Our customer hotel reviews continued to pour in thick and fast during 2009. We now have over 165,000 on the site with hundreds more being added every day. We really believe our (or should we say your) independent hotel reviews are the best on the net – you can only get a review on to Travel Republic once you’ve made a booking and returned from your stay. This makes the reviews 100% authentic and not open to manipulation. This is more than can be said for many of the other leading hotel review sites!

So, without further ado, which hotels received the best reviews during 2009? When reviewing a hotel customers are asked to rate their experience from 1 (Terrible) to 5 (Excellent).

1. Villa Cortes Hotel in Tenerife
   Average Rating: 4.87
2. Corinthia Grand Royal Hotel in Budapest
   Average Rating: 4.81
3. Turquoise Hotel in Side, Turkey
   Average Rating: 4.81
4. Eden Mar Hotel in Funchal, Madeira
   Average Rating: 4.81
5. Elysium Beach Resort Hotel in Paphos, Cyprus
   Average Rating: 4.79
6. Qubus Hotel in Krakow
   Average Rating: 4.79
7. Concorde De Luxe Resort Hotel in Lara, Turkey
   Average Rating: 4.78
8. Tivoli Marina Vilamoura Hotel in Vilamoura, the Algarve
   Average Rating: 4.77
9. Costa Los Gigantes Suites And Spa Resort Hotel in Tenerife
   Average Rating: 4.74
10. Pestana Alvor Park Hotel in Alvor, the Algarve
    Average Rating: 4.74
11. Iberostar Costa Calero Hotel in Lanzarote
    Average Rating: 4.74
12. Bitacora Hotel in Tenerife
    Average Rating: 4.73
13. Arona Gran Hotel in Tenerife
    Average Rating: 4.72
14. Cordial Mogan Playa Hotel in Gran Canaria
    Average Rating: 4.72
15. Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas
    Average Rating: 4.71
16. Las Marismas De Corralejo Hotel in Fuerteventura
    Average Rating: 4.7
17. Porto Bay Falesia Hotel in Albufeira, the Algarve
    Average Rating: 4.7
18. Mare Nostrum Hotel in Tenerife
    Average Rating: 4.68
19. City Inn Westminster Hotel in Westminster, London
    Average Rating: 4.68
20. Marina Luz Hotel in Majorca
    Average Rating: 4.67

* To be eligible a hotel needed to receive 25 or more reviews during the year.

Many congratulations to the 20 hotels listed above, which have clearly delivered an excellent customer experience to Travel Republic customers during 2009. Given that we now have over 70,000 hotels on the website a spot in the top 20 is an amazing achievement.

If you’re looking for inspiration about where to stay during 2010 then why not have a look at the reviews of these hotels?

“We arrived to the hotel early morning, and was amazed at what we where pulling up to. It looked better than the pictures. The reception staff where very warm and welcoming, they gave us everything we needed know. The room was more than we expected, with a lovely balcony, mini bar, bath and shower with very comfy beds. The views by the outdoor pool where breathtaking, with orange cliffs and sea views. The food was lovely, we never had a horrible meal once, just perfect.”

Just one of the reviews of the Porto Bay Falesia Hotel in Albufeira, for example – sounds pretty tempting to us!