Boutique Travel, Beautifully Told
For the hotels worth staying in, the destinations worth discovering, and the brands worth telling the world about.
Let's Make Magic!
Boutique Hotel Obsessive, Storyteller & Creative Concierge
I’m a multi-dimensional creative with over a decade of professional photography and content marketing experience behind me, and the founder of laurenbelz.com, a boutique travel publication built on editorial storytelling, destination photography, and curated guides for the traveler who plans with intention.
I love travel, of course. But laurenbelz.com is the way it is because I’ve spent over a decade on the other side of it too: behind the camera and inside content strategy, learning how a story finds its audience — and keeps finding it — long after it’s published.
So when we work together, you get guides written to rank and to be read, images I shoot myself, and a partnership shaped around readers who are actually planning the trip. People searching for the right hotel, the right table, the right corner of the world, and trusting me to point them there.
Whether you’re a boutique or luxury hotel, a tourism board, or a brand with a beautiful story to tell — I’d love to help tell it in a way that captures its heart and inspires others to experience its magic for themselves.
Postcards from Travelers
What We Can Create Together
Let’s Tell Your Story.
A chance for Lauren to stay, to shoot, to experience and explore, and to tell your story to an audience of intentional travelers who are ready to book. Every editorial feature on laurenbelz.com is grounded in firsthand experience and includes authentic, real-time Instagram coverage.
Perfect for: boutique & luxury hotels, design-forward properties, hospitality brands, and tourism boards with a story worth telling on location.
Select destination guides on laurenbelz.com rank on page one and drive consistent booking traffic month after month. Featured placement within these existing, high-performing content puts your brand directly in front of readers who are already planning that exact trip — no waiting for a new post to gain traction.
Selective and editorially driven. Reach out to discuss availability and fit.
Beautiful, travel-inspired content created specifically for your brand — not my channels. On-location editorial photography and short-form video delivered in a fully licensed gallery, ready for use across your website, social media, and marketing campaigns.
To see a sample gallery of editorial photography, please click here.
Available as a standalone service or as part of a broader partnership package — no public posting required on my end.
Social-first, platform-native content for Instagram that feels intentional, not promotional. In-feed posts, Stories sequences, and short-form Reels — via @lobelz — with the same editorial eye as everything on laurenbelz.com.
The majority of my audience is based in the U.S., followed by Europe and the UK.
Have a story you want told beautifully on your channels, not mine? I’m available for commissioned travel writing for brands, hotels, and publications looking for original, high-quality content to call their own. Whether it’s a destination feature for your website, a hotel narrative for your magazine, or copy that captures the spirit of a place or product, I bring the same editorial standard to every brand.
No two collaborations look the same. Each partnership is thoughtfully scoped around your brand, your property, and the content that will resonate most with my audience. For tailored proposals, reach out directly at lauren@laurenbelz.com.
We All Have a Travel Bucket List. This is Mine.
These are the places at the top of my list right now. The ones I’m dreaming about, saving pins for, and actively planning around. If your hotel, villa, restaurant, or destination lives in one of them, I’d love to tell its story. Let’s talk partnerships.
On My Radar!
Italy
Calabria • Florence • Puglia • Tuscany • Umbria
France
Antibes • Champagne • Paris • Provence • St. Tropez
Greece
Athens • Crete • Milos • Naxos • Paros
Spain
Barcelona • Mallorca • Marbella • Menorca
The U.K.
London • Oxford • The Cotswolds
The U.S.
Aspen, CO • Charleston, SC • Nantucket, MA • Savannah, GA
The Work Between the Trips
When I’m home in Orange County, I take on a small number of portrait photography sessions and creative projects each season — for people, small businesses, and brands looking to level up their online presence.
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Portrait Photography
Portraits, couples, and family sessions across Orange County and Southern California, shot with the same editorial eye behind every image on this site. Natural light, unhurried direction, and photographs that feel like you on your best, most golden-hour day.
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Digital Content
For lifestyle brands, boutiques, and fellow creators who want their marketing to sound as good as it looks. I offer email marketing and automation, website and editorial copy, affiliate storefront setup, and more, all built on over a decade in content & strategy.