It is inconvenient to travel alone, so it is a good choice to join a group. However, when choosing a tour group, you will often encounter a lot of trouble and inconvenience. After the college entrance examination, I traveled to Jiuzhaigou and bought a low-priced tour group. As a result, eating and living all the way was a nightmare.
What is even more exasperating is that the original journey of several hours was delayed into a day because of compulsory shopping. I have to get off the bus constantly in the middle and be taken to buy things. Fortunately, I am a student. I told the tour guide that I had no money, so I didn't embarrass myself. However, the adults will be miserable. With a lot of money in their bags, they will miss into the pit. Be careful when choosing a tour group. There is no such thing as a free lunch, and there will be no pie in the sky. A low-priced group usually means a big pit. Let's take a look at the travel experience of Korean low-cost groups.
Korean restaurants where Koreans are not allowed to enter.
In downtown Korea, some Korean restaurants do not accept Koreans, but only allow group tourists from China to enter. An unannounced visit by a program group found that the color of pork, mushrooms and other ingredients was abnormal, and the owner did not give any explanation. The so-called kimchi made of Korean cabbage is actually China cabbage.
Inferior ingredients
In South China, few Koreans know Korean, and they have no ability to tell the shelf life of food. If you are careful, you will find that the seafood sold in many stores is not fresh (not fresh is good). Think about it carefully-you can see the stale ingredients in the food covered by many later processes. Can you imagine the terrible appearance of ingredients? However, most people in China can't recognize Korean, which gives Korean expired products a great chance to be reused.
In the seafood restaurant, visitors are likely to encounter a squid that has been boiled for a long time and can't bite, and crab meat that has been boiled into meat by hot soup.
Zhang Qing, a former reporter from the Seoul Branch of Xinhua News Agency, personally visited such a restaurant and confirmed that the widely circulated North Korean restaurant catering to China tourists does exist. In 20 16, MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) broke out in South Korea, which led to a sharp drop in tourists to South China and forced the restaurant to close down. However, once the epidemic was controlled, the restaurant resumed business.
More terrible news
According to an insider of Jeju Island tourism industry who asked not to be named, the probability of China tourists being brought to this restaurant by local travel agencies is almost 100%.
Shopkeeper: spend money to buy mood
Similar to jewelry and jade shops, health care products stores and other specialty stores that specialize in a certain kind of products, tourists can't escape the fate of being brainwashed and sold in their rooms. The goods in the store will not be marked, and the salesperson will dictate the price with the computer in his hand. During the whole process, visitors are not allowed to use audio-visual electronic products such as mobile phones, cameras and PADs. Cameras are everywhere in the store, and people will be guarded when they go to the toilet for bizarre reasons.
If the shopping amount does not meet the "expectation" of the local tour group, it will be treated with bad service attitude. As a spendthrift, I will instantly become a service person, but no one will stand up and say anything, because this is not my own field. Get out of the car or continue to swallow it. Compared with many inconveniences such as helplessness and language barrier after leaving the group, many passengers choose to accept it.
Don't trust the so-called "store shopping tour" tour group easily. Most of these tour groups are "no money here". The general customers are deceived as follows: the customer service tells you that there is no shopping trip. However, when you are at the airport, the tour guide will ask the passengers to sign a "volunteer book", which includes voluntary participation in shopping spots and other projects. If you don't agree, then the dream of carrying luggage, wasting air tickets, going home in the middle of the night and preparing for a month-long trip to South Korea will be shattered in an instant. At this time, many people felt that there was nothing wrong with shopping, so they compromised. When they really experienced the shopping process, they regretted choosing the wrong option.
Don't buy or let go
In most ginseng shops and jewelry stores, Korean salespeople will tell you "don't buy it." Many tourists naturally don't buy it at first, but the longer it takes, the uglier the faces of salespeople and tour guides will become. The first person compromises to buy ginseng, the second person buys it, and then everyone buys it.
If you don't buy it, it will become the hind leg of the whole team, not only spending money, but also becoming a sinner of the whole team. Team leader China will help Korean salespeople "persuade in good faith" and guide tourists to "buy early and leave early". As everyone knows, it is actually just a double-reed role. However, don't take any chances and think that no one in the team will buy it. Even if there is such a team, let me tell you, do you know everyone in the team? What if there are several trusts?
The end of the journey: travel satisfaction book
Usually, such shopping spots will last for an afternoon or even a day, and the tour leader will spend more energy than the travel time. But don't think you will have a chance to complain when you return home. He cheated me once, and when I return to China, it is almost impossible to succeed.
At the Korean airport, the tour leader China will ask passengers to sign a "Travel Satisfaction Opinion". In order to go home early and end the absurd trip, every passenger quickly fills in his opinions under the gaze of the falcon, the leader, but don't think this is a final paper. In order to "correct their own shortcomings", the tour leader will hand out one by one the opinions of tourism satisfaction and watch every passenger fill in the opinions carefully. If one of the passengers doesn't understand the meaning of the team leader, that person will become a sinner who will drag down the whole team.
Finally: the low-priced group is not low-priced
This so-called low-cost group, the tour fee is basically around 3000 to 5000, which is usually a five-day tour in South Korea, but it is not low-cost. At home, you can travel to Tibet and other more beautiful places at this price 10- 15 days.
However, due to the poor land agency in South Korea, it is said that "in order to obtain tourists from China travel agencies, it is necessary to pay the head fee to the travel agency, and it is difficult for the tour group to make a profit at the market price." This method of relying on inferior ingredients, taking shopping rebates or increasing self-funded projects will continue to be staged.
And cherish it, passengers must pay attention when choosing a tour group, and don't be fooled, otherwise their beautiful trip is likely to become a hell on earth.
remind
If you accidentally miss into the pit, remember the following telephone number, and it is best to save it in advance for future use.
Chosun Ilbo reported that the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will implement the "sightseeing paparazzi" system from April 20 16. If tourists encounter problems such as compulsory shopping and unqualified tour guides, they can call the Korea Tourism Organization or Korea Tourism Association's special complaint telephone number (Tourism Organization: 1330, Tourism Association: 02-6200-3923/3925), and the complainant can get compensation of up to 3 million won (about RMB18,000 yuan).
However, into the pit needs to be cautious. You know, the wisdom of the people is infinite, and the height of the Tao is one foot and the height of the devil is ten feet. There are policies on the top and countermeasures on the bottom. This kind of tour group has formed a strict industrial chain, and considering the conditions of passengers in all aspects, there are still opportunities. Again, into the pit needs to be careful!
Originally, traveling was to go out and relax, and no one wanted anything unpleasant to happen. However, driven by interests, people's hearts have undergone qualitative changes, and I hope that the majority of passengers will pay attention. Especially for the elderly and minors, remember the above regulations! Be sure to consult more professionals before you travel. Travel is beautiful, but safety is more important! Finally, whether you are a single aristocrat, a happy couple or a kind old man who loves sports, I wish you a pleasant journey!
Bian Xiao likes reading and finds it best to take a book with him on the trip. Listening to music and reading quietly on the train or plane, and occasionally gazing at the scenery along the way, is the most pleasant thing in Bian Xiao. I recommend One Hundred Years of Solitude, Flowers in Dreams, Ordinary World or The Kite Runner. Of course, there are more good books to be discovered by Bian Xiao. A book takes up no space. I hope you can read more books and improve your personal cultivation. )