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Thickos on TripAdvisor

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bupcakesandcunting · 18/03/2011 09:03

I usually check reviews about places on Trip Advisor before booking a holiday. I've been having a snoop round this morning for a holiday and went onto Trip Advisor to read the reviews and honestly, some of them look like they've been written by a bear mashing his paws into the keyboard and hitting "send"...

AIBU to disregard reviews by people who moan that "nobode understand ENGLISH" "no chips/salad just greek food" "wayter rude" or should I be giving them the same attention as the others?

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Abr1de · 18/03/2011 21:10

'"What a very depressing day trip. Not what I go on vacation for."

(Optional day trip to Death Railway, Thailand.)'

Ha ha ha!!!!

NunOnTheRun · 18/03/2011 21:12

@bupcakes

imho nothing can top your earlier post:

"..... there was a prostitute. a prostitute who called herself dillie? saying she was waiting for her man she called hustler? i was horrified having the thought of my children having to look at a half naked prostitute infront of me. i felt like a falure father. the prostitute wouldent stop fighting for the room eventhough it was ours, until we had to call the police to get her out....HORRIBLE PLACE TO STAY NEVER AGAIN DAMMIT. by the way there wer maggets and ants in my room. Lets just say that if I had to stay at this "hotel" or die................I would rather die."

The above would have made a great Samuel Beckett play, imo: Waiting for her man she called hustler Wink

NunOnTheRun · 18/03/2011 21:15

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sorry I was trying to bold-type :)

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bupcakesandcunting · 18/03/2011 22:09

Oh thank you for keeping this thread going whilst I have being skiving toiling at work! I have faceache from laughing and DH is looking at me like I am demented...

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Portofino · 18/03/2011 22:30

bupcakes, thank you for starting this thread. It has been very educational! I know now, never to go AI, and never ever to go to Benidorm or Bulgaria ever.

I looked at the TA advice for one of my stop off hotels en route to Siblu in July and it was only notable for how many times it was "alluded to" as opposed to actually coming out and saying the owners of the B&B are GAY. How very dare they!

FannyFifer · 18/03/2011 22:32

Best thread ever, still laughing at in the wooky.

Portofino · 18/03/2011 22:32

To give an example, someome said " Oh but this place is very straight-friendly TOO" WTF?

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bupcakesandcunting · 18/03/2011 22:43

"this is the best place for making your life worse"

Oh my aching ribs...

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bupcakesandcunting · 18/03/2011 23:18

Oh my god, I got a thread in MN Classics!

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yonker · 18/03/2011 23:19

Off to bed now but just wanted to also say to bupcakes thanks for starting something that has given me the biggest laugh for a long time!

Portofino - I spent hours wondering what the wooky was - also disappointed in the extreme to find out it was just a place.

Dillie was the best one for me as well. Re the gay friendly places I read one review that said something along the lines off 'is it normal to keep your passports and copy them - me and my partner are same sex and I thought they may think it was odd and we were terrorists or something'

Thanks again bupcakes Grin

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bupcakesandcunting · 18/03/2011 23:30

You're most welcome. Makes a change for me to start a thread that doesn't result in me being called a cunt Grin

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 18/03/2011 23:39
PinkToeNails · 18/03/2011 23:48

This has made tears roll and my sides ache and ache. I should' ve gone to bed ages ago but couldn't stop reading. My fave was the father who felt like a falure.I'm also quite horrified by the discusting hole (?).

ComeAlongPond · 19/03/2011 00:33

Staff unhelpful - I requested an iron and was told I had to come down to reception and fetch it myself. Not what I would expect for £85 a night.

Oh good lord. What hotel was this? My ex made the exact same complaint about a hotel.

muminthecity · 19/03/2011 02:17

I love this thread so much. I actually want to book a holiday right now, just so I can revie it on Trip Advisor with all the other thickos! Grin

PinkToeNails · 19/03/2011 09:12

...and the guy who wants a hotel in Spain to be exclusively for Brits. Ban the Spanish for that authentic Spanish experience and under no circumstances serve any "pialla".

Portofino · 19/03/2011 09:36

"Husband was only approached once by a "lady of the night" - he nearly had heart attack. "

"The woman on reception was taking lessons in rudeness off the manager and I think that she was about to graduate with a distinction. The maid was nice but could do with a job description that tells her she should clean the rooms now and again. Mind you she was probably hiding from Bulgarin Basil most of the time. "

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bupcakesandcunting · 19/03/2011 13:25

Bulgarin Basil ha ha ha ha! Oh my poor ribs...

