Hotel ousts couple after accusing them of writing negative TripAdvisor review

[Liberal_in_LA]

tip: write your online reviews of hotels AFTER you check out

Hotel ousts couple after accusing them of writing negative TripAdvisor review

By Barbara De Lollis, USA TODAY


A British couple says they were kicked out of their hotel after the hotel manager accused them of writing a negative review on TripAdvisor and called the police.

Adrian Healey, 33, tells the Blackpool Gazette that earlier this month, he'd booked a room a hotel in the seaside resort of Blackpool, England, to take his first vacation with his girlfriend Sherrie Andrews, 33, since being diagnosed with cancer 18 months ago.

But the Golden Beach Hotel's manager asked them to leave two days into their paid, three-night stay, they told the Gazette, adding that the manager stormed into their room, accused them of writing an online review and called the police.

TripAdvisor, by the way, says that 59% of its 167 online reviewers "do not recommend" this hotel.

http://travel.usatoday.com/hotels/post/2010/09/couple-kicked-out-hotel-after-being-accused-of-writing-negative-tripadvisor-review/114889/1

[Cirque du So-What]

1. I am not a lawyer - much less an expert on British law

so I can't say whether the couple has a case against hotel management. Offhand, I'd say that the hotel has already lost in the court of public opinion, which may be worse than losing in an actual civil court.

[Ian David]

3. And now the internet will be full of people writing bad reviews just to fuck with them. n/t

[Ian David]

2. ...

[Bombero1956]

4. bad move on the manager's part

If they think the first review was bad just wait until this couple gets done with them now.

[foxfeet]

5. May the hotel's rooms be filled

with bedbugs.