TripAdvisor
Oct 8, 2018 | 9:42 am
#798
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 19
Oct 9, 2018 | 12:13 pm
#799
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: SORT OF HOMELESS
Programs: 14 years AA exp, but no more; & 1MM+, QR-PLT (ow EMD) MR-LTT, HH Gold
Posts: 8,104
Feb 5, 2019 | 6:35 am
#800
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 915
Something I just noticed, after having not used TA in some time: The review no longer initially displays the number of reviews by the poster and helpful votes. I'm sure that all of us have learned to particularly take reviews by one or two time posters with skepticism, especially if there are many in a row. Every iteration of TA makes it harder to use and easier to game.
Feb 5, 2019 | 6:39 am
#801
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 915
Something I just noticed, after having not used TA in some time: The review no longer initially displays the number of reviews by the poster and helpful votes. I'm sure that all of us have learned to particularly take reviews by one or two time posters with skepticism, especially if there are many in a row. Every iteration of TA makes it harder to use and easier to game.
versions, but NZ will now be my default. At least until they change that, too.....
Feb 5, 2019 | 8:07 am
#802
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA, UA, GE
Posts: 5,388
Something I just noticed, after having not used TA in some time: The review no longer initially displays the number of reviews by the poster and helpful votes. I'm sure that all of us have learned to particularly take reviews by one or two time posters with skepticism, especially if there are many in a row. Every iteration of TA makes it harder to use and easier to game.
Feb 5, 2019 | 9:32 am
#803
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 915
Yes you can but it was much easier to be able to scan that information to provide direction on what to read and what to ignore. And a newer user might not even know that such information is available. I am suspicious of this change.
Feb 5, 2019 | 1:55 pm
#804
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 915
And it is now back to the way it was....wonder if it was just a glitch I happened on for a few hours?
Feb 7, 2019 | 9:27 am
#805
Join Date: Jun 2013
Programs: AA Plat Pro, ex DL Plat, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 1,448
Tripadvisor wants to become a booking site with reviews instead of a review site with options to book. They're slowly becoming less and less useful as a review site.
Feb 7, 2019 | 5:21 pm
#806
Join Date: May 2010
Location: FSD
Programs: BAEC, Delta SkyPesos, VS FC, SQ KF, AA, HHonors
Posts: 1,884
And I despise their subtle Ux changes that have accompanied this shift. It used to be easier to search hotels. Now? Ugh.
Feb 8, 2019 | 8:02 am
#807
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Chicago, IL
Programs: AA EP; WN CP;UA SILVER; MARRIOTT TITANIUM; HH DIAMOND; IHG PLAT; RADISSON PLAT; HYATT GLOBAL
Posts: 1,953
I now only view incognito, if not i get bombarded with emails and ads.
I do like the new search bar for reviews, for example, lounge or Platinum, and I do get some good and recent information from elites.
Photos are also pretty good.
Finally, I do like that many hotel responses include name and email of manager that I can email directly and make requests for my stay.
I still find entertaining some of the criticisms or complaints.
I do like the new search bar for reviews, for example, lounge or Platinum, and I do get some good and recent information from elites.
Photos are also pretty good.
Finally, I do like that many hotel responses include name and email of manager that I can email directly and make requests for my stay.
I still find entertaining some of the criticisms or complaints.
Feb 15, 2019 | 2:32 pm
#808
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 268
The reviewer (US TA) no longer shows the review count unless you manually click on their name/icon.
I suspect this is an "on purpose" with TA, but then again, I'm very cynical.
Not a fan of the change either.
Mar 13, 2019 | 2:35 pm
#809
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: YWG
Programs: Aeroplan, MileagePlus, Marriott Rewards
Posts: 2,208
I find myself relying more and more on Google Reviews for hotels as a result.
Mar 16, 2019 | 11:03 am
#810
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 1,783
I now only view incognito, if not i get bombarded with emails and ads.
I do like the new search bar for reviews, for example, lounge or Platinum, and I do get some good and recent information from elites.
Photos are also pretty good.
Finally, I do like that many hotel responses include name and email of manager that I can email directly and make requests for my stay.
I still find entertaining some of the criticisms or complaints.
I do like the new search bar for reviews, for example, lounge or Platinum, and I do get some good and recent information from elites.
Photos are also pretty good.
Finally, I do like that many hotel responses include name and email of manager that I can email directly and make requests for my stay.
I still find entertaining some of the criticisms or complaints.