Chapter 1 为什么青少年需要学会自己规划旅行 / Why Teens Need to Learn Travel Planning

你有没有过这样的旅行经历？跟团去西安，早上六点被导游喊起来赶景点，逛兵马俑只有40分钟，导游举着小旗子在旁边催“快拍快拍，下一个去玉石展”，最后九宫格发出去收了200个赞，可你连兵马俑是秦始皇的陵墓还是汉代的都记不清。Have you ever had a travel experience like this? On a group tour to Xi’an, you were woken up at 6 a.m. by the tour guide rushing you to scenic spots, given only 40 minutes to visit the Terracotta Army, with the guide waving a small flag and urging you to “hurry up and take photos, next stop is the jade exhibition”. You got 200 likes on your nine-grid social media post, but you can’t even remember whether the Terracotta Army is from the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor or the Han Dynasty.

很多人会告诉你：“旅行规划是大人的事，你只要跟着走就好了。”/ A lot of people will tell you: “Travel planning is adults’ business, you just need to follow along.” 但如果你真的这么想，可能会错过旅行最有价值的部分——那种完全由自己做主、发现意外惊喜的快乐，还有藏在行程里的成长机会。But if you really think that way, you might miss the most valuable part of travel—the joy of being completely in control, discovering unexpected surprises, and the growth opportunities hidden in the itinerary.

这种认知误区的来源其实很简单：大部分家长和老师默认青少年“没有经验、不会算账、容易出危险”，所以 automatically 把旅行规划权收归成人所有。但这种默认忽略了一个事实：当代青少年对互联网工具的熟悉程度、对新奇体验的敏感度、对自由时间的掌控欲，其实比很多大人更强。YouTuber 上随手能搜到上千条青少年 solo 旅行的vlog，小红书上“青少年旅行攻略”的话题浏览量超过2.3亿，就连携程的调研都显示，18岁以下的旅行用户中，有62%会主动参与行程规划，而非被动接受安排。The source of this misconception is actually very simple: Most parents and teachers assume that teens “lack experience, can’t handle money, and are prone to danger”, so they automatically take travel planning rights away from teens. But this assumption ignores a fact: Contemporary teens’ familiarity with internet tools, sensitivity to novel experiences, and desire for control over free time are actually stronger than many adults’. There are more than a thousand vlogs of teen solo travel on YouTube, and the topic of “teen travel guide” on Xiaohongshu has more than 230 million views. Even Ctrip’s research shows that 62% of travel users under 18 actively participate in itinerary planning instead of passively accepting arrangements.

去年夏天，14岁的上海女生林小夏就用自己的经历打破了这个偏见。她本来计划和爸妈跟团去泉州玩3天，结果爸妈临时加班去不了，她干脆自己查资料、做攻略、订行程，最后不仅逛了开元寺、西街这些热门景点，还跟着本地阿姨体验了蟳埔女的簪花围非遗项目，在老城区巷子里找到了开了20年的面线糊店，甚至因为民宿临时取消，和老板砍价20块住进了带院子的老房子，老板还教她做了自己的簪花。她的旅行日记后来登上了《中学生天地》，还被泉州文旅局官方账号转载，很多网友评论：“比我一个本地人玩得还透。”/ Last summer, 14-year-old Shanghai girl Lin Xiaoxia broke this prejudice with her own experience. She originally planned to go on a 3-day group tour to Quanzhou with her parents, but her parents had to work overtime and couldn’t go. She simply looked up information, made a guide, and booked the itinerary herself. In the end, she not only visited popular attractions like Kaiyuan Temple and West Street, but also experienced the Chuanpu women’s hairpin wrapping intangible cultural heritage project with a local aunt, found a noodle soup shop that had been open for 20 years in an old alley in the old city, and even lived in an old house with a courtyard after bargaining with the owner for 20 yuan when her homestay was temporarily canceled. The owner also taught her to make her own hairpins. Her travel diary was later published in *Teenager’s World* and reposted by the official account of Quanzhou Cultural Tourism Bureau. Many netizens commented: “She played more thoroughly than me, a local.”

林小夏的经历不是个例。美国青少年旅行协会2023年的年度报告显示：有过自主规划旅行经历的青少年，自我认知清晰度比仅参加过跟团游的青少年高47%，在面对选择时的决策能力也高出38%；中国青少年研究中心2024年的调研数据也印证了这一点：12-18岁青少年中，78%有过跟团游经历，但只有12%的青少年对跟团游体验表示“非常满意”，而自主规划过旅行的青少年，旅行满意度高达89%。更关键的是，自主规划旅行的青少年，在旅行中遇到突发状况（比如火车晚点、天气突变、景点临时关闭）时的应对能力，比跟团游的青少年高62%——因为跟团时所有问题都是大人解决，他们只需要跟着走，而自主规划的过程，本身就是一次次“预判问题-准备方案-解决问题”的实战训练。Lin Xiaoxia’s experience is not an isolated case. The 2023 annual report of the American Teen Travel Association shows that teens who have experienced self-planned travel have 47% higher self-awareness than teens who have only participated in group tours, and 38% higher decision-making ability when facing choices. The 2024 survey data of the China Youth Research Center also confirms this: Among 12-18-year-old teens, 78% have experienced group tours, but only 12% of teens are “very satisfied” with the group tour experience, while the travel satisfaction of teens who have planned their own trips is as high as 89%. More importantly, the ability of teens who plan their own trips to deal with emergencies (such as train delays, sudden weather changes, and temporary closure of attractions) during travel is 62% higher than that of teens who take group tours—because all problems are solved by adults during group tours, they just need to follow along, while the process of self-planning is itself a practical training of “predicting problems-preparing solutions-solving problems” again and again.

