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Füssen in the Allgäu.
Three houses, one place.

Three houses in Füssen, plus one in Fischen im Allgäu. All of them have stood in front of the camera. As a hotel photographer in the Allgäu and the Alps I drive down from Porta Westfalica.

Hotel Bergruh Hotel Geiger Hotel Ruchti Hotel Rosenstock Fischen im Allgäu

Laid tables in the conservatory in front of an alpine panorama behind the glass front
Laid table by the window with a mountain peak behind it
Lounge with arched windows and a view of the mountains
Restaurant parlour with a timber ceiling, wicker pendants and a long banquette
Bright breakfast room with a chandelier and laid tables
Restaurant with wicker pendants in front of a planted wall
Lounge with a yellow sofa and armchairs in front of the window front
Upholstered bench beside a white tiled stove
Lounge with a round red bench and a library wall

The mountain is
the offer

On the coast the water usually lies behind the house and is visible in the fewest of the pictures. In a mountain village the mountain stands in the window, and in almost every room.

So something decides here that matters little elsewhere: whether the window is in the frame. A room without its window shows a room. With the window it shows the reason people book.

Hotel room with a double bed, armchair and a window to the mountains
Double bed in front of a headboard shaped like a mountain silhouette, wall lamps either side
Hotel room with an old-timber wall and a double bed under a wooden canopy
Close-up of a bed in front of a headboard as a mountain silhouette in grey and white
Single room in wood with a blue headboard and a yellow cushion
Double bed with an orange headboard and reading lamps

The lounge matters
as much as the room

In a mountain village it is not only the room that decides. Parlour, breakfast room, lounge and bar are where a guest spends the day when the weather keeps them off the mountain.

Then there is the spa. Sauna, quiet room and pool are looked for in the pictures — and they are the rooms that are empty least often. They need a time with no guests in them.

For the day that means: these rooms are on the picture list, and they are on it with a time of day.

What has to be ready →
Family room with bunk beds, a dining corner and green chairs
Breakfast buffet in wood in front of a planted wall
Breakfast buffet with a written slate board above it

For Füssen I plan
several days

From Porta Westfalica the Allgäu is not a day trip. For Füssen, Munich or Rothenburg ob der Tauber I therefore plan several days and combine what lies in the same place.

Whether that pays off for a single house depends on the scope, not on the number of houses: a house with a restaurant, a spa and several room types fills a day on its own.

A full day in the house costs 1,300 €, a half day 800 €, both plus VAT. That includes 25 or 15 finished, edited pictures, the editing and a simple right of use, unlimited in time and place. Travel is charged at 0.40 € per kilometre.

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Reception with a timber counter and a carved welcome sign
Armchair in front of a wall of pale timber slats, a side table next to it
Timber reception counter with key pigeonholes behind it
Bar with blue upholstered benches and an open shelving wall
Parlour with a blue wall, timber ceiling and a mixed seating group
Upholstered bench at the arched window with a view into the mountains

Not every house
in the Allgäu is a hotel

A large share of the beds in the Allgäu is let through holiday flats and holiday homes. They are booked almost entirely through a listing, and what is in none of the pictures there is something hardly any guest asks about.

The picture list usually follows the floor plan. It leaves out what a guest really wants to know: the way from the car park to the door, the steps, the size of the sofa against the number of beds.

What guests look for →

Frequent questions
about the Allgäu

Answers without detours

Do you also photograph in Füssen and the Allgäu?

Yes. Four addresses on the reference list are there: Hotel Bergruh, Hotel Geiger and Hotel Ruchti in Füssen, plus Hotel Rosenstock in Fischen im Allgäu. Work runs from Porta Westfalica across Germany, into the Alps and sometimes a little beyond.

Does the house have to close for the photography?

No. The work is done while the house stays open. Restaurant, bar and spa do need a time with no guests in them, though, and the rooms have to stay free for a few hours.

What does a day of photography in the Allgäu cost?

A full day at the property costs 1,300 €, half a day 800 €, plus VAT in each case, with 25 or 15 finished, edited pictures and an unlimited right of use. Travel is 0.40 € per kilometre.

Is the journey to the Allgäu worth it for a single house?

It depends on the scope, not on the number of houses. A house with a restaurant, a spa and several room types fills a day on its own. With smaller properties, what lies in the same place gets combined.

Do you photograph holiday flats and holiday homes in the Allgäu?

Yes. The four addresses on the reference list in the Allgäu are hotels; holiday flats are on the list in other places. This segment is booked almost entirely through listings, and different questions apply there than in a hotel.

Do spa and wellness areas belong on the picture list?

Yes, and with a time of day. Sauna, quiet room and pool need a time with no guests in them. That is settled beforehand so the day does not get stuck on it.

Do you also work in the Alps and in Austria?

Occasionally. Most of the work is in Germany; photography in the Alps has also taken me a little beyond that. All places on the map.

Is your house in the mountains?

If you run a house in the Allgäu or the Alps and are looking for a hotel photographer: tell me what sets your house apart from the others in the village — that decides what goes on the picture list.

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