TripAdvisor can be Helpful in Finding Luxury Vacation Rentals
June 2, 2007. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal (subscription only) Nancy Keates reports on how seasoned travelers decode the ratings on the nation’s most influential hotel review site. She cautions against blindly accepting the reviews with carefully checking them against other sources. We checked out the site and found it can also be quite helpful in finding the right vacation rental.
Ms Keates reports that “for many, TripAdvisor has become a first stop for travel planning. Thanks in part to its prominence in Google searches, some 24 million visitors a month check out what other users have to say about where to stay, eat and play around the world.� It is more useful than other sites because it reviews 250,000 hotels and has more reviews—nearly 10 million reviews and opinions. It doesn’t cover nearly as many vacation rentals as hotels, although we found quite a few that were helpful.
For vacationers, we recommend checking out TripAdvisor. The place you are considering renting may be listed. It can also be helpful in avoiding booking an especially bad place. If the vacation rental you are considering is not listed, another good resource is our own site, VacationRental.org, where all listings must meet certain standards of quality.
