Resort Images/Photos on TUG

[dioxide45]

I was looking at several resort pages on TUG and notice that the photos seem to be lacking for many resorts. There is also no way to know the age of any of the photos. Were they provided a recently or are they many years old? Would there be a way to add some type of note for each image as to when it was uploaded? Perhaps also a note indicating which ones are from the resort official website vs. member provided?

Also, Is there anything that can be done to get members to provide images to the resort pages? I know TUG provides a 2 month membership extension for reasonable reviews on a resort, so perhaps something similar can be provided for uploading recent images? Though perhaps the membership extension isn't enough of a carrot to get members to upload images.

I've uploaded images for a few resorts and I find the upload flow to be very clunky and the image size limitation is a pain. One at a time and no drag and drop option. It would be great if a drag and drop option was available and one could flip through each one to caption them before finalizing them. The system should also resize the images to be ideal for the website regardless of what size the uploaded file size was. I have a lot of resort photos that I would upload if the process wasn't as clunky.

It would also be nice if the resort photos were in more of a gallery format where only one image is shown with thumbnails below and you can flip through them. The thumbnail format requires you to click on each one to view the full size image. Just some suggestions.

 

[TUGBrian]

i will say a rework of the image upload feature is on the todo list eventually, but it will require a complete overhaul to complete.

perhaps there are pre-coded options at least for mobile that would make the uploading process quicker and easier from phones.

one big issue is the photo size, as most phones today just take absolutely ENORMOUS photos both in size and resolution, far more than any phone or pc could display at full resolution. in a dream world id love for a system that auto resized a photo so it is of a size (physically and visually) more acceptable for a website or mobile app.

the adding of a link at the thank you page after submitting a resort review to prompt owners to upload a photo of their last stay has been successful! though with thousands of resorts and only a % of owners uploading photos, im not sure it would ever catch up completely.

will say that most pages get a complete review/overhaul when owners click the link to notify us within a review page that the description or website or photos are out of date and it goes into a queue to get updated etc so if your home or favorite resort review page is in need of some love, let us know! (note this also happens on its own regularly, but again..thousands of resorts!)

note this link is available for anyone, not just members!

 

[Janann]

I know TUG provides a 2 month membership extension for reasonable reviews on a resort

I think it is 6 months.

will say that most pages get a complete review/overhaul when owners click the link to notify us within a review page that the description or website or photos are out of date and it goes into a queue to get updated etc

I wasn't aware of the "suggest edit" function, thanks! I guess I haven't been paying attention, but I have looked at plenty of reviews.

 

[dioxide45]

I think it is 6 months.

It depends. If the resort has a review award available it is 6 months. If no review award is available, then just 2 months.

 

[TUGBrian]

ive been giving folks 3 months minimum for the most part if its a review other than "nice resort, would stay again" even if it had a recent review.

resorts that havent been reviewed in over a year would earn 1y for a comprehensive review yes.

 

[rickandcindy23]

This reminds me that I need to post my other reviews. We have had the privilege of staying in several different units during our stay on Maui, and I have been writing the reviews but have not been posting them.

 

[TUGBrian]

I write mine in emails to myself too, lets me take plenty of time to remember everything to add!

 

[dioxide45]

Perhaps adding a photo uploader to the new review page would help with more. I suspect a lot of people take photos on their phone and an easier way to upload form mobile would be good too. Perhaps a TUG app?

 

[jwalk03]

I do agree it would be nice if the photos displayed a date. Some of them are ancient and you get to a resort and it looks absolutely nothing like those photos!

I always upload a ton of photos from my resorts stays and I do agree its clunky and time consuming- so anyway of making it easier would be welcome. 98% of my photos are from my iphone so if there was an easy way directly from the phone that would be awesome!

 

[TUGBrian]

will see if there is a way to add a mobile friendly photo upload option so people can easily transfer photos from their phones