Should we encourage hotel/guesthouse reviews?

[Guest]

I have found TripAdvisor to be quite useful for vetting hotels prior to making bookings.

 

However, there are quite a number of gay friendly guesthouses which don't seem to have any customer reviews at all. These include some of the newer ones in Jomtien.

 

Should we be encouraging people to post reviews?

 

Obviously one risk is where people don't report objectively. For example, if I have found the management & staff of a small business to be friendly and helpful, I'm more reluctant to openly report the disadvantages of that business. Even if I decide to stay somewhere else in future. Maybe others are the same?

 

However, it seems only fair that well run businesses, with friendly management, clean stylish & comfortable rooms get the benefit of good reports from customers. Perhaps the rightful place for these is Trip Advisor, although some of our visitors will be interested.

 

Also, why not assist the consumer in avoiding the poor value or low quality options?

[Rogie]

Why not take the opportunity to update (if necessary) the existing listings on this Message Board, as well as adding any suitable venues that haven't been listed so far?

 

For Bangkok

 

http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/topic/7174-bangkok-gay-and-gay-friendly-hotels-and-b-and-b/

 

For Pattaya

 

http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/forum/18-gay-pattaya/

 

For Chiang Mai

 

http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/forum/19-gay-chiang-mai/

 

and for Phuket

 

http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/forum/21-gay-phuket/

 

The question asked is 'Should we encourage hotel/guesthouse reviews?' Well, many of our readers must have stayed at some of these places already listed, or stayed at places not currently listed, so provided they've stayed recently why not add their experience to this Board's listings? For example, there was recent discussion about Howard's Guest house in Pattaya. In fact one poster contributed a very good review on this establishment recently.

 

http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/topic/7385-hotel-for-boystown-or-sunnee-ideas/page__view__findpost__p__52979

The only proviso I am aware of is this: IN ORDER TO POST IN THIS FORUM (i.e.the Thailand Businesses and Establishments Forum) YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 15 OTHER POSTS ON THE WEBSITE.

[Guest fountainhall]

IN ORDER TO POST IN THIS FORUM (i.e.the Thailand Businesses and Establishments Forum) YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 15 OTHER POSTS ON THE WEBSITE.

The last thing we need are establishment-inspired rave reviews of the sort that are sadly becoming more and more common on tripadviser.

[Guest]

The last thing we need are establishment-inspired rave reviews of the sort that are sadly becoming more and more common on tripadviser.

I agree, but of course the reader can check a review, then see what other posts the author has made before making his decision.

 

As it stands, many places have a LISTING here, but quite a few of those have no recent reviews whatsoever, either here, on the other boards or trip advisor.

 

There are exceptions, such as Howards. However, many new gay hotels have no reviews at all & even some well established businesses only have old reviews.

[Guest Kurt]

I am writing reviews on 'tripadvisor' for years if places are gay or 'normal currant' it

seems to be quite a serious advisor <Kurt

[Guest Jaydonny]

If your in the uk or have access to uk ch4...

 

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/attack-of-the-trip-advisors