In Reply to: issue with trip advisor posted by SarahD on Monday, 10. October 2011 at 12:35 Bali Time:
I have found the same, but different people will always have different expectations and I find that can be relative to what they think is expensive or inexpensive which can alter their view. And some poeple are unlucky and just have a bad experience.
For example, poeple stay at a cheap place and say they love it, and they do becasue it was so cheap they didnt expect much and it turned out better than expected. They wanted no frills friendly accom and thats what they got and are happy. Someone else could stay at same place and hate it because it is old and needs lots of tlc and thats not what they are looking for. Same with expensive places some people say they stay time and time again and love it. Other will save up for 5 years to stay at a 5 star expensive place and their expectations is really high so one small thing going wrong can make them hate the place. So can be alot to do with expectation. I stayed at LBH loved it hotel and location fantastic but room was very ordinary for $300 a night. I would stay their again in a minute.I am stayiong at Lumala Pantai next year and little expectation for less than $100 a night. Hopefully I will be pleasantly suprised.
I do what others say. read them all. if majority are good and no real issues about items important to you then it is usually a winner. I also bear in mind that I think some people purposely write good or bad reviews on properties. Pictures tell a thousand words I always look at the traveller photo's.....Good luck deciding