Hotel Chain Ibis Lets You Hire an 'Instagram Butler' On Your Vacation

Digital addiction is real, and a major reason behind information technology is that people want to chronicle every moment of their life and share it with the residual of the world. Often, we miss out on the real experience in this frenzy. Honestly, when was the last time you enjoyed a vacation without taking out your smartphone and clicking a couple hundred selfies?

The owners of Switzerland-based Ibis hotel chain know this all too well, which is why they are offer a 'social media sitter' who is substantially posts on Instagram and social media for you, while you actually enjoy your vacation.

Ibis even has a dedicated website namedRelaxWePost for you to volume and hire a social media sitter – we prefer 'Instagram Butler' – to set you free from your digital shackles and become refreshed while on vacation. Your sitter will post pictures of your lavish lifestyle, even every bit you are actually taking a dip in the puddle.

You lot tin can choose from social media sitters with expertise in fields ranging from travel, lifestyle, fashion, architecture, beauty and nature among others. So, how much does hiring a sitter cost y'all? Well, information technology starts at $ninety per twenty-four hour period and goes up depending on your specifications, and the expertise of their Instagram sitter. Of course all your friends might detect out that these are non your photos, every bit the sitters need to include the hashtag #postedbysocialmediasitter in the caption. You tin always coffin it under a ton of other hashtags.

This is simply a pilot project past Ibis and is being seen as a marketing stunt, just there is more than to it than just helping guests truly enjoy their vacations.

Multiple social media influencers from Europe such as lifestyle blogger Daniela Correria, famous German model Sara Leutenegger and lifestyle blogger Cristina Gheiceanu have been hired to share the best pictures and videos of the guests' vacation on their Instagram account.

The booking process for a social media sitter volition close on November 30 for Ibis hotel rooms booked for the offset two days of December. The service of these digital-detox agents is available at Ibis hotels in Geneva and Zurich.