The Waterman's Arms Country Inn,
Bow Bridge, Ashprington,
Near Totnes, Devon,
TQ9 7EG.
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As featured in (click logo to read)
The Times 30th May, 2008
The Telegraph 3rd April, 2009
The Herald Express 28th August, 2009
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Please feel free to visit Tripadvisor to see our reviews, clicking the
above logo will take you
to our page on their site. You will notice some lovely reviews and some
average most of
these are true as far as we can tell, we don't always get it right nor is
anyone able to.
There are also a couple of really, really bad
reviews, where we appear to get everything
completely and utterly wrong and we are complete idiots who should not be
allowed to run a bath,
never mind an hotel.
These reviews and I am sure you can spot them are written by certain people
who have an
interest in us doing badly, I don't need to spell it out,.....
The
interesting thing about tripadvisor is that any individual may write
anything about anywhere
without any comeback or any rules as to what they write,
BUT for us to reply we need to satisfy their incredibly strict rules, which
I find more than a little unfair.
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reviews from customers who have actually stayed here,
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So I will NOT be replying to any more tripadvisor reviews,
Jane and I have been in this business all our lives and we are
proud of what we have, and what we will hopefully continue to achieve at
The Waterman's Arms
Rant over, thanks for reading!
Now, a Little Light Relief!
Some people should not be allowed to go on
holidays!
This was sent from Thomas Cook
Holidays - listing some of the guests' complaints during the season.
(Survey by Thomas Cook and ABTA)
"I think it should be explained in
the brochure that the local store does
not sell proper biscuits like custard
creams or ginger nuts."
"It's lazy of the local shopkeepers
to close in the afternoons.
I often needed to buy things during 'siesta'
time - this should be banned."
"On my holiday to Goa in India , I
was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry.
I don't
like spicy food at all."
"We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels."
A tourist at a top African game
lodge overlooking a waterhole, who spotted a visibly aroused elephant,
complained that the sight of this
rampant beast ruined his honeymoon by
making him feel "inadequate".
A woman threatened to call police
after claiming that she'd been locked in by staff.
When in fact, she had
mistaken the
"do not disturb" sign on the back of the door as a warning to
remain in the room.
"The beach was too sandy."
"We found the sand was not
like the sand in the brochure.
Your brochure shows the sand as yellow but it
was white."
A guest at a Novotel in Australia
complained his soup was too thick and strong.
He was inadvertently slurping
the gravy at the time.
"Topless sunbathing on the beach
should be banned.
The holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking
at other women."
"We bought 'Ray-Ban' sunglasses for five Euros from a street trader, only to find out they were fake."
"No-one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled."
"It took us nine hours to fly home
from Jamaica to England,
it only took the Americans three hours to get
home."
"I compared the size of our
one-bedroom apartment to our friends'
three-bedroom apartment and ours was
significantly smaller."
"The brochure stated: 'No
hairdressers at the accommodation'..
We're trainee hairdressers - will we be
OK staying here?"
"There are too many Spanish people.
The receptionist speaks Spanish.
The food is Spanish. Too many
foreigners."
"We had to queue outside with no air conditioning."
"It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel."
"I was bitten by a mosquito - no-one said they could bite."
"My fiancé and I booked a
twin-bedded room but we were placed in a double-bedded room.
We now hold you
responsible for the fact that I find myself pregnant.
This would not have
happened if you had put us in the room that we booked."
I have personally dealt with;
"These croutons are too crunchy and hurt my teeth"
"This prawn smells of fish"
"This ice cream is too cold"
"Can you lower the Jumbrella as I wish to sit in the
sun"
Four empty tables in the sun accompanied this remark
Thanks for reading and to our sensible, considerate and intelligent customers,
Thank-You SO MUCH!
Some pictures from the area, click to enlarge
(I 'borrowed' some of these from the web, if you own any and want them removed please ask, otherwise, thanks!)
