Instagram strategy for boutique & wellness hotels

The feed is the first room
your guests enter.

Stay Narrative designs how a hotel is seen - and what that first impression sets in motion, long before a guest arrives.

See how it works
Most hotels have beautiful photos. Few have a narrative that holds them together.

A guest decides how they feel about a place before they ever read a description or check a rate. They scroll. And in those few seconds, the feed either tells a clear story - or it doesn't.

Stay Narrative gives that story a direction. Not louder posts or more of them, but a calm, coherent visual language that makes the right guest think: this is for me.

The work begins with what a hotel already has - its existing photography, its character, its sense of place - and shapes it into a feed that feels like the experience itself.

The thinking behind it

A beautiful feed is the surface. Underneath is a structure.

A feed that feels effortless is never accidental. It follows an order - one that decides which kind of content does which job. Three levels work together:

01

Attention

Content that reaches people who don't yet know the house - the region, the surroundings, the reason to travel here in the first place.

02

Connection

The character of the house - its atmosphere and the details in which the right guest recognises themselves, and decides to follow along.

03

Decision

The quiet, concrete reason to stay, to write, to book - placed where it belongs, not scattered across every post.

Most profiles live almost entirely on the middle level. The art is in the red thread that runs through all three.

Services

A path, not a package.

We start with a conversation. Move forward only when it feels right. Each step stands on its own.

Let's meet

A free first conversation

Before anything begins, we look at your feed together. A calm, honest read from the outside: what already works, what stands out, what could be solved differently with little effort. No obligation - you take something away either way.

Start here

Brand Direction

€1,190

The full visual direction for your feed - the framework everything else is built on.

  • Full brand & content review
  • Moodboard & visual language
  • Feed framework & grid mockup
  • Content rhythm - what runs when, and why.
  • Built from your existing photos - no shoot needed
Ongoing - light

Content Advisory

€390 / month

For hotels running their own feed who want a steady hand keeping it on track.

  • Monthly strategy call
  • Feed review & feedback
  • Direction, not execution
Ongoing - full

Content Direction

€890 / month

Hands-on monthly direction of your feed - planned, curated, and held to one clear vision.

  • 12 feed posts & carousels per month
  • Curation, captions & visual consistency
  • Photo briefing included
  • Ready to post - you publish, or add posting as an extra

Reels direction available as an add-on once a feed is in place.

How we work

From first look to lasting story.

A calm, structured process - no pressure to commit to everything at once.

01

Understand

We start with your hotel - its atmosphere, its guests, what makes it unmistakably itself.

02

Direct

A visual language and feed framework take shape: the look, the rhythm, the story your grid tells.

03

Sustain

The feed keeps its direction over time - consistent, intentional, and quietly working for you.

Begin

Turn visitors into guests.

A free first conversation is the place to start - a focused, honest look at where your feed stands today.