USA Today: 10 Most Misleading Travel Terms
Jun 29, 2018, 8:26 am
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USA Today: 10 Most Misleading Travel Terms
USA Toda explores ten misleading terms used in Travel Today in a slide show. They include, as frequent travelers might expect, the terms “De Luxe Room”, “Continental Breakfast”, “High Speed Internet”, “Quaintt”, etc.
Each term could be the source of an entire article - e.g. the terms hotels use tomdescrubd their rooms and facilities. Or cruise lines (What does “partial ocean view” mean? A bit of blue between the lifeboat top and the davits?), or how many stars a property claims for its rating.
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Each term could be the source of an entire article - e.g. the terms hotels use tomdescrubd their rooms and facilities. Or cruise lines (What does “partial ocean view” mean? A bit of blue between the lifeboat top and the davits?), or how many stars a property claims for its rating.
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Jun 30, 2018, 11:09 am
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one of most discussed on FT is calling jr suites or rooms "suites"
"partial" view applies to hotels as well
official stars exist, then there is slang, then marketing "6+ stars"
"guaranteed" is funny, basically can mean increasing compensation when not delivered
except when upgrade is "guaranteed" (and received) at booking for example
"partial" view applies to hotels as well
official stars exist, then there is slang, then marketing "6+ stars"
except when upgrade is "guaranteed" (and received) at booking for example
Aug 7, 2018, 1:17 pm
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USA Todaynexolores ten misleading terms used in Travel Today in a slide show. They include, as frequent travelers might expect, the terms “De Luxe Room”, “Continental Breakfast”, “High Speed Internet”, “Quaunt”, etc.
Each term could be the source of an entire article - e.g. the terms hotels use tomdescrubd their rooms and facilities. Or cruise lines (What does “partial ocean view” mean? A bit of blue between the lifeboat top and the davits?), or how many stars a property claims for its rating.
Each term could be the source of an entire article - e.g. the terms hotels use tomdescrubd their rooms and facilities. Or cruise lines (What does “partial ocean view” mean? A bit of blue between the lifeboat top and the davits?), or how many stars a property claims for its rating.
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Aug 7, 2018, 4:03 pm
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In some jurisdictions (France comes to mind), the government. Otherwise the ultimate authority on how many stars the hotel should have is the travellers themselves. It's very much in the eye of the beholder.
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+ "Palace" (24 hotels) >
us.france.fr/en/holiday-prep/palace-status
+ new zealand as well, though they expanded "Exclusive" to way more than 24, IIRC
+ AA UK also does five star
+ corporate in US >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_Travel_Guide
doesnt matter if rating is meaningless, its rating (not review) rather than self-proclaimed
us.france.fr/en/holiday-prep/palace-status
+ new zealand as well, though they expanded "Exclusive" to way more than 24, IIRC
+ AA UK also does five star
+ corporate in US >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_Travel_Guide
Founded by Mobil in 1958
In October 2009, ExxonMobil licensed the brand to the Five Star Ratings Corporation
Five Star Travel Corporation entered into a licensing agreement with Forbes
In October 2009, ExxonMobil licensed the brand to the Five Star Ratings Corporation
Five Star Travel Corporation entered into a licensing agreement with Forbes
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Oct 14, 2018, 7:17 pm
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My partial ocean view on my first cruise only happened during rough seas.
So next time I stayed in a full blown suite with a balcony. I have closets bigger than that room. It was my last but I did enjoy the article
So next time I stayed in a full blown suite with a balcony. I have closets bigger than that room. It was my last but I did enjoy the article
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I feel like "walking distance" is one of those that's fairly well understood by people to be within a few blocks of the hotel. Even extremely fit people are going to be annoyed if the hotel is actually several miles away from where they're going.
Oct 17, 2018, 8:36 pm
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walking distance is a good example where most people use it certain way, but businesses think lying outweighs upset customers
an increase in business may be due to something else, not the new lie that was published
harder and or impossible to measure losses from people who recognize and or are upset by lie
seem to recall examples of even more than several miles and extremely difficult if not impossible to actually walk it
an increase in business may be due to something else, not the new lie that was published
harder and or impossible to measure losses from people who recognize and or are upset by lie
seem to recall examples of even more than several miles and extremely difficult if not impossible to actually walk it