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?

?this is the best place to make your life worse?

THE STAFFS ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR SPOILING THE ENTIRE TRIP, we were poorly greeted when we checked in the hotel, as our flight arrived an hour earlier than check in time, i was rudely told that i was too early and to return later in the day. the old man concierge always reply me in the utmost disgust, and it is clearly shown in his facial expression and body language, he doesnt even look at me in the eye when we converse- it doesnt take a genius to realize this is just poor courtesy.

What a tip top analysis of the George V.

Top question in the Disneyland Paris forum -
"i have heard that disneyland paris is been moved to murcia spain. how true would this information be"

Hmm I wonder.....

JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar Fri 18-Mar-11 10:59:37
What the Dickens is a "discusting hole" ?!?

Dillie the prostitute might know!

Does anyone every wonder what the bad reviewers of fantastic hotels actually did to get the bad service they moaned about?

We went to the Maldives once - it was unbelievable. If you had told the staff you couldn't be arsed to walk to the beach they would probably have carried you and smiled while doing it. From some reviews of the resort you would have thought that guests were being sold into the slave trade upon arrival!

Porto, seems he was willing to pay for luxery but not a dictionary...

I can't cut and this review due to the epic size..

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Frank from Idaho advises:

?If you love your family....don't?

confirmed for 5...room was not available...substitute room was for 4...very small and inadequate by any standard...sketchy neighborhood...breakfast at a bar about 2 blocks away...those were good folks...

Not sure who were the good folks.

LOL at Thingumy's link. That took longer to write that the holiday duration.

I particularly like the Forrest Gumpesque end:

"Everyone gets rained on in life. Life is not always the party we expected it to be or would like. However, like this vacation, if you're patient and lucky the sun will eventually shine on you too.

Trust in your dreams not in your fears."

Oh, god - marking place to find this later. I got as far as fucknuckles and have to go, but oh, thank you, coastgirl!

thingumy - I am particularly grateful for the wise words on vacation friendships at the end.

" A couple of times, the manager was on the dive boat with us but he didn't even look at us or acknowledge our presence"

I wonder why!

You know I love the ridiculous reviews. But I am not happy with people being laughed just because their spelling or literacy is very poor. Okay some people have very poor literacy - perhaps because of a poor education, or they messed about at school or they are just not very bright. But I really feel strongly that this si not something that should be laughed at. It just seems an easy way for people to feel superior.

JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar Fri 18-Mar-11 10:59:37
What the Dickens is a "discusting hole" ?!?

Dillie the prostitute might know!

KungfuPanda

" had been reading Hemingway and wanted to try the bar at the Rtiz Hotel. We had on tennis shoes and casual dress. The doorman chased us out of the hotel.... said their was a delegation in town. We explained we wanted to patronize the bar - but he would have none of it. After us, two elderly ladies in gucci and channel walked right in. We spend many afternoons at the Ritz in Laguna Niguel, Ca and never got this rude behavior. Only rude french people on entire trip! "

Security guard was asleep at the wheel. What are you going to do? Who are you going to call?

"there is no need for rudness or bad manors"

Definitely don't want bad manors. Especially when paying for 5 star manors.

"The island is a natural island so you have to expect a few ants or seaweed"

You think?

I snorted at that too Mme

I particularly like this extract

'If you had one of these rooms you could just about stay to yourself, take your meals in the buffet, and have all the alone time you wanted for contemplation from a separation/divorce/life tragedy/work pressures etc. and just recharge the batteries. Our room was ocean view. 400 feet from the ocean. Yes I counted. Luck is still our friend.'

Not SEAWEED?

'The Atals Hotel was very impressionable.'

I am crying with laughter at this thread, it's made my day

'there was no entertainment, or anything for english people. the only decent thing was the massage chair in the lobby and the smoking room!!!'

'my husband and i have holidayed all over europe and are not ones to moan or complain we have allways found the spanish very rude'

'holidaying in spain is one thing but to holiday with the spanish is a totally raw experience '

This in response to a guest complaining about being overcharged. Me thinks someone went on a bit of a bender!

"Firstly we would like to thank the client for taking the time to comment on our resort. We would however like to clarify a few points that have been raised by the client namely the overcharge of GBP 200.00 additional charges for items not consumed. Please note that we have a Happy Hour in Villu Bar from 17.30 Hrs to 18.30 Hrs daily where any items ordered during this period put into the system is automatically calculated at 50%. This is a discount for happy Hour. It is most unfortunate that for the guest in question, they had ordered their first drinks during this period and continued to consume beverages and other items after the Happy Hour. Therefore only the items ordered during the period were discounted whereas the others were at normal rate. The guests signed the bills at the outlet but one day prior to check out refused to pay for USD 29.70 of the items on the bill at normal price. Please note that our machines are programed automatically based on the time and therefore there is no room for error. We however after much discussion decided to not charge them.

For the minibar, the guests refused to pay the amount of USD 75.00 for items consumed from the minibar quoting that they did not consume the items. This again due to the insistence of the guests was not charged. I therefore feel that the resort has already given a lot in terms of leeway to the guests concerned when the charges were indeed correct. To after that advise other guests not to come to Medhufushi is indeed surprising. Total amount not charged was therefore USD 104.70. Please note also that we did not have any other guests complaining about charges levied during their stay.Thank you. "