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Post by balddave on Aug 7, 2020 20:20:49 GMT
I occasionally flick through other sites relating to Skiathos, including FB and TA, I sometimes wonder why. occasionally you pick up a bit of useful information, but in general it’s back biting or one up brigade. Some many experts so little time. members of this forum tend to post honest, factual opinions, and questions posed get answered in an educated manner, not guesswork and hearsay. a benchmark being , posts can be 24 hours apart or more, not every 10-15 minutes. No real reason for this post except for the fact I’ve spent last half hour trawling through aforementioned sites. thank you all for your contributions, long may it continue, rant over.
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magicsteph
Junior Member
Posts: 38
Visits to Skiathos: More than 10
Accommodation Stayed At: Erm...
Bellina - Aghia Paraskevi (no longer used I don't think)
Elizabeth - AP
Prekas - AP
Ostria - AP
Hotel magic - AP
The apts attached to iguana bar - AP (would not recommend)
Anna Maria - AP (most recent and going back)
Yiannis - Troulos
Somewhere in the back of beyond in Troulos a long time ago.
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Post by magicsteph on Aug 8, 2020 14:14:54 GMT
I think I've already offended dome one on I love skiathos on fb. There were so many posts basically asking or informing of the situation on the island. Like 5 posts daily with what's going on regarding n asks, flights and how busy it is. Then another woman asked if the island is deserted 🙄 so I took a breath and just said if you scroll down the page there are many posts showing its not deserted. Do people not bother to actually look thesedays. Anyway it wasn't her who took the hump but another person on her behalf. I just find it insane that polk happily ask over and over but Noone looks to see if their question isn't needed because it's already been answered 5times over. I've only been on the page 2 week and I'm already vexed with it 🤣
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Post by dennisn on Aug 8, 2020 16:07:18 GMT
That’s the difference between here and Facebook. Start a topic with an intelligent title and it can be there forever where people can find it really easily. The Search function is decent too, whereas on FB you can forget to define where to search and get everything written by everybody from everywhere about everything.
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Post by kevb on Aug 8, 2020 20:57:17 GMT
I hardly post on the TA forum any more. It wasn't so much the cliqueiness as the policing of it with posts getting withdrawn and the realisation that TA really can't be bothered to offer some of the most basic functions like adding photos to forum posts, not sure there's a direct quote function eithee. It's like the dark ages of usenet. The platform that this forum uses (proboards) isn't that user friendly for pics either but at least it's possible. TA should have just stuck to being a review site, it's what it's good at (on the whole).
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dave67
New Member
Posts: 25
Visits to Skiathos: 5
Accommodation Stayed At: astoria
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Post by dave67 on Aug 9, 2020 7:31:30 GMT
i cant tell whats true and whats not anymore on ta forum there seems to be a lot of scaremongering going on at least on here you get good honest info
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Post by cariad23 on Aug 9, 2020 10:41:50 GMT
What really gets me on ta is quote I’ve booked ...... is it any good well the time to check is BEFORE u book are they too lazy to do research before easier to ask. I can honestly say I’ve never been disappointed with accommodation because I always check carefully if it suits me before booking. And as for what will the weather be the 3rd we’d in sept I’ll just get crystal ball shall I, what ever it is you”ll be there and you can’t change it. SL 1 goes to great lengths to put useful info on then people ask exact w hat he’s posted read the posts..... and if I meet the idiot who posts infantile jokes and claims a seat belongs to him I’ll give him a very wide berth !
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magicsteph
Junior Member
Posts: 38
Visits to Skiathos: More than 10
Accommodation Stayed At: Erm...
Bellina - Aghia Paraskevi (no longer used I don't think)
Elizabeth - AP
Prekas - AP
Ostria - AP
Hotel magic - AP
The apts attached to iguana bar - AP (would not recommend)
Anna Maria - AP (most recent and going back)
Yiannis - Troulos
Somewhere in the back of beyond in Troulos a long time ago.
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Post by magicsteph on Aug 9, 2020 10:58:54 GMT
I don't bother with TA anymore. I've never used it for skiathos and always did my own research, I was never disappointed. Then 1 year we looked on there for the villas we went sure about and the reviews were good. We were so annoyed when we got there to find them not to basic standard. Not just our room but my parents room too. I posted my review when we got back. And had a reply of basically we're sorry you didn't it but everyone erlse seems to 🙄 its not the best for honest reviews.
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magicsteph
Junior Member
Posts: 38
Visits to Skiathos: More than 10
Accommodation Stayed At: Erm...
Bellina - Aghia Paraskevi (no longer used I don't think)
Elizabeth - AP
Prekas - AP
Ostria - AP
Hotel magic - AP
The apts attached to iguana bar - AP (would not recommend)
Anna Maria - AP (most recent and going back)
Yiannis - Troulos
Somewhere in the back of beyond in Troulos a long time ago.
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Post by magicsteph on Aug 9, 2020 11:01:43 GMT
And as for what will the weather be the 3rd we’d in sept I’ll just get crystal ball shall I! Oh if only I could book the weather. I like a good skiathos thunderstorm. But I'd like it at night, preferably a Thursday 😂
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Post by kevb on Aug 9, 2020 12:13:04 GMT
Thunderstorms - From memory somewhere around end of first week in Sep seems a fair bet to get one. I've flown back at least twice very early in Sep only to see pictures of cracking thunderstorms within a couple of days of me getting home. In 6 visits Ive seen it rain twice, one 30min light shower and in another year an hour of moderately heavy stuff (and that was the year I had to go Sep7-14th as my mate couldn't get the week before off otherwise I'd have missed that shower as well😃). I've been very lucky on the whole.
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Post by yorkshiremouth on Aug 9, 2020 13:45:55 GMT
Last autumn when I went for the last week of the season (end of September/start of October) it was gorgeous every day, then just a tad cooler & cloudy on the last full day, which was great as I was on the 4x4 safari.
Then in departure day it started chucking it down on the coach on the way to the airport.
Perfect.
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Post by dennisn on Aug 9, 2020 14:21:35 GMT
For rain, see these two
Skiathos 23rd Sept, 2015 Birthday outing which was a year earlier.
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