Hannah Ricketts

[Whim Away]

I miss the shopping/afternoon tea vlogs , the hotel ones are ok, the food ones..meh! Like you all say, these new ones are making her money so why would she stop. I don't watch her as much anymore.

 

[Mark81]

She would probably argue this isnt her 'job', but it is. Its her second one.

She may have got away with that a few years ago but not shes so very clearly working the algorithm and using clickbait for views. She also has a sponsor for every vlog now and wants people to use her links

This isnt just 'a bit of fun', but shes doing the bare minimum to make a secondary income stream

 

[Flowerpotgirl]

Does anyone think the bag was gifted? It seems so trashy and nasty for her. I was wondering if an admirer who was alone in a dark room one weekend binged her videos and found out what he thought was her favourite bag. Tattlers are amazing sleuths, but these obsessive guys take it to another level. If she chose it herself, she really isn't the classy girl she’s trying to portray, but it does check out with the forced fake accent.

I have only just started watching her in the last couple months, so I don’t have any background or biases yet. I have noticed the constant weight mentions, and needing to work out, and having to “watch it” and shouldn’t be eating a dessert etc. that’s already tiring. And the Taco Bell video was so incredibly dumb I still haven’t recovered. She had like 3 bites and was like “OMG GUYS AM I GONNA GET SICK?” It was so ridiculous.
Ps-I also wondered if the Paddington was gifted, but by Chloe. It seemed like she had it before it was available to purchase. I could be wrong.

 

[Millie2023]

I like Hannah, but I think she needs to pick a lane. She often says that xyz is beyond her “price point”, then she goes and splurges £££ on afternoon teas, Chanel pumps and sausage rolls from Harrods. If she wants to be “high end”, she should just go for it, unapologetically. It may lose her subs, but people will unsubscribe anyhow, if she’s giving out a confusing message!

 

[Sabbie]

I think she’s vlogged WF a couple of times.
I hate to stereotype, but a lot of men don’t like shopping, and her new audience dolling out the cash are men who like to fantasize about being out with her for a date. Going to MaccieD’s keeps her relatable for the poor ones who think they can’t afford her tastes. (We’ve all seen her taste with that HORRENDOUS bag) She’s their Pretty Woman in their eyes. I am not calling her a prostitute, far from it, but she’s following the money at this point, and pandering to a bunch of sad men. Who can blame her. She’s accidentally found a niche, and I thought she’d get to half a million subs by the end of the year, but she will for sure get there much earlier!

 

[Silverback]

The whole thing is lazy and imaginative and obviously targeted to bring in the maximum income and subs. On the one hand, she’s earning good money from it. On the other, scrambling around to meet online trends and constantly sell your soul in that way is utterly grim.

Does she not miss doing simple videos of mooching around Kensington and doing a bit of shopping? I loved those. I’m never going to watch her going to Greggs. I feel like she’s lost her original audience.

 

[Mark81]

Ive been fortunate enough to stay at Claridges and thats the one I want her to do as ive experienced it myself so will be easier to tell how truthful shes being

 

[Mark81]

She has sold herself out! Become the very person she slagged off on the early vlogs with such spite

Yes and this is my main issue with her.

Fsir enough though, shes chasing the money. But i think shes lost a chunk of her original audience. I know at least 5 people who used to watch her who now dont

 

[Hot_Dogs_Or_Toes]

I'm going to be controversial here but I'm actually quite enjoying these hotel vlogs. Some hotels that I've always thought must be really nice are actually barely above Premier Inn quality in reality (The Savoy I'm looking at you!)

It is annoying me a little though that she seems to be skimping on some of the food options when she's there. I don't really want to see her eating a bowl of fruit for breakfast let's see what the proper breakfasts they offer are like! I presume she doesn't want to pile on the pounds having a full English every week but still...

 

[emm]

I find it hard to believe that these ‘influencers’ can earn so much for content that is often so vacuous. Even those who start off with good intentions seem to be corrupted by the money or their perceived fame. People that I once liked eventually change. Gary Eats, for example, now uses clickbait titles with a stupid selfie pulling a silly faux-shocked face superimposed over some restaurant they are reviewing. Take Hannah’s review on Tuesday …

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She actually enjoyed the meal! But here she is with an intentionally ambiguous/misleading title pulling an exaggerated face like a bad actor in a hammy silent movie. Gary has started to do similar which is disappointing. I do find it quite surprising that these fundamentally very unexceptional people can make a lot of from this content, in an economy where it can be challenging to make ends meet. Poncing around buying ugly handbags for £thousands. It’s a strange world indeed. Forgive the rant folks, had a trying day yesterday.

Yeh I agree, I think back in the day people started social media just for a hobby, now it seems most people just hope to end up being able to quit their job and do it full time so just resort to cheap click bait to get views

 

[Sakkiedekock]

Never been to Greggs?
She's surely trolling us now.

