Tripadvisor revisited

[Birney]

I’ve been mad at Trip Advisor since I asked questions about the Puna district and got warned off over ten years ago(and yes, I think it was the same woman). When I finally did come about 6 yrs ago I wanted to cry! I immediately fell in love and I am still bummed I was stupid enough to not follow my instincts. Is it the goal of these women to keep visitors away? Well, it ain’t working! Every year the numbers of visitors seem exponential. We were going to come in Feb but our usual places are all booked out for months. I live in a visitor community also, so I get the double edged sword of not enough/too many visitors. I kind of feel for the residents of the Wai Ope’ neighborhood though. Although it seems like it’s mostly vacation rentals at this point?

Wendy Alderson