@Ann72
Also, on a similar subject, I was interviewed a couple of times by Airbnb for the newsletter/CC. One time it was really straightforward because the lovely @Lizzie took care of it all. Unfortunately, the second time, it was not such a great experience.
I did the telephone interview (all good) and then Airbnb marketing asked me if they could shoot a quick portrait to go with it at my house. Okay. Well, that snowballed into the photographer also taking photos of my whole house, photos of me in my in the local area, my local pub etc. etc. plus sending another person round to shoot videos of me for a marketing campaign for something else entirely.
This ended up taking up almost an entire day (11am to 6pm, but would have been longer if it hadn't gotten dark at that point) and meant I had to clean late into the night to prep for the next guests (I was unable to finish cleaning before because the photographer wanted to come early). Marketing wanted the place to be empty of guests and said they would pay my room rate, but never did.
I asked for copies of the photos to use on my listing and was told I could not have them due to the photographer's rights. Turns out that the photographer didn't own the rights, Airbnb did, so they lied about that.
Not only did they take up a day of my time and bookings and not even let me use a single photo on my listings, but I never saw those photos or videos used for the purposes that I was led to believe, except one on the interview, which I only saw because a friend spotted it. They did not even have the courtesy to inform me when things were published, as requested.
So, Airbnb have a whole load of photos and videos of me and my home which they are free to use for whatever marketing purposes they choose, without any compensation or benefit to me.
Around the same time, my request for a professional photoshoot as a Superhost bonus (which CS had repeatedly told me I was entitled to but couldn't redeem due to some technical error) was denied.
I was not best pleased. In hindsight, I would never agree to such a thing again. Either pay me or give me the rights to use the photos.