Tourist Traps - Be careful!!

WakDaeng

Apa sebenarnya yg dikatakan Tourist Traps, atau mungkin boleh diterjemahkan sebagai perangkap pelancung..
Tourist Trap ni ada kat mane2, baik destinasi yg popular, kurang popular dan yg tak popular, baik destinsasi antarabangsa mahu pun tempatan. Sasaran utama peniaga di kawasan Tourist Trap ni ialah pelancung yg datang dari luar, yg tidak arif tentang harga barangan/product tempatan.
Lokasinya pula selalunya di kawasan yg paling strategik yg menjadi tumpuan utama pelancung2. Harganya pulak boleh mencecah 80%-100% lebih mahal daripada harga sebenar produk tersebut.

Kat Malaysia ni pun berlambak tourist trap, dan kekadang rkyat tempatan terkena jugak...

Jerangkap tourist nih bukan pada shopping sahaja. Malah sebaik sahaja landing kat airport dah terdapat jerung-jerung yang menunggu di depan airport menawarkan perkhidmatan transport/travel guide  ke destinasi seterusnya. Kalau tak buat sedikit research atau kalau tak pandai bargain...alamat memang kena sembelihlah.

Sesiapa yg ada pengalaman atau tips tentang Tourist Traps, bolehler share!...

TipinTakTipu

Saya pernah kene trap di area Kraton, Yogyakarta.

Di kawasan luar Kraton tu ada beberapa orang yang akan bersembang-sembang beramas mesra. Oleh kerana pergi sonsorang, seronokla pulak sebab dah beberapa hari tak berbual. Bagus sekali perbualannya.. tentang sejarah Yogyakarta dan lain2. Kemudian sorang mamat ni menawarkan diri menunjuk sekitar kawasan bersejarah yang memang susah dicari seperti Taman Sari, Pasar Burung, Masjid Bawah Tanah dan tempat kununnya Wali Songo berhimpun.

Sepanjang berjalan2 melalui lorong kecil di celah2 perkampungan orang Jawa asli memang best. Banyak galeri seni seperti lukisan dan perusahaan batik. Kalau nak cari sendiri memang takkan jumpa, apa lagi nak cari jalan keluar sendiri tanpa bertanya.

Rupa-rupanya perjalanan akhir lawatan itu ialah ke rumah dia sendiri, kediaman merangkap galeri lukisan. Sambil dijamu teh hangat dan penerangan bertalu2 oleh si ibu, kakak dan abang ipar, saya pun dipujuk untuk membeli hasil seni keluarga... waduh... mana mau lari... hampir sejam jugakla cuba elak dan tawar menawar.. akhirnya terpaksala jugak beli satu dgn harga RM80. :@

Kesimpulannya.. berani kalu, ikutla..

my-alja

siannya ...anggaplah tu pengalaman, cam u katalah...kalo tak sebab dia, tak mungkin sampai kat situ...

sesapa pergi venice...venice nie terkenal dgn hasil seni kaca, plg best ramai org kata beli kat pusat org buat perhiasaan nie kat murano island(rasanya...sesapa boleh cek)....sesampai disana, harganya lebih mahal drp kedai2 yg ada jual perhiasaan nie kat tepi2 jalan....

joules

kengkadang rasa mcm kalau kita gi tour package, tmpt yg ada dlm itinerary drg tuh aku rasa cam tak cayer sgt la. sure la route2 tu semer dah carefully bargained for by traders kat sana, dan surely akan jadi tourist trap... betul kan?

WakDaeng

kebanyakkan tempat2 shopping yg tour agent bawak adalah lubuk-lubuk tourist traps. Sebab mungkin diorang dapat komisyen. Tu sebab, kalau wak pegi tour, jarang wak beli kat tempat2 diorang bawak.
Sebaik-baiknya sebelum pegi melancung, rancanglah dengan teliti. Buat sedikit research tentang tempat yg kita nak pegi. Tanya kwan2 yg dah pegi atau browse kat internet.

Ada dua dua website yg wak selalu guna :
http://www.tripadvisor.com
http://www.virtualtourist.com

bobbie80

pernah jadi kat aku...time kat bali..kta org dah set nak gi satu place ni...tmpt pura dekat ngan lake...dah singgah lunch kat kintanami tiba2 driver kta org tak mo terus kan ke tempat yg dijanji...alasan...driver2 yg lain takder yg pegi tmpt tu kononlah...gerammmm....

bobbie80

dan lagi...kat bali gak....dah set harga nak wat nail art....tiba2 separuh jln dia wat dia kata harga yg ditawarkan utk sbelah tgn gak....ohhhh saket lg ati

joules

sssilap klik!!

[ Last edited by  joules at 14-1-2008 04:09 PM ]

joules

masa gi bali dulu pun asek ikut ajer org, tatau aper2 mmg tak pueh. if only dari dulu tau site ni ke at least kan ke bagus. nak pegi lagi mcm dah tak kuasa dah. tmpt2 yg drg bawak mmg semua kaw2 nak pau org, mmg memanjang igt kiter ni org kaya rayer. pahtu ayat dier tetap samer, "kami harap sangat dgn pelancong2 dpt beli brgn2 kami... ini ajer punce pendapatan..." iyoko?

Airis

from my experience kat Bali memang gitu.. tempat2 tourist attraction yg masuk dlm package tu sure harga brg2 dia akan cekik darah.. contohnya kat Ubud tu.. the same product we all beli kat market tgh bandar murah giler dr tempat yg diaorg bawak tu.. nasib baik tak beli awal2.. i suspect yg bawak tu dpt komisyen dr tokey kedai2 tu lah..

