Work With Me
Travel content creation for brands, hotels, tour operators, and experiences in Latin America and Southeast Asia
I help travel brands tell the story of what an experience actually feels like.
Through photography, video, honest storytelling, and social content that reaches travelers at the exact moment they're deciding what to book.
About Me
I'm Hugo — a French traveler, photographer, and content creator who's spent the last few years living out of a backpack across Latin America and Southeast Asia. I started Horizon Hugo to share the kind of travel content I was always looking for myself: honest, specific, and actually useful for people planning real adventures.
I don't just pass through places. I hike volcanos, dive into the ocean, trek for days, ride motorbikes through mountain loops, sleep under the stars, and eat where the locals eat. That means when I cover an experience, I can tell people what it genuinely feels like — not just what it looks like.
That's what makes the content work.
Why Work With Horizon Hugo
Niche Focus, Real Authority
Horizon Hugo is built around Latin America and Southeast Asia — not the whole world. That focus means my audience comes to me for exactly those destinations, and trusts my recommendations because I've actually been there.
An Audience That's Ready to Book
My readers and followers are in their late twenties and early thirties, mostly from Europe and North America. They travel with a budget for real experiences — guided treks, immersive tours, quality stays, multi-day adventures. They are actively researching before they book, and they want to hear from someone who's done it.
Full Content Production, Start to Finish
I handle photography, video, drone footage, editing, writing, and publishing. You don't need a separate photographer, videographer, or copywriter — I bring it all together and deliver content that's ready to use.
Third-party Storytelling That People Trust
Travelers trust someone who's genuinely done the experience far more than a brand promoting itself. When I cover a tour, a stay, or an activity through my own channels, my audience takes it seriously. That social proof drives bookings.
My Services
Sponsored Experience Coverage
I join your tour, trek, stay, or activity and document the full experience — from arrival to the final day. I deliver photography, video, and drone footage showing the real journey, and I cover the experience through my own channels with honest storytelling and a dedicated piece of content for my audience.
This is the most impactful collaboration format because it combines brand assets, third-party endorsement, and SEO-driven content all in one.
Best for: Multi-day tours, adventure experiences, guided treks, immersive stays, diving and water sports.
Content on My Channels
For the right collaborations, I feature your experience directly through Horizon Hugo — blog post, Instagram, and YouTube. This brings your brand in front of my audience organically, through genuine storytelling from someone who's actually been there.
The combination of all three platforms (article + social + video) gives your brand long-term visibility and searchable content that keeps working for months after the initial publish.
Best for: Companies wanting third-party coverage and social proof alongside brand assets.
Photo & Video Library Licensing
I have an extensive library of more than 40,000 photos and 10TB of video footage from the following countries:
- Asia: Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia
- Europe: France, Portugal
- Central America: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica
- South America: Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil
If you need high-quality destination visuals for a campaign, website, or social media, I may already have exactly what you need. Get in touch and I'll check what's available.
Best for: Tourism boards, travel publications, booking platforms, and brands needing destination-specific visuals fast.
Photography & Video Production
I create high-quality visual assets for your brand's website, social media, and marketing campaigns. This includes:
- Landscape and destination photography
- Experience and activity coverage
- Accommodation and property visuals
- Drone footage (aerial landscapes, overhead shots, POV sequences)
- Short-form vertical video for Instagram Reels, TikTok, or YouTube Shorts
- Longer cinematic edits for your website or YouTube
Everything is delivered fully edited and ready to publish.
Best for: Tourism brands, hotels, tour operators, and experience companies that need a strong visual content library.
UGC-Style Travel Content
If your brand needs authentic, traveler-perspective content — the kind that feels real, not staged — I create natural, relatable assets that perform well as organic posts or paid ads. This works especially well for brands that want to move away from polished promotional visuals and toward content people actually engage with.
Best for: Tourism brands, activity companies, and travel apps targeting a younger, experience-driven audience.
Collaboration
Here's a snapshot of some of the brands I've worked with and what we built together.
Country: Peru
What we did: 5-day Salkantay Trek from Cusco to Machu Picchu
TreXperience is one of the most established trek operators in Cusco. I completed the full 5-day Salkantay experience with their team and delivered over 350 photos and around 100 video clips covering landscapes, guides, camp life, and the final arrival at Machu Picchu. I also published a dedicated day-by-day blog post so future clients can visualize exactly what the experience looks like before booking.
Deliverables: Full photo library, video footage, dedicated blog post, Instagram content.
Country: Bolivia
I joined a 3-day ascent of Huayna Potosí, one of the most accessible 6,000m peaks in the world. I delivered photos and videos from every stage of the climb, giving future clients a clear picture of the experience. I also published a dedicated post on the ascent and feature the experience in my monthly Instagram content.
Deliverables: Photography, video footage, dedicated blog post, recurring Instagram features.
Country: Guatemala
What we did: 2-day Acatenango Volcano ascent
An unforgettable experience — and some of my best drone footage to date. I documented the climb and overnight camp on the volcano, with aerial shots captured directly above the active crater. V-Hiking Tour used the photos and videos on their Instagram as primary marketing content.
Deliverables: Photography, video, drone footage, dedicated blog post, Instagram coverage.
Country: Bolivia
Sustainable Bolivia is a volunteer and social impact travel organization based in Bolivia. I created two promotional videos for their YouTube channel and website explaining their main volunteer programs, along with photography and a dedicated article to help introduce their work to a wider audience.
Deliverables: Two promotional videos, photography, dedicated article.
Country: Bolivia
Pisatahua is an experience provider in Bolivia offering immersive local stays and cultural experiences. I created photos and videos showing the accommodations, the surroundings, and the full guest experience — giving future visitors a real feel for what they're booking.
Deliverables: Photography, video content.
Country: Laos
Based in Luang Prabang, this company offers a 2-day trekking and overnight mountain experience near Nong Khiaw. I completed the full trip and captured the adventure through video, photography, and drone footage — the kind of content that makes someone reading about it want to go immediately.
Deliverables: Video, photography, drone footage.
Country: Bolivia
Operating in Tupiza, Bolivia, Voy Tour runs multi-day tours to the Uyuni Salt Flats and surrounding national parks. In a market with many similar operators, strong content and genuine reviews make a real difference. I delivered photos, videos, and authentic coverage to help them stand out.
Deliverables: Photography, video, social content.
Country: Vietnam
One of the most scenic motorbike routes in Southeast Asia, the Ha Giang Loop is a destination in itself. I rode the route and created photography and video for the local tour company running the experience, helping them differentiate their brand from the many operators in the same area.
Deliverables: Photography, video content.
Country: Brazil
I partnered with several street music groups during Rio de Janeiro's Carnival to document the neighbourhood side of the festival — the blocos and street parades that many travelers miss but locals call the real Carnival. I produced a dedicated YouTube video and a supporting blog article promoting this less-covered side of Rio.
Deliverables: YouTube video, dedicated blog article.
Who's My Audience
My audience is made up primarily of men in their late twenties and early thirties — around 65% male, 35% female — mostly from Europe and North America.
They are not on a shoestring budget. They travel to experience things: guided treks, cultural immersion, multi-day adventures, quality stays, and activities worth writing home about. They research seriously before they book, and they trust recommendations from people who've genuinely done it over any promotional material.
When they find an honest review, a strong photo, or a video that shows them exactly what an experience is like — they act on it.
That's what I give them, and that's why the content converts.
Let's Create Something Travelers Will Trust
The best travel partnerships do two things at once:
- They give you great content
- And give future customers the push they need to book.
If your experience, stay, or brand fits my destinations and audience, I'd genuinely love to explore a collaboration.