 

[Uncle Maniac]

I prefer the hotels over the food ones, or yet another walk around Harrods. Problem is they're getting worse and worse with less and less effort. I thought this weeks was particularly weak. And shes very inconsistent with her criticisms. She slated the shard, but that was miles ahead of this weeks 'suite' which was just two random rooms with no cohesive design.

Yes, @Mark81 I think some of us differ in our preferences - hotels/food/walking around shops in London and talking a lot. My issue with all of Hannah's vlogs is that, after a while, whatever she's doing, it's the same formula. It was with the shopping (how many vlogs of her visiting Harrods do we actually need to see?), and it's becoming the same with the restaurant reviews and the hotels. I've found the last few incredibly boring, and she's not very critical in an engaging way like Jay Rayner, now reviewing restaurants for the FT, to quote one example. She checks in to a hotel, goes to her room, checks for dust, sees if the interior of the kettle is clean, looks at the quality of the slippers ... are they flimsy, branded etc, does the bathroom have a bath and separate shower, are the towels and dressing gowns crusty, expresses disappointment if the hairdryer isn't a Dyson in a 5 Star hotel, are there complementary biscuits? How much is the KitKat in the mini bar? Do you get a pen or a humble pencil with the notepad? She walks around the public area of the hotel (Bars, Restaurant, Spas), pauses for a cocktail and overpriced food maybe, requests a turn-down service, goes to bed, wakes up, has breakfast, and checks out. I question my sanity watching it week in week out, to be honest.

Although I marginally preferred the shops, cafes and walking around London, it also became very formulaic and repetitive. She certainly comes across as a creature of habit. If I were her, I'd become very bored with doing the same thing week in, week out. She is getting lazy; she jumps on bandwagons ... I guess the income from this encourages her to carry on.

 

[Duttonfl]

She went to the Savoy today and that room was tiny and no plugs for the kettle. She ate but the serving was so tiny she went to McDonald's later for food. It made me feel better staying in a Premier Inn. My last stay by Kings Cross was 200 pounds but at least it had coffee and biscuits. Free coffee and doughnuts in the morning as the kitchen was having a remodel. I miss her lunches with the sister.

 

[Sabbie]

I watched a pub crawl around Harrods yesterday. C’mon Han. Just think of the tips you’ll get from lonely Canadians.

 

[Mark81]

Yes hannah!

 

[Shalimar]

I understand why she goes to these chain stores, but why doesn't she try out the independent places and give honest reviews?

Too far from home I'd say. She really doesn't adventure different parts of London. I prefer to stay in a different neighbourhood and discover different vibes in each trip to London. Hannah is not very helpful in that sense.

 

[emm]

Just watching the latest video, hotel looks incredible. But again going on about not wanting to eat too much so didn't actually have a dinner just a couple of snacks. Also she mentions wanting to try the jacuzzi but I don't get why she wouldn't want to use the pool/sauna etc. Seems like such a waste

 

[Mercurial]

God forbid Hannah reviews a Middle Eastern / Chinese / Indian or basically any 'Ethnic' restaurant / takeaway lol I can just imagine all the complaining.

I watch London Hustle and London Eats on YT (they are food delivery guys) and the number of different independent but interesting food places around London from where they deliver food, is astounding.

Agree there are amazing Lebanese bakeries in London. The one on Kensington Church Street does amazing food especially the pistachio and date bread for reasonable prices. It's really popular with tourists from the Middle East. She lacks imagination.

 

[greeneggmagic]

Definitely not saying it’s ok , just pointing out that the reason she can say that publicly is because she is not struggling for money so maybe doesn’t understand the other side of it
So many people have small Disney businesses including some forum members here and I personally don’t think it’s that big of a deal!
I know of loads of small shops that literally relied on their Etsy sells to survive lockdowns and I think to bash them is unnecessary and comes from a place of privilege , that’s all
I agree that it is annoying when YouTubers like Yaz and Ash who also are privileged make money from lazy knock off disney merch but there are thousands of others who do it too and clearly Disney themselves don’t seem to mind

I disagree with this. So if someone has a good job they can’t copy things but if they are struggling they can? No one should be ripping off other peoples work. If they are surviving on Etsy sales, they need to find something else to sell then. It’s like singing someone else’s song and releasing it, but it’s ok if they are poor? No

 

[Namima]

She's so passive aggressive.
Tells us a long drawn out story about 'whatever' and then says, something to the effect of why am I blathering on about this, you don't care.
So why did you talk about 'whatever' in the first place, and, secondly, why didn't you edit that bit out of the vlog if you thought we wouldn't care about it ?????
She's done this in so many vlogs, and so many times in 2 vlog, it's bloody annoying.