london uk parent tripadvisor website holidaywatchdog.com holiday watchdog is a uk based travel website which is part of the tripadvisor media group and hosts user generated hotel reviews . the site primarily focuses on mediterranean and beach holidays with an emphasis on destinations such as egypt spain portugal cyprus greece and turkey as well as more exotic locations in the caribbean and asia pacific . it is because of this that a majority of the review content on holiday watchdog is for hotels offering package deals and catering for either the club 18 30 or classic family holidays in typically british and european holiday destinations such as magaluf ibiza ayia napa benidorm and in more recent years sharm el sheikh . users are able to review and rate holiday accommodations out of 10 as well as the having the option to upload personal holiday photographs alongside their reviews . the site also offers a holiday discussion forum where users can share information about travel related experiences . history edit the site was originally set up by chris brown and chris clarkson who met on a forum for affiliate marketers . chris brown came up with the idea for a review website whilst working at lastminute.com . 1 after launching the site in december 2003 it became an official company in april 2004 . in february 2008 the site was bought by tripadvisor . 2 external links edit holidaywatchdog.com official twitter references edit partnerships chris clarkson and chris brown . director magazine . 2009 12 11 . retrieved 2011 05 03 . tripadvisor acquires holiday watchdog . newsarticle . reuters . 2008 02 14 . retrieved 2009 07 15 . this article about a travel website is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title holiday watchdog & oldid 711904004 categories tripadvisortravel websitesinternet properties established in 2003website stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 march 2016 at 16 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view