Is it better to travel by yourself or with a group?

Self-help tour! The biggest advantage of self-help tour is freedom, and the choice of destination can be decided freely. Even the mode of travel and the cost of spending money are under control. At present, there are three common modes of self-help tour: go on road trip, back-to-back tour and individual tour. 1. Self-help tour: 1. What is a self-help tour? The so-called "self-help tour" of travel agencies, also known as "soft backpack" or "semi-backpack" tour, is a kind of travel mode between reference tour and self-help tour, which is characterized by the travel agency solving the transportation, accommodation and other links, while the travel itinerary and catering are arranged by tourists themselves. This way is often called "free travel" in the products of travel agencies. It combines the advantages of freedom and peace of mind of backpackers and travel agencies and group tours, and has become the favorite object of travelers at present. 2. Mode: (1). Actually, go on road trip doesn't have to own a car. Some big cities have launched car rental business, and go on road trip is usually a "group tour"-several families or families go on the road together. (2) Backpacking tour is a self-help tour in a complete sense, and its premise is to have a lot of time and physical strength. So backpackers are mostly students or young freelancers. Most of them can see the most beautiful scenery and enjoy traveling the most. (3) Individual travel is actually the most compromised and self-help travel that is the easiest to blossom. The biggest advantage of individual travelers is that they can see the most scenic spots with the least money and practice bargaining skills. 3. Travel agency's "self-help tour" vs. pure self-help tour vs. group tour (1), travel agency's "self-help tour" vs. pure self-help tour ▲ Easy and convenient example "Eleventh" Golden Week, Mr. Li wants to go to Thailand for a self-help tour, but if he doesn't go through the travel agency, he needs to apply for a visa, buy a plane ticket and book a hotel himself, which is very troublesome and his work before the holiday is very busy. Seeing that this trip to Thailand was going to be ruined, my friend later recommended a new "Pure Thailand Free Travel" route launched by a travel agency, which just met Mr. Wang's requirements and realized his dream of traveling to Thailand. Analysis: Although transportation and accommodation are not the contents of tourism, they ensure the smooth completion of tourism. Arrange these two points before departure, and you can travel with peace of mind. Moreover, in the tourist season, transportation and accommodation are also the most difficult to solve, and it is a wise choice to go through a travel agency. ▲ Example of excellent quality at the same price: Mr. Liu's family went to Hainan for a holiday. Because I participated in the self-help tour of the travel agency, I enjoyed the team price provided by the travel agency in both the hotel and the air ticket. Among them, the air ticket is 4.5% off, and if they book the lowest one, they can only get a 60% discount. As a result, a trip to Hainan, flying together and staying in a four-star hotel were much cheaper than the original budget. Analysis: The prices of individuals and groups are just like retail prices and wholesale prices. In the case of the same transportation and accommodation standards, booking through travel agencies will naturally get greater benefits than booking directly by individuals. (2) Travel agency's "self-help tour" is more free than pure group tour ▲ Example: Ms. Zhang always likes to travel freely, but a complete self-help tour requires too much homework, especially the transportation and accommodation should not be planned well, and it is necessary to be sure. At the thought of this, Ms. Zhang has a headache. So, although I am keen on traveling, I have cancelled many travel plans. Only one day, I learned from the newspaper that a travel agency had launched a "free travel" product and finally got what I wanted. Analysis: Most tourists do not choose to join the tour group because the itinerary has been arranged and they can only follow the guide's flag every day, whether they are interested or not. Without a certain degree of freedom, some line products have to stipulate shopping and self-funded items, which makes people unwilling to accept. Travel agency's "free travel" products, except transportation, hotels and days of travel, are all decided by tourists themselves. Moreover, many choices of transportation, hotels and travel days in many "free travel" products can be freely combined, and even accommodation can be solved by themselves. (3) Travel agencies will carry out "semi-self-help" to the end. As travel agencies are working hard to introduce more attractive "self-help tour" products to adapt to this expanding market, many travel agencies have successively launched "semi-self-help tour" services, which are greatly welcomed by tourists. Formal travel society and passengers sign formal agreements. Semi-self-help tour is no exception. Generally speaking, for semi-self-help tours, travel agencies can arrange for you: round-trip air tickets or train tickets, hotel accommodation and travel insurance. But it does not include park tickets and other expenses. Although you can get lower discounts on air tickets and house prices through travel agencies, and the fees paid to travel agencies do not include tickets, local transportation and tour guide fees, the discounts are still relatively limited compared with group tours. At present, the more mature self-help tour routes of travel agencies in the market are: Hainan, Guilin, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and other places. (4) Matters needing attention in participating in "self-help tour" of travel agencies ①. Preparation before departure: Although participating in the self-help tour of the travel agency can save a lot of heart, the itinerary, transportation mode, accommodation location, etc. Travel days should be considered comprehensively. Then choose a travel agency that suits your travel plan and shop around. Since the travel agency doesn't arrange tour guides, it's best for tourists to know something about the tourist destination first, so as to have a clear aim and have a better time. ② Travel insurance: If it is a tour group that participates in the whole journey, the travel society will buy a travel agency liability insurance for each tourist according to the regulations, but the self-help tour products need tourists to buy travel insurance themselves because they are not accompanied by a tour guide. 3. some rules: the date of the air ticket booked through the travel agency cannot be changed, and the hotel has been booked. Try not to change it after confirming the itinerary. In other words, we should start together and return together at the specified time. Therefore, no matter how casual you visit, you should be punctual when you leave and return to the assembly. 4. Look at the means of transportation: the transportation fee is the most important part of the tour fare. The most suitable flight should be "going in the morning and returning in the evening", and many travel agencies are "going in the evening and returning in the morning" in order to get better ticket discounts, so the time for real sightseeing is virtually shortened. It is also a hard sleeper, depending on whether it is an express air conditioner or a normal speed, the prices of the two can be very different. Local tourist buses are also very important, some of them are not air-conditioned, and the performance of imported air-conditioned cars is different from that of domestic air-conditioned cars, which is directly related to the comfort of tourism. ⑤ Look at the specific attractions and tickets: there is also the ticket price. The ticket price of the tourist team is at least calculated according to the team price of the scenic spot, so don't think that the ticket price marked at the entrance of the scenic spot is the same as that of your own team.