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Old 31-10-2015, 20:11
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Hi all I have read your comments with amusement and at times outright shock and disgust!
Louise is my sister and the woman that is portrayed on this show is NOT the woman who everyone falls in love with when they meet her.
Let me tell you a few things you, myself and my sister was not aware of when entering this show...
The production team seek out B&B's not on the basis of how or what they offer, but on the people running them.
There was a 'script' accidentaly left at Lily's, these couples were chosen to clash!!
They do pre interviews and in my mind have decided who they know will be easiest to manipulate to cause a fuss before the show starts.
The script reviled one of the other b&b owners hated teddys, so what did the crew choose for Lily's activity? (they are each told to choose 3 and the crew decides which ones they do) making bloody teddys.
Im not going to defend any thing that was said or done on the show, its JUST a light entertainment show. However I will say this when a production crew are constantly at your side, flattering you, egging you on and prompting you to be critical its hard not to get caught up in the moment. When a production crew ask you a direct question on camera, and you give them a 7 sentence answer, most it it complimentary to find that only the one negative thing you said was used, its a bit gutting!!
Let me tell you a bit about this woman you have all decided is a bitch (on the strength of a heavily edited and cruelly manipulated show).
She is the woman who when I nearly died in a car crash at 18 years of age nursed me back to health, despite have two children under 5 she took the bus everyday for three months to visit me in hospital, she was at my side the day I left with 1 arm. She was there at the birth of all three of my children, because she was the one person I could count on, she was there for our youngest sister when she gave birth to her son. She stayed for the first week with us, for all our children, waking throughout the night, helping and caring for us all.
She is hard working, caring, loving, incredibly funny and smart.
She is not a sour faced bitch.
It amazes me how people on this site can say the most vicious things about two people they have never met, yet do not see the irony in the fact that there comments are far worse than anything said or shown on the show??? Do you know 1 'gentleman' actually went onto the b&b site and wished physical violence against them!!
WTF people it's a show, get a grip! You are all entitled to your opinion of the way the show chose to portray each of these couples, but some of you are downright vicious. There's a certain paradox in some one calling a stranger an evil bitch that clearly the person typing it hasn't sussed out!!
I certainly know when my sister returned she thought they were all lovely couples and wished she had had the chance to get to know them all better (this is not allowed the production crew say by your side 24/7)
Thank god this is a private site. I hope you are kinder to the next b&b they set up to be the baddies, every series has one!
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Old 31-10-2015, 20:18
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The sister has waded in with more BS .... Will they never learn!

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The lady doth protest too much methinks!
All she is doing is making matters worse!
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Old 31-10-2015, 20:19
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Old 31-10-2015, 20:32
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What in God's name has saving her life got anything to do with FIAB???
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Old 31-10-2015, 21:13
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Well, you have now!


What in God's name has saving her life got anything to do with FIAB???
Nothing.

The poster says they were chosen to clash. Shows how well the production team do their job. Sue and Louise were a gift.

The poster says: its JUST a light entertainment show. No it isn't. It's a reality TV programme. This genre is known for having contestants at each other's throats.

Although I agree with the comment - Do you know 1 'gentleman' actually went onto the b&b site and wished physical violence against them!!

That's not on.

Nearly every week on 4IAB there are people who have attracted criticism/s but very few who have attracted the level of criticism like these two have. Editing or no editing, that says a lot about them and their behaviour on 4IAB.
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Old 31-10-2015, 21:50
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Nearly every week on 4IAB there are people who have attracted criticism/s but very few who have attracted the level of criticism like these two have. Editing or no editing, that says a lot about them and their behaviour on 4IAB.
And what their supporters don't seem to realise is that the "competition" or should I say bear garden, is the same for all the B&B proprietors. But other people manage to come through the process very well, and do themselves and their businesses credit.
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Old 31-10-2015, 22:06
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And what their supporters don't seem to realise is that the "competition" or should I say bear garden, is the same for all the B&B proprietors. But other people manage to come through the process very well, and do themselves and their businesses credit.
I'm not sure I'd agree that it's the same for all TBH. You can be portrayed sympathetically or portrayed as nasty.

