Are low-cost tour groups really losing money?

Of course, we don't lose money. There are a lot of tricks in this. For example, some time ago, my friend's parents took advantage of the price to sign up for a nine-day tour of 300 yuan, including transportation, accommodation and catering. In our young people's eyes, this is obviously a loss-making business. But when this friend's parents arrived at the destination happily, the tour guide officially started her performance, and the real time was only 10.

My friend's parents survived these nine days and went home with a lot of things. Together, the old couple spent nearly 20,000 yuan on shopping alone, and some money went into the pocket of this travel company, except for the tour fare of two people in 600 yuan.

3. Most of the low-priced groups are elderly people. When they entered the shop, no one was empty-handed. They are all big bags and small bags, and the things they buy are also exchanged. The grandmother sitting next to us also asked us to buy some for the elderly at home, saying that although a small bottle of wind-expelling oil costs hundreds of dollars, she will really get hot when she tries it. The two of us can't really say anything but smile apologetically. I haven't traveled with a group since that trip. There is little time to play, and shopping patterns emerge one after another. Anyway, when a group comes down, according to a bus with 40 people, everyone spends 100-200 yuan, which is 4,000 ~ 8,000 yuan, and the commission of the travel company is about 40%, which is 1600 ~. Even if you give the tour guide half, a car for two days will make a profit of 800- 1600. (I asked my tour guide friends, maybe every company will be different. Jade is 40%, crystal and cloisonne is 30%, and some will reach 50%, such as calligraphy and painting.

4. A one-day tour of the surrounding scenic spots organized by the travel company costs only tens of yuan, and one hundred eggs are given for a meal. Not only will it not lose money, but it will also earn a lot. Because in addition to the running commission, there is also a headcount fee, that is, as long as you take it to the shopping store, no matter whether it is a deal or not, you will count the money according to the headcount, probably 10-35 yuan alone.

The profit of this one-day tour in the suburbs basically comes from the year-end rebate of the scenic spot. Scenic spots will give travel agencies a separate policy, generally according to the number of tourists sent in one year. For example, by the end of the year, a travel agency had distributed 500 people through the statistics of scenic spots, and most of the scenic spots were rewarded with one-person 5 yuan. In other words, by the end of the year, the travel society will get a cash reward of 2,500 yuan in the scenic spot, which is the so-called year-end rebate. Moreover, the more people are sent, the greater the amount of single rebate. We have a travel agency that once sent more than 20,000 people to a scenic spot a year, and each person was rewarded with 20. By the end of the year, it won more than 400,000 rewards.