Trip advisor for dummies. Or indeed Fetchies.
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May 2013
12:34pm, 25 May 2013
67,617 posts
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GregP
Rule 1. Never trust a review entitled "GREAT DINNING EXPERIENCE"
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May 2013
12:48pm, 25 May 2013
3,261 posts
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Duchess
Rule 2, check the nationality of the complainant to assess if your expectations originate on the same planet .
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May 2013
1:00pm, 25 May 2013
67,618 posts
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GregP
Rule 3. Ignore any review which includes words ending in "-ightful". For example, "delightful" restaurants tend to be over-mannered and have doilies on the tables. "Frightful" hotels often allow residents to be under 60, or to talk out loud.
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May 2013
2:13pm, 25 May 2013
16,315 posts
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JohnnyO
I have kind of given up on trip advisor. The reviews seem very polarised, either bad reviews from people who probably have a bad time wherever they go, or amazingly good reviews that were probably made by the restaurant owner, or people who were high when they ate there.
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May 2013
2:35pm, 25 May 2013
7,024 posts
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Dvorak
I posted a good review of somewhere the other day. As far as I know, I neither own the establishment or was high (well, except on curry, by the end).
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May 2013
2:53pm, 25 May 2013
4,463 posts
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Big Al Widepants
I don't read them any more (for our place) because the site is a magnet for frothy ranters who wouldn't be happy if you gave them Michelin star food and service for free. We had someone who complained about there being no sugar brought with their coffee and as we were coming with some (as soon as they let us know) the diner said "too late, I've already posted a negative rating".
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May 2013
3:07pm, 25 May 2013
67,619 posts
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GregP
It is a crowdsource sort of thing, so I try to be fair and to support honest restauranteurs(sp?)/hoteliers. I do post glowing reviews, but only of places I think deserve them. I have posted negatively on occasion, but I don't think I've ever actively slagged a place.
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May 2013
3:48pm, 25 May 2013
14,360 posts
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DeeGee
I gave it with both barrels to a hotel in Brighton. They served me toast of a monkey. Yes! A monkey.
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May 2013
3:49pm, 25 May 2013
14,361 posts
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DeeGee
I've always ignored poor reviews. Until this place in Brighton with the toast/monkey combination. I'll pay heed to them now.
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May 2013
3:50pm, 25 May 2013
14,362 posts
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DeeGee
Reminds me. Must gush about the delightful Queens Hotel Ambleside.
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