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If a guided tour takes you to a shop that wasn't agreed on and you buy something, ask the travel agency for a return within 30 days after you get back, and have the agency advance the payment

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In plain words

A travel agency that takes you to shops without discussing it with you, or lures you into shopping with an absurdly low tour price, is breaking the law. Within 30 days after you get back, you can ask it to handle the return of the goods for you, and it advances the payment for them. If you signed a โ€œvoluntary shoppingโ€ supplementary agreement, it counts as your consent, and it becomes hard to return the goods this way.

Translated from the Chinese original. Original book, section 5, tip 50. This section is about money and spending. It is general information, not financial or investment advice. Content may be out of date and rules differ by place. When you actually deal with an agency, a doctor or a court, follow what local officials, doctors and lawyers tell you. Disclaimer