Looking at a holiday in salou/Costa dorada, every time we see a hotel that fits our credentials, reasonable distance to beach, cafes, shops etc reasonable distance, things for 7 year old to do, all inclusive just to make things as easy as possible, we won't be beholden to the hotel for food and drink. The missus is really nervous about the whole flying and staying abroad stuff, shes done it loads in the past but past couple years her anxiety has got the better of her, she does however want to push herself abroad despite me suggesting we should just stick to the UK if she's worrying so much.
Anyway back on topic, each time we settle in hotel, look at reviews on trip advisor and there is complaint after complaint, all complaining about bad service, bad food, rude staff, poor upkeep of building etc, and these are all supposedly 4 star hotels.
For me, if we are paying all inclusive and although we won't be beholden to meals there we will most likely be there for breakfast and dinner every day, I would be really disappointed if the food was bad. I've been lucky enough that everywhere I've stayed in the past has always been really nice. But now reading trip advisor it's literally feels like they're all terrible and not worth bothering with, the reviews we're looking at are the past 2 months.
I'm at the point we might aswell just not bother.
Should we pay much attention to trip advisor? I feel I've been sucked into a loop I can't get out of
Anyway back on topic, each time we settle in hotel, look at reviews on trip advisor and there is complaint after complaint, all complaining about bad service, bad food, rude staff, poor upkeep of building etc, and these are all supposedly 4 star hotels.
For me, if we are paying all inclusive and although we won't be beholden to meals there we will most likely be there for breakfast and dinner every day, I would be really disappointed if the food was bad. I've been lucky enough that everywhere I've stayed in the past has always been really nice. But now reading trip advisor it's literally feels like they're all terrible and not worth bothering with, the reviews we're looking at are the past 2 months.
I'm at the point we might aswell just not bother.
Should we pay much attention to trip advisor? I feel I've been sucked into a loop I can't get out of
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After 2 weeks of hours and hours wasted everyday because of 1 bad review, I just bit the bullet and booked one we like the location of. We can't afford 5* places anyway so will just not expect that level!