I don't think Sue and Louise are nasty people - I think they wanted to win - I think they are pernickety and you can't make that up. I also know that they have a much softer and nicer side than what was shown.

I think they simply chose to show every negative comment they made and nothing positive at all. I would hazard a guess that some of the others made negative comments too but that would detract from the 'baddies' and it wouldn't be such a good show.

Their tea room is packed out every single day and their 'pudding club' and special evenings are always sold out. The reviews on the B&B are all 5* and excellent - people do go back - would they go back if they are uch horrible people?

Sue is very successful because she's very driven and hard working - I guess she's also very competitive.

I think all the hate is pretty childish and OTT - they went on a show and hoped to win - they didn't kill anyone.
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Old 31-10-2015, 22:15
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I'm not sure I'd agree that it's the same for all TBH. You can be portrayed sympathetically or portrayed as nasty.

I don't think Sue and Louise are nasty people - I think they wanted to win - I think they are pernickety and you can't make that up. I also know that they have a much softer and nicer side than what was shown.

I think they simply chose to show every negative comment they made and nothing positive at all. I would hazard a guess that some of the others made negative comments too but that would detract from the 'baddies' and it wouldn't be such a good show.

Their tea room is packed out every single day and their 'pudding club' and special evenings are always sold out. The reviews on the B&B are all 5* and excellent - people do go back - would they go back if they are uch horrible people?

Sue is very successful because she's very driven and hard working - I guess she's also very competitive.

I think all the hate is pretty childish and OTT - they went on a show and hoped to win - they didn't kill anyone.
BIB- that is good.... because they will certainly lose business the way they were portrayed on tv...
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Old 31-10-2015, 22:22
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BIB- that is good.... because they will certainly lose business the way they were portrayed on tv...
i really don't think they will TBh. They are a village tea shop and a B&B that isn't in a 'tourist' area. The B&B guests are usually passing through or friends and relatives of local people. It's not as if it's a holiday destination.

Ironically they've been absolutely rushed off their feet all week.

I do know they have been very upset by the way they've been portrayed but they are mature enough to realise that they could have probably played a better game but that it's all a storm in a tea cup. No lasting damage will have been done - all the locals are finding it quite funny and pouring into the shop to chew the fat and have a good laugh.

And that is 100% truthful. It's a TV show - not life and death.
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Old 31-10-2015, 22:30
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[quote=Penny Crayon;80198664

And that is 100% truthful. It's a TV show - not life and death.[/QUOTE]

No, its not life or death but the way they conducted themselves WILL affect the footfall into their B&B. And considering they went on this show to IMPROVE their business, I think they failed.

Am happy that the locals are happy. Buts that not why they went on the show is it?
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Old 31-10-2015, 22:35
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No, its not life or death but the way they conducted themselves WILL affect the footfall into their B&B. And considering they went on this show to IMPROVE their business, I think they failed.

Am happy that the locals are happy. Buts that not why they went on the show is it?
No I don't suppose they went on the show and expected to be perceived and portrayed so negatively - I expect it's a lesson learned.

If you understood the dynamics/location you'd understand that it really won't make much difference at all.

It's a local shop for local people
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Old 31-10-2015, 22:59
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I'm not sure I'd agree that it's the same for all TBH. You can be portrayed sympathetically or portrayed as nasty.

I don't think Sue and Louise are nasty people - I think they wanted to win - I think they are pernickety and you can't make that up. I also know that they have a much softer and nicer side than what was shown.

I think they simply chose to show every negative comment they made and nothing positive at all. I would hazard a guess that some of the others made negative comments too but that would detract from the 'baddies' and it wouldn't be such a good show.

Their tea room is packed out every single day and their 'pudding club' and special evenings are always sold out. The reviews on the B&B are all 5* and excellent - people do go back - would they go back if they are uch horrible people?

Sue is very successful because she's very driven and hard working - I guess she's also very competitive.

I think all the hate is pretty childish and OTT - they went on a show and hoped to win - they didn't kill anyone.
You can only be seen as nasty if you give the producers the material which your mates did.

Yet they were the only ones to underpay everyone, some by vast amounts and they were the only couple who wouldn't stay at at any of the other b&bs.

Paying customers? Kerching!

