Boost Enrolments — Virtual Tours That Let Parents Explore Your Centre
Parents visit 5-6 childcare centres before choosing one. That means 5-6 disruptions to your educators' day, 5-6 tours for families who may not be the right fit. A DSLR-quality 360° virtual tour lets parents explore your centre online first — reducing unqualified tour requests and ensuring the families who do visit are already sold on your environment.
★★★★★ RatingOur Difference
DSLR-Quality 360° Photography
Not Phone Photos. Not Matterport Only. DSLR.
Most virtual tour companies use a single camera on a tripod. We shoot with professional DSLR panoramic rigs that produce image quality far superior to Matterport-only competitors. Every panorama is pin-sharp, colour-accurate, and high dynamic range — showing your centre in the best possible light. Parents notice the difference immediately.
- Professional DSLR Rig
- HDR Processing
- Pin-Sharp Detail
- True Colour Accuracy
- High Resolution Output
- Years of 360° Expertise
Why It Matters
Why Childcare Centres Choose Virtual Tours
Parents are researching online before they book a single visit. The centres that show everything upfront win the enrolment. Here's why the best operators are investing in virtual tours.
Pre-Enrolment Trust
Parents make emotional decisions about childcare. A 360° tour lets them feel the warmth and safety of your centre before stepping through the door. When they arrive for a physical visit, they're already emotionally committed — converting at significantly higher rates.
Safety Showcase
Show parents exactly what their child's day looks like. Indoor play areas with soft fall, secure outdoor spaces with age-appropriate equipment, quiet sleeping areas, and clean kitchen facilities. A virtual tour proves your safety standards without saying a word.
Staff Recruitment Tool
Qualified educators choose where they work. Embedding your virtual tour on job ads and recruitment pages lets prospective staff see the quality of your environment, resources, and facilities before applying. Attract better candidates by showing, not just telling.
Community Open Day Alternative
Open days are expensive, time-consuming, and disruptive. A virtual tour is your 24/7 open day — available to every parent, every partner, every grandparent, on any device, at any time. One investment that replaces dozens of scheduled tours throughout the year.
ACECQA Documentation
The Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority encourages visual documentation of learning environments. A virtual tour serves as a living record of your facility's quality, supporting NQS assessments and demonstrating ongoing compliance to assessors and families alike.
Google Maps Integration
When parents search "childcare near me" on Google Maps, centres with 360° tours stand out with a visual preview directly in the listing. Your tour appears in Google Business Profile, Google Maps, and search results — driving more clicks and enquiries from local families actively searching.
How It Works
Three simple steps to showcase your centre
Book Your Shoot
Choose a package and we'll schedule outside busy hours — zero disruption to children or staff.
→We Capture
We photograph your centre with professional DSLR or Matterport 3D — typically one visit.
→Tour Goes Live
Your virtual tour is delivered within days — embed on your website, share with parents, and upload to Google.
DSLR 360° Virtual Tours
DSLR Tour Packages
Professional DSLR 360° photography for childcare centres — perfect for helping parents visualise your spaces. Priced on enquiry; contact us for a tailored quote.
Scout
Entry level — ideal for smaller spaces
- DSLR-quality 360° panoramic photography
- Up to 8 panoramic positions
- Google Maps / Street View integration
- Branded website embed
- Social media sharing links
- 12 months hosting included
Explorer
Mid-range — more coverage, richer experience
- Everything in Scout, plus:
- Up to 20 panoramic positions
- 10 interactive hotspots
- Custom branded tour player
- Google Street View upload
- Analytics dashboard
- 12 months hosting included
Voyager
Premium — large venues, full production
- Everything in Explorer, plus:
- Up to 50 panoramic positions
- 25 rich media hotspots
- Custom branding & tour player
- Quarterly analytics reports
- 12 months hosting + priority support
Fleet
For businesses with multiple locations
- Voyager tier at every location
- Portfolio bulk pricing (15–30% off)
- Centralised management dashboard
- Consistent branding across all sites
- Rolling update schedule
- Network analytics
Matterport 3D Tours
Matterport 3D — Separate Product
Matterport 3D is a distinct product from our DSLR tours — different technology, separate pricing, quoted independently. Ideal when you need a true 3D dollhouse view, floor plans, and spatial measurement tools. Pricing is based on floor area.
