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outwest · 11-22-2011, 02:55 PM

I have seen a ton of bad reviews when looking up close sites for my sister who is coming into town for Thanksgiving. Are most reviews fake or are there just a ton of bad RV sites?

Grandpa · 11-22-2011, 03:39 PM

Not sure about RV sites but in my motel/hotel travels I have given up reading reviews. Raving reviews could be posted by the owners or friends while bad reviews could be posted by competitors. Then there are the "pickers". People who just have to pick at things. These people have to hunt to find a negative so they can put it in a review. I guess it makes them feel well traveled or a traveling expert to pick at something. Most people that find everything satisfactory don't bother reviewing because they found what they expected.

wvbreamfisherman · 11-22-2011, 03:52 PM

Agreed, Grandpa! I've looked at reviews of hotels I've stayed and , and it's hard to believe that we were in the same building! Granted, I'm not terribly hard to please. I want a clean room, clean linens, and a decent shower. Most of the time I'm not in the room anyhow except to sleep.

The same goes for outdoor places. I read a review of a canoe livery/campground I'd just stayed at, and again if it hadn't had the name on it, I'd never have known it was the same place. The reviewer just ragged on everything about it, when in my experience, the place and the people could not have been nicer or more accomodating.

In short, take reviews with a LARGE amount of NaCl.

ejdixon · 01-23-2012, 12:18 AM

From what I've seen, many seem to use reviews as a way to just simply rant about a campground than really giving a review. There are a few that may help. Personally, I just take them with a grain of salt and then cross my fingers and hope that I made the right decision if I do push through going to a campground with its fair share of bad reviews.

alex k · 01-24-2012, 09:31 AM

guess it depends what people want . cable tv , wi fi , fancy coffee shop .if its not all there they are not happy with the site .

ppine · 01-24-2012, 12:08 PM

I agree, but having stayed in most of the bad motels in 3 or 4 states while working for the mining industry for 30 years they are still useful. Reviews can help you weed out the places with snarly owners, train noise, or a house full of drillers. The bad stuff.

When I worked out of places like Medicine Bow, WY, I used to carry a piece of plywood in the pick-up for sagging matresses, wool blankets to replace ones that don't breathe, and water pump pliers for the showers with no knobs. After dinner two nights and not seeing a vegetable, I asked if that had any back in the kitchen. "I think we have some lettuce somewhere back there" the waitress replied.

Now that I am retired I don't stay in any cheap motels, and spend at least $30 a night.

Grandpa · 01-24-2012, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ppine

Now that I am retired I don't stay in any cheap motels, and spend at least $30 a night.

LOL @ Ppine. I still know a couple of $25 dollar a night places where the sheets are clean and the showers hot. Every evening all the guests come out for a chat about the days/weeks hiking. But I have to go uptown to a fancier place if Grandma is with

TroyS · 01-24-2012, 09:29 PM

Since I got quite a lot of friends that got way more experience in camping than I do, I'd ask them for their opinion when I find a campground with quite extreme reviews (either really good or really nasty). I agree with ej. Many tend to use reviews as a form of therapy to rant about something.