Airis

Originally posted by my-alja at 12-1-2008 09:01 PM
sesapa pergi venice...venice nie terkenal dgn hasil seni kaca, plg best ramai org kata beli kat pusat org buat perhiasaan nie kat murano island(rasanya...sesapa boleh cek)....sesampai disana, harganya lebih mahal drp kedai2 yg ada jual perhiasaan nie kat tepi2 jalan.......

alja, nama tempat tu Murano Glass.. dia ada tunjuk cara2 buat brg2 crystal tu, by blowing the glass.. (come to think of it, kat Langkawi pun ada diaorg buat camni kan?) definitely I tak beli la kat Murano tu.. harga ribu2.. kalau rupiah takpe gak.. ini Euro beb! baik pegi cari tempat lain..

WakDaeng

Tourist traps @ Bali


A con that caught us out (at least at first) was a street seller who was trying to sell a very good quality wooden carving of a fisherman with a very delicately carved net. The guy was persistent beyond belief, and kept dropping his price until he got us interested. I then haggled hard and got the thing at an unbelieveably low price. We were with a taxi driver who had driven us to the village we were at. The seller then handed the carving to our taxi driver and made a play of taking the money. A few minutes later I suddenly realised that the carving the taxi driver was holding was a very poor imitation of what we had been shown. Of course the street seller had disappeared (or so HE thought!). I went up and down the street asking people where the seller had gone, only to be told he had gone down the hill. This I did not believe, and went up and down the street several more times until I saw the seller sitting on a bench with some friends grinning at me. He thought that by taking off his hat and changing his top I wouldn't recognise him, but he was wrong. I accosted the seller who looked surprised I had recognised him, but pulled out my money and handed it back without hesitation when the poor quality carving was thrust at him. In Bali it seems that if a Balinese person is attempting a scam, most other Balinese people may let it go without warning you (our taxi driver knew what was going on, but played dumb). Later I realised the switch happened as the seller was wearing a very loose fitting sack/bag over his shoulder that could secrete another figure. The con was very well acted, and more often than not would probably work out in the sellers favour.

Wait till the price has dropped incredibly low, then grab the good figure and don't let go!

kroit92

menakutkan lar..

NEMO1980

pernah kena gak kat korea, asyik ke kedai yg eklusif aje tour guide ni bawa..terbang gak la rm500 utk beli emas putih..lastly sis aku kata mcm yang  kat pasar mlm aje....meraban giler aku!

WakDaeng

Phuket : Bargain..bargain..bargain...bargain..and ..bargain....jgn tak bargain...

During shopping, bargaining is a must. This is not for the faint hearted. You really have to bargain a quarter of the quoted price. If you take more things you can really get a more cheaper price. Walking away from the shop will definitely help, you will definitely get the price you want. If they didnt call you back.. too bad. : ) Check the things in another shop, at least you know whats the bargaining price. You can get a good bargain at the Panyee village rather than at Patong area. I got a few good bargains there which I could not get at Patong area. Avoid the shops in front of the beach area, go to the alley shops and less accessible to the tourists.

joules

hmmm even kat langkawi pun mcm nih, cuber kalau time ramai pelancong eg LIMA, dah sah2 kita locals ni gi pun kena pau sama kan? ini dgr org tempatan langkawi gak yg cerita...!

so LIMA is the trap!!!

boocik04

saya kena masa pegi bangkok.

orang thai akan kenakan harga 3 kali ganda pada apa2 barang kalau dia tau kita ni tourist.

kalau tourist dari malaysia, mungkin kita sama paras rupa dengan orang thai ni and then kalau pandai cakap thai (especially yg duduk kat kelantan tu!) mesti dapat harga kaw-kaw murah, mcm harga orang thai beli jugak...

masa saya ke pasar chatuchak, makan kat kedai muslim. order la nasi goreng dengan mihun tomyam + 2 botol coke. saya tengok orang lain makan pinggan/gelas cikai je, bila bayar pun dalam 50 - 70 baht untuk 2 orang. tapi bila order saya sampai, makanan tu dalam pinggan "stoneware" dan gelas cantik (guna crushed ice dalam air, lagi gitu!). dan bila nak bayar.... mak ooo iiii!

sebab tak pandai cakap thai, harga melambung naik ke 200 baht. bayangkanlah makan mcm kat pasar chow kit tu je pun rm20 untuk 2 orang ..... memang cekik darah!

pengajarannya di sini? sila tanya harga betul2 sebelum duduk dan makan. kalau tak, angkat kaki, jalan! carik kedai lain....

faraway

camana kat msia pulak..
cam naik teksi...
sekali laki me tanya dr CM ke KL sentral, dia jawab 30 RM..
me tanya, dia kata 10 RM...

boocik04

Originally posted by faraway at 18-1-2008 06:12 AM
camana kat msia pulak..
cam naik teksi...
sekali laki me tanya dr CM ke KL sentral, dia jawab 30 RM..
me tanya, dia kata 10 RM...

patutnya "tanya guna meter ka?"  dan buat2 ambik gambar plet teksi dia guna h/p .....

lilo1979

aku pernah kena ketuk ngan apek bawak teksi..dari ampang park ke klcc terus dia charge rm5 padahal dekat giler..biasa naik kena rm2.50 jer..rupanya tak guna meter..aku bertekak la jugak apsal tak guna meter..pastu aku ugut aku ada record conversation dia tadi pastu nak buat report (sebenarnya tipu)..hehehe..menggelabah la dia..last2 dia charge rm2 jer..tp aku bagi jer rm2.50 sebab memang biasa rate dia camtuh..apa2 pun sebelum ko nak bertekak, pastikan pintu teksi sudah dibuka..kalau tak mau dia bawak ko lari..hahaha