Palm Beach, Florida

About

the studio
Who We Are

Editorial travel content
for luxury hotels.

Captured with a fashion-forward lens.

Coastal Travel Company creates refined, story-driven visuals for hotels and destinations that want to be desired, not just seen.

Our work feels lived-in, aspirational, and effortless — never influencer-led. We bring an editorial sensibility to every project, treating each property as a world worth exploring through photography and film.

Editorial hotel photography
Coastal aesthetic
About

We specialize in editorial photography and short-form video that captures the feeling of a stay — blending architecture, lifestyle, and high-fashion energy into timeless visual narratives.

Our work feels lived-in, aspirational, and effortless — never influencer-led.

Based in Palm Beach, Florida, we work with properties across the United States, Caribbean, and Europe who share a commitment to quality and a desire to tell their story with intention and sophistication.

— Palm Beach, Florida
Our Approach

Each project is treated
like an editorial feature.

with intention.

On-camera talent is often drawn from hotel staff or brand ambassadors, keeping the focus on the property and experience — not on a personality. The property is always the protagonist.

Natural Movement Through Space

We document how people actually inhabit a property — candid, unhurried, and real.

Styled Yet Authentic Moments

Art-directed without feeling staged. Every frame has purpose and warmth.

Thoughtful Light & Composition

We chase the golden hours, the quiet shadows, and the light that makes a place unforgettable.

Fashion-Led Storytelling

A high-fashion editorial lens applied to hospitality — effortless, aspirational, timeless.

Services

What We Offer

Photography

Editorial Photography

Full-property editorial stills — interiors, exteriors, lifestyle moments, and detail captures that tell a complete visual story.

Video

Short-Form Video

Cinematic Reels and social-ready video content with editorial quality — made for Instagram, websites, and luxury brand campaigns.

Lifestyle

Lifestyle & Detail

Fashion-forward human moments within your property — from morning coffee rituals to golden-hour pool scenes.

Narrative

Visual Storytelling for Hospitality

A cohesive brand library built around your property's unique atmosphere — photography, video, and styling united into a single, intentional visual identity.

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Hospitality

On-Site Direction

Full creative direction on-property, working directly with your team to execute the vision seamlessly.

Signature Collections

Three Ways
to Work Together

Our signature collections are pre-defined project frameworks designed to deliver a complete visual library. Each is tailored to a different scope, budget, and intention.

Explore the Collections
The Editorial Stay

A full-immersion project spanning multiple days. Interiors, exteriors, lifestyle, and film — the complete property story.

The Fashioned Weekend

A curated two-day shoot focused on lifestyle, detail, and short-form video with a fashion-forward aesthetic.

The Signature Story

A brand-defining series built for campaigns — aspirational imagery and film that positions your property for desire.

The Photographer

Laura Crain

Founder & Creative Director

Laura Crain is the founder and lead photographer behind Coastal Travel Company. Based in Palm Beach, Florida, he specializes in editorial hotel photography that blends architecture, lifestyle, and high-fashion energy into timeless visual narratives.

His work is rooted in the belief that great hospitality photography should feel aspirational, not artificial — and that the best images are the ones that make a traveler feel something before they even book.

Laura Crain, Founder
On location
Background

With a background in editorial and fashion photography, Laura brings a distinctive eye to hospitality — one shaped by years of working with publications, brands, and destinations that demand a higher standard of visual storytelling.

She founded Coastal Travel Company to fill a gap he kept encountering: luxury properties that deserved world-class imagery but were working with photographers who treated hotels like real estate shoots.

Every project Laura takes on is treated as a creative partnership — not a vendor relationship. She works closely with property teams to understand their brand, their guest, and the feeling they want to evoke.

— Palm Beach, Florida
the vision
"The properties I'm most drawn to are the ones that have a soul — and my job is to find it and put it on screen."
— Laura Crain
Approach

A fashion-forward
editorial lens.

Laura's process is unhurried and immersive. She arrives early, stays late, and spends the in-between time understanding how light moves through a space — so that when the moment comes, she's ready.

Work Together

Editorial Sensibility

Each frame is composed with the intention of a magazine spread, not a property listing.

On-Site Partnership

Laura works directly with hotel teams, not through intermediaries — every shoot is a collaboration.

Light as the Medium

Natural light, golden hours, and architectural shadow are the primary tools — never artificial flash.

Minimal Footprint

Small crew, deep focus. The guest experience is never compromised for the sake of the shoot.

let's begin

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