They certainly did their best to win.

i really don't think they will TBh. They are a village tea shop and a B&B that isn't in a 'tourist' area. The B&B guests are usually passing through or friends and relatives of local people. It's not as if it's a holiday destination.

Ironically they've been absolutely rushed off their feet all week.

I do know they have been very upset by the way they've been portrayed but they are mature enough to realise that they could have probably played a better game but that it's all a storm in a tea cup. No lasting damage will have been done - all the locals are finding it quite funny and pouring into the shop to chew the fat and have a good laugh.

And that is 100% truthful. It's a TV show - not life and death.
But after everything like being set up as the baddies, have they been upset enough with C4/4IAb not to display their plaque?

So they admit playing a game?

If what's been said is true they have nothing to laugh about. So the locals are probably having a really good laugh at them.


No I don't suppose they went on the show and expected to be perceived and portrayed so negatively - I expect it's a lesson learned.

If you understood the dynamics/location you'd understand that it really won't make much difference at all.
It's a local shop for local people[/quote]

That says it all!

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It's a real rarity for people to provoke the response that they have. That says a lot about their behaviour on the prog.
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Old 31-10-2015, 23:00
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No I don't suppose they went on the show and expected to be perceived and portrayed so negatively - I expect it's a lesson learned.

If you understood the dynamics/location you'd understand that it really won't make much difference at all.

It's a local shop for local people
The thing is with FIAB, its not always about the B&B. Its the owners.

Many a time a B&B who isn't the greatest B&B but has the loveliest hosts comes out better than any of the others. People seem to warm to people they can relate to and if their B&B is nice then they tend to be the winners.

You can have the loveliest B&B in the world, but if people don't like the hosts, then people just wont visit.
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Old 31-10-2015, 23:03
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You can only be seen as nasty if you give the producers the material which your mates did.

Yet they were the only ones to underpay everyone, some by vast amounts and they were the only couple who wouldn't stay at at any of the other b&bs.

Paying customers? Kerching!

They certainly did their best to win.




But after everything like being set up as the baddies, have they been upset enough with C4/4IAb not to display their plaque?

So they admit playing a game?

If what's been said is true they have nothing to laugh about. So the locals are probably having a really good laugh at them.

It's a local shop for local people
That says it all!

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Yes it was meant to - we do have a sense of humour in Keelby you know.
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Old 31-10-2015, 23:07
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Yes it was meant to - we do have a sense of humour in Keelby you know.
You must have.
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Old 31-10-2015, 23:24
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Next week:

Monday

The contest begins at The King's Head in Addlethorpe, Lincolnshire, where landlady Helen Coy and her bar manager and best friend Emma Green are pulling out all the stops to win. The B&B owners are taken back to their childhood at the funfair, At dinner, B&B beginners Louise and Andy Macbeth rattle nerves when Louise reveals her past career as a hospitality journalist - leaving pub veteran Helen less than impressed.
http://kingsheadaddlethorpe.com/
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_R...e_England.html

Tuesday

B&B newcomers Andy and Louise Macbeth invite their rival hoteliers to spend the night at the dog-friendly Beck Hall in North Yorkshire, where an extra-critical Helen and Emma discover what they believe to be stray dog hairs in their bed. A fishing trip makes Terri feel a little out of sorts, and when the time arrives for feedback, the managers are surprised to learn two of their guests have indicated they would not come back for a second stay.
http://www.beckhallmalham.com/
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_R...e_England.html

Wednesday

The contestants travel to the Albaston in Torquay for the third day of the competition, where they are welcomed by owners and avid souvenir collectors, Kevin and Julie Shadbolt. Terri and Stuart are impressed by their room, but are startled by the memorabilia in the communal lounge, and expectations are raised at dinner when Kevin reveals he has a secret recipe for success when it comes to breakfast. However, at feedback the next day, tensions begin to rise.
http://www.albastonhotel.co.uk/
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_R...n_England.html

Thursday

The final stay of the week is in Bournemouth, at Terri and Stewart's specialist dance holiday venue the Hotel Piccadilly, where a class in the grand ballroom soon has the guests in a spin. However, temperatures rise over dinner when the simmering tension between Louise and Helen finally boils over.
http://www.hotelpiccadilly.co.uk/
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_R...t_England.html

