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Do you think TripAdvisor is an asset or a blemish for travel industry?

Michael Smithers - Reader/Facebook

I hate Tripadvisor – it’s just too unbelievable. A couple of times I have booked a place and was locked into it then looked it up on Tripadvisor and the review were a horror story, only to go and really loved it. In Fiji I spoke with the owner re Tripadvisor’s bad review and he said it had been written by a local competitor, so I call BS on TripAdvisor.

Katherine Prague-Reader/Facebook

Love Tripadvisor would never book

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