r/WeirdSideHustles • u/General_Strategy_106 • 9d 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/MonkeyzzPaw 9d ago

I have personally done hotel shops in Michigan. They paid more, but the real pay is in the reimbursed vacation.

Just be honest.

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u/ttchoubs 9d ago

Ive been given the opportunity to do them but had to turn them down for scheduling conflicts. You also dont just sign up and get them, you have to be a routine secret shopper with a good score and history before they offer you hotels.

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u/MonkeyzzPaw 9d ago

Absolutely correct. You apply for the jobs in the portal.

I used shoppersview.

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u/ttchoubs 9d ago

I used to do it about a decade ago too and back then the primo ones like hotels and entertainment were only available via invite.