Oct 9, 2017, 10:07 am
Last edit by: JDiver
FT Expert Hotel Reviews Issues
Please report your Expert Hotel Review issues here.
FAQ: Why did FlyerTalk add them"Expert Hotel Review" feature?
The (FlyerTalk) website has rolled out a new hotel guide in which its members rate and review hotels from around the world. FlyerTalk “soft-launched” its Expert Hotel Reviews feature earlier this fall, but is now talking about the effort publicly for the first time.
What’s behind the effort to add hotel reviews? Tarr (Jeremy Tarr, FlyerTalk's editorial director) says such information has long been posted to FlyerTalk over the years, but it typically has come in users’ “trip reports” that have sprung out of the site's frequent-flier focused origins.
“FlyerTalk has a ton of information from a lot of expert travelers who have flown all over the world and stayed at shocking numbers of hotels,” Tarr says. “A lot of that information is often buried in the forums. We wanted to organize it into something that it is much more accessible to a broader audience.”
USA Today, 21 Nov 2016 - link
What’s behind the effort to add hotel reviews? Tarr (Jeremy Tarr, FlyerTalk's editorial director) says such information has long been posted to FlyerTalk over the years, but it typically has come in users’ “trip reports” that have sprung out of the site's frequent-flier focused origins.
“FlyerTalk has a ton of information from a lot of expert travelers who have flown all over the world and stayed at shocking numbers of hotels,” Tarr says. “A lot of that information is often buried in the forums. We wanted to organize it into something that it is much more accessible to a broader audience.”
USA Today, 21 Nov 2016 - link
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Mar 14, 2021, 10:45 pm
#287
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homeless
Programs: Hyatt Glob; Hilton Dia; Marriott AMB; Accor Dia; IHG Dia Amb; GHA Tit
Posts: 4,838
I think not entirely fixed yet. On the right side of it, you should see how many reviews you have but you have no count based on your screen shot. The Accor badge has now showed up in my account as well, however on the right side it's blank, unlike for other hotel chains where I see a count. Accor is the only chain where I have a blank on the right side rather than review count. See example below:
Mar 30, 2021, 5:14 pm
#289
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New England
Programs: American Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Silver
Posts: 5,640
I’ve been having this problem forever, but didn’t think to ask here until now.
Is the hotel reviews section hosted on a different server or something? When following a link (from talkmail for example) that leads to the hotel reviews section, it takes forever to load. This behavior exists across browsers as well as on mobile both on wifi and cellular data.
Is the hotel reviews section hosted on a different server or something? When following a link (from talkmail for example) that leads to the hotel reviews section, it takes forever to load. This behavior exists across browsers as well as on mobile both on wifi and cellular data.
Mar 31, 2021, 8:46 am
#290
Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: Internet Brands
Posts: 3,867
I’ve been having this problem forever, but didn’t think to ask here until now.
Is the hotel reviews section hosted on a different server or something? When following a link (from talkmail for example) that leads to the hotel reviews section, it takes forever to load. This behavior exists across browsers as well as on mobile both on wifi and cellular data.
Is the hotel reviews section hosted on a different server or something? When following a link (from talkmail for example) that leads to the hotel reviews section, it takes forever to load. This behavior exists across browsers as well as on mobile both on wifi and cellular data.
Apr 5, 2021, 3:34 am
#291
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Rhineland-Palatinate
Programs: *A Gold (A3), HHonor Gold
Posts: 5,698
I’ve been having this problem forever, but didn’t think to ask here until now.
Is the hotel reviews section hosted on a different server or something? When following a link (from talkmail for example) that leads to the hotel reviews section, it takes forever to load. This behavior exists across browsers as well as on mobile both on wifi and cellular data.
Is the hotel reviews section hosted on a different server or something? When following a link (from talkmail for example) that leads to the hotel reviews section, it takes forever to load. This behavior exists across browsers as well as on mobile both on wifi and cellular data.
Apr 6, 2021, 11:24 pm
#292
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New England
Programs: American Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Silver
Posts: 5,640
If the photos are the issue, is there any way to change it so that the site itself loads, so that I can read the text part of the review while the images load? Right now the entire site takes forever to load, and not just the photos.
Apr 7, 2021, 9:27 am
#293
Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: Internet Brands
Posts: 3,867
No, there's not really a way to make that distinction. The photos are part of the site.
Apr 11, 2021, 12:05 pm
#294
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Paris, France
Programs: AF/KL Flying Blue Platinum for life/Club2000 Ultimate, Accor ALL Diamond
Posts: 21,927
I think not entirely fixed yet. On the right side of it, you should see how many reviews you have but you have no count based on your screen shot. The Accor badge has now showed up in my account as well, however on the right side it's blank, unlike for other hotel chains where I see a count. Accor is the only chain where I have a blank on the right side rather than review count.
Apr 11, 2021, 6:07 pm
#295
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homeless
Programs: Hyatt Glob; Hilton Dia; Marriott AMB; Accor Dia; IHG Dia Amb; GHA Tit
Posts: 4,838
Apr 15, 2021, 11:44 pm
#298
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homeless
Programs: Hyatt Glob; Hilton Dia; Marriott AMB; Accor Dia; IHG Dia Amb; GHA Tit
Posts: 4,838
@escape4 take a look now (might need to flush cache/cookies). Also please note that some "absorbed" brands will not have their own review counts.
Oct 23, 2021, 2:33 am
#299
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homeless
Programs: Hyatt Glob; Hilton Dia; Marriott AMB; Accor Dia; IHG Dia Amb; GHA Tit
Posts: 4,838
I seem to be unable to upload pictures in hotel reviews anymore. I get an error message saying "There was an error during the upload: -Error while moving uploaded file to destination folder: check folder permissions on server side".
I tried from Safari, Chrome, I tried with VPN and without VPN, I tried various pictures, from various folders, and I restarted my computer and tried again, but always same message.
Can someone take a look at whether a new issue might have popped up in the last couple of days? I wrote a hotel review with pictures 4 days ago and did not have a problem then. As far as I know, nothing has changed with my computer so I am not sure what is causing the problem; perhaps it's on FT's side?
I tried from Safari, Chrome, I tried with VPN and without VPN, I tried various pictures, from various folders, and I restarted my computer and tried again, but always same message.
Can someone take a look at whether a new issue might have popped up in the last couple of days? I wrote a hotel review with pictures 4 days ago and did not have a problem then. As far as I know, nothing has changed with my computer so I am not sure what is causing the problem; perhaps it's on FT's side?
Oct 28, 2021, 2:24 am
#300
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homeless
Programs: Hyatt Glob; Hilton Dia; Marriott AMB; Accor Dia; IHG Dia Amb; GHA Tit
Posts: 4,838
This problem remains - same issue every time I try. I guess until further notice I will post picture-less reviews, which I did for my last 3.