Xishuangbanna common tourist scam Xishuangbanna low-priced group shady.

In fact, ask the low-priced group and everyone knows the answer. It must be a pit. Why do you say that? Travel agencies must make money. If they can't receive the tour fee, they can only find ways to get you to pay in other ways.

Low-priced group shady conclusion first, there must be something fishy:

Shopping in the store! pay one's own expenses

There are also meals and accommodation, as well as scenic spots and girls. Don't count on it. But your personal safety can still be guaranteed, don't worry, but your mood is definitely not guaranteed. The standard corresponding to this tour fee is probably as follows:

Food: not necessarily full;

Sue: clean and hygienic, no rain and no rats;

Not bad: the quality of the bus is still good (real car condition);

Tour: Free, the most formal scenic spot.

Purchase: this is the main purpose of this group, and we will never stop until we reach the goal.

Entertainment: This is the secondary purpose of this group, and it is also a means of income generation.

This operation mode in which the tour fee is obviously lower than the cost is called negative grounding gas, or KB for short.

Reason: fierce but disorderly market competition, but the lack of corresponding supervision has never kept up, which will definitely bring barbaric and pathological growth!

What will the tour guide say to you, including but not limited to:

Welcome brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts to our beautiful Yunnan. Come out to play, is happy (serious face), I mainly serve everyone, please be sure to relax (show attitude and pull feelings).

Please support my work. I have a family to support and life is not easy (pretending to be poor)

We all came out with tasks. If you don't cooperate with the work of the little tour guide, you will not only be busy in vain today, but also have to pay for it yourself (pretending to be poor).

Let's look at the car next to us. People bought so many things to match our work. We in Yunnan welcome such guests (dare)

If we don't buy anything, if the task is not up to standard today, the company won't give me money, and we won't be able to eat and stay on time (threat)

Our car is broken, so we can't drive now. Just a moment, please.

The attitude of tour guides is positively related to tourists' shopping amount;

The condition of bus is positively related to the shopping volume of tourists;

The number of toilets is positively correlated with the amount of tourists' shopping.

Ok, the conclusion is over, and then we will start to talk about the operation method and reasons:

The chaos in Yunnan tourism market ranks first in the country. If he wants to say that he ranks third, then Hong Kong and Hainan absolutely dare not say that they rank first. Now the Yunnan market has formed a complete and tenacious interest chain. Travel agencies, tour guides, transportation companies, hotels, restaurants, scenic spots, shops and even local governments are all (short-term) beneficiaries, and the only victims are ignorant tourists and Yunnan (the illusory name itself and the impression behind it).

God, I suddenly feel that this problem needs time and space to sort it out. Let's have a rest first, and then do it in the afternoon.

To find out the root of this problem, we must first clarify several concepts:

Group Travel Agency (Retailer): This is the kind of travel agency that guests understand. All over the streets of the city. Common: China Travel Agency, China Travel Agency, China Youth Travel Agency, Hongkong China Travel Agency, China, insiders and other local brands. They hang a unified brand, but they are not related to each other, only to their own headquarters. Headquarters management is strict or loose, or only collects money and does nothing;

Dedicated line (wholesaler): it is the link between travel agencies and land agencies, the seller of airline seats, and the packaging and promoter of tourism products. Contact official or unofficial agencies to promote routes, provide products and quotations to tour groups and after-sales, which has no direct relationship with tourists;

Land agency (producer): the producer of tourism products directly buys special supply routes such as catering, accommodation, scenic spots and small transportation, which is related to the local government and scenic spots, and is the direct implementation of the tourism contract, and has no direct relationship with the group agency;

E-commerce: A sudden emergence in recent years. In the early stage, the group tour service was mainly for direct customers. Later, I slowly skipped the special line and set foot directly in the wholesale business. It is represented by national e-commerce companies such as Tuniu, Ctrip, Qunar and Tongcheng, as well as little princes all over the country.

Tourists want to visit a place, and the whole process is as follows:

Choose products at street travel agencies or e-commerce websites. If you have any questions about the line products, the tour group will provide answers; If the guest is willing to make a reservation at this time, the tour group will ask for a seat from the special line and enter the process 2;

The special line confirms the location to the tour group, improves the relevant procedures and releases the plan in advance.

Send guest information to the ground agency and book large-scale transportation and scenic spots. , and perform the contract.

Ok, after writing a few basic concepts, analyze the group of the subject:

First of all, there is no doubt that this is a negative tour group. This tour fee is not even enough for air tickets. Why is anyone willing to do it?

