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360 Tours for Business · Vancouver Island

This door
never closes.

A 360 tour is your space with the lights on, at any hour, from anywhere. People wander in, look around, and decide to come for real.

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360° tour

Drag to look around, any direction. An illustration standing in
for your space; the real one is filmed on site, in full resolution.

The filmed tour

A tour you control.

🎬
You control the look

Every panorama is placed on purpose. You pick the angles, the order people walk through, and the moment we shoot. Nothing is left to a passing camera car.

Staged, not stumbled into
✨
Your best moments

The patio set for golden hour. The tasting bar poured. The shop fresh before the day starts. We shoot outside too, so the walk up to your door looks as good as the room inside.

Inside and out
🚪
Always open

People look around at any hour, from anywhere, without booking or calling. They can preview the whole space before they visit, and it never costs you or your staff a minute.

The door never closes
On the map

And your space goes on Google Maps.

A filmed tour publishes to Google Maps and your Google Business Profile, so customers step inside straight from the search result. This is where a staged tour earns its keep, and the numbers are why:

44%
of business searches happen on a map, not a website.
2×
Listings with photos and a virtual tour are twice as likely to generate interest.
41%
of place searches end in a visit to the business.

Sources: Google Street View, “The power of media-rich map listings.” Interest figure from Google-commissioned research by an independent market research firm, July 2015: 1,201 consumers rated hotel and restaurant listings with and without a virtual tour. Map usage and visit figures from the Oxera study cited in the same publication.

Photo sphere

Stand inside a photo sphere.

Each stop on a tour is a photo sphere: one image that wraps a full 360, floor to ceiling and all the way around. Drag to look around. On your own website it embeds and behaves exactly like this, no app and nothing to install.

A stand-in scene, not a real space. Drop in an equirectangular photo of yours and this becomes the real thing, on your site and in our lounge.

The demo

We're our own first client.

We wouldn't sell a walkthrough we haven't built for ourselves. Our storefront in Qualicum Beach is the first one in the lounge, made the same way yours would be.

Better yet, come by. Put the headset on and see your own street the way a visitor planning a trip sees it. Ten minutes in the lounge explains this better than any page can.

🏢
The Unravel Travel space
C2, 230 W Second Ave, Qualicum Beach. Part shop, part workshop, and the first space on our own books.
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Who it's for

Built first for tourism.

Travellers pick from a map, and the space is the product: the room, the tasting bar, the view from the deck. That's where a tour earns its keep first. It works for any business where the room is part of the decision.

🛏️
Hotels & B&Bs
Rooms at real scale, not wide-angle tricks.
🎡
Attractions & experiences
Give trip planners a reason to add you to the day.
🍷
Wineries & breweries
The tasting room is the product. Put it in the listing.
☕
Cafés & restaurants
The room sells the table. Show it before they choose.
🖼️
Galleries & studios
Give the collection a walkthrough, not a thumbnail.
🛍️
Retail
Let browsers wander the aisles from the search result.
💈
Salons & spas
Calm, clean, and current. Let them see it before they book.
🧘
Gyms & studios
New members want to see the room before walking in.
Running a short-term rental or B&B? A 360 tour is one piece of a bigger offer for hosts: Unravel Direct is a done-for-you booking channel that gets you off Airbnb and Vrbo's commission, with the tour built in.
How it works

Three steps, about an hour on site.

1
Book a shoot

Tell us the space and we send a fixed quote. We plan the angles with you first, so you know exactly what the tour will show before we arrive.

2
We film on site

About an hour for most spaces, before you open or during a quiet stretch. We stage each panorama, inside and out, and send you a private preview to sign off.

3
It goes live

Your tour publishes to Google Maps and your Business Profile, plays in our VR lounge, and embeds on your own website. Ready on any phone or desktop.

Coming this fall

Booking now for this fall.

On-site filming opens this fall. We come to you, capture the space point by point with a professional 360 camera, and publish it to Google Maps and your Business Profile. Want first pick of the calendar? Tell us and we'll come to you first →

Pricing

Straightforward pricing.

On-site capture opens this fall; reconstructions from your own photos are live now. Every job is quoted before we book it, and the range covers size and complexity. Prices in CAD.

