What tour guide routines or pits have you seen or experienced during your trip?

Nowadays, it is rare to travel with a group. If you travel, you are basically free, whether at home or abroad.

I used to travel with a group. Tell me about the routine I encountered.

1. Raise the price.

The first time I went to Xinjiang, I traveled with a group.

When I was in Turpan, I definitely went to the Grape Valley!

Along the way, the tour guide introduced the geographical advantages of Turpan and how good the raisins are.

After arriving in Grape Valley, the guide took us to a local family. Like many other families, it has a big yard and strong ethnic customs. Most importantly, there are many kinds of raisins, including more than a dozen.

It is really delicious!

So, almost everyone in our group bought a lot. I bought a little, but I also bought 6 kg and 60 kg, and I plan to come back to see my relatives and friends off.

As a result, I was free to move when I arrived in Urumqi, so I went to visit the Grand Bazaar.

Friends who have traveled to Xinjiang should know that it is good to have a look at the Grand Bazaar in Urumqi. The things inside are the most expensive, much more expensive than the outside.

As a result, what I saw was exactly the same as the raisins I bought, 60 kg! Half price!

It is conceivable that if I buy it outside, how much will it cost and how much more will it cost!

2. Compulsory consumption.

When we first went to Thailand, we also traveled with a group.

In fact, our tour fare includes the cost of going to PP Island.

But because we are a super luxury group, we don't take shopping during the whole trip, and the accommodation is better than that of ordinary groups. The price is 1500/ person. I thought this could avoid some unnecessary consumption risks during the trip, but I didn't expect it.

Before going to Big PP Island, the tour guide always suggested that each of us should spend 7000 baht more, that is, 1000 RMB, and the whole group should include a speedboat.

We are not interested because everyone has been on a speedboat. The ship is so big and steady that it will take us an hour and a half to get there even by speedboat. For such a long time, we are sure to suffer.

The tour guide was very unhappy and tried to persuade everyone to take the speedboat. At that time, Thailand had just had an accident, and the tour guide kept saying that the big ship was not good, and many dead people were pulled over, and so on.

She also threatened that if we wanted to take a big boat, we would have to buy our own tickets. She is not responsible for buying tickets. The problem is that our hotel is far from the pier, so it is inconvenient to take a taxi and I don't know how to get there.

Because we are a small group, a dozen people at a time, so everyone compromised later.

The result proves how wrong our choice is!

The so-called speedboat we take is not the real speedboat we usually see.

It's just a relatively small ship with a roof, and it can be very fast. But there are no fixed seats, only two fixed strips face to face as stools. So when riding, put your hands on the railing next to you to prevent falling.

The whole speedboat, worn out, makes people wonder if it was modified with a scrapped boat.

During the whole trip, the speedboat bumped so badly that it almost broke its waist and ass.

Because there are seven or eight aunts and grandfathers in the tour group, it is even more disadvantageous.

Then I was very upset and stood up. Although unstable, I feel much better.

The captain rushed over and asked me to sit down because it would be risky.

Because I have been abroad and have a strong balance ability, I explained it to him. It was really unbearable. Later, he looked at me and there was nothing wrong with it, so he said nothing.

Later, other members couldn't stand it, and they all stood up, but they couldn't stand it. They can only stand for a moment, 2 or 30 seconds, and then they sit down quickly.

It is conceivable that we have to struggle more and feel more uncomfortable.

The problem is that the return trip will take another hour and a half!

What a pain!

When we went snorkeling in PP Island, we saw several big ships. To tell the truth, it is better than our tattered speedboat, and I don't know how many levels it is.

The ship is clean and tidy. At first glance, it looks like a new ship. The facilities and seats on the ship look very good and professional. Unlike our speedboat, it doesn't even have ordinary seats, but is fixed by two opposite long boards. God, the gap is too big!

3. Embezzlement of insurance premiums.

When we went to Thailand, it was our first trip abroad, so the tour guide tried to lobby us to buy insurance before the trip.

Because the insurance price is not high, everyone has only 30 yuan, so we bought it. The money was paid directly to her, and she promised to buy it for us.