Single lap back push:

Package tour agencies buy this product from the special line at cost price and sell it to tourists at sales price. As long as there is a price difference in the middle, there is no loss; Therefore, the group agency does not lose money;

The special line is the key link, the ticket is bought directly from the airline, and the rest of the services are provided by the ground agency. But the money paid by the subject is not even enough for the plane ticket. What should I do? The ground connection will give the special line a subsidy (KB)! Yes, you are not mistaken. The ground agency is responsible for air tickets, accommodation, catering, tour guide fees, transportation fees, etc. Not only do you not charge a penny for the special line, but you pay for it backwards. This money is called KB. For example, if the air ticket 1000 is given to KB400 by the land agency, then the cost of the special line is 1000+(-400)=600, and then the special line is sold to the group agency at the price of 700/ person, so there is a profit. Therefore, the special line does not lose money;

Is the ground organization really Lei Feng? Obviously not, because they simply can't afford a diary. So, why do you want to do such seemingly big things as eating, drinking and changing money? Because there are scenic spots and shops to stop guns! The agency will send tour guides and drivers to take guests to the store, and the owner will give the agency money per capita. In other words, as long as you bring people to me, I will give them, whether tourists buy them or not; Scenic spots are sold to guests at their own expense. Then the money obtained, after removing the cost, is distributed to tour guides and ground agencies. Therefore, as long as the land agency keeps sending tourists to shops and scenic spots, it will have a stable income, so the land agency will not lose money.

So, who lost all this? Compared with everyone, we all understand! Tourists, of course, as well as stigmatized attractions and places where they are located.

Finally, I will send you a picture to calm you down:

At this point, I probably answered the question of the subject and explained the problem initially.

I'm not talking about shady or insider, but everyone has the right and need to know some basic knowledge about tourism-it can promote the healthy and benign development of the whole tourism industry while reducing the damage to their own interests.

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20 15-7-23========================?

First, about the screening of zero-negative tour fare: a simple and rude skill-consulting the price of children and the elderly, if it is higher than the price of adults, there is no doubt that there is zero-negative tour fare.

Why? Because since it is a zero-negative group, purchasing power must be considered when pricing. Therefore, the land agency will make a preliminary price according to the per capita income of a certain area, and then subdivide it according to gender (personal routes), number of people traveling together (personal routes) and age (general) to give an accurate price. Visitors outside the above restrictions need to add money, and the amount varies.

The more restrictions, the more difficult it is to have a zero negative tour fee. So far, I only see the above three qualifications appear on a big line together. Yes, I said Yunnan. An example of previous peer advertisement: Kundali version line, XXX province/city, aged 26-55, under 6 (no more than half of men), 580 (please bring this condition into the above description to experience madness).

Second, about the choice of cost-effective and high-quality groups:

In recent years, group tours have been stigmatized by tourism practitioners themselves. In the eyes of many people, traveling with a group is synonymous with low quality, lack of freedom and poor experience. But as far as travel agencies are concerned, there are actually many excellent products. I will try my best to write in detail below:

Let's summarize the general line situation first-

Domestic routes with more zero-negative tour fees (most but not absolute): Yunnan; Hong Kong and Macao; Hainan; Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou; Inner Mongolia; Taiwan Province Province;

Domestic routes with less zero-negative tour fees (mostly but not absolutely): Northwest routes-Qinghai, Gansu, Xinjiang and Tibet; Lines around cities 150KM; Road trip in China;

Routes with more outbound zero-negative group fees (mostly but not absolutely): Thailand-Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Bangkok, Phuket; Xinmatai; Vietnam; Cambodia. Mainly concentrated in Southeast Asia

Routes with less outbound zero-negative group fees (most but not absolute): high-end islands-Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Palau, Saipan, Tahiti and other Middle East and Africa; Northern Europe, Eastern Europe and Southern Europe; South America; North and South Pole (shopping? Buy penguins and polar bears? )

1. In unit time, the fewer destinations, the higher the cost, the higher the quality of scenic spots, the easier the trip and the better the experience.

This is an easy point to get. Take the famous European tour of 8/9/10/1as an example, ranging from10 to 14 days. After deducting two or even three days of round trip, the rest is basically a daily visit to 1.5 or even three countries (WTF! ! No matter how small the European countries are, you go to several countries every day. What can you feel in this situation?

Go to the Louvre, give you two hours, before you squeeze into the Mona Lisa.

"Assemble, assemble, we should go";

The time spent by bus every day is basically more than 5 hours. Feel it yourself! Because Mao Zhihu can't send emoticons, it simply affects his expressive ability.

