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title: "How PolarPuffin works"
description: "How PolarPuffin turns hundreds of reviews into five small changes a week, with the proof behind each one and a check on whether it worked."
url: https://polarpuffin.com/en/how-it-works
lang: en
alternate: https://polarpuffin.com/como-funciona
updated: 2026-10-11
publisher: POLARGATE S.L. (CIF B24895005)
---

How it works

# How PolarPuffin works

We do not summarise reviews. Every week we tell you the smallest changes that will do most for your guests, with the reviews that prove it.

Last updated: 11 October 2026

## Five steps every week

1. We bring together the hotel's Google, TripAdvisor and Booking reviews.

2. Claude reads every review in its language and records each complaint and each piece of praise with its exact quote.

3. The code counts, weights recent reviews more and ranks the changes by how small they are and how many complaints they solve.

4. Every Monday the report arrives by email with up to five changes (and, with Hotel Pro, the draft replies).

5. When the hotel marks a change as done, we check at 4 and 8 weeks whether it worked.

## The first thing you see on Monday

One screen, always in the same order.

1. 01 **Your 90-day score.** On each platform, with the trend against the previous 90 days and the number of reviews.
2. 02 **One sentence.** The most important thing this week, said plainly.
3. 03 **This week's changes.** Numbered, one line each: what to do and who does it.
4. 04 **What needs a look today.** Open alerts and negative reviews with no reply.
5. 05 **What worked.** The last change measured and its verdict.

## What a change is

A concrete action, done by a named role, in days rather than months, at a small cost and asked for by your reviews.

Not a change

“Improve cleanliness”.

A change

“Add checking the shower drain and clearing hair to the housekeeping checklist”.

### How they are ranked

- **Smallest for your hotel first.** The lowest-cost, quickest changes go in, among those with enough evidence.
- **Then, what fixes the most complaints.** One change that fixes three complaints at once beats three that fix one each.
- **Five at most.** If fewer have enough evidence, fewer appear. We never pad the list.
- **Big things, separately.** Building work or a new supplier is not a quick change: it appears as a bigger issue, with what you can do in the meantime.

## Alerts between reports

By email, with at most one message a day carrying the top three. Risk alerts go out on their own, straight away.

- **Risk:** A review mentions health, allergies, an injury, pests, theft or discrimination.
- **Something new and growing:** A complaint that was not there before and keeps coming up.
- **Same place again:** The same room, area or dish comes up twice in two months.
- **Score dropping:** A platform's 30-day score falls clearly against the previous 90 days.
- **Negative reviews with no reply:** 1 or 2-star reviews still without a reply after three days.

## Replies to reviews

Every draft is in the guest's language, answers what they said and only states what the hotel has confirmed. If you have made a change, the reply can mention it.

The review · Booking · 6 out of 10 · Illustrative example

«Great location and lovely staff, but the shower in our room barely had hot water in the mornings and the pillows were flat.»

Generic reply

Dear guest, thank you for your feedback. We are sorry your stay did not meet your expectations. We hope to welcome you again soon.

It could sit under any review. It says nothing about the shower or the pillows.

PolarPuffin draft

Thank you for staying with us and for the kind words about the team and the location. You were right about the hot water: our maintenance team found a fault in the heater serving your room and fixed it on 3 October. We have also started offering a choice of firm or soft pillows in every double room. We would be glad to show you the difference next time. Marta, General Manager

In the guest's language. It answers each complaint and only uses facts the hotel has confirmed:

- Heater checked, 3 October
- Choice of two pillow types, since 1 October

## If it worked, you will know

You mark a change as done, with its date. At 4 and 8 weeks we compare complaints on that topic with the 12 weeks before.

**Hot water in the morning** · Complaints per week

Illustrative example

Before: 26 complaints in 12 weeks. After: 3 in 8 weeks.

It works Complaints drop to less than half and the difference is not chance.

## What we do not do

So you can trust every line of the report.

- It does not promise a higher score: it gives an estimate with its method, never a promise.
- It does not publish replies on its own: the hotel reviews each draft and publishes it.
- It does not store or show the name of whoever wrote a review.
- It does not make up numbers: the code calculates every figure and every sentence from the AI cites the reviews behind it.

## Try PolarPuffin with your hotel

Get a free report for your hotel, built from its real reviews. Then, if you like, a 30-day trial with no card.

[Get the free report](https://polarpuffin.com/en/pricing) [See pricing](https://polarpuffin.com/en/pricing)
