In Mykonos, a 360° Matterport virtual tour starts at €500 for small villas (up to 8 scenes) and reaches €1,500+ for luxury estates with drone and editorial colour grading. Hosting is free for the first year, then €120/year per link. Below are all the hidden costs you should know before you sign.
If you're looking for a 360° photographer in Mykonos right now, you've probably seen prices ranging from €350 to €3,000. The gap isn't random — and the cheap packages usually come with so many asterisks that you end up paying the same as a premium agency anyway, just with a worse result.
Here we break down exactly what you're paying for, which costs everyone forgets to mention, and how to tell whether an offer is "too cheap" for the reason you think.
What a proper 360° tour includes
Before we get to the numbers, let's be clear about what you get from a professional Matterport tour:
- Walkthrough navigation: the visitor taps through points and "walks" from room to room.
- Dollhouse view: a 3D doll's-house from the outside, so you see the whole layout at a glance.
- Floorplan: an auto-generated floor plan with real dimensions.
- Measurement mode: the visitor measures distances directly inside the tour.
- Embed code: drops into WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, Airbnb, Google Business.
- Hosting: the tour lives on Matterport's servers with 99.9% uptime.
If someone is selling you a "360° tour" that is ONLY a spherical photo (a single panorama you can't walk through), that isn't Matterport and it isn't worth €500. That's about €100 of work, all in. Watch for this distinction.
Packages and prices in Mykonos (2026)
| Package | Scenes | Drone | Editorial | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | Up to 8 | — | Basic colour | from €500 |
| Studio | Up to 16 | 3–5 shots | Pro grading | from €900 |
| Signature | Unlimited | Extended | Editorial + custom | from €1,500 |
How do you choose? Count the rooms. Rough guide: a 1-bedroom villa needs 5–7 scenes. A 4-bedroom luxury villa with a pool and 2 living rooms needs 14–18 scenes. A boutique hotel with 20 rooms needs 30–50 scenes and moves to a custom quote.
Hidden costs you should know
1. Hosting after the first year
Almost all Matterport providers give you the first year free. From month 13, the charge is €120/year per link. If you have 3 villas, that becomes €360/year. Ask from the start what happens if you stop paying (usually the tour is deactivated rather than deleted — you can reactivate it).
2. Re-shoots
Changed the furniture or the curtains? You don't have to re-shoot the whole tour. We only re-shoot the scenes that changed, at a reduced rate (roughly €40–80 per scene), and your original link stays the same. That's critical: the QR codes, embed codes and social shares you've already placed keep working.
3. Drone permissions
In Mykonos, some areas (e.g. near the airport or historic monuments) require a CAA permit for drone shots. A good agency knows this and handles it. A cheap photographer usually "skips over it" — and either flies illegally or tells you "it can't be done after all" once you've already agreed.
4. Delivery without source files
The Matterport tour lives on Matterport's servers — you don't get a "file". You get the link + embed code. That's normal. But watch out: some charge extra for "high-res photos" from the same shoot. Ask up front whether the final deliverable also includes 10–20 still photos for social.
How a €500 price — or a €1,500 one — is justified
The difference between an Essential job and a Signature one isn't just the number of scenes. It's:
- On-site lighting: an amateur shoots at 2pm with harsh shadows. A pro brings a softbox/reflectors or shoots at golden hour.
- Staging: cushions plumped, clothes tidied, cables hidden. This makes the huge difference between looking lovely and looking cheap.
- Post-processing: editorial colour grading, HDR fill in the windows, vignetting fix.
- Hotspot tagging: detailed tags with room names, dimensions, links to the booking engine.
When the premium package is worth it
If your villa rents for under €500/night, Essential is probably enough. The visitor is looking for basic reassurance before booking — not an editorial experience.
If you rent for over €1,500/night or you're targeting the US/UK luxury market, go for Signature. At that price point the visitor is comparing you with 8 other villas at the same rate, and the quality of the 360° tour is one of the 3 most important factors in whether they book.
For hotels and real-estate listings: always Studio and up. The ROI is almost guaranteed through increased direct bookings.
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