Is it legal for Chongqing Kang Hui Travel Agency to travel lightly? I heard that this company has a bad reputation, but the itinerary looks good.

It's hard to say whether it's illegal or legal, but in theory, it's absolutely impossible for you to take a tour guide card from China to join a tour group in Europe.

The difference between a tour leader and a tour guide is briefly summarized as follows:

One: the team leader.

The tour leader is the front-line representative of the outbound travel company. He is responsible for leading members (guests) to tourist destinations (other places). The tourist guide card is useful when you go through customs, but useless when you go abroad, unless something goes wrong. If something goes wrong, it is a link that is responsible for coordinating all parties. Therefore, it is self-evident that tour guides have to pay money to enter any scenic spot in Europe.

Two: guide (Guide)

The tour guide is the front-line representative of the local reception unit. Because of their professional knowledge of local tourism, they help tour groups arrange the order of visiting scenic spots and introduce their views, characteristics, history, allusions and entertainment. Therefore, tour guides have high requirements for explaining local attractions.

To sum up, in addition to their own qualifications, taking into account the understanding and mastery of local human geography, the level of explanation of domestic tour guides is generally lower than that of local professional tour guides.

As you said, the tour leader also serves as a tour guide, which is called part-time job in the tourism industry; Generally speaking, if they are all part-time, they are mostly low-cost groups or cheap groups. The form of "one place for all" first appeared in first-class cities such as Shanghai and Beijing. All in one place can be said to be the hidden rules of the tourism industry. In order to save costs, that is, to save the cost of hiring local tour guides, travel agencies will let tour leaders act as tour guides. However, due to the low price, there is no lack of curves to save the country, which saves travel costs for many tourists. It should be noted that in order to safeguard their rights and interests and join such a team, it must be made clear in the travel contract that there are no local tour guides this time, only team leaders and tour guides.

That's all I know. I hope it helps you. Have a nice trip to Europe.