Katja • Slow Travel & Hotel Photography

I will will never forget this moment… when I got the confirmation: 7 nights in a luxury resort in the Maldives worth $15,000 - and I could bring a friend (and I just had 450 followers)🤯 I honestly never thought the Maldives would be part of my life. Not even for my honeymoon. It felt completely out of reach… And yet… it happened because I just started to pitch before feeling ready🥹 Comment “PITCH” and I’ll send you my exact pitch email template & free guide where I share my full pitching strategy that landes me hotel collabs all over the world without needing any following! This is the DM I sent - save it for later: “Hi [hotel name] team, I’m [your name],a hotel and travel content creator. I focus on authentic storytelling from the guest’s perspective, helping potential guests envision their stay before having booked. I’ll be traveling to [destination] from [date] to [date] and would love to create content for [hotel name] while I’m there. Here’sa glimpse of my work: [portfolio link] Could you point me to the right marketing contact? Thank you so much! [your name]” And I want to be honest about this trip: about 3 days were work, but I would’ve created many of those shots anyway for my portfolio (remember everyone has to start somewhere). The rest felt like a dream - two luxury resorts (one not even open yet), all-inclusive food, private boat trips, open-air cinema, VIP treatment, and even a whale shark excursion🐠🐚 What I’ve learned is this: this kind of work can be both -work and unforgettable experiences. And you can shape that balance through how you negotiate and what you say yes to🌞 Hotels are actively looking for authentic content right now - real guests, real experiences. And if I can do it, you can do it too!! - If you are new here, hiii I’m Katja, I’ve been collaborating with hotels all over the world as a side hustle now I’m going all in going full-time - sharing everything what I learn along the way! Follow @katjalouuu the ride! Hotel content creation | hospitality photography

It feels so uncomfortable and vulnerable to share this video. Honestly, I wish I could just pretend that everything was working out the way we had imagined it for us. But it didn’t. And I’m making this video because I wish more people would share the downs, not just the glamorous side of social media and entrepreneurship. Because I know we’re not the only ones. 90% of businesses fail! And honestly, I truly believe failure doesn’t exist. You either win or you learn, and we leaaaarned sooo much!! I’m so, so grateful for this experience, and I couldn’t have asked for a better business partner. The two of us were truly a dream team, and I’m beyond grateful for our friendship @charlottestger love you so much!!🫂 But building a business across continents (Costa Rica & Portugal) is not as easy as it seemed, so this is the end of @seasofself.co Even though we won’t continue running a business together, we’ll always continue encouraging and supporting each other on our individual journeys, going on surf trips, and traveling the world together and who knows what the future has in store for us🥺🥰 This video was taken a couple of weeks ago. At this moment, I feel so much gratitude and pride for what we’ve created. I just came back from a season of self- retreat, and my heart couldn’t be filled with more love🌀🧚🏼🫂🧡 It was so magical to bring inspiring women together to pause, reconnect with their intuition, and gain more clarity!!🥹 This work is truly so special to me, and I know I’ll continue doing it in some way in the future, too!! Let this be your little reminder, wherever you are on your journey: sometimes things don’t work out the way we want them to, but it’s not the end of the world. We’re allowed to change directions, change our minds, and reinvent ourselves as many times as we want. If you can relate to any of this, I hope this makes you feel a little less alone. If you are also currently rebuilding follow @katjalouuu and let’s make our wildest dreams come true!!✨ Love you, Katja🤍

you & me, no WiFi and escaping to the mountains?🌿⛰️ If you are dreaming about working with hotels without any following, comment “hotel” and I’ll send you my free 1h workshop showing you how you can land your first free stay in exchange for content - and nooo your follow could doesn’t matter, all that matters is your portfolio 🫶🏼 But I’ll explain the whole process in the workshop! And if you want to go deeper I have a created a whole masterclass! You can find the link in my bio✨ I’ll be shooting next week in a place a always dreamed about going - soo never give up on your dreams, anything is possible🌱✨ Hotel Collaboration | Hotel UGC | Travel UGC | Hotel Photography Videography | Hospitality

this is my dream & I’m not stopping until it’s my reality!!!🥹 The dream: getting paid to travel, being outside in nature, capturing the beauty of our world, being free, working with my best friends, exploring new cultures and living fully!!🦋🌀🧚🏼🌺 this was my favorite collab so far - comment PITCH and I’ll send you my free pitch template & guide how I landed this deal without being an influencer🫶🏼 If you are new here, hiiii I’m Katja - I left the corporate world with the dream to get paid to travel, currently building a lifestyle hospitality content creation business from scratch as I’m figuring everything out I’m sharing what I’m learning follow @katjalouuu 💭 hospitality photography | Maldives | travel content creation | travel videography

I’ve been doing hospitality photography as a side hustle the last two years and thanks to it I was able to make unforgettable experiences like kite surfing in Egypt or scuba diving in the Maldives and staying in the most breathtaking hotels around the world! Since I have no background in photography or filmmaking, coming from the corporate world I was holding myself back to actually pursuing my dream thinking I was not “good enough”… So here I am following my passion and going all in to make my dream come true to get paid to travel - full-time🥹 If you have a similar dream follow a @katjalouuu as I’ll be sharing everything what I’m learning along the way! And if you have no portfolio yet, I created a template of the portfolio template that is landing me barter & paid hotel collabs all over the world, commend PORTFOLIO and I’ll send you the link to grab it right into your DMs🫶🏼 Hotel content creation | travel photography videography | hospitality content creation | get paid to travel