Nope. Excellent but not for kids

Mine started at 6. I hope you can do it. it is a great experience.

We were a very small group of 4 + the guide. this was because we won the tour as a raffle prize at a charity ball in Beijing. I think that usually it is 8 -10 people which would be fine. The company running the tour was "Lost Plate"

Australian dollars.

Tipping is not customary in China. Americans find this hard to understand as it is so much part of the culture in the USA. Here in China tipping is just not done, not for taxi drivers, hairdressers, restaurant staff, it is not expected. It has never been part of the financial system here and some people might even be offended if you offer a tip.

I had to show my passport for all tours in China and when checking into hotels. No big deal, it's just the nature of the country, just have to go with it. Like having your bags scanned before travelling on the metro every single time in Beijing and Shanghai!!

Ours started at 6:20pm. They don’t offer pick ups. You meet at a subway station exit. The subway is very easy to use in Beijing. Or get your hotel to arrange a taxi, taxis are cheap.

Go by subway. 6 adults will need two taxis and traffic is dire. Subway has English ticket machines and customer service desks. It is easy, clean, cheap. Get bar to call you an Uber after 11pm

Our guide was very helpful, called an Uber for us, stayed with us until the car arrived and made sure our driver knew where to go. Taxis/Uber is not expensive in China, but rather hard to get. The apps are all in Chinese, most drivers speak 0 english, and most important, the taxis just don't stop when they see "non-local" person raising the hand. Don't want the "embarrassment " of not understanding the passengers. But the guide was super nice and even yelled at the driver couple times before letting us go with him.

They can accommodate that tell them when you book