Reply #17: don't put too much store in tripadvisor [View All]

[Djinn]

large hotel chains spend quite a bit of time giving their competition shitty reviews. Then there's the reviews of people who have impossible standards or have never stayed in a hotel and seem to think they should have brand new sheets and pillowcases for every new guest.

Almost every review I've seen on TA has left me scratching my head and wondering if I stayed in the hotel in a different dimension. Eg I've stayed at the Eden PLaza in Kensington and while it is a bog standard simple hotel, it was clean and neat.

I think folks from shitty little towns skew things a bit - have seen people piss and moan about small rooms in NYC hotels even though they only paid $80 per night - what did they expect to get for that in New York? Same with the Eden P - it's in an exxy area, if you want 5 star facilities in London you pay through the nose for it.