Tourists must read the difference between hiring a travel agency and arranging their own travel.

Nowadays, more and more people do not go out with travel agencies, but choose outdoor or self-driving channels. They think that traveling with travel agencies is too time-consuming and boring. Coupled with the inducement of some unscrupulous travel agencies and unscrupulous tour guides, tourists have great distrust of travel agencies, which makes regular travel agencies feel wronged. Those are the minority after all, so we should not cover the mountain with one leaf. Here, I want to give you a correct analysis of the differences between travel agencies and outdoor tourism (several key directions). I also hope that more people can realize that the profit model of travel agencies is not what everyone thinks. Of course, travel agencies The development of travel agencies will not disappear in the future, because the country attaches great importance to the development of travel agencies.

One: What travel agencies make is not tourists’ money, but third parties.

Many people think that the money earned by travel agencies belongs to tourists, and many tour guides, many travel agencies, etc. have instilled this idea into their brains, leading to wrong thoughts and wrong behaviors. . In fact, the money earned by travel agencies belongs to third parties. What is a third party? It's a scenic spot, a hotel, a hotel, a motorcade, etc. If you don't understand, let me explain with an example.

1. Tickets for Chimelong Wildlife Park are 250 yuan/ticket. Your friend is traveling from Beijing to Guangzhou and asks you to help buy a ticket. It will cost you 250 yuan, but if you find a regular travel agency, they will give it to you. 180 yuan, are you willing? You must be willing, so tell me, have you lost anything? The tickets are still the same, and the scenic spots are also the same. In other words, if you find a travel agency, you save 70 yuan, right? Since you saved 30 yuan, why do you still blame the travel agency?

2. Your friend comes to Guangzhou to visit you and asks you to help book a four-star hotel. The hotel is listed at 1,200 yuan/room. If you book it yourself, the hotel will give you a discount of 1,000 yuan. Let our travel agency book 700 yuan for you. Will you let me book it for you? I order 700 yuan for you, and you order 1,000 yuan yourself. I saved you 300 yuan. Did you lose anything? No! You are happy, I am happy, and the hotel is happy too. This is true for one service, but what about multi-directional services? So is it! You go to Hainan to bask in the sun, go to Lijiang to have an affair, go to Qingdao to drink beer, eat, drink, live and play, etc. If you add up each item, how much money can the travel agency save you? Our travel agency has agreements with hotels, guesthouses, fleets, scenic spots, etc., and you can get the agreed price. If you find a travel agency, it will only give you cheap prices, not expensive ones. If the hotel is listed for 1,000 yuan, the travel agency will give you 1,200 yuan. In that case, the travel agency would be too "black" and too unauthentic. Then you should ask, what about the profits of travel agencies? You can't serve the people, right? I can tell you tactfully that what travel agencies give tourists is not a base price, but a preferential price. In other words, third parties such as hotels and tourist attractions offer lower prices to travel agencies. Now you understand! So you don’t need to know what the reserve price is. If you insist on knowing the reserve price, the travel agency will not give you the reserve price. Please remember that finding a travel agency means saving money, so the core service purpose of a travel agency is to "save travel expenses for tourists and save money for corporate conferences and annual meetings."

Two: Travel agencies pursue safety first and outdoor pursuits first.

Some people say that travel agencies are very cheap, but the itinerary is too tight, too monotonous, and not as colorful as outdoor travel. This is true, because it is determined by the nature of a travel agency. Why is this? Because formal travel agencies deposit RMB 200,000 to RMB 1.2 million with the tourism bureau, travel agencies basically have to bear a lot of risks during the safety period, so all activities must be simple and safe. If there are unsafe factors in one link, travel agencies will be in trouble. It doesn't matter if it's an outdoor or other organization. There is no deposit and no one is in charge. It is a non-governmental organization, so it doesn't matter whether it is safe or unsafe. For example: if you go on a one-day trip to a hot spring, if the travel agency charges 80 yuan, and the outdoor one also charges 80 yuan, then the risk of the travel agency's 80 yuan is higher than the outdoor one, and the cost is also higher than the outdoor one. The travel agency just wants to be safe. Take it to you and bring it back. Not too many activities and content will be added, because the more content, the higher the risk. And the outdoor donkey head will organize you to arrange a barbecue, blind date, rock climbing, etc.

Then you may ask, why don’t travel agencies dare? If the travel agency arranges a barbecue and someone gets upset, the travel agency will have to compensate. What if it’s a donkey head? Will compensation be paid? What compensation? If there is a problem during a rock climbing competition in a scenic spot, the travel agency will be responsible. Will Outdoor Donkey Head be responsible? If you go out with a tour group, you will find that the cars, food and accommodation arranged by regular travel agencies all have star ratings and are very standardized, because if problems arise, they are protected by law. Some people may ask, outdoor insurance also provides compensation, and yes, the insurance purchased outdoors has the same accident insurance as the insurance purchased by travel agencies, but does the third-party compensation provided by travel agencies exist for outdoor insurance? What is third-party compensation? That’s scenic spot compensation, vehicle compensation, etc.

Let’s talk about why the cost of travel agencies is high for the same price. It is also a car. For example, the vehicle booked by the travel agency is 1,000 base price for a day trip to Longtan Gorge. Maybe the outdoor one is 800 base price. You will ask, why ? If you think about regular vehicles, they have all the procedures, the cost is definitely high, and the safety factor is high. What about other vehicles? I won’t tell you what kind of car it is, I’ll just think about it myself. Our travel agency has also cooperated with some outdoor organizations, allowing us to book cars and tickets. Because it is always 100-200 yuan more expensive for us to book a car, so the outdoor donkey head is too expensive. Booking your own personal car is 200-300 yuan cheaper. Let us help you book it. We are not sure, because any regular travel agency will not take risks because of some petty profits. Therefore, our travel agency has signed formal agreements with each fleet, all of which have been confirmed by the company. No matter how good the condition of the car, no matter how professional the driver, or how cheap it is, we will not use the car that has not signed the agreement.

3. Travel agencies, outdoor and self-guided tours each have their own merits and are suitable for different groups of people.

Who is suitable for traveling with a travel agency? If you are signing up for a trip for your parents, then choose a travel agency. If you are a person who does not travel often, then choose a travel agency. If you are a careless person, then choose a travel agency. The advantages that travel agencies give you are safety, peace of mind, and trouble. Who is suitable for outdoor travel? If you are a person with a cheerful personality and the most thrill-seeking person, you can choose to go outdoors. If you often travel and like to arrange everything by yourself, then choose outdoor or independent travel. People with more personal insurance can also choose to travel outdoors or by self-driving. Who is more suitable for self-guided tours or self-driving tours? I personally think that tall, rich, handsome and white, rich and beautiful are the first choices for self-guided tours and self-driving tours, because they are not short of money, haha!