What are self-help tours and semi-self-help tours?

Self-help travel depends entirely on yourself, including taking a taxi, buying tickets, staying in a hotel, and doing everything by yourself.

Semi-self-help tour means you don't have to plan your own transportation and accommodation between different scenic spots. Tourists only need to plan and visit different tourist attractions themselves, and the local travel agency or other travel agencies are responsible for transportation and accommodation.

The main reason why most tourists don't choose to join the group tour is that the itinerary has been arranged and they can only follow the banner of the tour guide every day, whether they are interested or not. There is no freedom at all, and some line products stipulate shopping and self-funded projects, which makes people unwilling to accept them.

The content and itinerary of the semi-self-help tour are completely decided by the tourists themselves, except for the transportation, hotels and travel days. In many semi-self-help tour products, the choice of transportation, hotels and travel days can be freely combined, and even the accommodation can be solved by themselves.

Extended data:

1. In many semi-self-help tours, in addition to staying in youth hostels, sometimes participants need to bring their own tents, because it is possible to spend the night in some camping camps during the trip, which can meet the travel habits of young people targeted by semi-self-help tours on the one hand and greatly reduce the travel expenses on the other.

2. Semi-self-help tour is also a kind of group tour. Travel agencies provide service personnel such as tour guides and drivers, and some special tours also provide chefs. Tips are also needed before the end of the semi-self-help tour, but you can do whatever you want.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-semi-self-help tour