Like any data, it can be manipulated but when there are hundreds or more reviews, you can get a pretty solid idea of what you’re in for. The stars don’t lie.
For many travellers a day trip to a World War II concentration camp is as unforgettable as it is important.Visiting the former Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland is a powerful experience. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesIt underlies not only the relative recency of the events it commemorates but also proves that travel can beyond extend the fun and into the profound. Experiences after which we can take home a greater sense of compassion, humanity or insight.
And yet, people feel compelled to rag on them on travel review sites. As if they were a restaurant where the bread was stale.The infamous Nazi phrase ‘Arbeit macht frei’, meaning ‘Work sets you free’, on the gate at Dachau concentration camp in Germany. Picture: Kristy MuirWhat follows are some real and gobsmackingly inappropriate reviews of such facilities from travellers who needed to get certain disappointments off their chests.
Without further ado, on a site where we love a list of Top Things, we present the absolute worst. These were collected from just two locations – Dachau and Auschwitz.“I’m sure there are better places to see in Munich. The place was average with nothing much to see. Everything there is easily available to be seen online.”“We and others spent four hours standing and listening to a rather intense young man … who gave us an absolute overdose of knowledge.