Friday

The owners meet up for the last time to find out what they've been paid and to settle some scores. King's Head landlady Helen challenges Louise and Andy about the problems they reported on cleanliness in the bathroom. while Louise and Andy from Beck Hall get hot under the collar when the others criticise their dog-friendly approach.
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Old 01-11-2015, 04:38
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Alls I would say on the matter regarding the two lady's from Keelby. I was impressed at there b&b and even thought about staying or visiting with my wife,but after seeing the way the two behaved and gave pathetic reasons not to stay at other establishments, I wouldn't go near the place.
If they had guest who had came across the problems that they allegedly had,I think they would of expected the owner to have a reasonable opportunity to put things right. Instead they were like a pair of childish school girls in the way they behaved.
I said to the wife after the second night ( there first night in staying in someone else b&b ) don't they realise its not just how people perceive there establishment but how the owners present themselves as well.
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Your petulant, puerile response on this forum says it all. Why get so angry?

BTW, I am certainly not your "mate". We have never been formally introduced.
NOT YOUR MATE, is actulally something a MALE would say isnt it, not a PENNY?
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Old 01-11-2015, 06:00
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i really don't think they will TBh. They are a village tea shop and a B&B that isn't in a 'tourist' area. The B&B guests are usually passing through or friends and relatives of local people. It's not as if it's a holiday destination.

Ironically they've been absolutely rushed off their feet all week.

I do know they have been very upset by the way they've been portrayed but they are mature enough to realise that they could have probably played a better game but that it's all a storm in a tea cup. No lasting damage will have been done - all the locals are finding it quite funny and pouring into the shop to chew the fat and have a good laugh.

And that is 100% truthful. It's a TV show - not life and death.
YOU DONT GET IT DO YOU? You have openly admitted they were PLAYING A GAME.... You say its a TV show - NOT LIFE AND DEATH.....

Your just as naive.

It wasnt all about Lilly Pad was it? Thats typically selfish and makes me so bloody mad.

4 contestants go on that programme. They are ALL hard working in the main, and they want to showcase their B&Bs....

For example. Let me remind you.

The Clifton.

A guest house with an attached Coffee Shop. SOUND FAMILIAR does it?

The Lilly Pad

A guest house with TEA rooms.

Hummmmmmmmm so what do you do. Your game playing so you get there and look for EVERYTHING negative to mark down the competition.

First. Moan about the work going on outside. Then you enter and are taken to your room. Your hearts sink....as the room is spotless and well presented. Hummmmmmmm now you need something really bad to enable you to pay a lot less. You were hoping it would be a horrible place but no its BETTER then yours and cheaper too.

So you make a DRAMA.....about a few marks on the sheets....... You know damn well that the sheets are actually clean, but marked probably with detergent. I mean its hardly going to be hotel sperm is it......so for affect you HAVE TO SLEEP ON TOWELS.

Everyone watching it, will be thinking oh dear poor thing, fancy leaving a sheet so stained boo hoo....So you know you are going to pay HALF the cost.

£30. That is for a stained sheet.......

What about the price of the BREAKFAST?
So sue is quite happy to eat the breakfast. Yet knowingly marks down the room to 30.00 whilst she is stuffing her face with a FREE BREAKFAST......,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

yet they are saying to YOU and all and sundry they could have played a BETTER GAME.

Pray tell would that have meant they would have paid NOTHING FOR A STAINED SHEET. On their forms they say they wouldnt stay there again. Have you actually seen their place and their website? Its immaculate. Their reviews are far better then The Lilly Pads.....

NEXT.

MELODY HOUSE...... again big deals, allergy to feathers blah blah blah, and then another low payment and NO to staying again.

OK Next.

The Castle Hotel. PERFECT place. The minute they walk in the door..they know they have lost. They even say a physic told them their competition would be from a place with CASTLE in it. Well if you believe that you will believe anything.

So Sue sits down her heart sinks.....there is NOTHING in this Hotel you can complain about, so they put their heads together and decide the best way....BANGING doors, privacy etc, et el........ under pay and say NO again.

