Here's my review of a Travel Blogger guest who displayed my property on her blog and on In st ag ram for her gain, without my knowledge, my consent, not even a link to my listing. Any comments?
"I've been used and I recently found that I'm not alone: I've read reports by other property owners and hosts who have been used by travel bloggers. Here's my alert to other guests. Wendy is yet another travel blogger - a growing tribe of digital nomads who get "sponsors" to support their globetrotting through their social media posts, in the form of endorsements such as paid advertisements, and/or free lodgings in exchange for a mention and a link to said lodgings. These isn't innocent, free sharing of holiday pictures with friends: it's a financial activity. While some travel bloggers act professionally and respectfully, many have unethical, parasitic behavior (and poor writing skills or contents. Anyone can be a blogger these days.) This guest displayed my property on her blog and on in sta gr am for her gain, without my knowledge, my consent, not even a link to my listing. She didn't even give the right location. Staying here as a paying guest in no way includes the use of my property for gain without my knowledge and consent. I only found out about her occupation and the use of my listing for her purposes thanks to her travel companion - a lovely gentleman, by the way. He is her photographer, hence, her accomplice, but he had the decency to tell me that she was a travel blogger and she had posted it on her online (for-profit) outlets and that the post had gotten nearly a thousand "likes". She remained silent, no apology; she obviously never planned to tell me. I tried to disguise my shock and asked her to please send me the link to her posts so I could see them, and to please add the link to my listing in her posts. She did neither. I found her online and her posts of my Tiny House - of course she didn't add my listing link: she's not getting paid by AirBnb!
She joined AirBnb in 2017 but has 0 reviews, and only provided a phone number...hiding her identity to be under the radar as much as possible so she can continue her modus operandi? Two weeks have elapsed since her stay, she could've at least written a nice review..."
