ART: Accommodation Review Template is a template designed to make reviews of your stays at AirBnB, Booking.com, Hotels.com, Agoda or any other website easy, structured and useful for other travelers.
The problem with most reviews is that they describe emotions instead of the facts that can be useful for others. For sure, emotions are very good and valuable as well but they won't help much for people trying to understand if Wi-Fi connection is good enough to be able to work from the location or if the location is easily reachable and quiet enough for sleeping / relaxing.
This template is aimed to solve the issue of emotional reviews by adding structure to them, so all of the main aspects of the accommodation are reviewed and they can be easily found and used by other travelers.
Any kind of contribution is very welcome. Please, open new issue or make Pull Requests if you got any ideas how this template can be improved.
Together, we can fine-tune and make it useful for everyone.
Template:
Communication:
Finding Place:
Check-In:
Apartment / Room Number:
Apartment / Room Overview:
Kitchen:
Bathroom:
Bedroom:
Sleeping:
Breakfast:
Internet:
Parking:
Location:
Check-Out:
Recommendations:
(review created with the help of ART: Accommodation Review Template)
The template itself is just a set of categories to be reviewed. If there are some categories that are not relevant for your accommodation (e.g. there's no kitchen) you can just remove this section from the review rather than leaving it empty. The same way, if there are some missing categories, you can freely add them where you feel they logically fit (currently, categories are sorted in the order of appearance during your trip).
It's a good idea to start review with the overview section containing several phrases so other travelers can understand your feelings about this accommodation and overall experience and then you can review every category from the template.
The main idea when filling the categories is that this information is going to be read by other travelers and you need to think like: 'What should I write that this is useful for others?' or 'What information I would like to see in this category so it could help me to make a decision on taking this accomodation or not?'
As far as this template should be suitable for any type of accommodation (room, apartment, house, ...) some sections naming has multiple types listed (e.g. Apartment / Room Number). This section name can be changed according to what suits the best your situation by leaving either Apartment Number or Room Number or something that you think fits more (e.g. Villa Name).
Communication - What was your experience during the communication with the host? Was it fast responded and polite? Have you received all the directions, additional information?
Finding Place - How easy was it to find the accommodation and what means of transport have you used?
Check-In - How the process of check-in was held? Have you received any welcoming gifts, how was the attitude at the reception?
Apartment / Room Number - What is the name / number of the room / apartment you lived in (if applicable)? This is a good thing to specify so future travelers can compare the same accommodation and to see theirs improvements / deterioration or to ask for a specific room when making a booking.
Apartment / Room Overview - How is the room to your taste? Is it big, light, nicely decorated, well furnished, clean, ...?
Kitchen - What do you think about the kitchen? Are there enough kitchenware, machines, tableware? Is it comfortable to use?
Bathroom - What did you like / dislike about the bathroom? Did it have toiletries, hot water, specific design / features?
Bedroom - How did you like the bedroom, bed, mattress, environment, blankets, pillows?
Sleeping - How was your sleeping experience? Was it calm, comfortable, with a good temperature?
Breakfast - How was your breakfast (if applicable)?
Internet - What kind of Internet is available at place (cable, Wi-Fi)? How good is the connection / speed?
Parking - How was a car parking experience? Is it well situated, easy to use?
Location - How is the location of the accommodation? Is it close to public transport stations, main attractions, shops / malls, ...? How good is the neighbourhood: is it safe, clean, quiet?
Check-Out - How was your check-out experience? Did you have any issues / additional fees / presents from the hosts?
Recommendations - What could you recommend to other travelers who are going to choose this accommodation? Or, maybe, you got some recommendations to the host for improvement / upgrade / ...?
A small web page needs to be created to automatically generate fields for each category, which people can fill with the information and the final review text is generated for the user. Finally, the text can be copied into the review page of accommodation service.