@Tamara682 From a different experience I have learned that there is a minimum price you can have for a rental before fees. In a Canada, I believe it is $12.50. I’m sure this is in place to prevent what you are talking about. Also to ensure AIRBNB gets their fees.
I cannot see how what you are saying (and you are not saying) this isn’t a free stay for a 5 star rating.
Here is my advice though. If something is worth doing, do it right. Don’t take short cuts. If you have to prepare your place to a certain level to guarantee a five star review from a free or very low paying influencer, then just do the same preparation for full paying guests. Unless you are wanting the influencer to post on social media about what a fantastic place this is and then get barraged by every other influencer for a free stay promising xyz.
Is that your target group? A bunch of twenty somethings that want everything for free?
I think this is an insult to all the hosts who have done the hard work and risen to the top. Put the work in and get real money for real services.
I had an influencer contact me once with the promise to promote my place. Honestly in the messages they sent me, I couldn’t even comprehend what they were saying. It was all written in short form code language. I had to ask them what they were saying. No thank you!
I get my five star reviews honestly.
Think of the flip side. Something goes wrong during an influencer’s stay and they tell the whole world on social media.