Tianjin North Network News: Recently, many citizens have reported that friends in WeChat Moments forwarded information about group trips, many of which are very attractive. However, this kind of form of private group trips relying on social software lacks effective protection, and it is difficult to protect rights once problems or disputes arise.
"I have a friend in my circle of friends who often travel abroad. He forwarded his group trips to Europe, which is much cheaper than the self-driving tours of travel agencies." Mr. Liu, a citizen who often pays attention to various travel information, told reporters. He told reporters that he has joined many outdoor groups, self-driving groups, and hiker groups on social software such as QQ and WeChat. Members often send out various spontaneously organized travel activities, which are cheaper than similar tourism products on the market, and most of the payments are made using WeChat payment, , Alipay, and .
Industry insiders said that these seemingly cheap "tourism groups" are hidden behind them. For example, for this kind of "tourism group" organized privately, the leaders of the tour are just ordinary travel enthusiasts. All aspects from departure to the itinerary are convened and communicated verbally or mobile phones, and there is a lack of formal and meticulous travel contracts. Therefore, once there are problems with safety or service quality, the generals will not assume any responsibility under the pretext of "voluntary travel in groups". Tianjin Tourism Quality Supervision and Administration Office reminds consumers that formal travel agencies will insure travel agency liability insurance in accordance with the requirements of the " Tourism Law " to protect the rights and interests of travel agencies and tourists when they suffer accidents. Most of these "group tourism" do not have this insurance, and once an accident occurs, there is no way to discuss compensation.
