Author Topic: airbnb photographer job offer (Read 32806 times)

yuliang11 · « **on:** March 17, 2011, 21:37 »

hi,
i've just received this invitation to apply for photographer randomly from the internet , anyone heard of airbnb or anyone is part of their program ? would that be a scam? they are not paying much but it seems to be able to cover up some of my investment expenses.

they seem pretty credible
http://www.airbnb.com/

MicrostockExp · « **Reply #1 on:** March 18, 2011, 01:44 »

I applied about 2 months ago and never got a reply.... :-\maybe you will get more lucky:)

caveman · « **Reply #2 on:** March 18, 2011, 05:28 »

Give it a go, as long as you don't give them any financial details what have you got to lose?

yuliang11 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 25, 2011, 04:01 »

i'm now official airbnb photographer at kl. experience has been good,staffs are helpful and they pay on time which is the best Airbnb rocks!

MicrostockExp · « **Reply #4 on:** July 26, 2011, 00:25 »

oh congrats you get lucky, KL never replied to me:(

yuliang11 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 26, 2011, 02:55 »

to be honest, the volume isn't too large, but it's a good part time revenue booster. flexible timing , on time payment , chances to meet new people. I've met with an ex-deputy minister in my country!

and KL means Kuala lumpur, I believe they have a photographer for a particular city.

cheer!

MicrostockExp · « **Reply #6 on:** July 26, 2011, 06:12 »

ha ha good for connections:) I was in KL for a while but in Johor now anyway .....

yuliang11 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 26, 2011, 06:17 »

i remember you were planning to come to malaysia right? where are you natively from ? maybe we can have tea or something someday.

yuliang11 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 09, 2011, 21:15 »

Hey Airbnb is growing and looking for more photographers , if you are keen, please PM me

To refer a photographer, please send the following information:

The photographer's name
E-mail address
Location
Portfolio link
Camera specs

I can refer you to airbnb and the rest is up to airbnb to decide.

This is how it works for me in kuala lumpur. jobs are usually done when listings assignment a posted on website. you'll accept it , arrange with host for photography, upload and get paid. so time is flexible.

Thanks!

mtkang · « **Reply #9 on:** August 11, 2011, 01:38 »

i am from malaysia too, what is this airbnb..got to read the website. where is the link about the job?

Quote from: yuliang11 on August 09, 2011, 21:15

Hey Airbnb is growing and looking for more photographers , if you are keen, please PM me

To refer a photographer, please send the following information:

The photographer's name
E-mail address
Location
Portfolio link
Camera specs

I can refer you to airbnb and the rest is up to airbnb to decide.

This is how it works for me in kuala lumpur. jobs are usually done when listings assignment a posted on website. you'll accept it , arrange with host for photography, upload and get paid. so time is flexible.

Thanks!

yuliang11 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 11, 2011, 03:45 »

Hi,

great! There are no job link. You will have to submit through me. It's not a full time employment, just per assignment basis. thanks

Quote from: mtkang on August 11, 2011, 01:38

i am from malaysia too, what is this airbnb..got to read the website. where is the link about the job?

Quote from: yuliang11 on August 09, 2011, 21:15
Hey Airbnb is growing and looking for more photographers , if you are keen, please PM me

To refer a photographer, please send the following information:

The photographer's name
E-mail address
Location
Portfolio link

Camera specs

donding · « **Reply #11 on:** August 11, 2011, 09:18 »

What the heck is it?? Looks like a discount travel agency.

yuliang11 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 11, 2011, 09:22 »

Quote from: donding on August 11, 2011, 09:18

What the heck is it?? Looks like a discount travel agency.

lol. I can't speak behalf of airbnb, you have to check it out yourself.

donding · « **Reply #13 on:** August 11, 2011, 09:25 »

I did and all I saw was discount travel packages and special's on lodging. No where did I see anything about photography.

yuliang11 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 11, 2011, 09:27 »

Quote from: donding on August 11, 2011, 09:25

I did and all I saw was discount travel packages and special's on lodging. No where did I see anything about photography.