Filmed on site On-site capture · from this fall
Small space

Café, salon, retail

  • Under 1,500 sq ft
  • 4 to 6 panorama points
  • Published to Google Maps & your Business Profile
from $399 one-time
+ $99/mo lounge rotation · optional
Medium space

Restaurant, gallery, clinic

  • 8 to 15 panorama points
  • Connected room-to-room walkthrough
  • Published to Google Maps & your Business Profile
from $650 one-time
+ $125/mo lounge rotation · optional
Large or multi-floor

Hotel, winery, resort

  • 20+ panorama points
  • Full connected walkthrough across floors
  • Published to Google Maps & your Business Profile
from $1,200 one-time
+ $149/mo lounge rotation · optional

Every filmed tour includes a free Google listing tune-up.

Not ready for a shoot? Start from your own photos ▾
The interim option. We build a reconstruction from photos you already have, from $199 one-time, plus an optional $49/mo lounge rotation. It shows in our lounge and embeds on your site, but not on Google Maps. The technology is still early, so we review your photos and quote honestly first.
Add-ons
Website embed

Embed code and a ready-made page, so your photo spheres live on your own website too, not just Google Maps.

$100

Travel within Qualicum Beach and Parksville is included. Elsewhere on Vancouver Island, travel is quoted up front with the job, so the number you approve is the number you pay.

Questions

Fair questions, straight answers.

Can you do a tour without an on-site shoot? ▾
Yes. We can build a 360 reconstruction from photos you already have of your own space, from $199. It shows in our lounge and embeds on your website. Because it's a reconstruction from your photos rather than an on-site capture, it doesn't go to Google Maps. We review your photos and tell you honestly whether the coverage is good enough before quoting.
What's the difference between a reconstruction and a filmed tour? ▾
A reconstruction is built from photographs you supply of your own space, for use in our VR lounge and as a website embed. It's live now. A filmed tour, opening this fall, is shot on site with a professional 360 camera and published to Google Maps and your Google Business Profile. Reconstruction is the way to start today; the filmed tour is the one that gets you found on the map.
Can you just fix my Google listing? ▾
Yes. A Google Business Profile tune-up covers hours, categories, attributes, description, and photos, from $99, and it's free with any filmed tour. For a lot of businesses it's the fastest thing we can do to help people find them.
How long does the shoot take? ▾
About an hour on site for most small and medium spaces. Large or multi-floor properties are booked as a half day. Processing and publishing happen off site; your tour is typically live within days.
Do I need to close for the shoot? ▾
No. We usually shoot before you open, when the space is empty and the light is even. If that doesn't work, we can shoot around quiet periods.
What about customer faces and privacy? ▾
We shoot when the space is empty. If anyone does appear in a panorama, their face is blurred before anything is published, in line with Google's Street View policy.
Is there a monthly fee or subscription? ▾
The walkthrough itself is a one-time price. Once on-site capture launches and we publish to Google Maps, it stays live there at no ongoing cost. The only monthly is optional: keeping your space in our VR lounge rotation, from $49/mo, which you can start or stop anytime.
Will a virtual tour improve my Google ranking? ▾
A tour doesn't guarantee a higher ranking, and anyone who promises that is selling you something. What it does is make the listing you already have work harder: in Google-commissioned research, listings with photos and a virtual tour were twice as likely to generate interest.
Does the tour work on phones? ▾
Yes. The tour opens in Google Maps and Search on any phone, tablet, or desktop. No app to install, nothing for your customers to download.
How often should the tour be refreshed? ▾
When the space changes: after a renovation, a rebrand, or a seasonal refit. Get in touch and we re-capture what changed and swap it in.
What area do you serve? ▾
Qualicum Beach and Parksville first, since that's home. Anywhere on Vancouver Island by arrangement; travel is included in the quote so there are no surprises.
Who you're dealing with

A storefront, not a call centre.

We're a travel company with a shop in Qualicum Beach. The person who answers the phone is the person who shows up with the camera, and you can walk in and meet us before you spend a dollar.

The tours feed both sides of what we do: your space gets found on Google, and travellers planning a visit can step inside it from our lounge. Local businesses looking good online is good for everyone sending visitors their way.

Find us
C2, 230 W Second Ave, Qualicum Beach · see the space
Talk to us
hello@unraveltravel.world · (866) 775-2444
Book a filmed tour
On-site capture opens this fall, published to Google Maps · join the waitlist

Put your space on the map.

Book a filmed 360 tour, staged and shot at its best, then live on Google Maps for good. We quote before we start, and nothing goes live without your sign-off.

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Or just come by: C2, 230 W Second Ave, Qualicum Beach