For those who rely on reviews from Trip Advisor - a disturbing article...

[momofmab]

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/11/01/tripadvisor-removed-reports-rapes-and-assaults-mexico-resorts-report-says/ST6JbI29XR25CeiDXh8K5J/story.html

 

 

 

“Advertisers will not continue to do business with us if their investment in such advertising does not generate sales leads, customers, bookings, or revenue and profit,” they wrote.

 

It's not only Mexico either. Someone I know had her review of a bad experience in Savannah removed from TA as well.

[Keith1010]

I am having trouble viewing this. Do you have to be a subscriber of the newspaper to view the article?

 

Keith

[GUT2407]

I am having trouble viewing this. Do you have to be a subscriber of the newspaper to view the article?

 

Keith

Looks that way, I can’t open it either.

[Keith1010]

Glad it's not me.

 

I will see if I can do a Google search to find it some other way.

 

Keith

[momofmab]

Hmmm....I could open it when I previewed my post. You do not need to be a subscriber. If anyone has suggestions on how to post, lmk.

[Keith1010]

I went to the original source of the article.

 

This link should work.

 

http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/2017/11/01/tripadvisor-removed-warnings-rapes-and-injuries-mexico-resorts-tourists-say/817172001/

 

Keith

[momofmab]

I can also open it if I right click and open in new window/tab.

[Keith1010]

Thank you.

 

Good news is that we also have the other link to the article.

 

Keith

[Keith1010]

momofmab, I want to thank you so much for sharing the article.

 

Very informative.

 

Thank you.

 

Keith

[nascarcruiser]

We were talking the other day about this before we saw the article. We we're wondering if the review was really bad or involved criminal activity on the part of the place being reviewed would it be published.

[Clarea]

Thank-you so much for sharing.

[flipflop59]

Thank you for posting. I use Trip Advisor consistently for reviews and the local forums to areas I will be visiting.

Noticed quite a bit of buzz lately about this very subject. Glad I was able to finally read the story.

Recently I was surprised to find that within a Mexico forum that the alcohol poisoning and blackouts situation was allowed to be posted without issue. I appreciated the knowledge since I will be traveling to that area and although it will not stop me from going, I will be much more proactive.

As always it is important to realize that travel, unfortunately , is not always about rainbows and unicorns. Bad things can happen...Maybe Trip Advisor is finally gets it or the internet is just not letting this go away for them..

[Ukigirl]

Thanks for the info, made the national news tonight. We will be in Cozumel next week, plan on ordering bottled beer when we stop at a restaurant in town.

[njhorseman]

Given that Cruise Critic is part of the TripAdvisor corporate family I wonder how long it will be before this thread is deleted, given the link to some very negative reporting about TripAdvisor.

[momofmab]

Reading the link to the original article, which Keith1010 posted, details the issue in an even more disturbing light. I would hope that CC wouldn't delete this post as travelers who use TA and rely on their reviews deserve to know about their deceptive practice. If they did, it would certainly color CC in an unfavorable light (for me). After all, TA admits to doing it so the facts are not in dispute.

 

According to the comments to the various posts about the article that are floating around the internet, it's not only reviews related to rape/assault/alcohol poisoning that are being deleted, it's other types of negative reviews as well. It's unethical (at the very least) to manipulate consumer reviews around advertising dollars.