Couple fined for bad hotel review

A couple have been charged an extra £100 (€125) by a hotel after leaving an online review describing it as a “filthy, stinking hovel”.

Tony and Jan Jenkinson said they were hit with the fine after leaving critical comments about the Broadway Hotel in Blackpool on TripAdvisor. They stopped at the hotel on their way to Oxford, paying £36 for a night in a double room.

But they said they encountered a string of problems, prompting Mr Jenkinson to post the review on August 30.