Tripadvisor
Complaint signal is 7.3%.
Praise signal is 28.1%.
Baseline signal is 5.9%.
Delta vs baseline is 1.4 points.
Topic
What reviews say about location in Missouri, United States
Location appears in 6.7% of analyzed complaint excerpts in this market.
Tripadvisor is above the baseline by 1.4 percentage points.
- Confidence
- 27,050
- Reviews analyzed
- Last update
- September 16, 2026
- 2 platforms in the sample
At a glance
Share of complaint snippets where this topic appears by platform.
This metric tracks topic presence in complaint snippets, not positive versus negative sentiment split.
Balance is praise minus complaint for this topic on the same platform.
Tripadvisor
Signal balance: +20.8pp
Complaint signal
7.3%
Praise signal
28.1%
Google Maps
Signal balance: +16.0pp
Complaint signal
6.1%
Praise signal
22.1%
How this market compares
Compare this country-level view with global cross-category patterns.
Largest gap:
Tripadvisor is above baseline by 1.4 points.
Tripadvisor
Global baseline
5.9%
Google Maps
Global baseline
5.2%
Platform-by-platform signal
Compare complaint and praise mentions by source, including the available baseline.
Google Maps
Complaint signal is 6.1%.
Praise signal is 22.1%.
Baseline signal is 5.2%.
Delta vs baseline is 0.9 points.
Largest difference from baseline
This is the largest measured difference between the current market and its available baseline.
Tripadvisor
1.4pp aboveCurrent signal is above baseline by 1.4 points (current 7.3%, baseline 5.9%).
Google Maps
0.9pp aboveCurrent signal is above baseline by 0.9 points (current 6.1%, baseline 5.2%).
What reviewers keep mentioning
These themes appear most often in the analyzed excerpts for this market.
Tripadvisor
Top complaints
BE AWARE THAT CAR BREAK-INS ARE AN ISSUE AT THIS HOTEL’S PARKING GARAGE.
Tripadvisor
Top complaints
I stayed the night of 8/22/20 and parked my car in their garage.
Tripadvisor
Top complaints
$15 parking fee on top of everything else.
Tripadvisor
Top praises
Great location.
Tripadvisor
Top praises
Great location
Tripadvisor
Top praises
Great location!
Google Maps
Top complaints
Harsh reality - you bait and switched me with a secure valet and charged me $52 for someone to park my car in an unsecured garage space where valet has no control.
Google Maps
Top complaints
Their parking was not secured at all.
Google Maps
Top complaints
$10.00 surcharge for 2nd occupant, $25.00 surcharge for parking.
Google Maps
Top praises
Great location.
Google Maps
Top praises
Good location.
Google Maps
Top praises
Great location!
Representative review quotes
These excerpts show the review language behind the measured signal.
Tripadvisor
Complaint quote
Lots of shopping with high end stores and many dining options to choose from BUT parking was impossible.
Review rating: 2.0
Tripadvisor
Praise quote
great area- lots of great shops and restaurants.
Review rating: 5.0
Google Maps
Complaint quote
There are plenty of better BBQ restaurants in the area—I would recommend spending your money elsewhere.
Review rating: 1.0
Google Maps
Praise quote
Country Road Ice House knocked it out of the park.
Review rating: 5.0
What the signal means
Coverage
311 insight listings mention Location in this scope.
Signal strength
Complaint signal is 6.7% across available platforms.
Praise signal is 25.1% across available platforms.
Next step
Pick one issue worth checking, then use recent reviews to see whether the pattern is still present.
This country view combines every indexed category with evidence for this topic in United States. Use it as a broad baseline, then open a category view before applying the pattern to a particular kind of business. Differences in complaint rate, praise rate, source mix, and excerpts show where a narrower check may be more useful.
Use the Location signal to decide where to look, then check it against recent feedback from your own local businesses.
Evidence behind this topic
- Location groups review language such as location, parking, neighborhood, nearby, and area, so the signal stays tied to concrete guest wording rather than a generic score.
- Missouri, United States uses 27050 analyzed reviews across 2 platforms, 2 locality records, and 311 supporting insight listings for Location.
- Tripadvisor has the strongest complaint signal for Location at 7.3%, compared with a measured average of 6.7% across platforms.
- Tripadvisor has the strongest praise signal for Location at 28.1%, compared with a measured average of 25.1% across platforms.
How reliable is this signal?
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Reviews analyzed
27,050
Platforms covered
2
Last update
September 02, 2026
Reports behind this finding
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Google Maps
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