[Enterprise]

It's kind of a long article. Basically an entitled person solicits a freebie from a hotel and gets smacked down.

[humblegunner]

Bloggers deserve nothing but a swift kick in the ass and maybe a little pepper spray.

[TomServo]

Typical bloggers...

[Enchante]

pretty funny take-down of a "blogger" aka "social media INFLUENCER" looking for free stuff....

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The White Moose Café

January 16 at 6:44am

Dear Social Influencer (I know your name but apparently it’s not important to use names),

Thank you for your email looking for free accommodation in return for exposure. It takes a lot of balls to send an email like that, if not much self-respect and dignity.

If I let you stay here in return for a feature in your video, who is going to pay the staff who look after you? Who is going to pay the housekeepers who clean your room? The waiters who serve you breakfast? The receptionist who checks you in? Who is going to pay for the light and heat you use during your stay? The laundering of your bed sheets? The water rates? Maybe I should tell my staff they will be featured in your video in lieu of receiving payment for work carried out while you’re in residence?

Lucky for us, we too have a significant social media following. We have 186k followers on our two Facebook pages, an estimated 80k on our Snapchat, 32k on Instagram and a paltry 12k on our Twitter, but Jesus Christ, I would never in a million years ask anyone for anything for free. I also blog a bit (www.paulvstenson.com), which as far as I’m aware is another way of saying “write stuff on the internet”. The above stats do not make me any better than anyone else or afford me the right to not pay for something everyone else has to pay for.

In future, I’d advise you to offer to pay your way like everyone else, and if the hotel in question believes your coverage will help them, maybe they’ll give you a complimentary upgrade to a suite. This would show more self-respect on your part and, let’s face it, it would be less embarrassing for you. Here is a little video I produced which you may learn from: http://bit.ly/2mKTDTD

Best regards,

Paul Stenson

www.charlevillelodge.ie

P.S. The answer is no.

[pinkandgreenmom]

Good for him. I used to run a small internet-based monogramming business and it never ceased to amaze me the gall people had, trying to get all sorts of free stuff in exchange for “promoting” my business. To their few dozen subscribers.

[Vendome]

This is her hilarious video:
https://www.facebook.com/WhiteMooseCafe/videos/2003460809934525/

[Boogieman]

Hey, you can’t get freebies unless you ask. Can’t blame a guy for trying.

[cyclotic]

I was at a meeting yesterday organized by a blogger for an industry my company serves. There were 60 propos present in the hotel conference room. I’ll bet he paid for his own room.

[moovova]

Hey...at least her sweater matched her eyes...both pink.

[Blue Collar Christian]

I’ve been in the motorcycle business since 1984 and get the “sponsor me and I’ll promote your business” pitch from racers from day one. I offer the same deal to all of them. Here’s my sticker for your race bike, I’ll pay you a 10% commission for all the labor you can sell for my company.

To this day I have never had to write a commission check.

[Celerity]

Klontarf or Clontarf Castle in Dublin stole my credit card info.

The only time that’s ever happened. OH but I went there during a fashion show, and was _submerged_ in young models while I was there.

They were the rudest, most vapid things crawling the surface of the planet. But I heard a gay guy with an Irish Brogue who has become my muse when impersonating the Irish and ridiculing them as I often do.