A licensing and service checklist for private cars and Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese or Korean guides, based on official tourism enforcement cases.
Verify two qualifications first
Official enforcement cases include a travel agency using a vehicle without tourism-operating qualification and a company assigning a person whose guide certificate had been cancelled. Verify the business, vehicle operation, insurance and valid guide credential separately; a local acquaintance is not a substitute.
Guides should display the required identity marker. Fluency alone does not guarantee ceramic vocabulary, so confirm language, subject coverage and working hours.
Put every cost in writing
List vehicle model, seats, daily distance or hours, parking and tolls, driver meals and lodging, overtime, cross-city empty return, child seat and cancellation. Guide pricing should state language, hours, attraction interpretation and personal expenses.
Record no compulsory shopping. Studio or shop stops are voluntary and purchase must never be a condition of continuing the itinerary.
Match language and route
Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Korean guides should be assigned early. Ceramic buying, academic exchange and business visits may require craft vocabulary, interpretation or meeting experience.
Yaoli, Fuliang, Wuyuan, Huangshan, Wangxian Valley and Sanqingshan require weather, return and closure alternatives. Service staff cannot decide immigration, medical or customs matters.