The PBS News Hour recently ran an interesting feature about reviews. You know, the kind you find on the TripAdvisor website … in fact, the kind you find on almost any web site that’s trying to sell you something, whether it’s a hotel room or a camera or a toaster. I think we all…
I came across an interesting news item from the world of travel the other day. It comes from Scotland, where the owners of a bed-and-breakfast are going to court in an effort to uncover the real names of two people who trashed their establishment in “reviews” that appeared on the TripAdvisor web site. (Let me…
I love staying in nice hotels. Not fancy or pretentious hotels, but spending two or three nights in a nice hotel is, for me, one of the great pleasures of life and one of the things I enjoy most about travel. I tend to do my own booking and I use hotels.com or expedia.com to…
I’m planning a month-long trip to Europe in late September. For me, the planning of a trip like that is part of the fun … creating an itinerary, working out train schedules, and checking out possible restaurants and hotels. For choosing hotels, TripAdvisor is very useful although you can get pretty much the same information…