Ah ok. yes it's lodging site where people can find accomondations throught the website. So Airbnb hires photographer to take photos of the listing.

donding · « **Reply #15 on:** August 11, 2011, 09:30 »

Oh ok now I see...I don't live any where near big cities so it wouldn't do me much good. I would think they would only advertise for popular travel destinations.

yuliang11 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 11, 2011, 09:35 »

Quote from: donding on August 11, 2011, 09:30

Oh ok now I see...I don't live any where near big cities so it wouldn't do me much good. I would think they would only advertise for popular travel destinations.

Well.. you can still try it out if you are interested, perhaps there are people looking to rent out at your area.

rubyroo · « **Reply #17 on:** August 11, 2011, 11:32 »

Distrustful as I am of someone I don't know asking me for any personal info and pointing me to a rather vague website of a company I've never heard of, I googled 'airbnb scam' - just in case there was something to worry about here. I found this (among other negative comments):

http://gawker.com/5827043/sleazy-airbnb-is-very-sorry-for-wrecking-your-apartment

Be cautious here, it sounds possible that you could end up with permission to photograph an apartment, only to find later that the person giving permission was not the owner.

I'm a bit puzzled also that you have a personal invitation out of the blue from these people, but anyone else who wants to participate has to do so by giving their information to you.

yuliang11 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 11, 2011, 11:59 »

Quote from: rubyroo on August 11, 2011, 11:32

Distrustful as I am of someone I don't know asking me for any personal info and pointing me to a rather vague website of a company I've never heard of, I googled 'airbnb scam' - just in case there was something to worry about here. I found this (among other negative comments):

http://gawker.com/5827043/sleazy-airbnb-is-very-sorry-for-wrecking-your-apartment

Be cautious here, it sounds possible that you could end up with permission to photograph an apartment, only to find later that the person giving permission was not the owner.

I'm a bit puzzled also that you have a personal invitation out of the blue from these people, but anyone else who wants to participate has to do so by giving their information to you.

donding · « **Reply #19 on:** August 11, 2011, 12:15 »

thanks for posting that rubyroo...

yuliang11...even though you haven't had any problems with them and you choose to stay that's your choice, but for me personally I wouldn't have anything to do with them because of the apparent mistreatment of their customer's and then bad mouthing them on a public forum. They have since apologized but probably only because she went public with it. That really says a lot about a way a business views their customers and mistreatment of them.

yuliang11 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 11, 2011, 12:22 »

becareful with airbnb

rubyroo · « **Reply #21 on:** August 11, 2011, 12:58 »

Yes, I just copy pasted the first sentence of that and it's been published in many places on the web.

"we’re still evolving"

Hmmm. That's a generous way to put it. I prefer to do business with companies who do their research properly before they take people's money.

Not for me, thanks.

yuliang11 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 11, 2011, 21:29 »

I'm no longer affiliated with Airbnb. Thus shall have no further comments on AirBNB.

henryco · « **Reply #23 on:** March 20, 2013, 02:26 »

If you want a cheaper travel you can use that site. Airfare and lodging prices keep increasing, making travel increasingly challenging in a fragile worldwide economy. However, with sharing sites like Airbnb, the lodging expenses at least can be considerably reduced, in case you are prepared to embrace the unconventional.

JFP · « **Reply #24 on:** March 20, 2013, 03:19 »

Better do a bit more research before posting stuff like this.
It's not a scam site. I've used it many times and it's great for when you travel to expensive locations like HK of SG.

Quote from: rubyroo on August 11, 2011, 11:32

Distrustful as I am of someone I don't know asking me for any personal info and pointing me to a rather vague website of a company I've never heard of, I googled 'airbnb scam' - just in case there was something to worry about here. I found this (among other negative comments):

http://gawker.com/5827043/sleazy-airbnb-is-very-sorry-for-wrecking-your-apartment

Be cautious here, it sounds possible that you could end up with permission to photograph an apartment, only to find later that the person giving permission was not the owner.

I'm a bit puzzled also that you have a personal invitation out of the blue from these people, but anyone else who wants to participate has to do so by giving their information to you.

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