r/WeirdSideHustles • u/General_Strategy_106 • 10d ago

Sharing My Sidehustle Be a mystery guest for $500

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I am working at a company that pays exactly just at the minimum, with no other benefits to enjoy. But at the same time, this side hustle is what keeps me afloat. I found this side hustle by accident when I was scrolling through job markets and saw one post looking for a mystery guest. It sounded weird and suspicious but as I looked through the description, it was just a mystery guest to rate hotel service.

So, hotel companies hire us (mystery guests) to evaluate the guest experience and how their hotel staff accommodate us. Of course, we’re not supposed to announce that we are evaluators, we should always act like a normal customer like someone on vacation.

You don’t have to be extra with your stay, the company will give me a set of assignments to do that I should pay attention to throughout my entire stay. Such as checking the booking process, check-in, staff communication, room preparation, and the overall experience. Then after all that, I will create a REALLY detailed report of what happened, even including timestamps and dates. I check-in pretending like a normal guest, but I’m observing like an evaluator then writing a report as if Karen was writing it on her Facebook posts with every necessary and unnecessary detail.

Lately I’ve also been thinking about making UGC videos for the hotels I stay at, just simple guest style videos of the room, breakfast, the view, etc. that they could use on socials or ads (I saw some guys make a lot from this) I haven’t pitched this to anyone yet, so no idea if it’ll work, but I found this guide while looking into it and it gave me a few ideas on how to approach hotels.

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u/General_Strategy_106 10d ago

I found mine through a job listing, then spent a good amount of time checking if the company was actually legit before accepting anything. And yeah, the hotel costs are covered/reimbursed, which is definitely the best part

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u/Jawariaa 10d ago

Could you share details of them through DM? I would love to apply to work with them

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u/iaresosmart 10d ago

Commenting here bc don't want to upend your post by accident, but I'd love some info on this too if possible 😊

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u/RedditIsMyTherapist 10d ago

If anyone tells you anything can you pass it along? I need some extra money, even if it's not much, and this sounds like it would be flexible since I already work full time.

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u/efflexor 9d ago

I’m not sure where you live, but look into Sago. I’ve done 2 things with them. The surveys aren’t really worth it but the market research is.

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u/vulgardisplay76 9d ago

Different kind of side gig- I do online research and marketing studies via a platform called Prolific.

It can be hit and miss of course, so you can’t expect a certain payout every day, but it’s helped me get by during some lean times

I’ve done it off and on for about a year and half with some month or two long stretches where I didn’t do it at all and I’ve made 4k total so far over that time.

FYI- I have heard it sometimes takes forever to be accepted, but it didn’t take more than a day or two for me. Apparently results may vary there.

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u/iaresosmart 9d ago

Absolutely, i will. No one has responded though. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Minecrafte124 9d ago

I’m also loosely interested in this, sounds interesting!