How to deal with the shopping itinerary arranged by the tour guide when traveling with a group?

It is estimated that many people have experienced the situation of arranging shopping trips with group tours and even forcing shopping. As a frequent traveler, I also participated in some tour groups in my early years. I had the experience of being forced to shop and take it to a shopping store, and then let you listen to lectures. There are all kinds of tricks. If the tour guide is forced to shop, the following measures can be taken:

1. It can be settled through consultation with the travel agency to which the tour guide belongs. Tourists have the right to request the travel agency to return the goods for them within 3 days after the end of the tour, and advance the payment for the returned goods, or refund the expenses of the paid tour items;

2. Apply for mediation to consumers' associations, tourist complaint handling institutions or relevant mediation organizations;

3. If there are many tourists who are forced to shop, and they have the same request, they can elect representatives to participate in negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation activities.

As a tourist, we can avoid the risk from the following aspects.

1. Don't sign up for low-priced tours

As a product of low-priced tours, you can understand with your toes that tour fees are unprofitable, even at a loss. Travel agencies and tour guides are bound to earn money from other places, instead of taking you shopping to earn commission, you let them drink the northwest wind. Therefore, don't sign up for low-priced tours with the mentality of picking up bargains, and the feeling of playing will be very bad.

second, you can't get out of the squat pit under the pretext of going to the toilet.

In general, the itinerary of tour groups is often "get on the bus to sleep, get off the bus to pee, and take photos when you arrive at the scenic spot". The itinerary of shopping stores is often arranged to be interspersed between two scenic spots. In this case, just ask where the bathroom is, lock the door after entering, play with your mobile phone, and it will be almost the same after coming out one hour.