The Ultimate Guide for Creator Visits
Learn how to become a successful creator with Shrpa destinations!
Learn more about...
- Applying for Creator Visits
- Your next steps after being chosen for a creator visit
- 5 tips for during your visit
- Best practices for hightlighting locations from your visit
- Your creator visit is complete... now what?
Applying for Creator Visits
This is what a destination sees when you apply for a creator visit:
Destinations can easily access your recent adventures and featured photos, in addition to your application.
How to create a solid application:
- It starts with your profile
Your adventures - Create the type of content destinations want to see if they were to choose you for a creator visit. Write detailed descriptions, feature your best photos, and create a theme for your adventure!
Your bio - This is where you can tell travelers and destinations what you're all about. Give viewers a feel for who you are, what you love about exploring, and the type of content you focus on.
Your profile photo - Add a fun photo that truly reflects you and your brand.
Your social media links - Make sure these links work and they are up to date so that destinations can discover your other platforms!
Your featured photos - Make them stand out. Show a mix of landscapes, action shots, people interacting, lifestyle and video clips. What would be helpful in making someone want to visit the places you have gone? Consider this as you are choosing.
- Then, the application
Leave a personalized note - Destinations want to hear about why you want to work with them. What excites you about this particular creator visit? Why are you the perfect fit? Be personal in your notes, avoid sounding too much like an AI-created message.
You were chosen for a creator visit!
What's next?
Whether the destination is comping your stay, or you’re in charge of booking your accommodations, please communicate dates, times, & locations.
Time for your visit!
5 tips for success during your stay with the destination:
Come in with a game plan.
While we all know travel doesn’t always go according to plan, it’s good to be prepared for what your busy weekend will entail! Have your stops planned out with enough wiggle room to add in another stop or 2 you come across while you’re there!Take lots of pictures from a bunch of different angles.
Not every photo you take is going to be a winner, so snapping photos from lots of different angles will allow you to truly capture the essence of a location while being able to choose from your best photos. Include a combination of photos of happy people, as well as pictures of the location.Read through the guidance the destination gave you right before your trip.
Read through the guidance the destination gave you right before your trip. Take note of the themes they want you to cover, and do your best to visit and engage with each location with that theme in mind.After each stop, jot down a few notes about the location and your favorite part of your time there.
This helps to refresh your memory as you sit down to write your location descriptions within 10 days after your visit. In your notes, think through how the theme ties into that location.Don't be afraid to talk to employees and business owners at the places you visit.
This can help you get a new perspective on the location to cover more about what makes it unique.Best Practices for Highlighting Locations from your Creator Visit
Learn more about our requirements and how to highlight locations!
Cover the Basics.
Highlight the awesome locations and businesses you visit on your trip! Take great photos of each location and give a beautiful visual to the experience. Personalize your write-ups to showcase your fun perspective and positive experience in the destination!
Write extra detail about the locations the destination specifically wanted to feature.
Really touch on your personal experience, as well as what you observed, what was unique, and how other travelers can experience that location.
Check for grammatical errors, including sentence structure, before publishing.
When creating paid content for a local destination, it’s important to be accurate with your grammar and writing style. Grammarly is a great, free tool that you can use as an extension in your browser!
Use a combination of pictures with people, and of the location.
Destinations love seeing a range of photos that make their community look fun and desirable to visit. That’s why a combination of photos with happy people and great shots of the location and its ambiance can make your content more engaging.
You’ve completed your creator visit… Now what?
1. Let the destination know about your experience there!
2. Create a post on social media (in-feed or reel) promoting the destination!