Most cheap tour groups are scams. Why are there so many people willing to fall for them?

Speaking of cheap tour groups, my mother also participated in such an event a few years ago. It was said to be the anniversary of a certain company, and a group building was specially organized for members. Each person only needed to pay a symbolic 300 yuan. You can participate in the company's special seven-day and six-night tour to Hong Kong and Macau (round trip by green train, three-star accommodation and food, no shopping, just fun).

After asking friends who had participated in the previous batch of this event and getting their "okay" comments, my mother pulled her friend to sign up without hesitation. At that time, my father and I tried our best to persuade her, but nothing worked. We also tried to persuade other relatives in the family, but it was of no use. In the end, we had no choice but to compromise. In this way, my mother, her friends and other members happily went south to play, but my father and I survived seven anxious days. Finally, on the morning of the eighth day, my mother dragged her tired body and opened the door to the house.

For the first meal back, my mother ate about two kilograms of meat, a plate of stir-fried vegetables and two steamed buns (which was far more than her usual food intake), and then slept for a whole day. After waking up, she told both of us about her seven-day journey.

I didn’t have much rest on the train. It took me a day to arrive in Shenzhen. I wanted to take a short rest to calm down, but the tour guide asked me to get up early (I vaguely remember it was four in the morning) and then queue up at the customs port. This is how my damn Hong Kong Olympics trip kicked off. All in all, it was a hectic trip, and the journey was not as wonderful as I said at the beginning. The food and accommodation were very simple (think about it, after all, I only paid 300 yuan), and the group of them was pulled to the so-called duty-free shopping area in the middle. . I heard from my mother that the tour guide was very arrogant and would scold people if they didn’t buy anything. At the beginning, because no one bought anything, the scolding was particularly unpleasant.

Then an elder sister came to everyone with a pair of jade bracelets and a watch. She spoke earnestly and in a very professional tone and told everyone that they were extremely cost-effective and extremely difficult to buy items (suspected to be a scam). This sentence was completely ignited. After two hours, the tour guide brought the unsatisfied members back to their residence with a smile on their face...

All in all, I don’t think my mother will join a cheap tour group again. idea, and I will never let him participate again