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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Jul 4, 2016, 9:45 am
#31
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Hi,
I just completed several reviews and the images are not the correct way up. If you do know how to correct it, please do comment below or personally message me as I have never encountered this problem before and am unsure how to put it the right way up.
Thanks
Cocoleolol
I just completed several reviews and the images are not the correct way up. If you do know how to correct it, please do comment below or personally message me as I have never encountered this problem before and am unsure how to put it the right way up.
Thanks
Cocoleolol
Jul 5, 2016, 3:22 pm
#32
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Hi,
I just completed several reviews and the images are not the correct way up. If you do know how to correct it, please do comment below or personally message me as I have never encountered this problem before and am unsure how to put it the right way up.
Thanks
Cocoleolol
I just completed several reviews and the images are not the correct way up. If you do know how to correct it, please do comment below or personally message me as I have never encountered this problem before and am unsure how to put it the right way up.
Thanks
Cocoleolol
Jul 5, 2016, 7:07 pm
#33
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Jul 6, 2016, 12:23 pm
#36
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Jul 6, 2016, 1:09 pm
#37
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Wasn't sure to post this in the wiki or the review section. Might do both.
Reviews override wikis when looking at threads. Example, if I go to the Marriott forum & scroll down the list of threads London County Hall is shown. It shows "Review" next to it, but not "Wiki" whereas with other threads that don't have reviews it will show "Wiki". So someone wouldn't know there was a wiki (which quite frankly can be more valuable than reviews at times) unless they open up the thread. Is there a reason "Review" overrides "Wiki", or is there a reason they both can't display when looking at the thread before someone opens it?
Cheers.
Reviews override wikis when looking at threads. Example, if I go to the Marriott forum & scroll down the list of threads London County Hall is shown. It shows "Review" next to it, but not "Wiki" whereas with other threads that don't have reviews it will show "Wiki". So someone wouldn't know there was a wiki (which quite frankly can be more valuable than reviews at times) unless they open up the thread. Is there a reason "Review" overrides "Wiki", or is there a reason they both can't display when looking at the thread before someone opens it?
Cheers.
Jul 6, 2016, 6:45 pm
#38
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I'm stuck with a weak connection, unfortunately, although I did try to post again. The first time I got the spinning circle but nothing ultimately loaded. The second time I got a cryptic "googletag" error. The third time, my review appears to have posted:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...l#post26880277
but apparently as a regular forum post and with text jumbled.
EDIT: Got a better Internet connection, posted a review from scratch in that same thread, and it looks perfect.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...l#post26880277
but apparently as a regular forum post and with text jumbled.
EDIT: Got a better Internet connection, posted a review from scratch in that same thread, and it looks perfect.
Last edited by davie355; Jul 6, 2016 at 11:22 pm
Aug 2, 2016, 11:25 pm
#39
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Several of my reviews aren't counted as the picture count isn't registering that images had been uploaded.
Aug 3, 2016, 9:31 am
#40
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I'm stuck with a weak connection, unfortunately, although I did try to post again. The first time I got the spinning circle but nothing ultimately loaded. The second time I got a cryptic "googletag" error. The third time, my review appears to have posted:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...l#post26880277
but apparently as a regular forum post and with text jumbled.
EDIT: Got a better Internet connection, posted a review from scratch in that same thread, and it looks perfect.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...l#post26880277
but apparently as a regular forum post and with text jumbled.
EDIT: Got a better Internet connection, posted a review from scratch in that same thread, and it looks perfect.
Aug 3, 2016, 10:23 am
#41
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Checking your reviews now to see what's wrong.
I see there were 2 reviews that were not credited. I have manually uploaded the photos for the one below. Currently, it's below the character threshold to qualify as a detailed review (even though when editing it shows as qualifying) Our tech team figuring this part out.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/accor...on-centre.html
The other one is this review:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/accor...ty-centre.html
I have manually uploaded the photos. You will need to edit this post to fulfill the category requirement.
I see there were 2 reviews that were not credited. I have manually uploaded the photos for the one below. Currently, it's below the character threshold to qualify as a detailed review (even though when editing it shows as qualifying) Our tech team figuring this part out.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/accor...on-centre.html
The other one is this review:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/accor...ty-centre.html
I have manually uploaded the photos. You will need to edit this post to fulfill the category requirement.
Last edited by IBtyen; Aug 3, 2016 at 4:08 pm
Aug 9, 2016, 9:45 am
#42
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Explanations for the badges and review system can be found here (there's also a link in all FT forums):
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/exper...views-758.html
...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/exper...views-758.html
...
Probably I just don't understand the layout of a forum page, but I found nothing that suggested to me that a link would lead to a description of badges. (Or maybe I don't understand what a badge is. I assume a badge is an item that appears under a poster's name, but does not appear under most posters' names, like contributor or evangelist.)
Aug 9, 2016, 10:10 am
#43
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I'm looking into this.
When I try to open the linked page, I get the message "You do not have permission to access this page."
Probably I just don't understand the layout of a forum page, but I found nothing that suggested to me that a link would lead to a description of badges. (Or maybe I don't understand what a badge is. I assume a badge is an item that appears under a poster's name, but does not appear under most posters' names, like contributor or evangelist.)
Probably I just don't understand the layout of a forum page, but I found nothing that suggested to me that a link would lead to a description of badges. (Or maybe I don't understand what a badge is. I assume a badge is an item that appears under a poster's name, but does not appear under most posters' names, like contributor or evangelist.)
Aug 10, 2016, 4:33 pm
#44
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When I try to open the linked page, I get the message "You do not have permission to access this page."
Probably I just don't understand the layout of a forum page, but I found nothing that suggested to me that a link would lead to a description of badges. (Or maybe I don't understand what a badge is. I assume a badge is an item that appears under a poster's name, but does not appear under most posters' names, like contributor or evangelist.)
Probably I just don't understand the layout of a forum page, but I found nothing that suggested to me that a link would lead to a description of badges. (Or maybe I don't understand what a badge is. I assume a badge is an item that appears under a poster's name, but does not appear under most posters' names, like contributor or evangelist.)
Here's the live page. The reason you could not open the other link is that it was a short term announcement that's now off.
Aug 10, 2016, 8:31 pm
#45
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Thanks, IBobi.
Obviously, FlyerTalk believes I have a true high-speed internet connection. It took many seconds to make anything meaningful visible, more seconds for me to react, and my poor connection is still chugging along at capacity (that's about 200 kB/sec, which I realize is appalling, but I have not completely lost the thrill of ditching the 57.6 kbps modem here in flyover land) as I type this (and I'm not a particularly fast typist). "Improved into unusability" is an expression I coined to describe too many web sites that seek to upgrade my experience, and the linked page is a poster child for that experience.
Obviously, FlyerTalk believes I have a true high-speed internet connection. It took many seconds to make anything meaningful visible, more seconds for me to react, and my poor connection is still chugging along at capacity (that's about 200 kB/sec, which I realize is appalling, but I have not completely lost the thrill of ditching the 57.6 kbps modem here in flyover land) as I type this (and I'm not a particularly fast typist). "Improved into unusability" is an expression I coined to describe too many web sites that seek to upgrade my experience, and the linked page is a poster child for that experience.
