Salary of tour guides in Thailand

Tour guides in Thailand are different from those in China. They can't get a fixed salary from the travel agency. Instead, they have to pay 4500 baht per person to their travel agency according to the number of tourists, and then all the expenses of tourists in Thailand, including meals, accommodation, scenic spots tickets and so on. All of them are borne by themselves. This is more and more incomprehensible to us. In fact, Thais are not fools, and no one will do unprofitable business. How do they make money? Listen to me slowly.

First of all, when you get off the plane and get on the bus, the tour guide in Thailand will remind you that counterfeit money is rampant in the market and the exchange rate in the bank is low. In order to protect the interests of tourists in this travel agency, the tour guide, on behalf of the travel agency, is willing to exchange it with you at a price higher than the exchange rate in the bank, with a unit of 1000 RMB for 4500 baht. In fact, you will understand that RMB is a hard currency in Thailand, which is not only universal, but also not less than 1 when shopping.

Then there is the so-called international practice of tipping. Upon arrival at the hotel, the tour leader will tip the tour guide 20 yuan per person per day, which was originally a reward for good service. When I came here, it became a hard and fast rule. According to the calculation of 38 people in 5 days, the tour guide got 3,800 RMB, equivalent to nearly 20,000 baht.

The most important thing is that in the back, the tour guide will arrange your own expenses for you without exception. On the second day in Thailand, the tour guide will play up the fun of self-funded projects in the car, such as comprehensive mystery show, golden cat thigh dance, qigong performance, bird's nest dinner in Thailand and so on. After that, we naturally talked about the cost, and we asked everyone to pay 1500 yuan. Our group is made up of individual travelers. In China, most people haven't heard of paying these extra fees. Moreover, after listening to the tour guide, many women said that some projects were not suitable for us. Someone suggested that he was unwilling to pay the tour guide's money, and his face, which was still very happy just now, immediately dimmed. Later, they went on strike and kept silent. Even the introduction of scenic spots is completed by the tour leader. After lunch, everyone's mood was in sharp contrast with the euphoria when they first arrived in Thailand yesterday. They negotiated with the tour leader, but under other people's eaves, whether they like it or not, everyone still paid the bill, only canceled some programs that everyone unanimously opposed, and the cost was reduced to per person 1.200 yuan. In this case, it is impossible not to go (if you don't go, you won't be allowed to do it in the car, and people will have to wait and play there). Men, women and children go to see those naked pornographic performances. At the performance site, we also saw other groups with five or six-year-old children watching with adults, so I would like to remind everyone that if you want to travel to Thailand, don't take your children with you and don't pollute their eyes.

In addition, tour guides also have an indispensable income, which is well-known shopping. Every time you go to the shopping store, the tour guide will urge you to get off the bus. When you get off the bus, the clerk will immediately put a sign on you, count the number of people and give the tour guide a rebate. Under normal circumstances, whether you shop or not, the tour guide can get a rebate of 30-50 baht per person, and if someone in the group shops, it can be 3%-