{
  "id": 18079395,
  "title": "2,000 TripAdvisor reviews in 62 seconds for one cent: what one Times Square hotel's guests actually complain about",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/2-000-tripadvisor-reviews-in-62-seconds-for-one-cent-what-one-times",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-04T06:41:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/locaihost_data/2000-tripadvisor-reviews-in-62-seconds-for-one-cent-what-one-times-square-hotels-guests-actually-3ea1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "To analyze a hotel's recent reviews on TripAdvisor, the TripAdvisor Reviews Scraper on Apify was used to gather 2,000 reviews from the Hotel Edison Times Square in New York City between December 12, 2024 and November 3, 2026. The analysis costs just $1.00, with each 1,000 reviews costing $0.50 on the Starter tier. The recent reviews reveal an average rating of 4.43 out of 5, which is higher than the hotel's all-time average of 3.9. The happiest guests are solo travelers, couples, and friends, while business travelers rate the hotel lowest. Happy guests frequently mention staff and location, while unhappy guests focus on the room's conditions, such as noise, outdated features, and poor air conditioning. The front desk is also frequently mentioned in negative reviews due to check-in issues and perceived rudeness. The hotel responds to almost all reviews quickly, with an average reply time of 4.6 days, demonstrating a strong review management process.",
  "summary": "TripAdvisor shows a hotel's all-time score at the top of the page. For an old hotel with 18,000 reviews, that number mostly describes stays from years ago. If you want to know what guests say now, you need the recent reviews themselves, in a table. So we pulled them. One run of our TripAdvisor Reviews Scraper on Apify, pointed at the Hotel Edison Times Square, asking for 2,000 reviews: Time: 62…",
  "key_points": [
    "2,000 TripAdvisor reviews gathered for Hotel Edison Times Square in 62 seconds",
    "Average rating of 4.43 out of 5, higher than the hotel's all-time average of 3.9"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}