What are the tricks of travel agencies?

The tricks behind the "low-price temptation" of travel agencies include: travel is fake and shopping is real; claims are free and temporarily increases prices; standards are lowered and itineraries are discounted. 1. Traveling is fake, shopping is real. Unreasonable and low-priced tours are operators who take advantage of tourists’ greedy psychology to attract customers at low prices, and then make illegal profits by deceiving and forcing tourists to shop. Travel agencies are often divided into two types: group agencies and ground travel agencies. The tour group organization is responsible for attracting customers and making money based on the number of people. The travel agency is responsible for reception, and allowing tourists to shop more to earn commission has become one of the sources of profit for many travel agencies. Many so-called “attractions” are actually invisible shopping spots. All shopping attractions must enter the store. If tourists do not buy something, they may be "complained" by the tour guide, or even ridiculed openly and implicitly, which will affect the tourist's mood during the trip. 2. Claiming to be free, but temporarily increasing prices. Some illegal travel agencies also claim to be free of charge, but temporarily increasing prices. If the travel agency has not signed a contract with you, or if you receive flyers for low-price travel or even free travel at the train station or on the street, you should be especially careful. There is no free lunch in the world, and there is no pie in the sky. Some tourists are greedy for petty gains and may neglect to sign a formal contract with a travel agency because of some benefits or discounts. In the end, it is difficult to protect their legitimate rights and interests because there is no evidence. 3. Lower standards and discounted itinerary Li Qiuting (pseudonym) is a senior in college this year and recently worked as an intern at an international travel agency in Shandong. She told reporters that after taking tourists to destinations, some travel agencies found that they were unprofitable, so they greatly reduced their services and the number of attractions they could visit. "Wool comes from sheep, so low price means low quality. If you look closely at the itinerary, you will find that the food, accommodation and travel arrangements and standards of the 'unreasonable low-price tour' have actually been greatly reduced." Li Qiuting said. ?Extended information The tourism authorities took action to rectify unreasonable and low-priced tours. In October 2016, the National Tourism Administration issued the "Notice on Organizing and Carrying out Special Actions to Rectify "Unreasonable and Low-priced Tours"", which will be deployed from October this year to In April next year, we will focus on carrying out special rectification work on "unreasonable low-price travel". The tourism authorities of Hunan Province and Changsha City attach great importance to it and take multiple measures to launch a special campaign to rectify "unreasonable low-price tourism". Provincial and municipal travel agency industry associations have actively organized self-examination and self-rectification by enterprises, and have removed "low-price travel" products from their shelves. They have publicly promised to the public to operate with integrity and consciously boycott "low-price travel". ?The reporter learned that in November, 12 travel agencies in the province were investigated by the tourism authorities for suspected unreasonable low-price parades. On December 2, 2020, the "Hunan Province Measures for the Implementation of the Tourism Law of the People's Republic of China" was voted and passed at the 26th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th Provincial People's Congress, and will be effective on January 1, 2017 officially implemented. The "Measures" clarified seven types of behaviors of travel agencies that deceive and force tourists to make purchases, and clearly stipulated that tourism employees shall not engage in price fraud, forced transactions, deception and inducement of tourists to consume, and insults, beatings, or coercion of tourists during tourism activities. Industry insiders believe that these clear provisions of the "Measures" will play a very good role in curbing unreasonable low-price travel and protecting the rights and interests of tourists. In the future, the phenomenon of unreasonably low-priced tours will become less and less common. You must go shopping. To be honest, most travel agencies include shopping, unless it is a high-end tour. When many travel agencies promote it, they say there is no mandatory consumption and they say it is a pure fun tour. But when you travel, you will find that many of them are not as the tour guide said. A better tour guide may do some work, and even have certain compulsions. Moreover, when arriving at shopping malls, some tour guides are very polite to tourists who have bought something, but they will treat tourists who do not buy anything differently and are very cold. I remember when I traveled to Hong Kong and Macao, the tour guide’s face turned pale because a group member didn’t buy anything. It was two feet long and very ugly. This approach not only hurts tourists, but also affects the reputation of travel agencies and tour guides. Unpalatable group meals Generally, group meals are included in group meals, but the quality of group meals can be said to be really unflattering. Some friends think that if I sign up for the 80 group meal, I will definitely eat well. You are wrong to think so. Because generally speaking, group meals for 80 are basically made according to the standard of 50-60. If you quoted 60, it is most likely to be made according to 40. The extra money is not returned to tourists, but goes into the pockets of travel agencies. This is why group meals are so unpleasant. After all, the difference between your expectations and reality is still very big. Just think, if your tour fee itself is very low, how can you expect to eat better? That's just a fool's errand. Generally speaking, many low-price tours offer very low prices for free attractions, but there seem to be quite a few attractions. Many people think it is a very good deal, after all, they do not know much about the attractions. In fact, there are tricks here. Many travel agencies will add many free attractions to the itinerary, such as an ancient town, a park, or a landmark building. When he added a few more free attractions like this, it gave tourists the impression that the group was very good and visited a lot of scenic spots. But in fact, most of them are free of charge, and only a few of them charge money. At the same time, there are also some travel agencies that buy tickets for the cheapest attractions when signing up for a group tour. For example, Suzhou Gardens, many travel agencies will take tourists to the Lion Grove Garden instead of the Humble Administrator's Garden. Although Suzhou Gardens and the Humble Administrator's Garden are both 5A scenic spots, they are more attractive than the Lion Grove Garden.

All in all, there are many ways to travel with a group tour, but the advantages it brings are indeed incomparable to self-driving tours and other methods. After all, it saves time and effort, so this is also the necessity of its existence. For us, the most important thing is to keep our eyes open and avoid being tricked. Of course, we must know: there is no free lunch in the world. You must be careful when choosing that kind of super low-priced tour. Be responsible and you will definitely regret taking advantage of it.