Attractions are mainly appearance markers and parks;

You can stay in the suburbs of the city within 50 kilometers. Don't want to sleep and go shopping? )

Give priority to Chinese food.

Please fill in this picture by yourself: on the first day, you fly to Beijing 13 hours, put you in Tiananmen Square 1 hour at night, then eat at KFC or M, and stay in Yanjiao at night; The next morning, I went to Shijiazhuang by bus and visited a park. On the third morning, I took a bus to Zhengzhou to visit the museum ... On the tenth morning, I took a bus to Guangzhou, and then I ate in K or M. In the afternoon, I went to the airport and waited for the plane to go home at night. On the eleventh day, after a flight of 1 1 hour, I finally lay in bed with 20KG of luggage and tired body, ending my trip to China. This is the eight-nation tour of Europe that most people in China like.

2. Ask the specific number of people in the team.

A small number of people in the queue means that the waiting time will not be too long-this is a factor that greatly affects the experience. The more people in the team, the more people may be unpunctual, resulting in many disputes and complaints.

3. Shop around; Shopping around

Before you prepare to travel, you must first understand where you want to go, where you can go and where you don't want to go. Choose a destination according to this principle.

After you have a clear destination, it is a good choice to try a travel website-now travel e-commerce companies are spending a lot of money and will subsidize a lot. The sales price of many websites is only the price of traditional stores (it is recommended to log in to the e-commerce website endorsed by Jimmy Lin, where the products and prices, quality and after-sales are the most comprehensive and advantageous); If you don't trust online trading, you can send e-commerce products to traditional stores, so that the stores won't charge exorbitant prices (because e-commerce prices are very low); Secondly, it can also be used to select the operation ability of stores (not all stores can find suppliers of e-commerce products)

Friendly reminder: you can compare prices appropriately, improve cost performance and get rid of unreasonable profits; But please don't be angry.

4. If conditions permit, try to drive by car!

How to enjoy the convenience provided by travel agencies while ensuring free travel and good experience? Driving is a good choice.

If you drive in China, the travel agency can arrange routes, tickets and accommodation, and the price is also very affordable;

If you drive abroad, travel agencies will have greater advantages. Travel agencies apply for visas and international driver's licenses, provide group air tickets with preferential prices, the airport provides car rental services, and provides bilingual tour leader services throughout; Where to find such a good thing! ! !

My husband and I were defrauded and reported to Kang Hui Travel Agency in Lijiang.

Play Xishuangbanna for 3 days. The first day is to pick up the plane. I went to the Wild Elephant Valley the next day. Depart at 7:50 am on the third day, with 2 shopping spots in the morning. I bought a jade pendant at the first shopping spot. I didn't buy tea. I didn't buy a rubber pillow mattress. I went to the primitive park in the afternoon. The tour guide said that after the performance was not finished, he took us to a shop for half an hour. A man went there and claimed to be the boss. All kinds of clothes teach us to identify jade, saying that he won't force us to shop, and even if we don't buy it, he can make our money. Said their jade is wholesale. Our hometown is also wholesale from their home. After that, you will give us a discount. One hundred dollars for one thousand, and one thousand dollars for ten thousand. Let's choose at will. At that time, my mind was hot and I felt that this boss was so refreshing. Picked two pieces of jade, and the boss sent another piece of jade. After swiping the card, the boss said to pick another bracelet and suddenly reacted. Since we all lost money, why should we choose another bracelet? I suddenly felt that I had fallen into a pit. Come out and calm down. The guide will take us to the airport after taking us to dinner. The more I think about it at the airport, the more wrong it is. It's wrong to think about it. After flying to Kunming at night, the more I think about it, the more wrong it is. I searched online. It turned out to be a routine. Call 1230 1 for consultation on the morning of 28th, and you can return it. Just contact the travel agency, the travel agency will contact the local tour guide, and the tour guide will contact the seller to return the goods. The seller agreed to return the goods. It has been sent to Tong Yuan now, and it will take 2 or 3 days for the express delivery to the seller. I am more worried about what the seller will do if he doesn't refund it for various reasons after receiving it. Should travel agencies take responsibility? If there is a problem with the refund later, the travel society will not shirk its responsibility. However, it is stated in the contract that Party A will return the goods, and Party B will handle the return and advance the refund. So when I communicated with the travel agency with the contents of this contract, the travel agency still asked me to contact the seller to mail it myself, and the travel agency did not accept express delivery.