Explera Travel Creators
Hotel, transfers and experiences for travel creators from 150k followers — in exchange for honest, disclosed coverage.
Bangkok, Thailand
In short
Explera hosts travel creators from 150k followers in Thailand, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand. We provide hotel, transfers and activities on the ground in exchange for honest, disclosed coverage. We never provide flights, cash fees, visas or insurance. Every applicant gets an answer within five business days, and every account lives here on the hub.
The tiers
150k–249k followers
Your pick from our catalogue, matched to the niche your audience actually follows you for.
250k–499k followers
Not a single outing — a programme built around what your channel is known for.
500k–1M followers
Enough time to move between destinations rather than shoot one base, so the trip carries a real narrative.
1M–5M followers
Island days, cultural itineraries, venue sessions — planned around the destinations and the content your audience comes to you for.
Spotlight · Under 150k followers. We still reply — and still consider a single activity or tour.
Bespoke · Over 5M followers. Above five million, we build the trip with you — including multi-destination trips across Asia and New Zealand.
What's included
Four destinations
Southeast Asia
Thailand suits creators who want range on one trip: Bangkok's temples and street food, Andaman islands around Phuket and Krabi, and Chiang Mai's craft traditions in the north. The Thailand site holds the full catalogue, shooting notes and source-market pages. Thailand also works well as one leg of a multi-destination trip.
Thailand creator site
East Asia
Japan suits creators whose audiences value craft, food and seasons: Kyoto mornings, Osaka street food, Tokyo neighbourhoods and days near Mount Fuji. Etiquette and filming rules are stricter than elsewhere in Asia, and the Japan site explains them. Japan combines well with South Korea, one short flight away in the same time zone.
Japan creator site
East Asia
South Korea suits creators covering culture, food, beauty and city life: Seoul's palaces and markets, night views over the Han River and the coast at Busan. Korean audiences follow specific disclosure guidelines, and the South Korea site explains them. Korea pairs easily with Japan on a multi-destination trip, with no time-zone change.
South Korea creator site
Oceania
New Zealand suits creators covering landscapes, adventure and road trips: alpine country around Queenstown, the fiords of Fiordland and the geothermal landscape around Rotorua. Its seasons run opposite to Japan's and Korea's, and filming on conservation land has its own rules. It is a long-haul flight from the other destinations, so it suits longer trips.
New Zealand creator site
A hosted day
06:30
An early walk before the crowds for final shots. Nothing else is scheduled on a travel day.
09:00
Your private transfer collects you from the hotel. Flight details you entered in the portal set the pick-up time.
12:00
You book and pay for the flight between countries. Explera does not provide it. Japan and Korea share a time zone, so no clocks change today.
15:30
A driver meets you at arrivals and takes you to the hotel. The Seoul leg of your itinerary is already in the portal.
19:00
A light evening near the hotel to scout locations. Full days start tomorrow.
How it works
3+ weeks before travel
Follow @expleradmc on all our social media profiles, then tell us about your channel, your audience, your blog or website and the trip you have in mind.
5 business days
We verify reach, engagement and audience geography, then give you an answer either way.
Signed in the portal
Inclusions, dates, deliverables and disclosure wording, agreed and signed before anything is booked.
Within 30 days
Announce the trip before you go, then publish within 30 days of your last travel day, tagging @expleradmc.
How we work
One programme, four countries
One account, on the hub
Disclosed, never scripted
Plain about what is excluded
Deliverables & disclosure
Announce the trip before you travel, on social media and your blog, tagging @expleradmc.
Publish the agreed posts within 30 days of your last travel day.
Disclose clearly for your audience's markets, then submit links and screenshots in the portal.
FAQ
The one your audience wants to see and that fits your niche. Look at where your followers are based, what they already engage with, and when you can travel, then read the overview for each country on this hub. If two destinations fit and you are Signature tier or above, you can ask for both on one trip.
Yes. On the hub application form you can pick several destinations. Signature, Authority and Bespoke creators can be hosted on one multi-destination trip. Below Signature, a trip stays in one country, so pick the destination that fits best; you can apply for another country on a later trip once the first collaboration is complete.
You apply once, choose two or more of Thailand, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand, and list the experiences you want. One reviewing market answers within five business days and builds the route. Your tier's nights are split across the countries, with hotel, transfers and activities in each. You book and pay for all flights.
No. Explera never provides flights — international, domestic, or between countries on a multi-destination trip. You book and pay for them yourself, then enter the flight numbers in the portal. We use them to arrange your airport transfers at each end, which are included for hosted tiers.
Here on the hub. Every creator account lives on travelcreators.expleradmc.com, whichever destination site you applied on. Login links on the Thailand, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand sites all bring you here. After you apply, you receive a magic link by email to claim your account.
Your application exactly as submitted, its status timeline, any requests from Explera, the decision and tier, agreements to sign, your documents, the day-by-day itinerary with duty contacts, your deliverables with due dates and required tags, and messages with the team. You can also download your data or manage consents there.
Hosted tiers start at 150,000 followers on your primary channel: Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, or an equivalent blog audience. That one number decides the tier. Below 150k we still reply and consider a single activity or tour case by case, without hotel or transfers. Above five million we build the trip individually.
Creators aged 18 or over who own a blog or website as well as their primary social channel, whose reach, engagement and audience geography can be verified, and whose niche fits the destination. The website requirement applies to everyone, Spotlight included. Bought followers, engagement pods or undisclosed past sponsorships end the conversation.
Every applicant gets an answer within five business days, counted on the reviewing market's business-day calendar, so local public holidays do not count. The clock pauses while we wait for something from you. Apply at least three weeks before you want to travel; scheduling needs at least a week after the agreement is signed.
Once approved, and before you travel, you publish a pre-trip announcement: a social post on your channel saying you are travelling with Explera and tagging @expleradmc, and a blog post on your own site linking to the agreed Explera page. Both are submitted in the portal with a URL and a screenshot.
