Some Campground Reviews-the trip south

magnusfide wrote:
Thank you for the info. Would you consider posting them at TripAdvisor.com? It's much more user friendly. :w

User freindly is not my concern I have been using computers at work and at home since well before there was anything known as Windows. My concerns are a bit more serious.

Having been the owner of a small boutique hotel in a SE Asian Beach resort I can tell you that I know Trip Advisor all to well and will NOT have anything to do with them.

I watched as my reviews for my hotel were gamed by my competitors and reviews by people I had to throw out for breaking the law and some who were mad because they couldnt smoke. I watched as one hotel owners manager ripped the competition with fake reviews on TA while gaming her own reviews...always being sure to mention the how wonderful the manager was. No there has been too much written by travel experts like Arthur Frommer and others about Trip Advisors gaming and the uselessness of their reviews.

Now if you wonder how I know this competitor did this. My best friend was the computer fixit guy in town and when they brought this managers computer in for a problem he did a printout of the entire history file showing step by step how this woman had gotten fake email addresses then immediately gone to the TA site and wrote a review. She did this multiple times. (mine was not the only hotel in town she wrote about under different names/emails) We had the proof. I even sent the proof to TA and had a conversation on the phone with it's founder and president Stephen Kaufer...They did nothing to remove the fake reviews. They simply do not want to acknowledge that a large part of their reviews are gamed by owners and competitors.

As for RV Park Reviews I have no feelings one way or another but ALL Mob review sites are gamed by those that have a financial interest in assuring a good review of their property. (the unscrupulous ones) and despite what many think, there is no way for a site admin to detect this gaming.

Having been an owner, I am very careful to be honest and factual and balanced in my statements about anyone's business. I know that an honest review can help and is appreciated by an honest and open-minded owner.

Since this is not a traditional Mob review site and it is generally read by more people I will continue to post any review I have here.

Thanks for all your comments...(even if you didnt honor my wish to not ask me to post to RV Park Reviews) :)