Have you posted an online hotel review to TripAdvisor, FlyerTalk, or USA Today?

Daniel Edward Craig, 007 hotelier in Vancouver and mystery writer, examines the personality types inhabiting online hotel review domains like TripAdvisor.com. He provides an entertaining profile with his blog post of nine personality types to look for when reading online hotel reviews.

Craig’s advice when reading amateur reviewers is to watch out for the cracks. They come in many guises like:

  1. The Self-appointed Expert

  2. The Patron Saint of Hotels

  3. The Up-trader

  4. The Down-trader

  5. The Uncle Bob

  6. The Extortionist

  7. The Shill

  8. The Forensic Examiner

  9. The Corporate Saboteur

And remember our documentary-critical reviews of the hotel establishments we lay our heads are the same places other people call the office.

"Clean up request for Floor 16 please!"

"Clean up request for Floor 16 please!"

Dr. Spencer Reid in one episode of the TV show “Criminal Minds” walked out of a Las Vegas casino leaving $2,000 on the video poker machine. Sometimes games are more about entertainment than profit.

Best Western Rewards “Play for Points Poker” is a cute marketing campaign and the odds are even better than Vegas you will play one hand and come out ahead 100 Best Western Rewards points. If you are lucky, maybe win 10,000 points. There is even a Vegas long-odds chance you will win a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

Best Western Rewards Play for Points Poker link.

Earn additional game plays for each night stayed in a Best Western, up to 10 nights, in the states of California, Hawaii, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Colorado by November 15, 2009.

Bottom line: Submit your email address and play the hand you are dealt by Best Western video poker.

100 Best Western Rewards points is likely minimum outcome for points you will earn in the Play for Points Poker game based on my final poker hand.

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