Up to 500 m²
Boutique spaces, apartments, small venues
- Matterport 3D dollhouse view
- Interactive floor plan
- Spatial measurement tools
- Embed on your website
- 12 months hosting included
501 – 2,000 m²
Hotels, retail stores, commercial spaces
- Everything in Small, plus:
- Full property 3D walkthrough
- Multi-room dollhouse view
- BIM data export available
- Floor plan with room labels
- 12 months hosting included
2,000 m² +
Resorts, large venues, industrial sites
- Everything in Medium, plus:
- Large-scale 3D capture
- Extended scan positions
- Point cloud data available
- Priority scheduling
- 12 months hosting included
All prices are in Australian dollars. Contact us for details.
Questions
Frequently Asked
Our Scout package is purpose-built for single-centre operators. You get up to 10 professional DSLR 360° panoramas covering your key areas — entry, reception, play rooms, outdoor spaces, sleeping area, and kitchen. These aren't phone photos or basic point-and-shoot images. They're shot with a professional DSLR panoramic rig producing pin-sharp, HDR-processed panoramas. They're uploaded to Google Maps so parents find you when searching "childcare near me". For most centres under 100 places, Scout covers everything you need. Contact us for pricing.
Absolutely. Every tour has a shareable link that works on any device — phone, tablet, laptop, desktop. Parents can send it to partners, grandparents, or anyone involved in the childcare decision. No app downloads required. The tour also embeds directly on your website so it's always accessible from your centre's homepage or enrolment page. Partners who can't attend a physical tour can explore the centre at their own pace, any time of day.
We photograph the areas parents want to see: reception and entry, baby rooms, toddler rooms, preschool rooms, outdoor play areas, sleeping and rest areas, kitchen and meal prep areas, bathrooms (empty), and any specialist spaces like sensory rooms or libraries. We always shoot when children are NOT present — typically after hours, on weekends, or during a pupil-free day. Every image is reviewed and approved by your team before publishing. We'll work with your centre director to plan the shoot schedule.
Yes. Our Fleet package is designed for multi-centre operators like Goodstart, G8 Education, Affinity Education, and Only About Children. You get portfolio-wide bulk pricing (15-30% discount), consistent branding across all centres, a centralised management dashboard, and rolling update schedules. Whether you have 3 centres or 300+, we scale with you. We can also coordinate shoots across multiple states with a single point of contact.
Our DSLR 360° photography uses a professional camera rig to capture panoramas with significantly higher image quality, dynamic range, and colour accuracy than any automated scanner. This is our foundation — every package includes it. Matterport adds a 3D dollhouse view and interactive floor plan on top, which is great for larger centres where parents want to understand the layout spatially. Think of Scout as the premium photography, and Explorer as the premium photography plus the 3D model.
A typical childcare centre takes 1-3 hours depending on the size and package. Scout (DSLR 360° only) is usually 1-2 hours. Explorer (with Matterport) is 2-3 hours. We schedule shoots when children are not present — after 6pm on a weekday, Saturday mornings, or pupil-free days. Our equipment is quiet and compact. Delivery is 5-7 business days for Scout and 7-10 business days for Explorer.
Explore Our Childcare Virtual Tours
Click and drag to look around. Live DSLR-quality 360° tours of real childcare centres.
Parents love being able to explore our centre before enrolling. The virtual tour answers so many questions and gives them confidence in the safety and quality of our environment.
Let Parents See Your Centre Tonight
While other centres rely on phone photos and a paragraph of text, give families an immersive DSLR-quality 360° experience that builds trust before they ever walk through your door.
Further reading: Australian Childcare Centres Are Embracing Virtual Tours
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