StayMotion

Photos get looks.
Motion gets bookings.

I turn three to eight of your listing photos into a cinematic 20–60 second video — ready for Instagram, your booking site and Vrbo, usually within 24–48 hours. You see a free preview of your own place before you pay anything.

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What you get

Two formats. Always both.

Every paid video is delivered twice — wide for the screen, tall for the phone. Same property, same edit, two cuts. You never have to crop anything yourself, and you never post a video that doesn't fit where it lands.

16:9 — the wide cut

For screens people sit in front of

Your own booking website · Vrbo, where video sits directly in the listing · camping.info · YouTube · Meta and Google ads · the screen at the local tourism office

A wide cut belongs at the top of your own site. Guests decide whether a place feels right long before they open a booking portal — this is the version that does that work while they read.

9:16 — the tall cut

For the phone in someone's hand

Instagram Reels · TikTok · Instagram and Facebook Stories · Pinterest · WhatsApp status

Vertical fills the whole screen. A wide video posted as a Reel becomes a small strip between two grey bars, and a thumb moves past it. This cut is framed for vertical from the start, not squeezed into it afterwards.

Both formats are included in every paid package, from Starter upwards — at no extra cost and without a second order. The free preview comes in 16:9.

Why video

Vacation rental video marketing — where it actually works

Airbnb doesn't show videos on listings, and neither does Booking.com. Instagram, TikTok and your own website do — and that's where guests fall in love with a place before they ever open a portal. A short video does what twenty photos can't: it shows how your chalet feels when the afternoon light moves through the living room. On Vrbo you can put the video straight into the listing.

Running a campsite? On camping.info a video sits directly in your entry — and photos taken at eye level never manage to show how big the grounds are or how close the water is. That is the one thing a moving picture solves in fifteen seconds.

The process

Get your vacation rental video made — in three steps

1

You send three to five photos

The ones from your listing are usually perfect — exterior, living room, kitchen, bedroom, and the thing that makes your place special. Or just reply “OK” and I'll take them from your website. You confirm you own the rights, and that's all I need from you.

Chalet exterior in the snow at sunset — one of the photos a video is made from Chalet living room with fireplace and mountain view Chalet kitchen and dining table in dark wood Chalet bedroom with wool blanket and open fireplace Hot tub on the chalet terrace at dusk with a view of the Alps
Five photos — that is the whole starting material.
2

I send a preview — free

Usually within 24 hours you get 15 seconds of your own place in motion, in full delivery quality, with a small watermark. Judge it on your own property, not on someone else's showreel — and before you have spent a cent.

Still from a free StayMotion preview with watermark — chalet kitchen with fireplace
This is what the free preview looks like — watermark included.
3

You order only if you love it

Happy? Pick a package and receive the finished video without watermark, in 16:9 and 9:16 — ready for your website, Vrbo, Instagram and TikTok. Not happy? You have spent nothing and we part as friends.

Still from the finished chalet video without watermark, delivered in 16:9 and 9:16
The finished video — no watermark, both formats.
AI and hand work

AI makes it fast. I make it good.

The raw clips are generated with state-of-the-art video AI — that is why video production here takes days instead of weeks and costs a fraction of a shoot. But no video leaves my studio unseen: I sequence the shots like a walk-through, match pace and music to your property, and review every second. Your photos stay exactly as they are — nothing invented, no fake furniture, no people, no kitsch.

The preview comes before the invoiceFifteen seconds of your own property, free, usually within 24 hours. I know of no other studio that sends you your own place before you have ordered anything.
Both formats, every time16:9 and 9:16 in every paid package. One production, two uses — nothing to re-cut.
A specialist, not a mass-market toolHoliday homes, chalets, boutique hotels and campsites. Not estate-agent stock work with a holiday label on it.
Swiss, with a name and a faceA proper invoice, Swiss (nDSG) and EU (GDPR) data protection, a legal venue — and never a bot at the other end.
Fixed prices, publishedEvery package price is on this page. You know what a video costs before you write to me.
Who's behind this

StayMotion isn't a corporation — it's a small Swiss studio. I bring the photos you already have to life: short, polished videos of your place, made with modern AI technology and careful hand-editing.

Everything stays personal: you deal with me directly, and I check every video by hand before it reaches you.

StayMotion is run by Di-MiTia KLG, a registered Swiss company near Basel. You get a proper invoice, your photos are handled under Swiss (nDSG) and EU (GDPR) data protection law, and you'll never talk to a bot — you'll talk to me.

