We have prolific reviewers, sure. We have wonderful Local Experts who can answer the most obscure questions about their hometown. We have reviews full of exquisite prose-- not to mention perfect grammar. And we are, of course, immensely proud of it all.
But what do we really talk about over lunch at TripAdvisor? The stuff we can’t publish. Whether it’s funny, rude, bizarre, potentially libelous, incomprehensible, or all of the above, we love it, and we think you will too.
From the TA Mailbag:
From a note sent to the listings team.
"Our guestrooms are situated in the heart of Brugge. It only takes 6 minutes to walk to the Big Market and 10 minutes to reach 't Zand. Our house itself is a classified building with step gable from 1673. We aren't superstitions at all and most of the time mostly sober, but still the atmosphere is special. Just as if the house is alive as well..."
Are you sure this is the right business model for you?
From our support form:
"i'm trying to buy some conch for my new Conch business. i'd like to start
with the wild initially please call me at [--]"
Between cockroaches on my screen or tarantulas in my bed, I'd take the roaches!
From a traveler review:
I really liked the overall hotel but there where many large brown hairy tarantuls in my room. They would even crawl in bed with me while I was asleep and leave the skin shells of their legs behind as evidence. One bit my girlfriend while she was asleep. Then a vicious bat flew into the room and buzzed around our heads and I had to fight it off with a stick. Then the bat got stuck in our solar window/ceiling and it couldn't escape. It flapped it's wings all night long.
Management did quickly and kindly move us to another room when we requested it. The new room did not have any spiders but the bats still could come in the room and visit.
Sent via the review form:
Went to Boston
to see a girl. Liked it so much, married her and moved there.
From
an owner response:
"As
for the spiders you encountered on the stairs and the bedroom they were sorry
you left without paying your bill but they had a collection and payed the
remainder!"
Submitted
via our review form:
"We went for our honeymoon and had a fantastic time. Upon return we looked through our photos and noticed something in the water. It was a particularly windy/wavy day. The next morning the beach was covered in washed ashore sea slugs and what not. But what is that in the water???"
Submitted via our review form:
Now that the writers' strike is over, one of our members would like to suggest a new storyline:
Submitted via our review form:
“If a murder had been committed in this room, Gil Grissom would have about 15 suspects based on hair samples from the bathroom.”
From our support form:
Dear Tripadvisor, I hate you. Not really, but I am finding it nearly impossible to use your site these days. I have a ridiculous fear of roaches. Upon seeing your first "dirtiest hotels" banner with the roach near the shower drain, I was quite distraught. However, I developed a method of squinting as I looked at the screen, and turning my face so that the right side of the screen was not visible, until I was for sure that the ad was not there. Well, then you tricked me by putting this banner on the side of the screen! I scrolled down and the roach was unavoidable - right there on the top. Well, now you have gone too far. Not only today was the roach on the side again, but this time it was HUGE and, from the half-second I saw the disturbing image, UPSIDE DOWN... I think I had a mini-heart attack. I think I need a break.
Submitted via our review form: (find the original set on this page)
From our support form:
Subject: REVIEW IN CAPS NOT ACCEPTED
I ONLY TYPE IN CAPITALS + YOUR SITE WOULD NOT ACCEPT MY REVIEW IN ALL CAPS. I AM SURE YOU HAVE A REASON FOR THIS BUT TO ME IT IS STUPID + VERY FRUSTRATING …
Submitted via our review form:
Title: Amazing food
This is actually not a review of Jupiter, Florida -- it's a review of planet Jupiter, which for some reason wasn't listed as a possible subject of review. Anyway, if you're going to visit any of the planets, Jupiter is the place to see. Amazing food. Amazing friends. And much better reality TV shows than we have here in the states.
Because everyone should have a Valentine on February 14:
“If you are the nice french man who spoke to me as leaving the hotel at 7am on 22 Oct 07, and again at the airport before you boarded the 8.50 flight to Paris (Orly) I came after you to exchange email addresses but I was too late!!” (view original)
From our support form:
Subject: LISA MARIE PRESLEY
well i was going to say lisa arie on tour dinner with the tours or at least her presence for what butquestions you know and instead of looking aat elvis cars aybe sit in one you know well thats i really just wanta eet lisa marie presley you herd 1
