May 2, 2008
For an example of a disastrous hotel recommendation appearing in TripAdvisor, go to Beat of Hawaii
Though I count myself one of the few opponents of TripAdvisor, I have a fellow combatant at my side in the people who publish Beat of Hawaii (www.beatofhawaii.com). They recently (April 30) printed a photograph of a hotel in Waikiki that received stellar recommendations in Trip Advisor and which one of the Beat of Hawaii editors used for his own recent stay in Oahu. Needless to say, the hotel was dreadful, objectively bad, and had nevertheless received rave reviews in Trip Advisor.
Now, no one is perfect, and this may have been an aberration, but I hope you will go to the website post and ponder whether travelers can rely on hotel recommendations by unknown amateurs (or pranksters).
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Now, no one is perfect, and this may have been an aberration, but I hope you will go to the website post and ponder whether travelers can rely on hotel recommendations by unknown amateurs (or pranksters).
Write and read comments about this post.
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Arthur Frommer is generally acknowledged to be the nation's foremost travel authority. He is the founder of the
