Travel and holiday news and reviews
Trip Adviser can be great for reading reviews of places that you are considering going to however it can be a bit all-consuming if you don’t know what to look for, particularly if a place has a number of reviews. The best place to start in this circumstance is with the negative feedback, read all the bad reviews and try to get a sense of what people have described as issues during their stay.
It’s important to bear in mind that some reviews will be written by people who have quite different expectations and opinions to yourself so you could always check out that reviewers previous posts to get a feel for what they are like.
It’s also worth checking out if the place you are reading reviews for have responded to any negative feedback. Any company worth their salt should always offer a helpful and professional reply to any negative feedback and offer to help to put right any issues. Often you can tell a lot about a business by these responses and can also get to see both sides of the story if the business dispute the points raised in the review.