Comments on: Holiday reviews can spoil your experience http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/01/14/holiday-reviews-can-spoil-your-experience/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Diane http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/01/14/holiday-reviews-can-spoil-your-experience/#comment-160132 Diane Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:59:11 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/01/15/holiday-reviews-can-spoil-your-experience/#comment-160132 I helped family members book a holiday and when they got back they said it'd felt like home walking in because they'd seen the videos of the bar and pool area! I think for me that's the best recommendation you can get - if it improves the holiday relaxation levels then video is a very good thing indeed! I helped family members book a holiday and when they got back they said it’d felt like home walking in because they’d seen the videos of the bar and pool area! I think for me that’s the best recommendation you can get – if it improves the holiday relaxation levels then video is a very good thing indeed!

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]]> By: Steve Sparkie http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/01/14/holiday-reviews-can-spoil-your-experience/#comment-139684 Steve Sparkie Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:29:52 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/01/15/holiday-reviews-can-spoil-your-experience/#comment-139684 On going to Alnwick in Northumberland, I was pleased to find that the reviews I had read about both the Castle and Garden there were overly severe. The family had a great time. However, sometimes the net can be correct ---- the Bailiffgate Museum there was good value for money, but al of their old photographs had been taken by one of the Trustees, meaning that we could no longer see the history of Alnwick Town. Otherwise, a great place to go, and I suppose we all really should try and find those "incorrect" reviews and as a matter of extended netiquette we should put our own correct ones there to provide some balance. On going to Alnwick in Northumberland, I was pleased to find that the reviews I had read about both the Castle and Garden there were overly severe.

The family had a great time. However, sometimes the net can be correct —- the Bailiffgate Museum there was good value for money, but al of their old photographs had been taken by one of the Trustees, meaning that we could no longer see the history of Alnwick Town.
Otherwise, a great place to go, and I suppose we all really should try and find those “incorrect” reviews and as a matter of extended netiquette we should put our own correct ones there to provide some balance.

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]]> By: Duncan http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/01/14/holiday-reviews-can-spoil-your-experience/#comment-75973 Duncan Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:52:00 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/01/15/holiday-reviews-can-spoil-your-experience/#comment-75973 Hi Darren If the functionality contains keywords and geocoding then theoretically search results can be plotted by place of interest and postcode quite accurately. It depends how the database is structured as to what can be offered. It gets harder as the overseas postcoding can be quite hit or miss (e.g. Ireland for example...). LateRooms for the UK offers postcode searches in the UK for hotels within a 3 mile radius and users can sort by distance. There's also a tube map available and searches by Tube station for London. As you can appreciate widening this functionality across the world is a work in progress! Hi Darren

If the functionality contains keywords and geocoding then theoretically search results can be plotted by place of interest and postcode quite accurately. It depends how the database is structured as to what can be offered. It gets harder as the overseas postcoding can be quite hit or miss (e.g. Ireland for example…). LateRooms for the UK offers postcode searches in the UK for hotels within a 3 mile radius and users can sort by distance. There’s also a tube map available and searches by Tube station for London. As you can appreciate widening this functionality across the world is a work in progress!

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]]> By: Jo http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/01/14/holiday-reviews-can-spoil-your-experience/#comment-75277 Jo Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:28:25 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/01/15/holiday-reviews-can-spoil-your-experience/#comment-75277 I don't read any reviews, I'd rather wait until I get there. If the hotel is a dive, then the tour opertor will know about it. I don’t read any reviews, I’d rather wait until I get there. If the hotel is a dive, then the tour opertor will know about it.

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]]> By: Rohan http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/01/14/holiday-reviews-can-spoil-your-experience/#comment-75276 Rohan Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:27:39 +0000 http://www.travel-rants.com/2008/01/15/holiday-reviews-can-spoil-your-experience/#comment-75276 We use Trip Advisor all the time now. Like someone mentioned, once I have booked the holiday, that's it, I don't re-visit the site. We use Trip Advisor all the time now. Like someone mentioned, once I have booked the holiday, that’s it, I don’t re-visit the site.

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