50sjayne Posted June 29, 2008 Report Posted June 29, 2008 Do the trip advisor ratings get taken off occasionally for updating maybe? I've done 3 searches today with no trip advisor ratings, same hotels, no trip advisor.
Colfax Posted July 1, 2008 Report Posted July 1, 2008 I noticed this today too, 50sjayne. I checked a dozen or so Hotwire hotels and none of them had a TripAdvisor rating. It makes ID'ing the hotels a lot tougher!Maybe thereuare will want to move this thread to the "Run of the House" section of the board because it's probably of general interest; not just to Orange County bidders.
50sjayne Posted July 1, 2008 Author Report Posted July 1, 2008 It seems the trip advisor ratings have disappeared for me the last few days, is this happening to anyone else? Someone mentioned a new format somewhere else on this board- is that what happened are the trip advisor reviews somewhere else now? (for hotwire)
50sjayne Posted July 1, 2008 Author Report Posted July 1, 2008 Thanks Col-- I got moved twice, only notified once so that is why there is a repost ;-)
50sjayne Posted July 1, 2008 Author Report Posted July 1, 2008 Well I called HOTWIRE and they said they were just updating so that's cool ;-)
Colfax Posted July 14, 2008 Report Posted July 14, 2008 Hotwire's been "updating" for over two weeks now!Is it fair to say that HOTWIRE no longer displays TripAdvisor ratings?
dahammer Posted July 14, 2008 Report Posted July 14, 2008 a search for hotels in the Philly area showed most properties with Tripadvisor ratings and a search for hotels in Hauppauge, NY resulted in one property with a Tripadvisor rating.
Colfax Posted July 15, 2008 Report Posted July 15, 2008 I just checked a random date, July 17, in San Francisco. HOTWIRE has 13 hotels. 10 of them show a TripAdvisor rating and 3 don't. I guess I've just been checking hotels that weren't showing the TA rating.
Colfax Posted March 8, 2009 Report Posted March 8, 2009 Hotwire's TripAdvisor stats are missing again. I haven't found TA stats today or yesterday on multiple Hotwire searches in various cities.Just now I searched a random date, 3/16/09, in four cities---Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, and SF. I opened the first five hotel listings in each city and none of them had TA stats. 0 for 20.Is anyone finding TA stats on their searches today?We know there's a time lag before TA stats get updated on Hotwire. The TA ratings and number of reviews that display on Hotwire are sometimes a few weeks or months behind what TA displays on its own site. I wonder if Hotwire temporarily suspends all TA stats during a data refresh?Hopefully Hotwire hasn't quit displaying TA stats altogether as it's difficult ID'ing hotels without them.
tilepusher Posted March 9, 2009 Report Posted March 9, 2009 I noticed the same thing when I was trying to assist someone with a Hotwire hotel identification: I couldn't see the same TA information that the other person could! I tried other searches and couldn't find TA info for any other hotels. But when I did the same searches in IE (I normally use Firefox), I could see the TA info again! Perhaps this is an issue with the browser, but I'm not sure why this would suddenly start happening with Firefox.
Colfax Posted March 9, 2009 Report Posted March 9, 2009 But when I did the same searches in IE (I normally use Firefox), I could see the TA info again!Interesting, tilepusher.I was using IE for all my searches. I just tried several searches with Firefox and I don't get TA stats with Firefox either.Yesterday I tried to ID a hotel and there were no TA stats. A few hours ago someone responded that they DID see TA stats, for the same hotel and same dates. I just tried again and still no TA stats for me! Not with IE or Firefox.If I still don't get TA stats tomorrow I'll try a different computer.
Colfax Posted March 10, 2009 Report Posted March 10, 2009 A day later. On my laptop at home I can't see TripAdvisor stats with Explorer or Firefox. I DO see them with AOL's browser though!! An hour later at Kinko's, on Kinko's computer, I still can't view TA stats on Explorer. I see them with Firefox at Kinko's though, and I couldn't do that at home. Kinko's doesn't have AOL loaded, so I can't try that.I'm searching the same ten hotels for the same date with all browsers.Does anyone have an explanation? :)
thereuare Posted March 10, 2009 Report Posted March 10, 2009 I'm afraid i don't have any inisght... maybe same algorithm which has been determining when to show all the amenity icons and when to leave off one or more?? Please use this HOTWIRE and these PRICELINE LINKS: HOTELS, CAR RENTALS, and AIRFARE to begin your travel purchases
Colfax Posted March 11, 2009 Report Posted March 11, 2009 I cleared cookies, deleted temporary files, and now I can see TripAdvisor stats again, in all three browsers.It's also a day later, so I don't know if it was the cookie clearing that fixed things or the passage of time.Anyhow I'm back in business! :)
bb92037 Posted November 9, 2009 Report Posted November 9, 2009 I cleared cookies, deleted temporary files, and now I can see TripAdvisor stats again, in all three browsers.It's also a day later, so I don't know if it was the cookie clearing that fixed things or the passage of time.Anyhow I'm back in business! :)I had the same problem, and realized that TA is shown only for SOME of the hotels. I think HOtwire hides them when the TA ratings are poor.
yellowdog Posted November 9, 2009 Report Posted November 9, 2009 I think HOtwire hides them when the TA ratings are poor.This is not the case. We are seeing plenty of lower TA rated hotels.Yellowdog.
AaronJB Posted November 9, 2009 Report Posted November 9, 2009 As yellowdog noted, there are definitely the occasional low-rated TA hotel (2.5/5, 3/5)
Cool Canadian Posted April 29, 2010 Report Posted April 29, 2010 I emailed hotwire and they said this:Dear XXXXXXXXX,Thank you for contacting us regarding hotel reservations.I understand that you would like to know why there is not a tripadvisor star rating for the hotels that you are looking for. I regret any inconveniences this may have caused you. In order to secure the lowest rates online for unused hotel rooms we have agreements with our Hotel partners to allow them to quote rates anonymously. These deeply discounted rates are Hotwire
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