It's a different target audience though. People go to tripadvisor to specifically get advice about (usually) hotels in a certain area. I can only speak for myself, but people don't come to my blog for advice about hotels in a specific area, they come for the conversational writing style and the photography (based on feedback I've received).

I think reporting on a "typical" hotel in a certain area is only beneficial if you've stayed at similar hotels in that same area (Gary's reviews of the LAX hotels, for example). I haven't, so I don't typically write about the non-aspirational ones.

I have a bunch of pictures sitting around from the Hyatt Place Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, I'll put together a review and see how the traffic does.