Originally Posted by
Sweet Willie
The Kettles were in Waikiki
Personally if I can't find info here on FT (which is where I look first), I will look at TripAdvisor. I read the negative reviews first to see if there are negatives that are truly worthwhile to note (i.e. "front desk was rude is NOT worthwhile" to note, nor is "hotel forgot my wake up call")
Actually, to me, a rude front desk or forgotten wake up calls can be the sign of an inattentive management, so I would take heed. Everyone has his/her own travel hot buttons and the sheer volume of reviews on TA can be helpful at seeing the types of problems that might be encountered. If a particular review intrigues me, I might look up the poster's reviews of other properties to see if there are any relevant points of reference. And I pretty much never read the reviews of people posting for the first time.