Important Notice to All Travelers

"Are You Sometimes Confused When Reading Hotel Reviews?"

(Especially if you visit several review sites)

 

Confused because:

*  One reviewer RAVES about a property but the next one HATES it!

*  An equal number of reviews give a hotel/motel a '4' and a '2' and the average is, well...average.

*  A review says a property is dirty and noisy and another says it is clean, comfortable and quiet..

      These discrepancies occur because different people have different agendas. Many reviewers are mad about things that have NOTHING to do with the property itself, but they take out their frustration on it because it is an easy target. This does YOU, the naive traveler, a great disservice. Which is why you need to learn to 'read between the lines' and try to see beyond the fluff and get to the real story! You can learn to do this by reading my e-book Hotel Reviews: Finding and Understanding.

Do You Use Reviews Only to Decide Which Hotels to Stay In?

Reviews offer SO MUCH more than just what people experienced.

  • Find attractions like Theme Parks or Sports venues, Museums or walking paths

  • Learn about hidden 'gems' like great restaurants, nearby stores, libraries, churches

  • Get public transportation tips and discover easier ways to get around and save on cab fares

  

I offer tips that will save you much heartache in addition to saving time and money. My e-book will show you how to look for hidden agendas from reviewers, which reviews to ignore and which to pay close attention to, how many reviews you need to make a common sense evaluation of the property you are looking for and why lower average scores may lead you to a better property than high rated properties. I offer valuable tips that infrequent travelers have never thought of. Read or listen for yourself and see - if you don't agree, I'll refund 100% of your money.

 

 

Hotel Reviews: Finding and Understanding

plus

 analysis of actual reviews

... a 26 page comprehensive book filled with helpful travel advice. Gathered from years of experience by a front desk agent who has reviewed hundreds of reviews and combined that by asking guests what they look for in a review. This book is a composite analysis of review sites, individual reviews and offered expertise of what YOU should look for first and foremost.

 

 

Here is a preview of what you will get:

    Preface             The Purpose of Reviews               p. 5 – 6

    Chapter One      Understanding Reviews                p. 7 - 11

    Chapter Two      Review Sites                               p. 12 - 14

    Chapter Three    Actual Reviews                           p. 15 – 22                                                                   

    Chapter Four     How to Research In a Nutshell      p. 23 - 26                  

 From the Preface:

"What a difference the internet has made. Now you can read pros and cons of hotels in the area you are going to and make more realistic choices. Or you can choose a hotel with plusses that suits your needs better. I once booked a motel that had a ‘pool’ so my daughter and her friends could hang out in the sun but the pool was about the size of three hot tubs and totally useless. Reviews pointing this out would have made ALL the difference to me booking there."

 From Chapter One    

"Reviews where the guest admits that his/her flight was canceled (meaning they perhaps MISSED the flight in reality) and they had to book ‘unexpectedly’ in a hotel are a tip off that he/she was unhappy before they ever arrived. Undoubtedly, he/she will complain about most everything thereafter – the shuttle took 40 minutes, the desk clerk was rude, the room was small and ‘dirty’, the neighbors were noisy, breakfast was skimpy – the list goes on and on. I have seen guests complain that they HAD to take a smoking room because it was all that was left when booking at the last minute. Had to? Who put the gun to their head and said you MUST stay at this property? Or because they found out the area was sold out and now they had to pay $149.00 when they were expecting to be on a plane. So they trash the hotel about issues that nine others praise it for – like cleanliness or friendly staff. These types of reviews I generally discard."

 From Chapter Two

"My advice is to also use the Third Party sites for their reviews. Expedia and Hotels.com is easy to find and use. I find Expedia perhaps the best of all, mainly because it has the most reviews. And quantity of reviews is what you are looking for. If you use the old style school grading technique of throwing out the two or three best and worst, you get a pretty fair assessment of a property by what is left. This is not easy to do when there are only five reviews available. Travelocity and Orbitz are useful too, but mostly when used as added assessments and not when used as the sole review source."

 From Chapter Three

"Why I point these out is that you need to understand the mind-set of posters in order to interpret their ratings. It is fairly easy to interpret their comments, but oftentimes some people feel only a Marriott or Hyatt should ever get a 9 or a 10. Therefore they think they are giving a high compliment to a Howard Johnson’s or a Budget Inn by giving it a 7 or 8. In fact, a three out of five may seem a credible and passing score to the reviewer but in the cut throat world of reviews where a bunch of threes drags DOWN a properties appeal, they are feared by hotels. Three out of five is barely above average, so if part of your stay was fine but part a disaster, this rating would be appropriate. But if you LOVE the place and everything was great but you only rated it a four, you are not helping others find a great hotel.

 From Chapter Four

"What I am attempting to show is that with only a few minutes search, you can find valuable information from Third Party sites, just by looking at the hotel/motel details option as well as the description of the property on the main page. So if you are attending a baseball game in Cincinnati and have never been there, you could pretty easily discover either what hotels are near the ballpark or what transit lines run near the park. This allows you to stay further away (for probably less cost) but not have to spend 2 hours transferring from bus to bus."

           

 

Who am I and why should you listen to me?

 

I am David C. Reynolds...

