My first trip to Hong Kong and Macau, what is the difference between independent travel and group tour?

About tourism, there are nothing more than six major elements: food, accommodation, transportation, travel, shopping, and entertainment. As for whether it is better to travel independently or with a group tour, everyone has different opinions and opinions. In fact, it still depends on the personal needs of tourists. So, let’s talk about the differences between self-guided tours (also called independent travel) and group tours from these six aspects.

First of all, let’s talk about the tour group! The best thing is that it saves worry and effort, and the cost is relatively low. I really don’t see any other benefits! Why is the fee lower? Because of a trap played by many travel agencies, the tour fee is relatively low, but he gets the money back on shopping, and eats more, because now the tour guides are unpaid and rely on tourists' shopping rebates. Therefore, generally those who join a tour group with a tour guide will encounter shopping traps! Especially for the included meals, the food is already fixed. Tourists can’t eat special things at all, and visiting the scenic spots in a group is just a quick tour. If you are unlucky, you may meet someone with low moral character. Tour guides will also suffer insults and grievances.

Independent travel is a trend in today’s travel development. I believe that it will replace group travel in the future. However, the cost of independent travel is a little higher, but there are many benefits. After solving the problems of accommodation and transportation, you can freely arrange your time to see the scenic spots, and you can choose your food freely, so you can arrange it flexibly! You don’t need a tour guide at all when traveling along the way! In short, when you travel independently, you can control many things in your own hands. You don’t have to look at other people’s faces or fight with others. I decide my own way!

Generally speaking, if you want to play well, you can do whatever you want. If you want to spend a little money, then sign up for a group tour and go to the shopping store. Of course, the final possible result is: you spend too much money and you don’t have a good time with the group.

1: First of all, aviation:

Airlines are also currently vigorously developing self-guided tourist services. There is no difference between group tickets and buying tickets by yourself (travel agencies also look at where they are cheaper when issuing tickets) Where to buy, it is no different from buying the tickets yourself), it is often cheaper to buy the tickets yourself; (try to buy from the airline’s official website, refunds and changes are guaranteed)

So tourists have no disadvantage when it comes to air tickets !

Two: Hotels:

The hotels where travel agencies have advantages are usually mid- to low-end hotels with relatively remote locations; these hotels usually offer more favorable prices to travel agencies due to their poor locations. ;I believe you don’t like to stay in far away and remote hotels either!

Hotels with better locations or higher-star hotels usually offer less discounts to travel agencies; (some older hotels will give travel agencies better discounts);

So when it comes to hotels, travel agencies have no advantage!

Three: Attraction tickets:

Many people think that travel agencies get very cheap ticket prices?

Only a few scenic spots travel agencies can get very cheap prices, such as Yanoda in Hainan. Travel agencies can get tickets for about 70, but you need more than 100! However, these attractions are usually relatively remote and inconvenient; or they are income-generating attractions in some scenic spots, such as Sanya West Island, etc.; there are also some unpopular attractions, such as this village, that village, etc...

In the future, as these better scenic spots have convenient transportation and become more famous, they will gradually abandon travel agencies, such as Wuzhizhou in Sanya;

Some large scenic spots usually have little connection with travel agencies. There are many entanglements, such as:

Yunnan’s Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Lugu Lake, Pudacuo, Stone Forest, etc.;

Sanya’s ends of the earth; Nanshan, etc.;

< p>The Forbidden City in Beijing, the Ming Tombs, etc.

Jiuzhaigou, Zhangjiajie, the Li River in Guilin;

Four: Transportation:

Currently going to major cities There are basically buses in scenic spots;

In this regard, it basically doesn’t cost too much;

You can check various bus apps at any time;

< p>Five: Catering:

There is no need to elaborate on these. For ten yuan, you can have a bowl of rice noodles or a bowl of stewed rice noodles. It can only be said that the abundance is up to the person;

Compared to With ten dishes and one soup every day with the group, a bowl of local food will not be that bad, on the contrary, it tastes better; unless you haven’t eaten enough eggplant and pepper when eating with the group...

In fact, both There is not much comparison. It mainly depends on your time and travel requirements, your choice of travel destination, and your expectations for this destination.

As for the cost, it depends on where your destination is. Take China as an example. If you go to popular tourist destinations such as Hainan and Yunnan, where the main purpose is to enjoy the scenery and relax, it is recommended to join a tour group, because travel agencies take The air tickets, hotels, and tickets are cheaper, and the cost is lower; if you are traveling to experience-oriented cities like Chongqing and Chengdu, it is recommended to travel independently... If you are abroad, if you are in countries with lower consumption such as Southeast Asia, It is recommended to travel freely. In short, just have fun traveling.