What are the benefits of going on a road trip? First, the itinerary is flexible and free
The biggest benefit of going on a road trip is the flexibility and freedom. It allows you to design the travel route and itinerary according to your own ideas, adjust the plan at will, choose your favorite hotels and inns, see the beautiful scenery, stay as long as you want, and go deep into the alleys to explore the food. This kind of completely autonomous way of traveling is very appealing.
Secondly, there is no need to accommodate others.
When you travel by car, you are usually traveling by yourself or your family. You don't don't need to worry about other people. When it comes to the itinerary, sightseeing spots, food, lodging and so on, his idea. Its good to reach a **** understanding as a family and you don't have don't need to wait for those who are not punctual and undisciplined like in a tour group.
Third, exercise ability
Self-driving tours need to be considered from various aspects, the development of the itinerary, hotel reservations, the design of the route, the preparation of supplies, risks and accidents to deal with and so on. If you are traveling with your children, you will have to do more preparation. With more experiences like this, you will find that your ability to solve various problems and deal with unexpected risks independently is greatly enhanced, and your self-confidence is greatly improved.
Four, you can go to many scenic and remote places.
In China, in addition to the major A-class scenic spots, there are many scenic spots with beautiful natural scenery located in remote places where transportation is inconvenient. Many places do not have tourist routes and can only be reached by self-driving, such as Niu Bei in Sichuan, taking the Sichuan-Tibet route for self-driving tours.
What are the challenges and risks of road trips? Self-driving is not as easy as it seems, and there are many challenges and risks.
One, the ability and experience of emergency response
When you travel by car and stay in a strange place for a long time, you may encounter various situations, such as the vehicle breaks down, you can not find a hotel to stay, you are sick, you can not refill the gas, and so on. All of these problems require you to have enough experience and emergency response skills, such as changing tires, seeking emergency assistance, accommodation alternatives, and so on.
Second, traffic safety risk
In my past experience of traveling by car, I often saw some traffic accidents on the road, such as rear-end collisions and crashing into guardrails. I've also been on self-driving trips where a family member stood by the accident car alone and the whole trip just fizzled out. This is not bad. Last year, there was such a tragedy. Four girls from Chengdu drove into Tibet, and a carload of people fell into a river, and no one survived. Many self-driving friends, because of driving fast, fatigue driving and other reasons, caused traffic accidents, resulting in tragedy.
Third, the vehicle property security risk
Self-driving tour, often in the car with a large number of essential supplies and even valuables, in an unfamiliar place to stop and stay. Once I don't don't park my car in a safe public **** place, I may encounter problems such as theft and car smashing. During my previous driving trips, I have encountered many situations such as strangers forcing door handles to open doors, peeping into cars, maliciously blowing out tires, smashing windows of fellow cars to steal goods, and so on.
The advantages of traveling with a group: first, the relative low investment cost.
The general driving tour, more than 10 days of travel, often to tens of thousands of dollars, and with the group tour will be much cheaper, especially one or two people to join the group. As long as it is not peak season, the cost of a trip may be a few thousand dollars. After all, travel agents can greatly reduce the cost of purchasing airfare, hotels, tickets, meals, etc. through the group purchase agreement price. So the tour group rate will be more favorable.
Second, worry and effort
Travel involves accommodation, transportation, attractions, tickets, trips, meals and other aspects. If you are traveling on your own, you need to solve these problems on your own. If you take a group tour through a travel agency, you won't you don't have to worry about yourself. Only need to get money and change of clothes and set off, very save heart, energy and time.
Third, more adequate protection.
Travel will inevitably encounter a variety of problems, hotel rooms need to be temporarily coordinated, car breakdowns need to be replaced, the travel agency to coordinate resources to make arrangements, often can be quickly resolved.
Fourth, there is a professional explanation
One of the most common confusions in the tourism industry is that you do not know. Idon't know what the characteristics, origins and allusions of the place you are going to. Without a guide to explain, it this is like the blind leading the blind. If you don't don't do your homework in advance. It really means nothing. This situation wins for tours this doesn't happen. The tour guides and full-time guides can give you a fully detailed explanation so that you will feel like you still can't get enough after the tour. That's why although our family is used to traveling on our own, when we go to some big attractions, we still hire a separate docent or follow the pace of the tour group to get the introductory information about the attractions.
Problems and limitations of traveling with a tour group. Limited routes.
Group tours are limited by the time requirements of the itinerary and are often tightly scheduled. You are given only half an hour to two hours for each attraction, and then you have to rush to the next one. Moreover, you can t adjust the schedule midway, stopping or canceling parts of the trip according to your own preferences. It's so uninhibited to only follow the herd.
Second, the group is too noisy.
The most criticized thing about group tours is the noisy group. You are bound to encounter some mindless and incapable group members who make a lot of noise and sing and make a lot of noise without any care in the world. In addition, you may have to experience various shopping inducing practices by the tour guide. This experience is unbearable.
Third, the tour experience is not in place
Travel is the depth of experience, feel the folklore, taste the local special snacks, enjoy the scenery and folk architecture. These all need you with the feeling of discovery slowly to discover and taste, need enough time, but a group tour won Idon 'I did not give you so much time to experience, you can only punch the card in order to visit.
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