Thickos on TripAdvisor

This is a brilliant compilation of Trip Advisor complaints

www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/10/28/21-seriously-strange-tripadvisor-reviews/

Here's a tip, why not stay at home next time and do a day trip down to the seaside...sure to have a cuppa and some chips and some Brits walking around.

I was about to post the link to that site.
I especially love: "previous guest took a dump in the kettle? Then proceeded to boil it" and, " I actually think that the 3rd floor isn?t part of the hotel, and that people are living there. There are animals running around".

"Never go there! We got a room that was creepy. There were bloody rags on window sill and drug synergys in toilet. Only a cardboard sheet windows, and someone screaming outside our window"

Ahhh, this will always be my favourite thread...

Here on Tripadvisaargh are some more juicy tidbits for your delectation.

www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g658907-d1941202-r149865990-La_Taberna_del_Capitan-Caleta_de_Fuste_Antigua_Fuerteventura_Canary_Islands.html#REVIEWS
"nice foof and atmosphere"

I once went on there to look at reviews for a hotel we were due to stay in. All reviews were glowing (place was lovely) apart from one which was bonkers, along with complaints that there was no soft play area for the children (it was a small country hotel, not butlins ffs!), they complained that they had played the apprentice theme tune in the restaurant! What made me decide the hotel was a good one was that the owners were very gracious and polite in their reply, apologising for the perceived lack of facilities for children and saying that yes they do play a selection of classical music in the restaurant including "dance of the knights" which they believed may have been used in the apprentice, but they apologised if it was not to their tastes! Dp and I were pissing ourselves!

It does annoy me when owners are very rude and defensive in their replies to reasonable comments, that says far more about the place than owners who simply apologise gracefully, even if the complainers are loons!

OMG...reading this thread during my lunch hour in the office and I laughed so hard I inadvertantly farted quite loudly!!

This is from a restaurant review:
"The fries were too large but i think this way they will have less oil
Dipping the potatoes in ketchup and garlic sauce gave it a nice taste"

couldn't resist :p

"We booked this hotel on the premise that it is a solely GAY hotel as it clearly states on it's website, we were stunned when we walked out of our room to find female guests, that were heterosexual and married. We were also confronted with this at the breakfast room , there were many heterosexual couples dining there...We will not be returning and suggest that the hotel updates it's website to tell the facts , that it is a normal hotel and takes in all guests , not GAY as it states."

OMG FEMALE MARRIED HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE!!!!!!!

"i THOUGHT EVERYTHING WILL BE PERFECT NOT UNTIL I OPEN MY ROOM my kids we're the first one to enter and they start to run in the living room and when my youngest kid open my room, she was shocked and told me mom...there's somebody inside our room. I opened the door and I was suprised on what I saw. There's a man sleeping on the bed. I told my kids to go out of the room and I went to the front office and complained. The front office clerk is insisiting that the room is vacant. I got mad at her! called the general manager and complain to him! They wasn't able to fix the problem and I ended up checking out of the same day! "

aaaaaargh!!! sorry all... should have looked at the thread properly

20 astonishing holiday complaints

5th September 2011

Presented to you, for your entertainment and pleasure ? 20 of the most outrageous, ridiculous and stupid travel complaints made to tour operators
www.wanderlust.co.uk/magazine/news/20-astonishing-holiday-complaints-thomas-cook-abta

A recent survey from Thomas Cook and ABTA reveals 20 of the most ridiculous complaints by holiday-makers made to their travel agent.

1. "I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts."

1. "It's lazy of the local shopkeepers to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during 'siesta' time - this should be banned."

1. "On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don't like spicy food at all."

1. "We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels."

1. A tourist at a top African Game Lodge over looking a water hole, who spotted a visibly aroused elephant, complained that the sight of this rampant beast ruined his honeymoon by making him feel "inadequate".

1. A woman threatened to call police after claiming that she'd been locked in by staff. When in fact, she had mistaken the "do not disturb" sign on the back of the door as a warning to remain in the room.

1. "The beach was too sandy."

1. "We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure.Your brochure shows the sand as yellow but it was white."

1. A guest at a Novotel in Australia complained his soup was too thick and strong. He was inadvertently slurping the gravy at the time.

10. "Topless sunbathing on the beach should be banned. The holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other women."

11. "We bought 'Ray-Ban' sunglasses for five Euros from a street trader, only to find out they were fake."

12. "No-one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled."

13. "It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England it only took the Americans three hours to get home."

14. "I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends' three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller.."

15. "The brochure stated: 'No hairdressers at the accommodation?. We?re trainee hairdressers - will we be OK staying there?"

16. "There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners now live abroad."

17. "We had to queue outside with no air conditioning."

18. "It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel."

