leigh white Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Never trust an hotel with free mints by your bedside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 and then there's always trip advisorDoes anybody take trip advisor seriously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Does anybody take trip advisor seriously People only go on to boot off. Our peg has to contact bad reviews and see if she can put it right. Madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Always put towels on the bathroom floor before a shower, before you slip like fuck if you don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 You have to take trip advisor with a pinch of salt but it's indicative all the same Generally speaking a picture doesnt lie and the photographs uploaded give you a more candid look at the establishment instead of the usual professional photographs that make the place look like a palace As you say, it's much easier for folk to go on and have a moan, people feel much less inclined to give positive feedback I suppose when you find a place with hundreds / thousands of great reviews with very little in the way of bad reviews it means your on the right track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 You have to take trip advisor with a pinch of salt but it's indicative all the same Generally speaking a picture doesnt lie and the photographs uploaded give you a more candid look at the establishment instead of the usual professional photographs that make the place look like a palace As you say, it's much easier for folk to go on and have a moan, people feel much less inclined to give positive feedback I suppose when you find a place with hundreds / thousands of great reviews with very little in the way of bad reviews it means your on the right track Hit the nail on the head, you can never please everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 I'd love to do a trip advisor for the east stand Lower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted April 15, 2017 Members Share Posted April 15, 2017 Does anybody take trip advisor seriously Yep, they certainly do - especially hotels. I know this from personal experience.National Scooter Rally in Sydney in 2013. Undercroft parking so the two stroke fumes from all the hairdryers set off the fire alarm one morning. Fire brigade came to the obvious false alarm and, upon my return to Perth I discovered a charge of $1500 on my credit card for an alleged bill to the hotel for the false alarm. The cunts just picked any one of our credit cards at random and I was the lucky one. Quick phone call to NSWFB confirmed that no charge existed and that this was not a policy of theirs. The cunts still refused to refund me so 50 odd scooterists took to Trip Advisor and slagged the crap out of the place. The hotel contacted me within a fortnight to ask that if they refunded me, would I please call the dogs off as it was affecting their business. It works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 My missus goes off it more than stars when we are looking at holidays now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted April 15, 2017 Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2017 Aye, another one who checks out online reviews The picture of a dead rat ruled one out last year Daft thing was, it was outside the door and there's probs all sorts of vermin knocking about where tourists are catered for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanGreavsie Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Reminds me of a thread I started a few years back http://www.wanderersways.com/forum/topic/80615-billing-aquadrome/?hl=billing Billing Aquadrome Anyone been? As I'm often heading down the M1 through Northampton I see signs to this place and always wondered what the hell it was. Turns out to be a caravan/campsite thing but some of the reviews on Tripadvisor are a hoot. A selection: “we had thought we had landed on a set out of shameless” “Got to our caravan to find a broken down car outside it with no number plates” “Want your toddler to learn how to swear and shout obscenities? Book now.” “Luckily he was evicted the next day only to threaten others with being stabbed” “The swimming pool was closed for both Saturday and Sunday because of vomit” “The toilet and shower block were no more than disgusting, toilet doors missing, lights not working, toilet roll in just a few cubicles, toilet seats broken and falling off!” “They claim to have a pancake bar and gourmet burger selection, but when asked where they were - none of the staff knew anything about them. The best they could guess was the menu had been changed. Which brings me onto my next point, the so called restaurant is just the bar in the swimming pool!” “we decided just go home” “PLEASE SAVE YOUR MONEY, DO NOT GO TO THIS HELL HOLE” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 My ex work colleague stayed in a beach front hotel in miami, she read the trip advisor reviews one person had given the hotel 1 star due to sea weed on the (public) beach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 My ex work colleague stayed in a beach front hotel in miami, she read the trip advisor reviews one person had given the hotel 1 star due to sea weed on the (public) beach. I stayed in a place in Goa, it wasn't The Ritz but it was OK. We got speaking to a Scouse couple who said when they got home they would be giving it just 1 star on Trip Advisor....the reason being the menu was just full of foreign stuff, no proper food. When I pointed out that as we were in