NOW you say it has not harmed them, there is no life or death situation but what you fail to realise is this programme was not called The Lilly Pad show....... it was FIAB.

FOUR IN A BED. The Lilly Pad, The Clifton, The Melody and The Castle.

FOUR B&B all showcasing their places.

DONT YOU THINK that really bad and negative reviews from Sue and Louise could actually HARM THE OTHERS PLACES? Does that not come into the EQUATION THEN?

BY making it all sound worse then it is, all the thousands who watch and fall for it, actually write really bad REVIEWS ON THOSE B&B too.... do you not realise by their actions they can HARM OTHER HARD WORKING PEOPLE?

2 weeks ago on FIAB the guy was made to look like a monster Mike his name was he owned The Castle. All the people on the show tore into him. They had bad reviews left on their website, and they lost business.

The same last week with Ray, a nice young perhaps naive guy who was trying his hardest to get his hotel up to scratch but again, the competition made his place out to be filthy, they tore into him, and everyone watching decided they were being truthful and hey they wouldn't stay there, and again he had bad reviews left on his website.

Need I go on.

The idea of FIAB is to stay at other peoples establishments in different areas. To perhaps learn from experienced people, share stories, and get ideas. To stay in a place and MARK IT on what it offers. Was it good value for money, clean, etc and have facilities.....provided which reflect the price. For me truthfully the only one I would have stayed at was The Clifton. For £60 they offered a immaculate room, breakfast, freeview, free wifi.......... Anyway I digress.

Sue and Louise knowingly game played. They admitted it to you. But by doing so they have actually probably harmed some of the competitors as like minded people will see it FALL FOR it, and not bother to try it or go there.

ITS NOT JUST ABOUT THE LILLY PAD...is it.

Its not a silly game, its a serious game with peoples livelihoods at stake.

ALL the contestants who stayed at The Lilly Pad were fair. Even Audrey had a fair point about the electrics. The wiring in that room was classed as dangerous. My husband is an electrician, and he was amazed it was passed as safe but all of them said they would stay there again. They were being fair. Even with criticism on the feedback forms ALL of them said they would stay at ALL the places.

I hope Sue & Louise feel good about themselves, and that they sleep well in their polyester sheets and pillows, but THEY did do harm you could see that by the deflated look just on Liz face when she saw they had only paid 30.00.
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YOU DONT GET IT DO YOU? You have openly admitted they were PLAYING A GAME.... You say its a TV show - NOT LIFE AND DEATH.....

Your just as naive.

It wasnt all about Lilly Pad was it? Thats typically selfish and makes me so bloody mad.

4 contestants go on that programme. They are ALL hard working in the main, and they want to showcase their B&Bs....

For example. Let me remind you.

The Clifton.

A guest house with an attached Coffee Shop. SOUND FAMILIAR does it?

The Lilly Pad

A guest house with TEA rooms.

Hummmmmmmmm so what do you do. Your game playing so you get there and look for EVERYTHING negative to mark down the competition.

First. Moan about the work going on outside. Then you enter and are taken to your room. Your hearts sink....as the room is spotless and well presented. Hummmmmmmm now you need something really bad to enable you to pay a lot less. You were hoping it would be a horrible place but no its BETTER then yours and cheaper too.

So you make a DRAMA.....about a few marks on the sheets....... You know damn well that the sheets are actually clean, but marked probably with detergent. I mean its hardly going to be hotel sperm is it......so for affect you HAVE TO SLEEP ON TOWELS.

Everyone watching it, will be thinking oh dear poor thing, fancy leaving a sheet so stained boo hoo....So you know you are going to pay HALF the cost.

£30. That is for a stained sheet.......

What about the price of the BREAKFAST?
So sue is quite happy to eat the breakfast. Yet knowingly marks down the room to 30.00 whilst she is stuffing her face with a FREE BREAKFAST......,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

yet they are saying to YOU and all and sundry they could have played a BETTER GAME.

Pray tell would that have meant they would have paid NOTHING FOR A STAINED SHEET. On their forms they say they wouldnt stay there again. Have you actually seen their place and their website? Its immaculate. Their reviews are far better then The Lilly Pads.....

NEXT.

