Thailand influencer trips for Lao creators
Hosted Thailand trips for Lao content creators and travel influencers — hotel with breakfast, return airport transfers and a programme of tours, in exchange for agreed coverage. Operated by Explera DMC Thailand, a TAT-licensed, IATA-accredited ground operator.
Explera hosts Lao creators in Thailand from 150,000 followers upward. Your tier decides the trip: one to five nights in a 3-, 4- or 5-star hotel with breakfast, return airport transfers in a private licensed vehicle, and either one activity or a daily programme of tours and sightseeing. You pay for your own flights, visa and insurance; everything on the ground is complimentary in exchange for coverage agreed in writing before you travel.
What Lao creators receive, by audience size.
Reach on your primary channel — Instagram, YouTube, TikTok or an equivalent blog audience — decides the tier. Every tier includes return airport transfers.
| Followers | Hosted stay | Hotel | Activities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 150,000 – 249,000 | 1 night | 3-star hotel with daily breakfast | One sightseeing visit, activity or tour |
| 250,000 – 499,000 | 2 nights | 4-star hotel with daily breakfast | Tours, sightseeing or an activity every day |
| 500,000 – 1 million | 4 nights | 4-star hotel with breakfast | Tours, sightseeing or an activity every day |
| 1 million – 5 million | 5 nights | 5-star hotel with breakfast | Tours, sightseeing or an activity every day |
Below 150,000 followers we look case by case, and it is normally a single activity or tour without hotel or transfers. Above 5 million we build the trip with you individually. Full detail on the creator programme page.
The ground is ours. The flights are yours.
Explera is a destination management company, not a media agency: we operate the hotels, transport and excursions on your itinerary rather than reselling them. For a Lao creator that means the person meeting you at the airport works for the same company that answered your application.
What you arrange yourself: international flights from Laos, any visa you need, and comprehensive travel insurance, which is required for every hosted experience.
- Hotel nights with breakfast, at the star rating your tier sets
- Return airport transfers in a private, licensed vehicle
- Tours, sightseeing or activities as your tier specifies
- A licensed guide where the itinerary needs one
- 24/7 ground support for the length of your stay
Why Lao creators come through a ground operator.
Thailand weather moves; the itinerary is rebuilt around it in real time instead of leaving you with a lost shooting day.
Operated, not brokered
Our own fleet, our own guides, our own operations desks across 42 Thailand destinations. Nothing on your itinerary is a phone number we found.
Licensed and accountable
A Tourism Authority of Thailand licence and IATA accreditation number 96215733 sit behind every booking, and the same 24/7 duty desk that covers our trade clients covers you.
Built around a schedule that can absorb a bad weather day
Thailand weather moves; the itinerary is rebuilt around it in real time instead of leaving you with a lost shooting day.
From application to published coverage.
1. Apply
Send your channels and real numbers through the creator application. Applications go to the CEO’s office.
2. Answer in 5 business days
We verify reach, engagement quality and audience geography, then confirm your tier.
3. Itinerary in writing
Hotel, transfers, activities and deliverables are agreed in a short written agreement before anything is booked.
4. Travel and publish
You travel; coverage goes live within 30 days. Creators who deliver well are invited back on stronger terms.
Asked by Lao creators.
Is the Thailand creator trip really free for Lao creators?
The ground side is complimentary in exchange for agreed coverage: hotel nights with breakfast, return airport transfers and the tours or activities your tier includes. You fund your own flights to and from Thailand, your visa where one is needed, and your travel insurance. Nothing is invoiced to you for the hosted elements.
How many followers do I need?
Hosted tiers start at 150,000 followers on your primary channel. From there the tier decides the trip: one night at 150,000–249,000, two nights at 250,000–499,000, four nights at 500,000–1 million and five nights at 1 million–5 million. Below 150,000 we look case by case and it is normally a single activity or tour without hotel or transfers.
Do you pay for flights from Laos?
No. Flights are excluded at every tier, international and domestic. You choose your own routing and arrival airport, tell us the flight numbers, and our driver meets you in the arrivals hall from there.
What do I have to publish?
Deliverables are agreed in writing before anything is booked and are due within 30 days of travel — typically a dedicated blog post with a do-follow link, at least three Instagram reels or story sets tagging @explera, a YouTube mention where video is part of your mix, and usage rights for Explera to repost with credit. Coverage must be honestly disclosed under ASA and FTC rules.
Who is Explera and why does a DMC host creators?
Explera DMC Thailand is a TAT-licensed, IATA-accredited destination management company (IATA 96215733) that handles Thailand on the ground for travel agencies worldwide. Creator trips put our own hotels, transport and excursions in front of the audiences those agencies sell to, which is why we operate the trip ourselves rather than buying it in.
Working in the trade instead?
If you sell Thailand rather than film it, our trade desk quotes net rates for agencies: see Thailand DMC services for Lao travel agents, the full Thailand DMC service list, or our source-market coverage. For paid campaigns and commissioned content, the brand-collaboration desk runs separate formats.