The internet

Ever since Al Gore invented the internet back in the seventies, people have found uses for it and others have searched for ways to exploit it.

Last October, my wife and I went on vacation in California. We stayed at a bed and breakfast. The facility certainly wasn't the BATES MOTEL; at the same time, we would have had a better experience at the Best Western or Quality Inn in town for a little less money. My gripe here is not with the facility. It is with the rating sites. It took an act of congress including a copy of my receipt to publish negatively on bedandbreakfast.com/. Then she published a rebuttal (OK so she gets her turn.)

THEN she started publishing reviews of the place in her unique flowery style claiming to be several other people. When I complained, it got me nowhere. The problem is that she paid for advertising and the site was willing to let her get away with anything. This said, she also did this on TripAdvisor too.

How to tell if a positive review is bogus: Look at the number of reviews the REVIEWER has posted. If it is just one: question it. On the main sites I use I have over five. Someone may get mad and post a negative review when they are mad. People only post positive reviews if they just post reviews or booked through the site they did the review on. A single glowing review usually indicates that the management of the facility had their hands in it one way or another.