• China Homeland Tours Schedule
• Webinar(click here) "Heritage Trips: Practical and Emotional Prep"

• Insights about China Transportation
• Travel Advisory Information
• Cell phone usage in China
• Meant to Be
• Dining Etiquette& Tips
• Serious Advantages of Winter Travel
• Women's Equality: Certain Progress & Definite Limits
• From a recent traveler to the rural farmer's home visit & stay:
• Guidelines for Guides & Tipping
• Chinese New Year's Day Taboos
• A Trip of a Lifetime
• Meant to Be
• I AM ME
• June Galoph's Dilemma in China
• Joining the Game
• Fun Facts About Pandas
• Sichuan & Hunan - Some "Spicy" Provinces
• Submission Guidelines
• General terms
• How each Chinese province got its name
• Lantern Festival-Start the Year Right!!!
• How each Chinese province got its name
• The Internet with "Chinese Characteristics"
• Winter Solstice /Educational Winter Festival / Dongzhi
• "Lucky Money" Envelope Giveaway
• China's "Singles Day" Sets Worldwide Record
• China's Ancient Art of Shadow Puppetry
• Ancient Art:"Soul of the Rice Fields"
• Let's Finish Funding Wade's School Semester!
• Marriage and Divorce in China: A Changing Landscape
• Feminine Ideal Shifts in China's Cultural Evolution
• Marriage and Divorce in China: A Changing Landscape
• Terra Cotta Warriors Horses and Museum
• Bridge
• Days of Chinese New Year Festival
• Symbolic Foods for Chinese New Year
• "Lucky Money" Envelope Giveaway
• Hebei Province
• The Great Wall
• Sections of the Great Wall
• Fujian Province
• One Family's Volunteer Experience
• Louie Yi -- Wuzhou Orphanage Visit
• The Eight Major Cuisines of China
• Anhui Province
• BEST TIMES TO TRAVEL TO VIETNAM
• Bicycles in Beijing
• Jiangsu:"Land of Fish and Rice...."
• Yunnan Province
• Differences in a Decade
• Chinese Chopsticks
• Jiangxi Province
• Ask the Expert
• Henan Province
• Louie's Tibetan Travels:The Beauty of the Less Traveled Road
• Louie's Photos & Visit to Jiuzhaigou

"LUCKY MONEY" ENVELOPES
Yes, Lotus is making red envelopes available again to FCC or FCV groups in support of your Families with Children from China or Families with Children from Vietnam/Asia  groups’ celebrations. 

Lotus Travel will provide complimentary “lucky money” envelopes, on a first-come, first served basis to any FCC or FCV group requesting these for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebration events. (Please, no individual family or classroom requests—we are not able to accommodate those requests).                      

Please send an email with the following information to iris@lotustours.net

• Number of envelopes desired and how many children and adults attending your event
• Snail mail address (no PO boxes – we ship via Fed Ex ground)
• Contact name and phone number
• Event date
• Brochures or heritage trip informational packets desired.

Once you receive a confirmation email about your request, please allow 4-6 weeks for handling and shipping. For any further questions, email iris@lotustours.net or call 1-800-956-8873.

We wish everyone  “Xin Nian Kuai Le”

 If interested, send an email to iris@lotustours.net  with the following information:

• date of the event
• mailing address
• # of children 
• # of adults 
• contact phone #