How Old Is a Travel Recommendation When It Turns Stale?
 

Just curious about this. Most people who recommend hotels, resorts, restaurants, etc. here don't mention when they last visited.<BR><BR>Does a travel recommendation (good or bad) lose its validity after a period of time?<BR><BR>Should we refrain from making a comment if we haven't been somewhere in ___ amount of time?

I would say, don't refrain, but if it's been a while, you should mention when you went. It also depends on what feature you're referring to -- a hotel's location near an attraction or tube station will always the same location, but the quality of food at a restaurant can change as rapidly as the staffing! <BR><BR>IMHO, queries about business hours, admissions fees, etc. are best answered by the attractions' web sites since they can change at a moment's notice, too.

I agree and generally will try to mention how long ago I was at a particular place in my review or recommendation of it.<BR><BR>Wendy

<BR><BR>one tip the post might be stale is when the person refers to Sri Lanka as Ceylon. then you know ya got an old post.

Yea, or &quot;I was thinking of visiting Gaul. Is it all still divided in three parts?&quot;

Even &quot;Yugoslavia&quot; is old as of a couple of days ago. The new non-stale term is &quot;Serbia and Montenegro.&quot;

Well, that is an interesting question. No shelf life on tips.<BR><BR>How many tips are actually taken? <BR><BR>Is a travel tip like an offer for help? With the expectation that you won't be taken up on it?