Originally Posted by
CMK10
Also, when I was looking at hotel reviews for a HGI I stayed at there seemed to be a suspicious amount of 1 time highly positive, 5 star reviews.
C'mon, TA reviews are as honest as international figure skating judging.
FWIW I read TA reviews with a critical and jaundiced eye and have been happy with the choices I've made far more often than not. In fact only
twice in 8 years have I really been truly disappointed with the hotel I booked after checking TA which considering that's probably 100+ hotels isn't a bad average.
Not saying it's perfect or completely without biases just one tool in the travel toolbox I use.