Now he and a team of film editors collect clips that clients shoot on their phones and turn them into sizzle reels or movie trailers. Pricing varies depending on length (they start at $295 for a one-minute clip and go up to $995 for five-minutes), and footage is turned around in just one week.
The company is pursuing white-label agreements with hotels, starting with the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, where guests who stay in the premium villas get free video editing services built into their room rate. A similar agreement is soon to be launched at the Four Seasons Haulalai on the Big Island of Hawaii.
For those who would rather have a photo album, rather than a video clip, there’s a similar service for still images.
Flytographer will dispatch one of its photographers to document your travels—either as a planned photo shoot or in “stealth mode.” Run by Nicole Smith, a British Columbia marketing executive who was tired of taking selfies on vacation, Flytographer’s services are meant to be booked in half-hour to half-day intervals, with prices starting at $250. Since its launching in 2013, it has expanded to cover travelers in 180 cities around the globe. Its biggest demographic, naturally, is the man who’s planning to propose—the company has gotten so many of these requests, it even launched a Proposal Concierge service to help plan, execute, and capture that perfect surprise.