Come stayI'll bring the camera

We're a family of four who love a good hotel: the robe, the breakfast, the pool before anyone else is up. I film all of it the way it really happens, and you get photos and videos your future guests will actually believe.

Home is Seattle. Victoria and Vancouver are a ferry away, everything else is one flight.

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Marko holding one of his boys, Oksana beside him, resort pool deck behind them
the four of us, checked in
01 · Video

A few of our stays, on video

Short and vertical, made for Reels and TikTok, and just as happy on a booking page. The first two are from our stay with Delta Hotels by Marriott in Victoria, a collaboration with my wife Oksana. Some tiles are quick previews; tap through for the full thing on Instagram.

our Victoria stay in sixty secondsDelta Hotels Victoria · with Oksana · 60 sec
dinner at LURE, the good partLURE Restaurant & Bar · 45 sec
a city hotel, check-in to breakfastVancouver, BC · previewFull reel on Instagram
hotel coffee with a harbour viewVictoria, BC · 36 sec
a farm day near the hotelAbbotsford, BC · previewFull reel on Instagram
a café, counter to tableCafé · previewFull reel on Instagram
a Sunday market, the kind near your hotelEverett, WA · 55 sec
the drive out, if you're a lodge or a campEastern Washington · 36 sec

That's me behind the camera, and in front of it my wife Oksana (@samiylenkoo) and our two boys. I shoot it, I edit it, I answer the emails.

02 · Spaces

The rooms, the lobby, the pool

The pictures people zoom in on before they book. I wait for the hour the room looks best, I keep a real person in the lobby, and I shoot the pool from the balcony, because that's where you'd stand.

the suite in its softest hour
the suite in its softest hourTulum
the lobby, harbour behind the glass
the lobby, harbour behind the glassDelta Hotels Victoria
the atrium
the atriumDelta Hotels Victoria
the piano nobody plays before nine
the piano nobody plays before nineVancouver, BC
arrival, Oksana ahead of us
arrival, Oksana ahead of usAVA Resort Cancún
the lagoon from our balcony
the lagoon from our balconyAVA Resort Cancún
lobby, velvet and botanicals
lobby, velvet and botanicalsVancouver, BC
pool pavilion in the gardens
pool pavilion in the gardensDelta Hotels Victoria
the corridor
the corridorVancouver, BC
pool under the lights
pool under the lightsDelta Hotels Victoria
arrival
arrivalAVA Resort Cancún
palapa lounge
palapa loungeTulum
cabana rows
cabana rowsAVA Resort Cancún
evening arrival
evening arrivalAVA Resort Cancún
the conservatory next door
the conservatory next doorVancouver, BC
the resort at dusk
the resort at duskDelta Hotels Victoria
the promenade
the promenadeMiami
lounge window
lounge windowSeattle
the Parliament, five minutes from the hotel
the Parliament, five minutes from the hotelVictoria, BC
the carriage goes by
the carriage goes byVictoria, BC
03 · Dining

Where we ate

Honestly, dinner is where a stay turns into a story. Plates by the window, the bar before it fills up, a kid colouring the menu. If you run a restaurant or a café without a hotel attached, this part is for you too.

the main course at LURE
the main courseLURE, Victoria
window table at dusk
window table at duskLURE, Victoria
shakshuka, Sunday
shakshuka, SundayVictoria, BC
the bakery counter
the bakery counterVancouver, BC
the cocktail
the cocktailLURE, Victoria
salmon rolls, slate, tea
salmon rolls, slate, teaVictoria, BC
noodles at the counter
noodles at the counterVictoria, BC
two by the window
two by the windowLURE, Victoria
the patisserie
the patisserieAVA Resort Cancún
burger and fries at LURE by the window
the burger, the fries, the windowLURE, Victoria
hotel breakfast counter
hotel breakfast counterVancouver, BC
the bar before service
the bar before serviceAVA Resort Cancún
the bar, lights down
the bar, lights downVictoria, BC
pancakes, strawberries, done
pancakes, strawberries, doneVictoria, BC
baked eggs, cappuccino
baked eggs, cappuccinobrunch
tables under greenery
tables under greeneryAVA Resort Cancún
04 · Guests

Real guests, not models

Here's the thing: we're not models and we're not pretending. We actually checked in, dragged the suitcase, lost a shoe by the pool. People see a family like theirs having a good time, and that's the moment they picture themselves there.