But when traveling, my husband got water in his ears while swimming in the hotel swimming pool. It was very serious at that time, and it cost more than 1000 baht to go to the hospital.

When I came back, I told the tour guide to take insurance, and the tour guide evaded it in various ways, but I didn't leave at last.

And we didn't see any insurance documents, and we suspected that the money was embezzled by the tour guide.

So, my friends, if you buy insurance when you travel, don't be afraid of trouble, you must buy it yourself! Be sure to buy it yourself! Be sure to buy it yourself!

Say the important things three times!

4. Nothing is worth it.

Before we traveled to Inner Mongolia, someone recommended me a horse racing banquet, saying it was 36 courses.

As a result, I got the menu and saw the so-called 36-course dish like this:

Because of business reasons, I often went to Inner Mongolia on business for a while, so this menu really can't fool me.

Only roast whole sheep and hand-grabbed meat are still special, and the rest can be eaten anywhere, or snacks such as fried rice, yogurt and milk skin are counted as a dish, which accounts for at least half of it.

But the real Inner Mongolia characteristics, such as: Allium mongolicum Regel, roast lamb back, these, all have no!

And this kind of quality food costs more than 300 per person.

Do you really think everyone is stupid?

Even in the most authentic Mongolian restaurant in Hohhot, even in high-end Mongolian restaurants such as Mongolian Daqi and Bayan Delehai, in addition to roasting whole sheep, two people can eat more than 300 yuan, and the food is guaranteed to be delicious. More than 300 people are needed to eat mutton in a farmer's house. I don't know what dishes, what tastes, and whether it can be bitten.

So, I declined.

The photo below is my first hotel in Inner Mongolia, and part of my breakfast is a special snack in Inner Mongolia.

The one on the upper right is not yogurt, it's called Wurimo. It's a bit like yogurt, but it's thicker and better.

These include black mill, milk skin, milk tofu and fried rice, which can be regarded as four kinds of dishes at the horse racing banquet.

Therefore, when traveling, don't listen to the deception of some people. In your mind, you should know what you need and what is worth spending, so that you can spend as little as possible.

If you can do a good job of raiders and know as much about the local customs as possible before going out, you can better avoid some problems.

In the mid-1990s, our unit organized some middle-level management cadres to travel to Singapore for four days, which lasted for four days. One day, the tour guide took us to visit a jewelry factory. There was a balance card on the front of the hall of this jewelry factory. The tour guide told us: this is a fair and just Singapore Peugeot, saying that Singapore is an honest country! Never bully customers, everyone is very happy after listening. Then the tour guide and the factory's shopping guide showed us around their sales exhibition hall, which contained a batch of new 7-color gold chains from the factory, which were very beautiful! Gold marked as 18K, and the price per gram is RMB 80 yuan. I've seen some gold chains that are really beautiful, but they don't feel right. The proportion of gold is 19.8. Although it is 18K, it feels similar to copper, and the price is questionable. I asked if the factory's guidance is guaranteed or true 18K? The affirmative answer is 18K. I told my colleagues: please don't buy this gold chain. A few people are behind me and say that I am not willing to spend money to fart! A few people bought six or eight dollars each, and a few people listened to me and didn't buy any. Back in Guangzhou, those wives who bought a lot of gold chains sang me down everywhere, saying that I couldn't even bear to part with a gold chain. No wonder my wife is like that. After two months, all the gold chains faded, but only one copper chain. Those colleagues who didn't buy it came to me and thanked me for my tips. It would be really miserable to buy a fake gold chain like this for my girlfriend.

What tour guide routines or pits have you seen or experienced during your trip? I have the most say in this. During the trip, the tour guide will unconsciously let you place an order. Once, the tour guide was always very good, and he was very responsible and enthusiastic all the way. He made friends with our group members, and then he never let us buy anything again. But on the way, he told us that the farmers here are very hard and have no financial resources. Let's experience the collector's customs and listen to the collector's story. Everyone is more willing. Finally, I let them buy their silver ornaments. Although it was not expensive, you couldn't help buying it at that time. Finally, everyone bought it, and the tour guide was very happy. I think I raised a lot of money and a car full of people went.

