Originally Posted by
lancebanyon
Yep. If they would simply add that one feature - allowing people to confirm by receipt that they actually stayed or ate at the venue in question - it would make a huge difference. I also think that any reviews from posters with less than say 5 reviews, shouldn't count towards the ratings. All you have to do is look at say the top 20 rated restaurants in London to see that the ratings are a farce. Why can't they see that?
I'm not prepared to share a receipt with TripAdvisor, nor to follow links from their site to book a hotel or flight, etc, sorry. I don't have a large number of reviews on TA, but I think that anyone reading my reviews would realise that they are genuine.
I'm sorry for anyone who might rely solely on TA. I might check it for, say, a restaurant in a city that I'm not too familiar with, but I wouldn't make a decision on dining there purely on reviews on the site.