Oksana and the boys on the harbour rocks at sunset
the three of them on the rocksDelta Hotels Victoria
dad on duty
dad on dutyAVA Resort Cancún
arrival
arrivalVancouver, BC
heading down to breakfast
heading down to breakfastDelta Hotels Victoria
the boys and the bellhop
the boys and the bellhopVancouver, BC
on the ferry deck
on the ferry deckVictoria, BC
slow morning
slow morningDelta Hotels Victoria
the kids' menu
the kids' menuLURE, Victoria
the bellhop
the bellhopVancouver, BC
pool deck, morning
pool deck, morningAVA Resort Cancún
the slide
the slideAVA Resort Cancún
tub with a view
tub with a viewAVA Resort Cancún
ferry in, flag up
ferry in, flag upVictoria, BC
poolside
poolsideAVA Resort Cancún
Chinatown step
Chinatown stepVictoria, BC
out of the tub
out of the tubAVA Resort Cancún
robe, book, nowhere to be
robe, book, nowhere to beDelta Hotels Victoria
the fountain
the fountainDelta Hotels Victoria
first coffee in the hotel robe
first coffee, still in the robeDelta Hotels Victoria
breakfast across the tub
breakfast across the tubAVA Resort Cancún
the cup, the chair
the cup, the chairDelta Hotels Victoria
the sign
the signLURE, Victoria
05 · What you get

What you walk away with

You host us for a couple of nights. I go home and come back with enough photos and videos to post for a season. Everything arrives in one tidy folder, full resolution, with the usage written down so nobody has to guess.

Video

  • Vertical Reels, 15–60 sec, hooks and captions
  • Room tour and property walkthrough
  • Restaurant, bar and breakfast features
  • Arrival-to-checkout story
  • Clean versions without text for your own edits

Photo

  • Rooms, lobbies, pools, grounds
  • Dining and amenity details
  • Lifestyle frames with real guests in them
  • Destination frames around the property
  • Edited, full resolution, booking-page ready

Reach

  • Posted on my account and, if we agree on it, on Oksana's too
  • Collaborative posts and Stories during the stay
  • Location and partner tags
  • Rights for your website, email and paid ads
  • Raw clips on request
06 · Packages

How it works, price-wise

Simple: a fee for the work, plus the stay itself. No agency in between, no haggling over follower counts. Posting on your own channels is included for a year. Tap a package to see the number; I'd rather you read what's in it first.

Most hotels start with the two-night stay.

Local content day

no stay neededSeattle, Puget Sound, Victoria by ferry

See the number

two videos, twenty photos, one day

For restaurants, cafés and hotels close enough that I can drive home for dinner.

  • 2 vertical videos, 1 hook each
  • 20 edited photos
  • Captioned + clean versions
  • Organic usage, 12 months
  • Delivered in 15 business days
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Content stay

+ 2 nightsroom and meals for the four of us

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the whole stay, start to finish

What we did in Victoria: arrive, settle in, eat well, swim, show all of it.

  • 2 vertical videos: the stay, and dining, an amenity or the destination
  • 1 hook per video
  • 30 edited photos
  • Stories during the stay, collaborative post on publish
  • Captioned + clean versions, 3 cover frames per video
  • Organic usage, 12 months
  • Delivered in 15 business days
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Season launch

+ 3 nightsboth of us on camera, still one crew

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three nights, both of us on camera

For a new season, a renovation or a second restaurant. Enough to post for a couple of months.

  • 3 vertical videos across formats
  • 1 hook per video + 1 extra hook
  • 60 edited photos
  • Stories on two days, two collaborative posts
  • Posted on both our accounts
  • Organic usage, 12 months
  • Priority dates, delivered in 15 business days
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Want to run the videos as ads? Add 30% of the fee for 30 days, 50% for 90 days, 100% for a year. If we need to fly, flights are at cost.

07 · How it works

What happens after you write

Five steps, no surprises. You see the plan before we pack.

Brief

You tell me who you want more of, which spaces you're proud of, and what to leave out. One email is enough.

Plan

I send a shot list and the Reel ideas before we arrive. It's a shoot with a plan, not a vacation with a camera.

Stay

We check in like anyone else. I film the arrival, the room, the meals, the pool, and whatever is worth seeing around you.

Deliver

Within fifteen business days you get a shared folder with everything edited. One round of changes is on me.

Publish

The Reels go up on the dates we agreed, with you tagged. You post the same files on your side, and we both watch the comments.

Think your place is worth a weekend?

Tell me where it is and who you'd love to see walking through the door. I'll write back within a business day with ideas, a shot list and a couple of dates.

Tell me about your place

I reply within one business day.

Prefer email? marko.everyday@gmail.com

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