— Michel
Michel & Diana · StayMotion
Pricing

You've seen the preview before you pay.

Preview

CHF 0
15 seconds from 3–5 photos, with watermark, usually within 24 hours. No obligation — this is how an order normally starts.
16:9
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Starter

CHF 39
20–30 seconds from up to 5 photos, licensed music, one revision round.
16:9 and 9:16 included
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Pro

CHF 79
30–45 seconds from up to 8 photos, text overlays and your logo, two revision rounds.
16:9 and 9:16 included
Request

Premium

CHF 149
Up to 60 seconds with multilingual AI voiceover, three social-media cuts, and priority in the queue. Not bookable yet — the voiceover is still in the making. Want it? Write to me and I will tell you when it is ready.
16:9 and 9:16 included
In preparation

The same figure in every currency: 39, 79 or 149 — as CHF in Switzerland, EUR in the EU and USD everywhere else. Nothing is converted, so your invoice shows the amount you see here. No VAT is charged (Swiss small-business exemption), payment term 30 days. Managing five or more properties? Ask me about portfolio rates.

For property managers

Many properties? One partner.

Manage a portfolio? I turn all your listings into a consistent set of videos — same look, one contact, one invoice, every one of them in both formats. The more properties, the lower the price per video.

5–9 properties

CHF 59/property
A Pro video for each property, consistent style across your whole portfolio. Around 25% off the single price.
Ask for an offer

10–19 properties

CHF 49/property
Same quality, better rate — roughly 38% below the single price. Delivered in batches so you're never waiting.
Ask for an offer

20+ properties

CHF 39/property
Best rate for large portfolios — about half the single price. Let's set up a rollout plan together.
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Keep it fresh — seasonal plan

Prefer videos that stay current? With a seasonal plan each property is refreshed twice a year — winter and summer — so your listings always match the season. Priced per property per year; ask me for a plan that fits your portfolio.

Every portfolio normally starts with a free preview of one property — so you see the quality before committing the rest. Portfolio and seasonal rates are guide prices; what applies is the written offer I send you.

Good questions
Which formats do I get?

Every paid package is delivered in both: 16:9 for your website, Vrbo, camping.info and ads, and 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Stories. Both are cut from the same edit, so they tell the same story — you don't pay extra and you don't order twice. The free preview comes in 16:9.

What happens with my photos?

They're used for one thing: your video. I only start after you've explicitly confirmed you own the rights, and your photos stay yours throughout. Consent can be withdrawn anytime. Once the video is paid for, you may use it for your own property without limit of time or place — that right is non-exclusive and not transferable, so it doesn't cover resale or other properties. Faces and licence plates are detected and blurred automatically right after upload; the AI only ever sees the blurred version. It is not infallible — so do look through the finished video.

Which photos work best?

Bright, sharp, landscape-format shots: exterior, living room, kitchen, bedroom, and the thing that makes your place special — the view, the pool, the fireplace. For a campsite: the grounds, the pitches, the waterfront, rental units, the fire pit at dusk. Your existing listing photos are almost always enough.

How fast is delivery?

The free preview usually lands in your inbox within 24 hours. Paid videos typically take 24–48 hours after payment; Premium orders move to the front of the queue. These are figures from experience, not guaranteed deadlines.

What if I don't like the result?

Then you don't order — the preview costs nothing and commits you to nothing. Paid packages include revision rounds — one with Starter, two with Pro, three with Premium. In a round we adjust pacing, music and photo selection together.

Can I use the video everywhere?

Yes, for your own property — your website, Vrbo, camping.info, Instagram, TikTok, paid ads, a screen at the local tourism office. The music licence is included for use inside the video — it does not let you use the music on its own. What the licence also does not cover is reselling the video or using it for other properties. Airbnb and Booking.com don't show videos in the listing itself — I'd rather tell you that now than let you find out afterwards.

Say hello

Send three to five photos of your place — or just reply “OK” and I'll take them from your website. Either way you get 15 seconds of your own place in motion, free, usually within 24 hours. No payment details, no newsletter, no follow-up circus.

Sending this is an enquiry, not an order — nothing is binding until I send you an offer and you accept it. Our terms apply from that point. Your data is used to handle your request — nothing else. I blur faces and licence plates on your photos automatically before the video is made; for the AI step the photos go to service providers abroad, as set out in clause 17 of the terms.