an overly positive Google or TripAdvisor review
may also be conter-productive.
A lot of people have wizened up to the amount of fake positive reviews (and also fake negative ones) that are littering the Web.
It's got so brazen that I saw once an ad in a local newsagent in London put by a local business paying a fiver if you leave a positive review for them!
If you want a sample, just take a look at the BB scores ...
As for "being offered freebies" in exchange for a gushing review, take a look at this
https://www.boredpanda.com/social-media-influencer-hotel-fre...https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/woman-humiliat...https://www.businessinsider.com/dublin-hotel-bans-social-med...End of digression.