I find TripAdvisor mediocre in terms of usefulness.
I pay no attention as to what ranks in the top 10 hotels as FF traveling habits seem to vary significantly from the "mom & pop" travelers.
However, as others have mentioned, the nuggets are in the reviews themselves, after you ignore the 1-2 liners that have next to useless info.
I then back it up with searching reviews on FT, which are much more targeted to experiences with folks with higher tiers in hotel programs.
Last edited by Braindrain; Dec 20, 2010 at 2:03 pm