India it was quite likely the menu would be mainly Indian/Curry based they said it shouldn't be if they were taking bookings from English tourists. They also admitted that they thought Goa was in Africa, didn't realise it was India until they went to get their Visas, otherwise they would never have come as "we don't really like Pakis" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 This is what I was alluding to about taking it seriously I've read reviews where people want five star service for two star prices and suppose people are more likely to complain than praise I know of one bloke who owns a b&b near me who would buy you a couple of pints if you wrote a favourable review for his place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted April 15, 2017 Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2017 Every review of Greek places says basic Most follow it with who cares, it's just a bed But you get the ones, especially yanks who go to town on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Winchester White Posted April 15, 2017 Site Supporter Share Posted April 15, 2017 Every review of Greek places says basic Most follow it with who cares, it's just a bed But you get the ones, especially yanks who go to town on it To be fair, plenty want more than basic. But you have to be realistic with the price you pay and the facilities on offer. That is where fucktard reviewers on TripAdvisor harm decent folk trying to earn a living. I always leave a review on TA, mostly just to help other folk out looking for digs like we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I always leave a review on TA, mostly just to help other folk out looking for digs like we are. Same here, I always try to (when I remember) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 To be fair, plenty want more than basic. But you have to be realistic with the price you pay and the facilities on offer. That is where fucktard reviewers on TripAdvisor harm decent folk trying to earn a living. I always leave a review on TA, mostly just to help other folk out looking for digs like we are. I leave loads of reviews on Trip Advisor for the same reason Use it a lot. It's not difficult to weed out the reviews from those short of a few chromosones. Found some great restaurants and bars in Copenhagen using it so it proved well worthwhile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I stayed in a place in Goa, it wasn't The Ritz but it was OK. We got speaking to a Scouse couple who said when they got home they would be giving it just 1 star on Trip Advisor....the reason being the menu was just full of foreign stuff, no proper food. When I pointed out that as we were in India it was quite likely the menu would be mainly Indian/Curry based they said it shouldn't be if they were taking bookings from English tourists. They also admitted that they thought Goa was in Africa, didn't realise it was India until they went to get their Visas, otherwise they would never have come as "we don't really like Pakis" That is like something they'd write in Benidorm (the TV series). When we went the second time the Mrs was pregnant and had had enough of Curry after a few days so we found somewhere called Ruffles in Candolim run by a woman from Yorkshire, she was sat there in 34 degree heat eating braising steak, gravy and proper chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I leave TripAdvisor reviews for most places when we eat out or go away. Rare that I leave a bad one unless completely necessary. Been a few holiday ones where I've pointed out inaccuracies in previous reviews from folk who leave shit reviews in the hope of a freebie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjayoghani Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 If summat goes wrong, give them an opportunity to sort before leaving bad review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckhurstwhite Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Reminds me of a thread I started a few years back http://www.wanderersways.com/forum/topic/80615-billing-aquadrome/?hl=billing Billing Aquadrome Anyone been?” Always wondered what that place was, big fuck off signs everywhere, sounds great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainmed Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Booking.com will sort u out. It's their problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widnes Two Hats Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 (edited) Put some pool balls in a long sock, spin them round your head like a helicoptor, run into the hotel, clout anybody in your way, take all the money out of the til in the bar area then run out. Go home with more money than you had before you entered the hotel Oh and throw the sock containing the pool balls into the sea Then take the pool balls back to the York where you stole them from Make sure that there are no bummers in the York before you enter, just in case Edited April 15, 2017 by Widnes Two Hats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave2980 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 That is like something they'd write in Benidorm (the TV series). When we went the second time the Mrs was pregnant and had had enough of Curry after a few days so we found somewhere called Ruffles in Candolim run by a woman from Yorkshire, she was sat there in 34 degree heat eating braising steak, gravy and proper chips. Ruffles is brilliant. Their steak pudding is something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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