Trip Advisor's rating system is flawed. They do not verify suspicious repeat comments, they do not divulge how they arrive at their star ratings, they demote positions arbitrarely, they do not consider the number of comments in their ratings and worst of all, they never personally verify the establishments. We have read many comments on lodging sites in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, which were obviously written by people who were offered incentives by the owners. After visiting some of these establishments we were disappointed that details such as noisy locations, difficulties to reach by walking, remote from basic services such as restaurants and shopping were conveniently omitted. Therefore, it is our recommendation that before deciding on purely Trip Advisors ratings, the travelers check other travel rating agencies such as AAA, Lonely Planet etc.

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