What Is a Surcharge?

The surcharge is relative to the main fee (basic fee). As the name implies, it refers to the additional contract under the main fee contract. It cannot be paid separately. Generally speaking, the main fee paid by the surcharge is relatively small, but its existence is premised on the existence of the main fee and cannot be separated from the main fee to form a relatively comprehensive and diversified fee. Surcharge

Additional fee

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The surcharge is relative to the main fee (basic fee). As the name implies, it refers to the additional contract under the main fee contract. It cannot be paid separately. Generally speaking, the main fee paid by the surcharge is relatively small, but its existence is premised on the existence of the main fee and cannot be separated from the main fee to form a relatively comprehensive and diversified fee. Surcharge

Chinese name

Additional fee

Hermeneutics

Means an additional contract attached to a main contract

Existential

Presupposes existence of main fee

Function

Form a more comprehensive and diverse fee

The surcharge is relative to the main fee (basic fee). As the name implies, it refers to the additional contract under the main fee contract. It cannot be paid separately. Generally speaking, the main fee paid by the surcharge is relatively small, but its existence is premised on the existence of the main fee and cannot be separated from the main fee to form a relatively comprehensive and diversified fee. For example, in addition to the general cost of flying, there is a fuel surcharge, and there is an education surcharge when paying VAT.

"Age surcharge" means that in the travel market, "low-cost travel" is easy to attract the elderly. However, "low-cost travel" is only a superficial gimmick. An important prerequisite for its formation is that tourists must also make a certain amount of consumption in accordance with the requirements of travel agencies and tour guides in the process of tourism, thereby ensuring the normal revenue of travel agencies. But the elderly and children do not have enough spending power. In this context, collecting age surcharges in advance from specific groups has become the capital preservation method of travel agents in disguise.

In 2015, the National Tourism Administration issued relevant regulations, which for the first time defined "unreasonable low-priced tours" in the form of documents, and clarified the standards for punishing illegal acts, providing a systematic basis for cracking down on "low-priced tours."

The formation of the "age surcharge" is rooted in the popularity of the "low-cost tour" model. As long as this model cannot be completely governed, even if there is no "age surcharge", it will form a new "charge" excuse for harming consumer rights.

The existence of "age surcharge" is an important hidden danger to the elderly's consumption rights and needs to be cleaned up and investigated. From the perspective of the healthy development of the tourism market, the firmness of the "age surcharge" actually reminds regulators once again that the impact of the "low-cost tour" model on the normal consumption environment should not be underestimated, and governance needs to be continued and increased. ^[1]