When traveling in a group, travel agencies charge more group fees for people over 70 years old. Is this reasonable?

For the same group tour, it is certainly unreasonable to charge more because of your age. The National Tourism Administration has previously announced the "Implementation Rules of the Travel Agency Regulations", Article 33 of which clearly stipulates that within the same tourism group, travel agencies cannot propose any differences with other tourists due to differences in age or occupation. different contract matters.

It is illegal for travel agencies to impose surcharges due to age differences. Travelers can protect their legitimate rights and interests by reporting to the Tourism Bureau. Because people aged 28-55 have relatively strong spending power, while tourists who are too young or too old have relatively low spending power. They rarely participate in extreme sports and rarely participate in self-funded projects or shop in any stores. Therefore, many tour groups will charge more money from the elderly to "guarantee capital".

This unreasonable phenomenon is often justified by travel agencies. Some travel agency staff directly stated that there is a reason for charging surcharges to the elderly, because the risks of traveling for the elderly are increased and they need to be given more care, so they charge more. However, I don’t buy it. As you get older, you should be taken care of and have the right to enjoy. Such charges are definitely unreasonable.

What is even more unreasonable is that most of the special discounted tours offered by travel agencies charge surcharges for the elderly with weak spending power. It is even said that this is an "unwritten rule". Local tour guides will continue to recommend performances, restaurants, attractions and other self-financed projects to tourists during the journey to earn commissions. What's more, some travel agencies have divided the age range and adopted a tiered charging method to "skid the ball".