DAY 2 - May Challenge

Hmm, I’m not really sure...this is a difficult one for me. I can think of loads of things I’m not good at! (shopping, sleeping, cleaning, being patient, taking criticism etc) but something I’m good at? Ok here goes...

I’m good at writing reviews and giving feedback on sites, for example TripAdvisor. I’ve travelled pretty extensively, mainly across Europe and as soon as we get home from a holiday, I go onto TripAdvisor and leave a review on the hotel and restaurants we have been too (Good or bad). I do this because I use TripAdvisor a lot when deciding where to go and I hope that my reviews help the next person make a decision.

I am honest and only critical when necessary. I try my best to leave short reviews and always post photographs to show what a place is like. I prefer to write good things about a place I’ve been to rather than bad things, but sometimes that’s not easy. I have left so many reviews on TripAdvisor I am classed as a Senior Contributor and I’m not far off being a Top Contributor. I got an email the other day to let me know that 15,295 readers have read my reviews. In total, I have written 31 reviews and I have 48 helpful votes!


I think in general, a lot of people only write reviews when they have something to complain about. This is the same when it comes to service received from a company. From working in customer services, we used to get so many complaints, often unnecessary. No matter how much you tried to help someone, they would still find something to complain about. I used to get really nasty emails sometimes, it’s unbelievable what some people would write! It was lovely when you did get an e-mail back from a customer saying something like ‘you’ve been really helpful, thank you’ and it’s because of this, I always try to email companies or leave a message on their Facebook site to say thank you if I’ve had a good experience. It makes me feel good too!