Asking Trick Travel Questions

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Asking Trick Travel Questions
A tricky question can sometime help you to find the truth about a Hotel? I was thinking of asking or saying to a person,
- I get tired of hanging my towel on top of the shower door, do you ever do this in your hotel? -

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Manila, Philippines - Ermita Southeast Asia
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Andy of HoboTraveler.com --- Submit Hotel URL
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Ok, let us be real, a person who took of traveling or backpacking for a month, three months or even six months cannot really tell you if a hotel is good or bad, they just do not have enough experience. However, they do know how to answers simple questions.

If you ask some strange questions, you may find the roundabout truths, if I wanted to know if they hotel cleans the room, I could say,
- How many towels does the cleaning person give you per day? -

If I want to know if the WIFI is good, I could say,
- I hear your WIFI is not working. -

There is always a question that indirectly answers a question you did not ask?

A person will almost always say the hotel was good, why, because they stayed there, they do not want to say, no, I paid money for a bad hotel.

When was the last time you heard someone say,
- I lost ten thousand at the Casino. -

Asking Trick Travel Questions

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goingeverywhereslow said on Monday December 3rd, 2007 08:05:00 AM

Andy,Kind of reminds me of the third person approach for questioning when you want something. Like asking someone; Where can I find or get X?, or... Do you know anyone that does X?All the while your target is the person you are asking. They think they are missing out on something and respond by saying. Pick me, pick me, I can get or do that!More to the post...You could ask a known patron; Do you know anyone who stayed at hotel X? And I think they'd be more likely to spill the truth about the place than if you directly ask, is this a good hotel?A good resource for this type of thing is at;changingminds.orgEric

Johnny Paycheck said on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 12:53:00 AM

Found the best hotel/flophouse in Manila. I asked "Is this hotel quiet ? He said "yes very quiet the prostitutes usually do not come back until sunrise and sleep soundly all day. Plus they are not allowed to bring customers here,but you can". No bula bula

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 02:50:00 AM

Hotel Flophouse... a great example, the person told you all this extra information because you asked a off-topic question that redirected to all the essential answer.I am continually trying to find a good hotel, and strange what is allowed, more like living in the zoo in the Malate area now.