HERE is a little-known way to ensure you always avoid being “catfished” by fancy hotels before booking a holiday.
Travel expert, Bryony Deery, 32, says holidaymakers shouldn’t trust everything they see on social media – but reveals how to use it to your advantage.
Bryony, founder of Pilates by Bryony, leads workout classes around the globe.
As Dior Beauty’s wellness expert, she also hosts retreats with Belmond’s Eastern & Oriental Express trains in Malaysia and the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in France.
When it comes to booking a holiday or a hotel, she recommends looking at tagged photos on social media apps such as Instagram.
She says: “I make sure to look at tagged pictures of hotels on Instagram to see if they actually match what the hotel is advertising on their website and branded accounts, to avoid being catfished by overly flattering photos.”
Bryony admits she does “find inspiration on social media”.
Say someone posts tips on cities on Instagram throughout the year, she’ll save them in her travel file and come back to them when the time is right.
She adds: “The algorithm on TikTok is also so good that it serves you all the inspiration you need.”
When it comes to flights, Bryony, who’s also the co-founder of Cloudcha matcha, says she’s usually loyal to British Airways.
But for trips further abroad she’ll opt for Emirates.
She says: “It’s just on another level. The seats and service are amazing.”
This goes for the food too, she explains: “I don’t normally eat when I fly.
“I’ll bring my own food instead. But the quality on Emirates for the food is so much better.”
It comes as two holiday makers were left “mortified” after their luxury break to Greece turned out to be a fluke, LADbible reports.
Friends Lewis Stacey and Christopher Smith forked out £750 each on the islands four-star boutique Porto Demo hotel.
They booked through loveholidays which promised them a “luxury” stay, close to the beach, with entertainment, an all-inclusive buffet and much more.
However, when they arrived they realised their trip to paradise had been “AI or computer generated” online.
Lewis told LADbible: “It was mortifying, like, my stomach completely sank.”
He added: “None of it looked like what was advertised online. That was a huge part of the problem.”
