Can you trust online review ratings when choosing a hotel in Hurghada?
Based on 1 discussion with 3 participants · Last activity: 5 days ago
TL;DR
Review sites like TopHotels give a useful but imperfect picture — some hotels boost ratings by offering free upgrades for good reviews, but very low scores (like 10% for Amarina Sun Resort) usually do reflect real problems.
What the community said
Sometimes hotels give guests a free room upgrade in exchange for a good review (this happened at Gafi hotel), but they can't fully hide real issues — enough signs still give it away. If a hotel like Amarina Sun Resort has only a 10% rating on TopHotels, that's not random.
5 days ago Amarina Sun Resort — 10% on TopHotels
On the Turvizor review site, Moreno hotel has more negative reviews than Zahabia, but it's hard to judge without staying at both — travelers pick hotels based on their budget first, which also shapes how they review them.
5 days ago Moreno and Zahabia hotels
Good reviews alone aren't a guarantee of quality, and neither is price: Zahabia hotel also has almost all positive reviews, yet it's noticeably less full than Moreno hotel — actual occupancy doesn't always match the online rating.
5 days ago Zahabia vs Moreno