Originally Posted by
battensea
The other thing I've learned is that tripadvisor does not prohibit business owners from asking guests/customers to write reviews (not that there's much that tripadvisor could do to prevent this from happening if they did have such a rule). There FAQs actually says owners can ask guests/customers to write reviews.
I don't see anything wrong with this, as someone who had a negative experience will not do a business a favor.
I actually did this for a guest house in Chiang Mai. They had just opened and I was one of the first guests. When I left I told them that it was a great place and wished them well. They mentioned that it would be helpful to write a review on TA. I did so because they were a nice family that had just invested a lot in their guest house and it was great value for the price. Can't see any harm in that.