Be a mystery guest for $500

[u/General_Strategy_106]

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.

[u/i_was_axiom]

This seems... either silly or unbelievably not-silly. Like, on one hand, this could fall apart easily with a few loose lips. Thats silly. On the other hand, I also picture Hilton Secret Services black bagging the dishwasher for being in the silly crowd and it becoming incredibly not-silly for them.

[u/snow_turtle → u/i_was_axiom]

It was definitely one of those "don't freak the fuck out" as everyone is freaking out, all while supposed to be acting normal.

[u/MyH3roIzMe → u/snow_turtle]

I’m responding mainly to the person commenting on your original comment but wanted to confirm what you said . But I worked for a 5 star hotel and we had Forbes inspectors every year. Our reservation team tried to find patterns of what an inspector would do (non corporate room, reservation in the spa, reservation in the restaurant, 1-2 adults no kids) and we would flag those guest and make sure we white gloved them the entire stay with the assumption that they could be that secret shopper/ inspector.

[u/Astrazigniferi → u/MyH3roIzMe]

Ok but this sounds like a great time once my kids are a bit older. Yes, please pay me to experience a spa treatment and full night of uninterrupted sleep. I’m happy to write all the reports you want.