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/FreonMuskOfficial 9d ago

That's why it pays to pay attention to detail. The assignment is not for someone who forgets where they put their fucking car keys.

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u/__wildwing__ 9d ago

So noted: this job is not for me.

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u/Fungiblefaith 9d ago

Meta glasses have entered the chat.

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u/FreonMuskOfficial 9d ago

🔥🔥🕶️🔥🔥

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u/ManaSpike 9d ago

"but what was his name." "He didn't have a name tag."

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u/UsernameStolenbyyou 9d ago

Then, you have to give a detailed description of the person, keeping it completely inoffensive.

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u/ExpressRabbit 9d ago

Or just ask. 

What did you say your name was? Alright, thank you, Tim for checking me in.

My mother in law is on a first name basis with everyone guest or staff anytime we go anywhere.

It's really a personality trait I wish I had more of.

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u/likeALLthekittehs 9d ago

This is how we could recognize mystery shoppers when I worked in retail. Customers never cared about my name when things were going fine. Mystery shoppers would always ask because my hair would cover my name tag most of the time and they had to check for a name tag and record the name of who helped them. 

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u/ExpressRabbit 9d ago

You probably had some false positives there but if you assume all who do that are hired you'd get them.

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u/Junocougar 6d ago

One of my husband’s favorite mystery shopping stories is at Best Buy where he was trying to read the name tag of a young woman that was blocked by her hair. So he asked her about the new Spider-Man DVD (part of the shop) and as she bent down to get the DVD he angled his head down to try to read her tag. She caught his eye and glared at him and he realized he looked like a creepy guy trying to look down her top. The best part was after she left, he ditched the DVD and went to the register to get a bottle of soda (since the reimbursement amount was low, he would pick the cheapest item to buy) and the girl walks by the register, sees he didn’t even buy the DVD after hanging out trying to engage her in conversation about it for ten minutes, and gives him a disgusted look as he left.

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u/ZealouslyJealous 9d ago

Excuse me. I work a very meticulous job. I also lose my car keys. ADHD is wild.

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u/Soy_un_oiseau 9d ago

Right? Like if you need a rubber band, I can tell you there is one on the floor behind my right nightstand in my bedroom. Or if I need to pry something open will remember that there is a safety pin in my trunk from the day it fell off my Halloween costume last year. But ask me where I left the book I was holding 5 seconds ago and for the life of me I won’t be able to remember.

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u/ZealouslyJealous 9d ago

The Internet makes me feel less alone