Comments on: Are Sites Such As Trip Advisor Trustworthy http://www.tropicpost.com/are-sites-such-as-trip-advisor-trustworthy/ What Others Don't Tell You About The News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Phil Graham http://www.tropicpost.com/are-sites-such-as-trip-advisor-trustworthy/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 Phil Graham Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:20:45 +0000 http://www.tropicpost.com/?p=1129#comment-1098 Problem is that many TA reveiwers - even the genuine ones, if you can spot them - are ignorant and poorly travelled with unreasonable expectations. And I say that as the top-rated B&B on TA for our region of France, not because we're poorly rated. I'm fed up with TA after weeding out false reviews, possibly from jealous rivals, posing as visitors. Do you know that TA won't accept any form of proof from owners regarding the falsehood of reviews? They need taking down a peg or too - hope the Brits get somewhere with their challenge. Phil Here's the story of just one of my scrapes with TA: <a href="http://visitnormandy.wordpress.com/trip-advisor-fake-reviews/" rel="nofollow">Fake Reviews on TripAdvisor</a> Problem is that many TA reveiwers – even the genuine ones, if you can spot them – are ignorant and poorly travelled with unreasonable expectations. And I say that as the top-rated B&B on TA for our region of France, not because we’re poorly rated. I’m fed up with TA after weeding out false reviews, possibly from jealous rivals, posing as visitors. Do you know that TA won’t accept any form of proof from owners regarding the falsehood of reviews? They need taking down a peg or too – hope the Brits get somewhere with their challenge.

Phil

Here’s the story of just one of my scrapes with TA:

Fake Reviews on TripAdvisor

]]> By: Can Trip Advisor Be Called Trustworthy? http://www.tropicpost.com/are-sites-such-as-trip-advisor-trustworthy/comment-page-1/#comment-1090 Can Trip Advisor Be Called Trustworthy? Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:08:15 +0000 http://www.tropicpost.com/?p=1129#comment-1090 [...] Insiders of the travel industry insiders have finally expressed their concern that Trip Advisor and similar sites that rely on anonymous reviews, are beginning to wield too much power. According to the Independent in the UK the concern has been around for quite some time, but Trip Advisor’s Dirtiest Hotels list made it an even hotter topic in the past week. Read more of how the opinion of disgruntled guests can ruin a reputation… [...] [...] Insiders of the travel industry insiders have finally expressed their concern that Trip Advisor and similar sites that rely on anonymous reviews, are beginning to wield too much power. According to the Independent in the UK the concern has been around for quite some time, but Trip Advisor’s Dirtiest Hotels list made it an even hotter topic in the past week. Read more of how the opinion of disgruntled guests can ruin a reputation… [...]

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