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Eric Gillaspie Counsel Shell Trading Gas and Power Company Tel. 713-230-3576 Fax 713-265-3576 2HC 1036 -----Original Message----- From: jonathan gillaspie [mailto:jongill78@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 8:13 AM To: djunk_epc@yahoo.com; Gillaspie, Eric; jgillaspieci3@netzero.com; ragillaspie@hotmail.com; jongill78@hotmail.com; gillassa@fairfield.k12.ia.us Subject: Re: Trip Details Dan: Can you imagine trying to set this up without the internet? It would be impossible. Anyway, here's a quick update from the battlefield. In regards to flight plans, we had a minor setback today. We called our local Wuxi travel agent who is setting up the majority of our airplane tix. I asked her if we needed to provide them with full names that are on passports. After much heated debate she said no. However, we then called Shanghai Pudong Airport staff to see what their response was to our enquiry. They demanded that all flight tickets show the full names that are on passports. Therefore, I'll need for you to provide me with the full names (first, middle, last) for everybody in your group. We'll then pass these on to the Wuxi agent who has already lined up the Shanghai<Qingdao flight. We'll also provide the full names to agents who'll be setting up the other flights. Secondly, let me give you a status report on the Beijing leg of the journey. After you sent us your Beijing tour package info we consulted with Lin Qing. We then asked our travel agent friend in Qingdao, Zang Bao Guo, to line us up with his agents in Beijing to get another price quote. Jeff felt that the $525/person fee was too much; he stated that he had retirement savings to consider (ha!). We've spent the last couple days in negotiations with another Beijing agent to see if she could provide us with essentially the same Beijing tour package at a more budget-minded price. Today she gave us a rough idea on the price of the alternative Beijing tour package. The estimated price would be about $520/couple for the same five day package in Beijing. This is in comparison to your price quite of $525/person for a five day package. We would downgrade from a 5 star hotel to a 4 star hotel (it's new). Keep in mind that we're still hammering out the details, but the alternative package seems to be the one that would be the easiest on the wallet. The crude itinerary would look something like this: June 11- fly to Beijing in the morning; check into hotel; tour the Forbidden City; see Chinese style acrobatics show in the evening. June 12- Great Wall; Ding Temple (tombs); Beijing roast duck dinner. June 13- Temple of Heaven; Summer Palace; dinner at the Old Beijing Tea House (singing and other entertainment provided). June 14- Tiananmen Square; Beihai Park; lunch at Beihai King's Food Restaurant (this place serves meals that the royalty would have eaten during the Qing Dynasty); Yong He Gong (Tibetan temple); free evening. June 15- Hutong alley tour; lunch at a Xinjiang (Chinese Muslim cuisine) restaurant; Wangfujing Street (shopping at the trendy stores); Beijing opera in the evening. June 16- most folks would fly out of Beijing to USA or Shanghai. We knocked out some destinations from the original plan. For example, the dancing performance and the trip to Liu Li Chang (antique shopping). Ai Ping called the agent about the dancing show and decided it wouldn't be very interesting: it featured some Western dancing styles and the same crap we see on TV every night. The dance performance didn't include any minority group dances or "traditional" village styles, so Ai Ping didn't think it sounded very "Chinese." If the antique shopping is desired (it's an on-the-street auction, with other stores selling original and not-so-original "fake" items) we can slap it back on the itinerary. I don't give a hoot either way. I aim to please and we are extremely flexible. Ai Ping's hometown is six hours west of Beijing. She's been to Beijing a billion times; she doesn't care where we go. Let me know what you think and we'll do as instructed. Thirdly, I don't think we'll be needing any deposit money. The airplane tix will be reserved in your names. The Wuxi agent said she would arrange to have your Shanghai<Qingdao tix brought to your hotel in Shanghai and that you could pay there. The Qingdao<Beijing tix can be paid for in Qingdao upon arrival. The Beijing agent hasn't mentioned a deposit for the tour package yet. If she does, I'll put the money down- no problem. So that leaves you with making the decision on whether or not you want to do the Shanghai tour package: your call. It looks like a good plan to me. If you want any assistance with the Shanghai leg of the journey we can do it. Let me know. Hope this gives you an idea on where we're at. Please respond asap with comments/questions. Hope all is swell in Tejas. Will write again soon. My Regards, Jon Gillaspie <From: Daniel Junk <djunk_epc@yahoo.com< <To: Jonathan Gillaspie <jongill78@hotmail.com< <CC: Eric Gillaspie <egillaspie@coral-energy.com< <Subject: Trip Details <Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 09:36:55 -0700 (PDT) < <Jon, how is crisis management these days? I hope it <is coming together for you. I hate to bother you, but <was wondering if Ai Ping has finalized anything with <the travel agency or airlines. I'm sure there are <going to be deposits required and such when the <reservations are made. Just let me know what you're <needing from us. < <In the mean time, keep cool. The suffering will end <shortly. < <Take care....Dan < <__________________________________________________ <Do You Yahoo!? <Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices <http://auctions.yahoo.com/ _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
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