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What happened to the feature showing days since last review for each resort?

Is there any way to see new reviews without clicking on each one to see what the last review date was?
 

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The column was just removed for new feature testing.
 

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Yes, without it the reviews section is useless. What I do is every Saturday I look at the reviews and review anything 7 days or less. I went today and I couldn't do that. So I look forward to it coming back!
 

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Bump.

I really miss this feature!

This makes the membership portion a lot less valuable to me.
 

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Big Matt said:
Bump.

I really miss this feature!

This makes the membership portion a lot less valuable to me.

I agree.... If you give some sort of time table then I'd be less likely to complain. It really does make the review section useless without it.
 

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I have a question about this feature, which I also find helpful. I submitted a review for a resort (Ridge Top Summit at Shawnee in the Poconos) that had not been reviewed for more than 180 days. But I never received a notice that I would get my free renewal of my TUG membership for this review.

When my TUG membership came up for renewal, I got an e-mail reminding me. I e-mailed back and said that I had done a review for a new resort (Colonial Crossings in Williamsburg) and had gotten an e-mail then saying I would get a free extension. BUT I had also done the Ridge Top Summit review more than 180 days after the most recent review, and I never got an e-mail for that review confirming that it would mean a free extension.

I very quickly got a reply to my e-mail saying that the Colonial Crossings review had been credited and I would get the extension of my membership. But the Ridge Top Summit review was never mentioned. Shouldn't I get a free extension for this one, too? Who do I contact about this?

Thanks!
 

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Big Matt said:
Bump.

I really miss this feature!

This makes the membership portion a lot less valuable to me.

Same here I just tried to check for latest reviews for the Caribbean and can't tell which are the latest. Please correct this.:hi:
 

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wackymother said:
I very quickly got a reply to my e-mail saying that the Colonial Crossings review had been credited and I would get the extension of my membership. But the Ridge Top Summit review was never mentioned. Shouldn't I get a free extension for this one, too? Who do I contact about this?

Contact Bill Rogers at tug@tug2.net.
 

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Im a tad behind on getting all the review awards out...there are a bunch in the queue.
 

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Just to clarify the situation. Does submission of a review for a resort which hasn't received one for 6 months or more automatically result in membership extension?
 

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Keitht said:
Just to clarify the situation. Does submission of a review for a resort which hasn't received one for 6 months or more automatically result in membership extension?


Yes, that's what I think.

Thanks to all for the contact info!

Best,

Wacky
 

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a review award can be redeemed for 6month membership extensions..or a free classified ad or renewal.
 

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Keith (and Brian),

A bit of clarification is needed, I think, so people don't think that all they need to do is string a few sentences together and they'll get an award.

From the Resort Review Award page:

To qualify for this review award, the review must be detailed in the resort information and it must be for a resort that either does not have existing reviews or the last review posted is at least 6 months old. If the review is qualified, the reviewer will receive the new resort review award. If the review is not quite award standard, we will ask the reviewer to expand it so they can qualify for this award.

Whenever I receive a review that qualifies based upon the specified timeframe, I forward it to Brenda. If the review is not sufficiently detailed, she e-mails the reviewer and asks him/her to revise the review. I've received messages from her letting me know that the revised review has qualified, and asking me to edit the review accordingly.
 

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My Ridge Top Summit review was more than five paragraphs long. Do I need to add to it? I didn't get any response to it at all.

Thanks!

Best,

Wackymother
 

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correct..sorry...i was just confirming what you could use an award for =)
 

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KristinB said:
Keith (and Brian),

A bit of clarification is needed, I think, so people don't think that all they need to do is string a few sentences together and they'll get an award.

From the Resort Review Award page:



Whenever I receive a review that qualifies based upon the specified timeframe, I forward it to Brenda. If the review is not sufficiently detailed, she e-mails the reviewer and asks him/her to revise the review. I've received messages from her letting me know that the revised review has qualified, and asking me to edit the review accordingly.

That's much the way I do things for the European reviews as well. At the time of posing the question here I couldn't find the info about the review process, so thought by asking the question it might clarify the situation for members as well.
 

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The only reason I added the clarification was because wackymother's post and Keith's use of the word "automatically" implied that there was no qualitative assessment of the review, that just writing the review was sufficient if it met the timeframe requirements.

I just didn't want there to be any confusion regarding that issue...
 

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wackymother said:
My Ridge Top Summit review was more than five paragraphs long. Do I need to add to it? I didn't get any response to it at all.

Brian,

I know you said you're a bit behind on the award notifications, but since wackymother has asked, could you check and see if her review is in the queue?
 

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Can someone answer my question about when this feature will be returned to us, if ever? If nobody knows, that's an okay answer too.
 

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Big Matt said:
Can someone answer my question about when this feature will be returned to us, if ever? If nobody knows, that's an okay answer too.


I second Big Matt, I would like to know when or if the Days Since Last Review feature will be re-installed. I'm finding the review section much less valuable without that.
 

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Ditto: I also liked that feature. How about a poll from Tuggers who want it back?
 
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