MELODY HOUSE...... again big deals, allergy to feathers blah blah blah, and then another low payment and NO to staying again.

OK Next.

The Castle Hotel. PERFECT place. The minute they walk in the door..they know they have lost. They even say a physic told them their competition would be from a place with CASTLE in it. Well if you believe that you will believe anything.

So Sue sits down her heart sinks.....there is NOTHING in this Hotel you can complain about, so they put their heads together and decide the best way....BANGING doors, privacy etc, et el........ under pay and say NO again.

NOW you say it has not harmed them, there is no life or death situation but what you fail to realise is this programme was not called The Lilly Pad show....... it was FIAB.

FOUR IN A BED. The Lilly Pad, The Clifton, The Melody and The Castle.

FOUR B&B all showcasing their places.

DONT YOU THINK that really bad and negative reviews from Sue and Louise could actually HARM THE OTHERS PLACES? Does that not come into the EQUATION THEN?

BY making it all sound worse then it is, all the thousands who watch and fall for it, actually write really bad REVIEWS ON THOSE B&B too.... do you not realise by their actions they can HARM OTHER HARD WORKING PEOPLE?

2 weeks ago on FIAB the guy was made to look like a monster Mike his name was he owned The Castle. All the people on the show tore into him. They had bad reviews left on their website, and they lost business.

The same last week with Ray, a nice young perhaps naive guy who was trying his hardest to get his hotel up to scratch but again, the competition made his place out to be filthy, they tore into him, and everyone watching decided they were being truthful and hey they wouldn't stay there, and again he had bad reviews left on his website.

Need I go on.

The idea of FIAB is to stay at other peoples establishments in different areas. To perhaps learn from experienced people, share stories, and get ideas. To stay in a place and MARK IT on what it offers. Was it good value for money, clean, etc and have facilities.....provided which reflect the price. For me truthfully the only one I would have stayed at was The Clifton. For £60 they offered a immaculate room, breakfast, freeview, free wifi.......... Anyway I digress.

Sue and Louise knowingly game played. They admitted it to you. But by doing so they have actually probably harmed some of the competitors as like minded people will see it FALL FOR it, and not bother to try it or go there.

ITS NOT JUST ABOUT THE LILLY PAD...is it.

Its not a silly game, its a serious game with peoples livelihoods at stake.

ALL the contestants who stayed at The Lilly Pad were fair. Even Audrey had a fair point about the electrics. The wiring in that room was classed as dangerous. My husband is an electrician, and he was amazed it was passed as safe but all of them said they would stay there again. They were being fair. Even with criticism on the feedback forms ALL of them said they would stay at ALL the places.

I hope Sue & Louise feel good about themselves, and that they sleep well in their polyester sheets and pillows, but THEY did do harm you could see that by the deflated look just on Liz face when she saw they had only paid 30.00.
^^^^^ All the above with knobs on. An excellent, well reasoned post.
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Old 01-11-2015, 08:57
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The two from Lilly's Pad just showed themselves as nasty, jealous, vindictive people who wanted to win at any cost. I certainly would want nothing to do with them.
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The two from Lilly's Pad just showed themselves as nasty, jealous, vindictive people who wanted to win at any cost. I certainly would want nothing to do with them.
In a nutshell.

Perhaps ? they are the nice people that others have claimed on social media but the rub is that is not how they came across, you only get one chance to be on FIAB, make it count for you, not against you.
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Old 01-11-2015, 09:21
Penny Crayon
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NOT YOUR MATE, is actulally something a MALE would say isnt it, not a PENNY?
ROFL

Yes - I am only pretending to know Sue from Lil(l)y's pad - I can't possibly know her I am just attention seeking. FGS - I can't even spell the name correctly.

And what's more I'm a male masquerading under a female user name.

Dear God - this place get's more childish by the day.
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Old 01-11-2015, 09:27
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ROFL

Yes - I am only pretending to know Sue from Lil(l)y's pad - I can't possibly know her I am just attention seeking. FGS - I can't even spell the name correctly.

And what's more I'm a male masquerading under a female user name.

Dear God - this place get's more childish by the day.
If you don't like what you see on here, you are not forced to read it or respond. And please don't blaspheme.
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