So, I went shopping unconsciously, not forced, but voluntarily and very reluctantly.

Let me tell you one. I met a pit when I was not a tour guide. At that time, it was a summer camp and was taken into the store by the tour guide for consumption. It is a shop selling dried fish and a place in a coastal city.

After entering the store, it was said to be a free experience. This is arranged in advance during the trip. Everyone was sitting in the shop, and the manager took out many kinds of dried fish for us to taste.

Dried fish is really delicious, because inland tourists eat less dried fish, so they are particularly interested and give each other drinks. After eating and drinking enough, the manager said, today, in order to give back to the tourists, I gave everyone a discount. Everyone thought it was delicious and bought a lot.

The idea at that time was simple. When you travel, you should bring some special products back to your home, so you can buy them in Qian Qi for 200 yuan and give them back to your relatives and friends.

I still clearly remember my mother's face after eating. She said it was not bad, just like that, nothing special, just like the spicy strips sold in the supermarket, which said that the dried fish was actually bean products. I quickly brought it over and tasted it, and found that what we bought at that time was not the same taste, but just looked the same.

Later, I bought everything when I saw that the seller had the same taste as me.

When I went to Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, I met a group of rogue gangs, which were deceptive. That was 20 12 years ago. I wonder if it still exists.

Was taken to a jewelry store. The store said that the boss happened to visit his adoptive father from other places today. The waiter took our party to the VIP living room. He said that his adoptive father was an expeditionary force and adopted 10 children. Now he has cancer and just finished surgery today. Barabara told us a lot, and we were all moved.

Later, he said that he was very happy today and gave us a small gift, each with a good jade pendant. In fact, it is worthless glass.

Later, he said to give us all a discount. We are all very excited. Many people bought thousands of dollars of jewelry.

I felt something was wrong when I got on the bus. I searched the internet and said it was a liar. Fortunately, I was more resourceful and asked the tour guide to return the jewelry. Others dropped some, too.

The whole store is a swindler gang, and now it feels a little scary.

How can you enjoy taxi service at the expense of public transportation? If you say you are cheating, you are cheating yourself. If you don't want to shop, you can travel freely or join a group with high standards.

According to the current national conditions in China, routines and digging holes will be encountered all over the country, especially in Yunnan. There is a basic fact that black tour guides and law enforcement in Yunnan are often exposed in CCTV.

Let me talk about my personal experience of traveling freely in Yunnan. From Lijiang airport to downtown, I just got off the bus. I was surrounded by people swarming in to attract customers. As a stranger, I kept a little alert and walked around the crowd into the street.

I want to take a taxi directly to the ancient city, and then find a hotel nearby to stay, which is convenient for travel.

After the tourists dispersed, the noise just now disappeared. A middle-aged woman drove a taxi to the side of the road and asked enthusiastically where to go.

After reporting the purpose of the ancient city, she sincerely and patiently recommended it. She introduces herself as a local and is familiar with tourist routes, which can save money for tourists. According to her statement, you should not enter the ancient city in the afternoon. Now you have to buy a ticket for 120 yuan. It's better to go to a scenic spot called Lashihai in the suburbs first, and then return to the urban area after dusk, so that no one is on duty in the ancient city, and you can go in and out freely, which can save the ticket money. Take the initiative to take out your mobile phone and flip the screen to introduce the pictures of Lashihai. Alpine meadows, blue sky and clear plateau lakes are full of temptations.

After getting on the bus and driving for a while, she took the initiative to care that her relatives, who are tour guides in travel agencies, can help you sign up for a trip to Shangri-La tomorrow at a price that will satisfy you. Once again, she deceived people with a face of honesty. After she contacted with the local dialect, she took me to a hotel to pick up the ticket. All this was done before she left for Lashihai.

