On a serious note, with the talk of taxi pricing...

[booger]

Doesn't TripAdvisor already do some vetting of businesses before they can be listed on their site? I thought I heard that restaurants and hotels had to jump though hoops to get listed. I wonder why it's so easy for some non-red plates.

But yeah - I don't pay much attention to most of the TA rankings. Even some of their top ranked restaurants, I thought were just 'meh'.

TA's vetting is lacking. I myself set up a driver on TA, and it was processed in a day or two. He is a red plate, has been for roughly 20 years just to be clear. I believe at the time I just had to show proof that he in fact had his own business, where I just shared the link to his website.

[Mike_D]

TA's vetting is lacking. I myself set up a driver on TA, and it was processed in a day or two. He is a red plate, has been for roughly 20 years just to be clear. I believe at the time I just had to show proof that he in fact had his own business, where I just shared the link to his website.

Crazy! I remember reading a story that explained how TA is no longer an impartial source for travel info, since they started booking hotels and allowing businesses to advertise on their site. I believe it said that site sponsorship actually gets factored in to a ranking. It also stated that there are marketing companies that can be hired to bost your ranking with artificial reviews. I will see if I can find the link...