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SoupDragon · 19/03/2011 15:04

"ZZZZ Hotel cuts off your tires?

Date of review: 2 Jun 2010
I have left my car parked on the sidewalk next to the ZZZZ Hotel and they cut off my tyres.
They are very offensive, malicious. I think it is dangerous to stay at their place."

SoupDragon · 19/03/2011 15:07

"Located in what seems like a converted office block, the rooms have no windows to the outside world.

The bathroom has one dodgy drain, in the middle of the room, so the shower floods the entire space. Plus the small shower curtains mean you have a choice between soaking either the toilet paper or your towel while you wash.

While we were there, there was constant drilling in another part of the building that shook the walls and lasted from 8am til after 6pm.

The harried staff tried to do their best under the circumstances, except one receptionist, who seemed to be permanently having a screaming match with someone on the phone, which we could hear from our room.

At 50euros a night, I couldn't recommend this to anyone.
Liked ? Leaving
Disliked ? The lack of fresh air
Tips/Secrets ? Don't always believe the guidebooks!"

Portofino · 19/03/2011 15:36

"Apart from his appalling manner, his refusal to pay a plumber and his employing only one member of staff to be receptionist/car valet/handyman/porter you name it, is ridiculous. Even Fawlty Towers employed Polly as well as Manuel, and had one of its owner/managers there in the evenings! " Um you do know that was just a TV show right?

SoupDragon · 19/03/2011 16:29

I just love the punctuation in this...

?if it wasn't free wouldn't of bothered?

Date of review: 23 Sep 2010
my parents got this holiday out of the paper and really only cost 40 squid for 4 days for 4 of us but for anyone who pays for a week with a family forget it the caravans are pokey wouldn't even swing a rat around the place beds are plastic mattresses which are ok if you know you are going to pee yourself in your sleep but for the non peeing guest uncomfortable the park is miles away from town town 9 quid with a taxi and the entertainment is to die for you will think of your own way to die and return home before you top yourself we hope it doesn't get to that so please don't stay for the singers they will kill the ear drums if not your will to live food was crap had to wat 1 hour in the bar for our food out of season so god help you if you are there during school hols but torquay lovely places to eat try number 7 fish restaurant -- must book not cheap but you willl leave like its the best money you spent or simla spice indian restaurant and for a hair cut for you men look up the groomroom you may have to wait 30-45 mins but well worth it and a day out would be living coasts if you don'yt have young kids

SoupDragon · 19/03/2011 16:33

Here's a nice twist on the "too Spanish" kind of review

"The drinks promos and prizes for the kids only start when the English are off - if you're there at the start of the Scottish holidays you're wasting your time"

This is in the SW of England.

BecauseImWorthIt · 19/03/2011 17:16

I have stayed in this hotel - the Agavi, in Positano in Italy, and it is one of the best, most stunning hotels I have ever had the privilege to stay in - and I have stayed in many top end hotels around the world, with my job.

I wonder exactly what went wrong for this person?

"The views from this hotel and the rooms are amazing but that may be one of the only things that make it a 5 star hotel. We spent two nights at the end of our nine day honeymoon. For starters we had to wait four hours before our room was ready. The room WAS NOT what you see on the website. The bed was so uncomfortable that I had to sleep on top of the cushions from the deck chairs. We had a terrible ant problem on the second day and it took four phone calls and a visit to the front desk before it was resolved. The only compensation was a bottle of champagne. The food at the hotel was great and the service at the bar by the ocean was great. Unfortunately it was a terrible way to end our honeymoon. I usually do not write bad reviews nor do I complain however this is just one of those times that i cannot get off my mind."

Wait time till the room was ready - depends when they arrived, which wasn't clear - you usually can't check into a hotel until after noon anyway

The bed was uncomfortable - this is a subjective thing, surely?

They had an ant problem - well, it was dealt with and they gave you a bottle of Champagne, which sounds pretty good to me.

Everything else was great - view, food, service - yet she cannot get it off her mind?!

BecauseImWorthIt · 19/03/2011 17:29

Hee hee - this is a good game!

"Our main problem was the night guard who always seemed to catch us the one time during the night where we were moving from one room to another within our group. He reported us and we were threatened with an eviction warning 3 days before we were due to leave even though we didn't really do anything. So on the last night we took the p155 for funs!"