There was no information on who conducted the poll on European capitals or what its confidence level was. Shame on any news media that would publish the story. I can guarantee that the poll takers found no one who had visited all 49 European capitals recently enough to give an informed opinion.

The poll is just fluff to market tripadvisor.

I'm always surprised by the negative comments that TripAdvisor generates from other travel websites. I'm not a travel professional, just someone who loves to travel for pleasure. I've contributed a number of honest hotel reviews to the site and always research potential lodging on TripAdvisor prior to any vacation. I never take anything I read on any travel website as gospel - just as a guide. I disagree with every top response in that poll but that doesn't mean TripAdvisor isn't a useful resource to me and many other people.

As those who have written before me, I cringe when TripAdvisor gets panned, in the past 6 years (post retirement)we have traveled quite extensively throughout Europe & North America and have found TripAdvisor to an extremely useful tool. Yes one must be cautious in weeding out the obvious comments that have been seeded, as you do with those that don't represent a reasonable point of view. This is fairly easily done! I have found when traveling that it is so expensive that one needs to invest in multiple sources for information including Frommers Guide books, and sites like The Thorn Tree & TripAdvisor. The more opinions and research...the better the trip. Love your commentaries Arthur but you are off base with criticism of TripAdvisor. I have used them as one of my references for dozens of stays and it has never led me astray.