Notes about Reviews

This is from a blog on the internet...Travel news by guy name Tom ( not sure if that is his last name or his first name)--about review site Trip Advisor but could also be Yelp

You will recognize the phrases he notes

Saturday, 7 September 2013

Trip Advisor Hotel Reviews that you should Totally Disregard

There are numerous numbers of websites that provide hotel reviews placed in different parts of the world ranging from excellent to rubbish reviews. Reviews have become one of the basic essentials of any business online, as everybody wants to know. It may be valuable in some case but as we say every day is not Sunday and so are the reviews. Trip Advisor is a leading company related to travel but the reviews that are posted on its website are not all true and most of them tend to exaggerate the service provided by a particular inorder to make business. Out of the many reviews genuine travelers/customers do give their valuable perception but apart from that the comments available on this website tend to cheat the customers who are looking for a package or a hotel deals. Here are some of the reviews by ‘Trip Advisor’ on hotels which should be totally ignored and disregarded. 

 ‘It was the best hotel’: This is popular review which maximum of the people use who without willingly writes an evaluation. It should be ignored as without mentioning about anything the writer writes about the hotel being the best. Remember no one likes everything about anything, its human nature. Skip this type of reviews these are no way useful to any of us.

 ‘Avoid it at all costs’: Sometimes writers sole handedly try to harm the image of hotel by writing “Avoid it all costs” which is very common review. Does it make any sense? There should be a reason for avoiding the stay at the hotel. Without blaming in anything they just post.

 ‘The staffs are very impolite’: There isn’t a hotel where staffs can be impolite or rude; it is true that some can be impolite at the reception but blaming all staffs for one mistake, it’s unfair. The people who want more than they paid write this review. Staffs can never be rude as they do their jobs with a fear that their boss would fire him/her if complained by a guest.

 “It was the worst”: Have you ever stayed at a hotel which you will phrase as the worst, this type of reviews are commonly written by the people who have poor taste of hotels. Simply you don’t like the hotel doesn’t mean that it won’t be liked by others too. Example: If Ratan Tata (owner of TATA group) stayed in a 4 star resort he won’t be satisfied because it does not suit his image, he can afford better than that.

‘Everything was messy’: Do you ever think that hotels can be filthy, budget hotels can be messy but luxurious or standard hotels can never be, because it have to match with its star category. People with some disorder who want the things in the hotel to be kept in their way writes this type of review.

Don’t stay at the hotels averaging below 2 stars: People who book their stays in the lowest rated hotels inspite of the terrifying review regarding the hotel use this type of review just because they can’t blame themselves. Why do they even believe on website like Trip Advisor?

Review in Caps (AMAZING EXPERIENCE): These are written by the people who want their review to be different and significant from others. You should ignore it because they are just the ATTENTION SEEKERS. Don’t ever use this type of review, because they are not useful anyway.

I would give 0 stars if the system would have let me: You must have seen some review with 0 stars on hotel. Who in the world would give zero to any of the hotel? Hospitality industry is one of the biggest industries worldwide, so do you think that they lack in all, they can lack in some amenities but not in all of them. These are fake reviews by the people desiring to rip apart the image of the hotel just because they see the hotel with great response. Who made the grading system?         

Posted by Wilson Tom at 02:38