Over the mountains, I came to the primitive village. Maybe I'm new here. I have some altitude sickness, and I am slow to respond to many things. A simple room is marked with a higher price than the scenic spot, and the price is calibrated by distance. Near the afternoon, I didn't have time to go far, so I chose the lowest price in 240 yuan. The woman driving a taxi waited for me to get on the horse, then entered the ticket office and drove back to the city for a while.

A local Naxi boy rode on horseback and led tourists to the chariot and horse area. He took the tourists to the rugged mountain road and kept speeding up the whip. The rugged road makes people feel uncomfortable sitting on horseback. He told him to slow down. He is impatient. He replied: if you are slow, you can't get to the end of the ticket. If you walk there, that's good. Moreover, they complained all the way that the Han people earned money. They are hard-working and poor, and they exposed most of the kickbacks from taxis to get tickets.

When I entered the mountain forest, I realized that it was a primitive mountain forest and there was no road. The horses struggled on the narrow slope, and the ground was full of pungent smell of horse manure. No matter how uncomfortable it is, I dare not dismount and walk. Not to mention the scenery, one is the hillside and pine forest. Lamar people discourage everyone from going to a scenic spot called "One meter sunshine", saying that it is not easy to walk because there is nothing to see, and riding will be even worse.

. Isn't it just to enjoy the scenery? Now that I'm here, I'm willing to give up, but I'm really disappointed. A cliff supports a dozen branches, and even Han people often put them in the ravine.

Sticks pray for goodness.

When Lamar people saw that we were lost, they advised us not to go to the top of the mountain again, saying that it was all this rotten road and rotten forest. There is nothing to see. This time, everyone was forced to believe and turn back from here.

Then, pull the tourists to Naxi village and say that they are tasting local tea, but if you don't buy it, the salesman will immediately pull his face down and ignore it. And take them into several shops selling local agricultural products and return to the village entrance at dusk.

This is a problem. There are no cars in the middle of nowhere, and occasionally the price of some worn-out cars is hard for you to accept.

I finally returned to the city and walked into a hotel run by a fellow villager. After chatting, I realized that they were all aimed at foreign tourists. Like idiots, the locals cheat again and again.

Asked about tomorrow's itinerary, he reminded me that I had been cheated again. Sure enough, the travel agency called him to inform him to leave there tomorrow morning. When I say giving money, I include picking up the car and joining a pure tour group. I don't organize shopping and go directly to the scenic spot.

The other party said that the money you gave has nothing to do with us, and we only received half of you. All the extra money was taken away by the guests. It is clear that you can only join the shopping group, and you can only leave at the shopping point most of the time when you spend a certain amount. I couldn't help being angry, but the other party said it had nothing to do with us. You can find a travel agency to solve it yourself.

As we all know, money is in people's hands and it is impossible to withdraw it. The female driver not only cheated the fare to Lashihai, but also took most of the ticket money for the tour, earning money for going to Shangri-La for a tour group tomorrow. And it is stipulated that you can't leave the group. If the negotiation fails, you have to go to the local tourism bureau to defend your rights. This process must have been expected by everyone. Although it is a government functional department, people of their own nationality naturally safeguard the interests of the local people, and it is very troublesome and takes a long time to negotiate.

The trip in the next few days is also full of scams and routines. All tears. An adult with a sound IQ is pushed around like a brain-dead in Yunnan. Because they are from top to bottom, the whole society unites to dig holes and set traps for tourists, which is really impossible to prevent.

Routine or pit. I remember it was time to go to Zhangjiajie. That time, after we entered the scenic spot, as tourists entered a yard, they said it was a historical introduction of Tujia nationality. As a result, we have to pay for a round trip, or 100 yuan a person. I think we should really take a good look and be more careful when going out.

Why did you join this group? Why don't you play with the group? In an era when mobile phones travel around the world, can't they be free? Enjoy other people's services, can't you pay a little? Parents are sick, you will say that it is a pit. You will say that other parents are not sick. Isn't this cheating you? You go to the vegetable market to buy food, one overnight, three fresh. Would you say that buying food pits you? I don't know what industry you are in. I guess you earn your own money for a living. fuck/damn it