Originally Posted by
YuropFlyer
You won't rate the hotels in Zurich overpriced because of that, will you? Also, you don't expect LESS from the hotel in Bangkok just because it's only 1/4 of the one in Singapore, or do you?
Unfortunately there are plenty of morons out there who do exactly that. Example. A guest comment card I received a few months ago tore us up because our prices were double the price that they paid in Mexico for a larger room, closer to the water. They seriously were comparing a hotel in downtown Seattle, to one in Mexico, based on price and distance from water.
That is why you have to read between the lines on Tripadvisor. It does not make it any less accurate, as this thread suggests, that hotel in Mexico WAS half the price. That is a completely accurate statement. If someone is stupid enough to take a statement like that at face value, then they probably should hire a travel agent to do their work for them, and therefore have someone to complain to.