Due to repeated problems with spam, fake reviews, and coordinated efforts outside of the control of this forum, new topics providing unsolicited reviews of guides — particularly from new accounts — are subject to removal without notice. Moderators will defer to removal.
As noted, and with apologies, this largely affects newer members. Accounts with an established history of engaged forum behavior will fall under much less scrutiny as there is far less concern of legitimacy or orchestration from outside the forum. If you have to ask, you probably aren't very established. Do not ask.
It is still in bounds to reply to new topics that ask for a guide recommendation. However, we will be wary of tag-team accounts. Aka with a new account asking for guide reviews and a new account answering, expect both accounts to be banned.
This rule is posted to the Day Tours & Local Guides section of the forum as this is about unsolicited reviews of local guides, but the rule effectively applies to the entire forum. As this section's title has been edited for clarity to include "Local Guides," posting a new unsolicited guide review elsewhere is off topic (guideline #1) before this rule for this section even applies.
We do not intend to enact this retroactively, though we may do some cleanup. This new rule starts now.