With the payout for the last two months (accounting period October/November) I've almost hit the 300£ mark! (297.53£)

Sorry for showing off a bit, but I wanted to give you an idea of what I mean when I say that the pay rates at trivago are significantly better than at ciao.

But Sascha - the work involved is phenomenal and there isn't the freedom there is on Ciao or Dooyoo

You're right, this money doesn't come from nothing. I have invested a fair amount of time. However, if I would have spent the same time writing reviews for ciao or dooyoo I seriously doubt that I would have come anywhere near 300GBP.

But what do you mean with "freedom" on ciao and dooyoo. I find that you have much more freedom because there is a much wider choice of rewarded activities. For instance Ciao makes you post photos but doesn't even bother to credit you some community points for it....

PS: I'm not even the top of the earnings list there

I've never been made to post a photo on Ciao.

All I'm saying is that Ciao and Dooyoo may have low payment but there's not so much expectation. i gave up trivago because of the complicated way of going about things. I was using a computer where i couldn't download pictures, then my work couldn't be saved because i couldn't download the picture and I was unable to progress to another level because of the number of tasks that needed to be completed to move up. It's really disheartening. And when you are submitting pretty good hotel reviews and rating members are stuffy and snooty about them in spite of the fact that they were very good reviews, it does make you get more than a little annoyed.

I am not the only person who thinks that they are treated like naughty children on Trivago.

I've been soldiering away on trivago and I quite like it (some of the people are a bit odd - Sascha will know who I mean) but it's fun. However, I would make a lot more money out of the same effort on Dooyoo.

Sascha - you've spent a phenomenal amount of time and put stellar effort into the site. For £300 I'd say you weren't overly rewarded at all.

BTW I was quite disappointed recently - my 'payout' had been running at nearly £20 near the end of the month but when it transferred across to the account it had dropped by about 25% - what happened? Did a whole load of extra shares get handed out in the last few days and cut the dividend?

Exactly - It was so disheartening to see my share drop in value. Its better to know exactly what you've earned and what you'll

I realise this entirely which is why I had to give up. I earn far more from Ciao and Dooyoo than I would ever have time for on Trivago. Personally, I'm a review writer, not someone who wants to fiddle about listing hotels. However, I had to do the things I didn't want to to earn more money. So I'll stay where I am. And my reviews are there for posterity!

Hm, maybe I'm just to biased. I've signed up there when they started in January 2005 and was quite enthusiastic about the concept of the platform. That's why I got very active (was bored with ciao then anyway) and within a quite short time I found myself among the top users. I still like it because it's different and gives me much much more than ciao or dooyoo ever could. I'm managing whole projects there, did translations, until recently I even wrote/translated parts of the news and the newsletter and I found this much more fulfilling than "r/r/c-ing" reviews. Well, personal preferences.... ;-)

Thanks for trying to get on with trivago and extra thanks for your open words, fizzy! Very much appreciated.

My 4.44 disappeared the other day, does that mean I lose out. I was getting into it, until I took this real job, but on the plus side I have 57 very posh GDS bookable hotels to add, when i get a moment...

At what level do you start to earn good money on Trivago ?