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Join the Explore Karo Creator Club

Share your stories. Inspire wanderlust. Collaborate with us and be part of a community that turns travel into meaningful experiences.

Explore Karo Creator Club

What the Creator Club is

We plan holidays across India and overseas, and the honest truth is that a well-cut reel of Tawang in October does more for a traveller's decision than any brochure we could write. So rather than commission stock footage of places we love, we would rather work with the people already out there making it.

The Club is a standing list, not a one-off campaign. You apply once. We read every application ourselves — no form-filling bot at the other end — and when a trip comes up that suits your platform, your audience and the kind of work you do, we write to you with the specifics: the route, the dates, what is covered, what is expected and what, if anything, is paid.

Some collaborations are hosted trips. Some are a discounted seat on a group departure. Some are simply paid work on a shoot we are already running. What every one of them has in common is that it is written down before anyone commits to anything.

Applying costs nothing and commits you to nothing. Being on the list is not an offer of a trip — it is how we know who to call when one comes up.

Who can apply

If you make something worth watching, reading or listening to about a place, you are the kind of person we are looking for.

Travel content creators Photographers Videographers & reel makers Vloggers Influencers Bloggers & travel writers Podcasters & storytellers Solo, couple & family travellers who document the road
Follower count is not the only criteria. We look at the work — how you frame a place, whether your audience trusts you, and whether the people watching you are people who actually travel. A carefully made account with four thousand engaged followers beats a hundred thousand who scroll past.

What creators can get

What is on the table depends on the trip and on the fit. Here is the full range of what a collaboration with us can include.

Hosted & discounted trips

Depending on the departure, a fully hosted place on a trip or a creator rate on one of our group itineraries. Which one applies is written into the brief before you say yes.

Stay & travel support

On collaborations that call for it, we arrange the stay, the internal travel and the on-ground coordination, so your time goes into the work and not into logistics.

Content opportunities

Access to routes, properties, experiences and local people we already work with — including places that are hard to reach on your own, and the guides who actually know them.

Brand collaborations

Where it suits both sides, we introduce creators to the hotels, resorts and experience partners in our network for their own campaigns.

Paid collaborations

Some briefs are straightforward paid work — a shoot, a set of deliverables, an agreed fee. When a brief is paid, the fee and the deliverables are agreed in writing first.

Creator exposure

Your work credited and shared across our own channels and our website, and your name in front of an audience that is planning a holiday right now.

Not every creator gets every one of these. What applies to you is agreed trip by trip, in writing, before anything is confirmed.

Three ways we collaborate

Where you start depends on your work and the fit, not on a follower threshold. Creators move between these over time.

Tier one

Creator Partner

The starting point for most creators. Project by project, with no ongoing commitment on either side.

  • Barter and discounted-rate collaborations on selected departures
  • Briefs sent to you when a trip matches your platform
  • Your work credited and reshared on our channels
  • No minimum posting commitment beyond the agreed brief
Tier two

Creator Club

For creators we have worked with before, or whose work clearly fits what we run. A closer, more regular working relationship.

  • First look at hosted and part-hosted trips
  • Stay and travel support built into the collaboration
  • Introductions to hotel and experience partners in our network
  • Paid briefs where the scope calls for it
Tier three

Explore Karo Ambassador

A long-term association with a handful of creators whose audience and ours are genuinely the same people. By invitation, from within the Club.

  • A season-long association rather than one-off briefs
  • Priority on hosted departures and new routes
  • Paid retainers or per-campaign fees, agreed in writing
  • A referral arrangement on travellers who book through you

Tiers are not a queue you wait in. Where a creator sits is reviewed as the work develops, and the terms of every collaboration are confirmed in writing before it starts.

What we expect

Short list, and none of it is a surprise.

Deliver what was agreed

The number of reels, posts, photographs or words in the brief, delivered by the date in the brief. If something goes wrong on the road, tell us — that is fine. Silence is not.

Credit us properly

Tag @explore_karo_.india and mention Explore Karo in the content covered by the collaboration, so the people watching can find the trip.

Original work, usable by us

Your own footage and photographs, with permission for us to use the agreed pieces on our channels and website, credited to you.

Be straight with your audience

Where a trip is hosted or paid, disclose it. Indian advertising rules require it and, quite apart from that, it is the reason your audience believes you.

Travel well

You are with our drivers, our guides, our hotel partners and often our other travellers. Treat them the way you would want to be treated.

Respect the place

Local rules, permits, protected areas, people's privacy. No drone where drones are not allowed, no shot that costs somebody their peace.

How it works

Five steps, and you only hear from us when there is something real to talk about.

01
ApplyFill in the form below. It takes about five minutes, and the more specific you are about what you make, the better we can match you.
02
We review your workWe look at your profiles and your portfolio properly — the work itself, the audience, the fit with the places we run.
03
We get in touchYou hear back either way, normally within five working days. If it is a yes, we tell you which tier we think fits and why.
04
A brief, in writingWhen a trip suits you, you get the route, the dates, what is covered, the deliverables and the fee if there is one — before you commit to anything.
05
Travel, create, collaborateYou go, you make the work, we share it and credit you. And if it goes well, we do it again.

Creator Club application

Five short steps, read by a person. Fields marked with a dot are the ones we genuinely need in order to come back to you.

  1. 1About YouTell us a little about yourself
  2. 2Your ContentYour platforms, niche & audience
  3. 3Collaboration InterestChoose what you’re interested in
  4. 4Additional DetailsYour ideas, goals & more
  5. 5SubmitComplete your application
About you

Let’s start with you

So we know who we are writing back to, and where you are based.

Your content

Where you publish, and what you make

At least one profile, please — it is the part we actually look at.

What you make
A link rather than an upload — Google Drive, Dropbox, Notion, a website or just your best reel. Please make sure it is set so we can open it without asking for access.
Collaboration interest

Which collaboration opportunities interest you?

Select all that you’d like to explore. You can choose one, two, or all three.

You can select more than one option. We’ll recommend the best collaboration structure based on your profile and proposal.
Additional details

Anything else we should know

Both of these are optional, and both of them help.

Submit

Check it over, then send it

A quick look at what you have told us. Use Back, or the steps on the left, to change anything.

Your application goes to our team only. We do not sell or share it, and we do not add you to a marketing list.

Applying is free and commits you to nothing. Joining the Club does not guarantee complimentary trips, paid collaborations or any specific benefits — every collaboration depends on the trip, the fit and availability, and is agreed in writing beforehand.

Prefer to send it over?Mail or WhatsApp works too

Send us your handles and a link to your best work. The steps above simply ask the same things in order.

Before you startTwo minutes, five steps
PortfolioSend a link
ApplicationsOpen, year round
ReplyEither way, in 5 working days

Google Drive, Dropbox, Notion, a website, or simply your Instagram — whatever shows the work best.

Join the Creator Club

Travel. Create. Collaborate. Apply once and we will come to you when a trip fits.

Join the Creator Club
Please read: joining the Explore Karo Creator Club does not guarantee complimentary trips, paid collaborations or any specific benefits. Every collaboration depends on the trip, the fit and availability, and the terms of each one are agreed in writing before it begins. We may also review or end a creator's association with the Club at any time.
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