It’s no secret that hotels put bogus user reviews of themselves on sites like TripAdvisor, but usually they’re more discreet than this. TripAdvisorWatch found an example of an owner of several hotels in Hanoi posting on freelancer.com under his real name asking “if anyone can teach me the way to write reviews on this forum in which my reviews can not be found as fake and be removed.” [More]
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TripAdvisor E-Mail List Hacked
By 3.24.11
A lot of TripAdvisor users have received a somewhat alarming message from the company’s CEO advising that part of its e-mail list was compromised over the weekend. [More]
Resort Owner Shows How He Games TripAdvisor
By 2.25.11
A guy shows TODAY how he posts fake glowing reviews for his own resort and restaurant on TripAdvisor, and trash talks the competition. This doesn’t mean that customer review sites like TripAdvisor aren’t worthwhile, though. Just take his own advice and throw out the best reviews and the worst. The ones in the middle are the most likely to be from real people reflecting their real experience. [More]
Someone Actually Wanted To Book A Vacation At Schrute Farms
By 3.30.10
The folks at travel site TripAdvisor.com recently had to put a warning on their listing for Schrute Farms, the “number one beet-related agrotourism destination in Northeastern Pennsylvania,” not because of bad reviews or because the innkeepers would regale them with detailed descriptions of the various bears found in the region. No, it’s because Schrute Farms only exists in the magical world of TV. [More]
How To Avoid A Bad Hotel …Review
By 9.6.09
Finding a bad place to stay can ruin a trip, or even your entire impression of a city. Lacking personal recommendations, you may turn to online reviews to help you find a place to stay. But how can you tell shill reviews from real ones? Other than an air of general fakeness, AOL Travel tells you what to look for in hotel reviews specifically.
