Trip Advisor

You mention that a place with a lot of reviews is one you consider. The trouble with that is that a large camp will get proportionately more reviews than a smaller one. A 500 site camp is likely to get 5 times as many reviews as a100 site camp.
To offset the disparity, we use the rating system. A large camp can easily achieve high ratings due to high income..
A small camp with high ratings shows us that income is put back into the camp.
Its not the # of reviews, but their quality from reliable sources. When a questionable review is seen, read their previous reviews to determine whether their criteria are also yours.

I use it as one source of information.I use other sources as well.

coolmom42 wrote:
I do look at Trip Advisor some, but take it (and other review sites) with a grain of salt. Google reviews are probably the least biased.

why is that?

A review is in the eye of the reviewer. Some reviews say a place is garbage and it turns out to be a great place. Some the other way around. Some people don't like trees in the forest and some don't like sand at the beach. They mean nothing.

fj12ryder wrote:
Actually we rarely bother simply because it seems that all those review sites are pretty sketchy and not really reliable. Just go and see how it works out. That's the best way. Be willing to be surprised.

On edit, we do some looking for campgrounds on RVParkReviews, but with the caveat that tastes and desires vary.

yes, they do but if the majority of reviewers were happy then we'll generally be happy. vice versa is also true.

I do look at Trip Advisor some, but take it (and other review sites) with a grain of salt. Google reviews are probably the least biased.

Google reviews usually.

Actually we rarely bother simply because it seems that all those review sites are pretty sketchy and not really reliable. Just go and see how it works out. That's the best way. Be willing to be surprised.

On edit, we do some looking for campgrounds on RVParkReviews, but with the caveat that tastes and desires vary.

for parks and campgrounds we use rvparkreviews.com.