Hi rschofield,
Ok, so this is admittedly shameless plugging, but I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t think it’d be helpful: my husband is Tibetan (I’m American) and he runs the Chengdu office of a large travel company based in Lhasa, 圣地. Because it’s a large company, they can do things that other travel agents can’t; we just spent the October holiday in Lhasa and had a great time–just my husband, our son, and me.
My husband is currently in Lhasa on business, but if you think you might be interested, you can contact one of his associates, Frank, at
187 0284 1788
Frank speaks good English and can put together a travel plan and give you a quote at no cost. Feel free to compare to other companies, but they work hard to give good deals. They’ve done tours in Tibet and in parts of China for small and large groups of foreigners, and feedback has been positive.
Hope this helps!