... I started in the hotel business in 1972, while I was attending Hotel and Restaurant school at City College of San Francisco. I currently work at an airport hotel in San Francisco and have worked in the industry before and after the Internet became a business standard. I see people daily who cost themselves money, either because they are unprepared for travel or they use a flawed strategy for reserving their rooms. Such as using Third Party sites like Travelocity to book all their travel or always using just one 'special' Third Party site. Some do not have reservations and find out the hotel is sold out AFTER they got on 'any shuttle' and got off at our hotel. I have to send them off in the dark over a mile to the nearest hotel - all because they didn't call ahead. Many guests book real early and are irritated when they find out rates have been lowered in the interim but they cannot get the lower rate. I decided to write a book offering meaningful advice on how to handle such situations as well as tips for travel in general. You can start saving on your very next booking and for years to come.

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"David--This was very informative. You gave some great tips but most importantly you emphasized self reliance by being proactive instead of reactive."

Steve Caplan, Lake Oswego, OR.

 

 

Reviews are the first step in the process to internet research of your trip. But you can spend HOURS reading reviews, wandering from site to site and clicking on links going nowhere instead of using my quick evaluation method on only one site to find out all you need to know. If my book does not offer more value than what it cost you to purchase it, I'll cheerfully REFUND YOUR MONEY!

 

Do You Know Which Review Sites Are Good and Which Are Useless?

 

        There are important factors that make some sites worth reading. Such as:

 
  Sites that have a sample variety worth exploring.
 
  Sites that are not weighted down by pre-determining factors like those coming from discount booking sites.
 
  Sites with good comments and tips sections..
 
    Sites that allow for management responses.

My book will show you how some sites are possibly COSTING YOU MONEY and valuable TIME.

 

Did You Know Most People Use Reviews Only to Confirm Their Choice?

More important is using reviews to pick a great hotel:

  • Where to look for a cheaper hotel room if your budget restricts you from a more upscale property.

  • Often the location or nearby attractions are more important than price or amenities offered.

  • I'll show you why a simple 'traveler tip' may be more important to you in the end than a low priced motel.

  • I'll show you how to research hotels using reviews in a quick and easy way that precludes spending hours on the net..

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Typical Scenarios

A traveler finds a budget motel for $60/night that seems to meet their basic needs. Appearance isn't important, neither are amenities like a gym or sauna. He/she plan on fast food for dinner and saving more dollars and hitting the continental breakfast after an early rise for a morning flight. They'll settle for dirty carpets, mold in the bathroom, a lumpy mattress, grungy sheets and an inferior heater/AC unit to save $30.

Except they didn't research enough to find out there were no fast food outlets nearby - only a Steak Shack where they ended up spending $25 more than planned for dinner. Plus, the continental breakfast didn't start until 6am, long after they have left, so they grab a bagel and $4 coffee at the airport. There went the savings on a decent room!

Price is no object, so you pick a higher rated hotel that has amenities you may or may not require. What you really need is a good nights sleep because of an important presentation to a valued client in the morning. So you book the 3 or 4 star hotel for $200 and pay another $15 to park your car, expecting a decent night of rest.

Unfortunately, they didn't read enough reviews to find out that if you face the airport you will hear jet noise ALL NIGHT LONG. Or that this particular hotel has an indoor pool on the 3rd floor where people tend to yell and scream long into the night. They then neglect to request a appropriate room and after finding out they are in 310 (near the pool AND facing the airport) they request to move only to be told the hotel is full and can't move you. For HALF the price (and free parking) they could have stayed at a mid-tier hotel with no pool AWAY from the airport and slept like a baby.

A person examines four different motels on a discount internet site, all meeting their budget requirements and having the amenities they desire. They read the limited reviews and choose one based upon their budget and the fact they have a pool and reserve it.

But they arrive at the airport and find out AFTER they take airport transportation to the city that their choice is still four miles away and they need to pay $22 each way for a cab. Plus, the hotel/motel is not centrally located to any dining or shopping nearby so another $15 (each way) is spent getting to a drugstore or shopping district. To add insult to injury, the 'pool' is tiny and completely unappealing.

All of the above could have been avoided by reading reviews either from sources OTHER than the discount site or the hotel site itself. Or by knowing what parts of review sites to read, not just the reviews themselves. I'll show you where to look and what to infer from comments by guests, especially those who have an axe to grind or those who mis-identified the property!

 

Who Should Buy This Book?

   Those who are tired of being unpleasantly surprised when they arrive at a new hotel or motel.

   Anyone who rarely travels and is insecure about the locations of motels or how to get there by shuttle.

   Those who know where they want to go but want to make sure conditions haven't changed, like re-modeling   currently underway or a change in the continental breakfast or the fact the pool is under repair.

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So, just to recap, here is what's included

PRODUCTS

FINDING and UNDERSTANDING HOTEL REVIEWS - My manual on how to find and understand reviews that will ensure you find the best fit for your travel choices. Checking reviews is the first step in doing research which allows you to find the lowest rate you can get. Originally was intended to be sold for $19.95.

FINDING and UNDERSTANDING HOTEL REVIEWS MP3 - My audio version of the book. Now offered at the same low price as the e-book. You don't even have to READ anything now - just download the MP3 and listen to it when you are driving, jogging, camping, flying - anytime. You can download BOTH products now for the same price!

BUT WAIT!

As an added incentive, I'm reducing prices even further. For a limited time, now only $9.95 for the e-book and the MP3!.

You'll receive the link for ALL this within seconds. And remember...

I have a 90 day money back guarantee. If you aren't totally satisfied with the advice or strategies offered, I will refund your purchase price AND you keep ALL the downloads. That's how positive I am you will be satisfied.

 

 

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