How much do you know about the shady secrets of the tourism industry? Tourist: It’s impossible to guard against it

Traveling is not only a way to take a break from your busy schedule, where you can enjoy the scenery and relax, but it is also a way to broaden your horizons.

Each region has different customs and culture. You cannot experience it by just reading the text introduction. You can only feel it when you go to that place.

However, because we are not familiar with the consumption habits of each place, we often experience some unpleasant things when traveling. Whether it is the shady secrets of some local tourist attractions or the inside story of group tours, for tourists It is often impossible to prevent it.

This article will talk about the shady secrets of the tourism industry and see how much you know. Share it with friends around you so that everyone can be more vigilant together.

The shady story of travel agencies:

1. Price increase trap

We all know that the prices of air tickets and hotels fluctuate. Generally speaking, the further away from the departure date, the higher the price. The closer it gets, the more expensive it will be. But this is not the case with group tours. If a travel agency tells you to pay and sign the contract as soon as possible, otherwise the price will increase in a few days, this is an out-and-out lie.

For group tours, air tickets, hotels, cars and tour guides are booked in advance. No matter when you sign up, the cost is the same.

2. The tour group does not form a group

This means that if the total number of people in the tour group you signed up for does not reach the minimum number of people who can form a group, it will be regarded as not forming a group, and you will not be able to travel. Not being able to join a group is the most painful thing.

Imagine that you signed up for a tour group and were all excitedly preparing for it, but were notified by the travel agency before departure that the group would not be available. The long-planned travel plan was also ruined, even when you signed up. I signed a contract, but I actually didn’t get any compensation.

For example, A signed up for an outbound tour group at a travel agency on September 30. Because the National Day tour group was tight, A had booked and paid the deposit 2 months in advance, but 2 months before departure Zhou was told by the travel agency that the tour would not be possible.

But obviously this is impossible. National Day outbound travel is the peak season, and there is no possibility of not being able to travel to popular countries.

In fact, there is only one truth: 2 weeks before the National Day, all tour groups are already full, and travel agencies have offered to help find places where there are no seats available if they are willing to pay a high price.

At this time, the guest had a strong desire to travel. After consulting various travel agencies, he found that there was indeed no place, so he had to agree to increase the price for the trip.

A little tip for everyone: When you go to a travel agency to sign a travel contract, there are several clauses that will ask you to write "agree or disagree" about the part that does not form a group. Remember to write "disagree" in full! The seal stamped on you must be the round official seal of the travel agency!

Accommodation secrets:

Although there is only one word difference between a four-star hotel and a five-star hotel, the conditions are quite different, and the money is naturally not much different.

Many people will assume that the environment is very good and the transportation is convenient when they hear that it is a four-star hotel. Some people even think that it is a high-end hotel. But in fact, if you think about it carefully, there are very few best locations in a city. It will be reserved for a certain four-star hotel. On the contrary, this kind of hotel may generally be some distance away from the city center. If you want to live in a high-end hotel and want everything to be good at an affordable price, it is basically impossible.

When choosing travel accommodation, you should observe the internal environment of the room and also consider the overall surroundings. You cannot be careless in this aspect, otherwise it will greatly affect the comfort of the entire trip.

Tourist Accommodation

Behind the scenes of the scenic spot:

The inside story of the scenic spot involves many things, from some local customs to some special items, from services to There are some unknown secrets about prices. The following summarizes the experiences of some tourists as typical examples.

Tourist 1: I traveled to a plateau mountainous area two years ago. The tour guide introduced me to buying medicinal materials. A tourist in the same group saw a local medicinal material. It is true that the medicinal material is famous, so he asked the price. It was said to be 200 yuan, so the tourist weighed some. The hawker casually asked if he wanted to process it. The tourist said yes, and the hawker immediately ground it into fine pieces. After calculating the money, it was more than 20,000 yuan. The tourist was dumbfounded. It turned out that others were paying 200 yuan per gram. , he thought it was a pound, but now it has been ground into finer pieces, so he doesn’t need it anymore.

Later, I asked the tour guide to intercede and paid 18,000 yuan. In fact, I could buy it for more than 200 yuan.

Tourist 2: I went to a certain scenic spot in Jiangxi once. The tour guide said that I could watch a beautiful woman dancing with a big snake for free, so I just watched it.

On the way, the beauties performing the show interacted with the audience and generously asked the brave tourists to touch the snake. Since they were clicked, they boldly touched it. After the performance, the beauty began to collect money from those who touched the snake.

Xinjiang Hemu Scenic Area

Tourist 3: Last time I went to Xinjiang, I had to enter the Hemu Scenic Area. It was very cold, so I planned to rent a piece of clothing outside the scenic area and return it the next day. It was 50 yuan a day, and the deposit was 100 yuan, so I paid 100 yuan. I asked at the time that it would cost 200 yuan.

When I came out the next day, I was ready to continue walking down, but it was too cold and I didn’t want to take off my cotton-padded clothes, so I planned to buy it. In fact, I had a bad conscience and refused to return it. It was only 100 yuan, which was only worth it. That price.

Later, I bargained with the boss from the original price of 200 to 150. When I was about to pay him 50, the boss said, let’s pay yesterday’s rent too! There is no such truth! It’s really unreasonable to have to pay rent after buying it!

Friends who travel frequently will have more or less similar experiences. The development of tourism in different regions will inevitably lead to related industries with mixed good and bad. Although the country will also introduce policies to maintain the stability of the tourism market in various places. development, but to be able to see through the inside story, we still need to rely on tourists themselves to improve their awareness of discrimination.

Tour group travel

Whether you are traveling with a travel agency or buying souvenirs and other items or other special services, you must understand it clearly in advance. After all, some unpleasant experiences during the trip will greatly affect the overall travel experience.

In addition, when making relevant strategies before traveling independently, you should also learn more about whether there are some typical local shady practices targeting foreign tourists. Taking the time to understand them in advance can avoid many subsequent problems.