 6 days/5 nights through the Three Gorges Watch as we go through the 230' high Gezhouba Dam Lock Visit the construction exhibit for the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest Then experience proceeding through the 5-stage lock of this great feat - the final stages to be completed in 2009 Other shore excursions included during our Yangtze River cruise: Shennong Stream or the Lesser Three Gorges Wanxian or Fengdu Debark in Chongqing for a tour to include the Panda Zoo and Gen. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell's museum featuring stories & photos of the Flying Tigers - plus the Flying Tigers Museum and Gallery across the street [those on early flight to Guilin will have visited the Pandas at the Shanghai Zoo] Jet to exotic Guilin where we will be honored by special police escort during our stay. Visit the site of the old airfield used by the Flying Tigers and explore the cave used as headquarters by Gen. Claire Chennault - with special govt. permit Visit the amazing Reed Flute Caves and Elephant Trunk Hill Enjoy the 2nd of 3 VIP banquets with local dignitaries, TV & news coverage Cruise the exotic Li River through the most painted area of all of China Jet to Xi'an, ancient capital of China, with the only city wall still intact See the amazing 8000 terra cotta soldiers as well as other sights in Xi'an Enjoy our 3rd of 3 VIP banquets - this one featuring the famous Dumpling Dinner followed by a private performance by the famous Tang Dynasty Theatre Jet to Beijing and see Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven, tour Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, experience the Great Wall before it is crowded with vendors and other tourists - all among many other sights - plus a special tour of the largest aviation museum in all of Asia. Enjoy a Peking (now "Beijing") Duck Dinner as our farewell banquet before spending a free day touring or shopping on your own (we provide lots of ideas & help). Note: If you are or know someone who is a Flying Tiger from WW II (AVG or 14th AAF) and would like to be included on the 2009 tour as one of our special VIPs, please call us at (866) 669-2288. We also hope to attract family members of these WW II heroes to view the land their relative(s) helped to save. Our tour is led every year by us personally. We have been going to China for many, many years. We enjoy a wonderful relationship and friendship with Mr. KC Ma of Asia Holiday Travel. Mr. Ma has been very supportive as we have developed our own special version of his basic marvelous tour of China - one which we had already been enjoying leading people on from the US. Our folks truly come away with a 1st class experience for a remarkably low price. PLEASE NOTE: We have been so honored and privileged to escort a number of Flying Tigers with our group over the past five VIP tours. It is so wonderful to see how the Chinese receive these fine heroes from days gone by and still remember them with such awe and respect. We hope to be able to escort more in 2009 but cannot promise this at this time as age is taking its toll on these remarkable heroes. We will keep you informed as the departure date looms closer. We promise the same historic VIP tour regardless.

Shanghai Jade Buddha

Shanghai Acrobats

Suzhou Pagoda

Wuhan Pagoda

Yangzte Shennong Stream

Xi'an Soldiers

Beijing Summer Palace

Beijing Great Wall

Last updates to Website July 31, 2008