19. "I was bitten by a mosquito, no-one said they could bite."

20. "My fiancé and I booked a twin-bedded room but we were placed in a double-bedded room. We now hold you responsible for the fact that I find myself pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked."

www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g186394-d1674926-r112063198-Mercure_Newcastle_George_Washington_Hotel_Golf_and_Spa-Newcastle_upon_Tyne_Tyne_and_Wear_England.html#CHECK_RATES_CONT

If I had the sense of humour of a teenage boy, the title of this review would make me laugh. I don't though, so I'm concerned to hear about car vandalism. [hwink]

Emailed from my DH (which probably everyone bar me has seen already):
Thomas Cook Holidays - listing some of the guests' complaints during the season.

1. "I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or gingernuts."

1. "It's lazy of the local shopkeepers to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during 'siesta' time - this should be banned

1. "On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don't like spicy food at all."

1. "We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels."

1. A tourist at a top African game lodge overlooking a water hole, who spotted a visibly aroused elephant, complained that the sight of this rampant beast ruined his honeymoon by making him feel "inadequate".

1. "The beach was too sandy."

1. "We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as yellow but it was white."

1. "Topless sunbathing on the beach should be banned. The holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other women."

1. "We bought 'Ray-Ban' sunglasses for five Euros (£3.50) from a street trader, only to find out they were fake."

10. "No-one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled."

11. "There was no egg slicer in the apartment..."

12. "We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi drivers as they were all Spanish..."

13. "The roads were uneven."

14. "It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England it only took the Americans three hours to get home."

15. "I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends' three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller."

16. "The brochure states: 'No hairdressers at the accommodation'. We are all trainee hairdressers - will we be OK staying here?"

17. "There were too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners."

18. "We had to queue outside with no air conditioning."

19. "It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel."

20. "I was bitten by a mosquito - no-one said they could bite."

21. "My fiancé and I booked a twin-bedded room but we were placed in a double-bedded room. We now hold you responsible for the fact that I find myself pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked."

POOL's - Quite a few to choose from however the slide pool gets packed. Also while we were there someone had a bowel movement in both the slide pool and the main pool on separate occasions. This is not the hotels fault but its an example of the types of people going to this place.

Oh dear

Am bored and stuck in, a prisoner of hay fever. Anyone fancy joining me on a TripAdvisor dipstick hunt?

..sorry for typos - just overwhelmed at this touching reunion hic

Remember the traveller who went round knocking on hotel doors at looking for a lost beaver?

Mystery solved!

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..though -Mel- the mystery man doesn't look too happy

Have just caught up on this thread.... I have stomach ache and ruined mascara!

Used to be a rep. Have fun every now and again googling reviews for the hotels I worked in.

Won't out it but the best one is the review from a large group who had a break-in which was suspicious apparently as no sign of forced entry. no mention of the fact the door was left open as they forgot to shut it Now whilst I sympathise .....................

What makes me laugh is the comment 'the reps did nothing'. This was my last week and I was 37 weeks pg. I offered to do all sorts including 2 1/2 hour round trip to get passports but they told another guest " if that rep tries to help us one more time I'll kick that fucking baby out of her"

Didn't write that on the review did they.

A couple from a hotel in my former hometown...

Bloodstains, pasties & Michael Barrymore

Hmmm, I was in Wolverhampton for a gig and really only wanted somewhere to put my head down, but I didn't expect to find cheese & onion pasties and a chocolate eclair left in the chest of drawers from the previous occupant of the room. When I tried to complain, the man just said "did you know Michael Barrymore is in town?" Bizarre doesn't describe it! The duvet covers had fag burns in them and the room that my friends stayed in had blood stains on the carpet.
Communal shower & toilets, only sinks in the room.
Basically a doss house - avoid (although the location is good & central, you do have to put up with the gangs of hoodies hanging around outside the Spar opposite).

THEN

This is by far the worst place ive stayed in. i found a cats paw in my pillow case. Also ahd chest of drawers with no drawers in them, a cupboard with no back a double bed the size of a hammock made of concrete. Communal toilets with no locks. Our neighbour lived in it had tv on all day and nite didnt close door. It should be named Alcatraz. Also, pay in cash only haha, thats a sign of dodgy things. Enjoy ur stay

I am concerned about the juxtaposition of the hand down the pants and "dirty rotten hole".

"when i took look round the kitchen all the food was happy shopper cheap crap food the lady who was frying had one hand down her pants while cooking there his no way i will go in that dirty rotten hole again never
" Ewwwww

"The tattoo parlor two door down from this establishment has a sign in the window that says "No pain - No gain". That could also be the motto of this bed and breakfast. It is inexpensive - for three people we paid 75 lbs"