Thickos on TripAdvisor

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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?

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".

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.

This is a brilliant compilation of Trip Advisor complaints

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

Communal toilets were horrible, everytime I went in there was a toilet otter staring at me. I got in my bed a was stabbed by a toenail, there was dried sick in the carpet. The place is a dump and I expect thats what prison cell mates experience. plus a homosexual tried to get into my room at 2 in the morning.

Toilet otters :D

Restaurant review:
"I wish we hadn't gone. The meal was ruined by midgets everywhere and we were sitting inside. We moved tables (nearer the back wall) but we were either followed by them or they were at that table too. we woke up the following morning covered in bites and very itchy."

midgets

^every where we we go to was pretty enough to take pictures. it was so fancy and the staff was so nice. OCCASIONALLY, WE ENCOUNTER SMELLY SMOKERS. the food was good but small portion. it consider girl portion instead of men food portion. food is pricey. at the pelican grill, the y have a nice bar lounge with beautiful view. they have 2 giant tv to watch sport and live band music except the music band kept playing songs the average guest don't know so they either ignore the band or get up and leave. the band need to realize they need to play song that guest know and able to sing along or dance along. they were awful.

Room Tip: DON'T SMOKE ON the premise and stop wearing grandma perfume--YUCK. DO not wear bikini if you are a fat as-. stop pretendingto look thin and pretty. shave those hairy body , MEN BEFORE SOMEONE THROW UP^

I thought it was fab!

I read a review about a hotel in Norway, a man complaining that his double bed had two single duvets not one double. He asked for a double and he was told they don't have any. He thought this was worthy of a 2* .

The thing is, Norwegian culture is that all double beds have two single duvets - everywhere. Made me laugh.

The hotel was definitely a 4* IMO

I never knew that greeneyed! Does that mean you can never have a cuddle under the duvet together? What do you use on a king sized bed? So many questions!!

awesomer I've not stayed in a kings sized bed here yet.. but yes you can cuddle under, it's just a bit annoying as the duvets get in the way - at least you don't get the problem of duvet thieves!!
It's much easier to change the sheets as they are less heavy, but more annoying to make the bed look nice!

I have also noticed a lot of reviewers getting really irate that their hotel doesn't serve "a full English breakfast" :/

Oh - who bumped this ?

Spat my hot chocolate out at midgets!!!

Sorry I know this thread hasn't been touched since 2014 but that was too funny to ignore!!!

This needs a bump as people are probably going on their first summer holiday this year since 2019!

I loved this thread! Off to read again

Aw, this came up on my TIO ... what a lovely blast from the past. I have just been updating DP (who postdates this thread) on the lovely Greek island of Thickos.

Oh my goodness I bloody loved this thread! Am going to reread.

Some real names from the past on that thread too - hard to believe it was posted in 2011!

How time has flown and how times have changed, it's a lovely thread with with wit and no nastiness which you rarely see now
I miss the old days!

I loved this thread, I'm on it under an old name.

I love Tripadvisor reviews OP. Half of them can't spell, and sound like Joey 'only way is' Essex - is Paris a place? FFS.

Tripadvisor

I have a couple that are real life not trip advisor. ANd not quite the quality of the posts above.

One was someone I worked with in my early 20s. His wife wanted to go abroad on holiday but he put his foot down.

He'd been abroad once, and they said it was English food, but it was different.

A couple of year ago I saw him on TV on a programme about Cornwall and he said, "I've been coming to Cornwall now for 30 years and I wouldn't go anyone else" he didn't mention his wife so I wonder if she ever did get a holiday outside the UK.

The other was when I picked up a friend and her son.

Son was about 12 or 13 and started talking about there being too many immigrants.

So I asked a few questions

Me :so where did you get these ideas
FS(Friends son): my grandma
Me: OK, so where have I picked you up from?
FS: the Airport
Me: where have you been?
FS: My grandma's
Me: And where does your gran live
FS: Spain

My friend in the front seat was pissing herself laughing, her mother had lived in Spain for 10 - 15 years at that time

British people abroad are a total embarrassment. I’m really ashamed to be British sometimes. Manners seem to be a thing of the past. No willingness to engage with other cultures or try different food. Many just want to behave like they’re in their back garden, only with sun and far too much booze.
So many people want to go all inclusive and just sit in the hotel 24 hours a day, drinking.

That link isn’t working for me