Monday, December 10, 2012

Low-cost travel hidden "consumer trap": no shopping in stores

"The amount of consumption has become a tour guide face" barometer "," because "ShoppingNot up to the standard of a pedestrian was far from the centre of the Ngau Tau Kok "in, from the" shopping paradise"HongkongMs. Lee back thisTravelingCompared to the "shopping prison". Forced shopping, at their own expense, to Lowballing after slaughter...... All kinds ofTravelingChaos makes impossible to guard against "".

��No shopping in stores

Ms. Li years ago in "of" ass mom booked 3000 Yuan Hong Kong 4 late 5, quality of pair of fashionable brigade,"MacaoBut also very satisfied, schedule properly and guide ", can be introduced to Hongkong, the trip began to" taste ", early in the morning tour guide put together to a jewelry exhibition shop, the store was crowded with tourists from the mainland, the salesman Wai recommended gold jewelry. Ms. Lee found these jewelry styles are not new, the price is not cheap, a pedestrian on the corner and sat down, the tour guide to come immediately questioned why not buy. In the airtight shop, by a "off" after 2 hours, they can get back in the car. The tour guide with the "channel", the hotel is the hotel business sponsorship, level and consumption number of hook, which group consumption, hotel or some, but will live in remote, not comfortable. In the guide of "bullying", Ms. Lee and others can only buy some watches, in a shopping mall jewelry. "".

The reporter visited Hushang travel agency, found that similar to the so-called low-cost travel to Hong Kong and Macao is not a few, the price of more than 2750 yuan, trip marked "to jewelry exhibition hall (about 2 hours), then to department stores or drill table city (about 2 hours)" and so on the same shopping arrangement. However, a staff member of the international travel agencies take an oath devoutly that, not mandatory for consumers to buy, but need to stay over a certain time in the store.

600 yuan "top" is "bait"

Miss Zhao has participated in 2699 yuanThailand5 6 days late fashion swim at their own expense, 600 yuan package contains the price before the trip, travel agency also reassured "600 yuan cap", can go to the Thailand, the tour guide began to recommend other items at their own expense, "if not to participate, the tour guide would throw us in the car, both sides stalemate can only participate in some project".

According to industry insiders revealed, now launched all kinds of low-cost travel agencies rely mainly on "gun shop" to guide kickbacks to survive, they use cheap psychological consumers, low price, through the project at their own expense zhicijiagao and shopping links to profit, even forcing consumers to participate in continuous deception self-financed projects and shopping, in this case Thailand, Hongkong andHainanParticularly prominent line.

National Tourism Bureau recently released a new version of "Domestic tourism"A day trip" contracts (model version) ", the abolition of the" day "shopping trip, a fee project and free activities. The travel agency forced shopping or disguised forced tourists, each arrangement or force a, travel agencies should pay 20% of the total cost of travel to the tourist contract. But in theTibetA small road travel agency, arrange shopping link "tour" is still visible.

The consumer how to safeguard their rights

The personage inside course of study suggests, consumers in the selection of travel products "how long a heart". A lot of homework to do before the trip, the signing of the contract, to verify the specific itinerary, attractions, accommodation standards and shopping frequency and residence time in the contract, the rights and obligations of both sides of the clear, prior to the travel agency for telephone complaints, in case of all travel for timely protection; to read the contract carefully and travel club before signing a contract, beware of "language game", such as "guaranteed not to recommend the day at their own expense to the project", it is possible "the night will be recommended items at their own expense" to your vulnerability, if travel agency evasive attitude, fuzzy, mostly "hidden traps"; try to choose well-known travel agencies, not to be greedy. "Cheap" into the "trap".

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