Influencers demand free rooms and access to hotel just because they have followers, employees are sick of it: 'We are getting review bombed because these poor influencers were denied access to hotel's guest-only areas.'

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María Cetra • Writer
Jun 20, 2026 10:30 AM EDT

Influencers are a good way to discover places and products, or just a way to make people more addicted to consumerism?

Influencers are either the ultimate trend, what everybody loves, or the people who can make a product go viral in just one video. Or they are entitled individuals who believe they deserve different treatment and free products just because they have followers. These influencers are quite new, and that is why most people haven't accepted them yet as real workers. That is also why they haven't yet figured out their place in society.

Work has changed. That is visible not only with these influencers but also with remote jobs, offshore representatives, and telemedicine. None of these jobs have figure themselves out completely. So, should we fully disregard influencers as workers? That is up to you, but maybe we are too critical about them, or maybe, just maybe, these people are quite entitled, leaving us with an awful image of them.  

Maybe this hotel worker who came to Reddit to tell us how fed up he is with them has a point. The experiences that he had were bad, they were not only disrespectful but also mean, petty, and deceitful. But is that enough to consider all of them some kind of parasite that we need to get rid of? Sometimes they seem to be like aspiring celebrities that really want to be taken seriously, but are only known to some and important to none.

In ten years they are two possible futures for them, mainstream recognition of the profession or complete disappearance from Earth. Maybe the places that don't use them in their favor for publicity are missing big time. Or maybe it's even better for them to separate themselves from the Internet's fame to gain actual customers that aren't biased by some pseudo-celebrity that was paid to say they like something today and that they hate it tomorrow.  
 

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  • Phone in a tripod to take a picture, representation.
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    Phone in a tripod to take a picture, representation. 

  • I work as night auditor for a boutique hotel, we're a standalone property, and the hotel is aimed at more luxury level guests.
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  • The hotel is designed very beautifully and aesthethically, so much so that almost all corners of the hotel is a potential background for a photo op.
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  • On top of being the NA, I have also been given access to the hotel's social media accounts to ensure swift responses to DM's inquiring about the hotel.
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  • But the owners of the hotel do not care for influencers at all (rightfully so imo). We do not do collaborations, we do not have an "influencer only" rate.
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  • That does not stop them from asking though. Or getting sassy with us when they realize their "influencer special" rate is just 5% trimmed off of our rack rate.
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  • That is all fine and dandy (not fine, but still par for the course), but the thing that really gets my heckles up are the ones who are not even bothering to book a room, but still want a photoshoot at the hotel.
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  • There are different types of these; ones that are "travel bloggers", ones that "give reviews of local spots", and ones that run an online clothing boutique out of their instagram account... which is the worst type... they come over with like 7 luggages for an overnight stay...
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  • Some of these influencers even include "drone shots" in their proposal... Whatever gave you the idea that the hotel needs drone shots... let alone is willing to accomodate you... or give you free stuff...
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  • But the worst offenders in my opinion are the ones that don't even bother to ask... The hotel has a restaurant... and for some unknown reason, these people assume that eating at the restaurant should grant them unfettered access to all areas of the hotel to hold their impromptu editorial photo sh ot...
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  • Last season I had to kick so many people out telling them "This is a hotel, not a photo studio and the hotel guests are entitled to their privacy, therefore unlimited photography for restaurant guests is not allowed".
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  • This season, the management made the wise decision to block off access to the hotel from the restaurant during dinner service. (The restaurant serves dinner only and has a seperate entrance as well)
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  • Do you want to guess what is happening now? We are getting review bombed because these poor influencers were denied access to hotel's guest only areas even though that was the only reason they made a reservation at the restaurant...
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  • Let me re-iterate that... The reason they made a reservation at the restaurant was not to eat and enjoy their dinner at the restaurant... but because they thought reserving a table at the restaurant granted them an "access all areas" card for the hotel...
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    Picture of what could be a phone with social media apps on it. 

  • BabserellaWT What kills me are the "influencers" who want all kinds of free stuff and they have, like, 1000 followers at best. I have a role play account on Twitter with three times that many followers and I've never demanded free sh.
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  • dodgyguru5671 Sorry man. Influencers are a friggin blight. I would have been tempted to throw em out.
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  • SkwrlTail My manager has commented that the proper place for influencers is "Nailed above the entrance as a warning to others of their kind."
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  • commandrix Yeah, sorry you're on the front lines in the fight against influencers. I have increasingly seen them as part of my mental "serial public nuisance" category of people. Kinda on the mild side of being a net negative for society, but still, there are reasons no one likes them.
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  • Orange Queen Theyre such a stupid and parasitic "industry". Its entitlement and narcissism in a pretty Insta filter.
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    Influencer posing for a phone, model image

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