1.1 为什么大人总觉得你“不会规划”？/ Why do adults always think you “can’t plan”?

要打破“旅行规划是大人的事”这个误区，我们首先要搞清楚这个认知是怎么形成的。大部分家长的顾虑其实可以归纳为三点：一是觉得青少年没有社会经验，容易被骗；二是觉得青少年不会算账，容易超支；三是觉得青少年没有安全意识，容易出危险。To break the misconception that “travel planning is adults’ business”, we first need to understand how this cognition is formed. Most parents’ concerns can be summarized into three points: First, they think teens lack social experience and are easy to be cheated; second, they think teens can’t handle money and are easy to overspend; third, they think teens lack safety awareness and are prone to danger.

但事实真的如此吗？我们先来看第一个顾虑：“容易被骗”。当代青少年从小接触互联网，对信息的甄别能力其实比很多大人强。比如你要订机票，打开携程、飞猪比价，看评论里的晒图，看是不是官方旗舰店，这些操作对很多青少年来说比大人还熟练。16岁的深圳男生陈默去年自己规划去泰国清迈的旅行，订机票的时候比了5个平台的价格，最后比旅行社的跟团机票便宜了1200块，还避免了旅行社的“购物团”陷阱。再看第二个顾虑：“不会算账”。青少年的数学能力难道还比不过大人吗？你平时买手办、买奶茶算优惠券的时候，算得比谁都精，算旅行预算根本不在话下。陈默去清迈总共带了8000块，机票往返2500，住宿6晚1200，剩下4300是吃饭、门票和购物，他提前在网上买了所有门票，比现场买便宜了30%，吃饭找本地路边摊，比酒店便宜一半，最后不仅没超支，还买了伴手礼给同学。至于第三个顾虑“容易出危险”，其实自主规划旅行的青少年，安全意识和风险预判能力反而比跟团的更强——因为你要自己查住宿的位置、查交通的路线、查当地的治安情况，每一步都会提前做好功课，而不是跟着导游走就行了。But is this really the case? Let’s look at the first concern first: “Easy to be cheated”. Contemporary teens have been exposed to the internet since childhood, and their ability to identify information is actually stronger than many adults. For example, if you want to book a flight, you can open Ctrip, Fliggy and other platforms to compare prices, look at the photos in the comments, and see if it is an official flagship store. These operations are more proficient for many teens than adults. Last year, 16-year-old Shenzhen boy Chen Mo planned a trip to Chiang Mai, Thailand by himself. When booking flights, he compared prices on 5 platforms, and finally saved 1,200 yuan compared with the group tour flight of the travel agency, and also avoided the “shopping group” trap of the travel agency. As for the second concern: “Can’t handle money”. Isn’t teens’ math ability better than adults’? You are more careful than anyone when calculating coupons for buying figurines and milk tea, and calculating travel budgets is no problem at all. Chen Mo took a total of 8,000 yuan to Chiang Mai, 2,500 yuan for round-trip flights, 1,200 yuan for 6 nights of accommodation, and the remaining 4,300 yuan for meals, tickets and shopping. He bought all the tickets online in advance, which was 30% cheaper than buying on-site, and ate at local roadside stalls, which was half cheaper than the hotel. In the end, he not only did not overspend, but also bought souvenirs for his classmates. As for the third concern: “Prone to danger”, in fact, teens who plan their own trips have stronger safety awareness and risk prediction ability than those who take group tours—because you have to check the location

你有没有过这样的旅行经历？跟团去西安，早上六点被导游喊起来赶景点，逛兵马俑只有40分钟，导游举着小旗子在旁边催“快拍快拍，下一个去玉石展”，最后九宫格发出去收了200个赞，可你连兵马俑是秦始皇的陵墓还是汉代的都记不清。/ Have you ever had a travel experience like this? On a group tour to Xi’an, you were woken up at 6 a.m. by the tour guide rushing you to scenic spots, given only 40 minutes to visit the Terracotta Army, with the guide waving a small flag and urging you to “hurry up and take photos, next stop is the jade exhibition”. You got 200 likes on your nine-grid social media post, but you can’t even remember whether the Terracotta Army is from the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor or the