Jason Couvillion and his boyfriend, a professional photographer, were walking along a pier on Mexico’s Caribbean coast with some friends earlier this year. Suddenly, it struck Couvillion, co-owner of Bruvion Travel in West Hollywood, that his partner wouldn’t show up in any of their trip photos since he was busy snapping them himself.

“I thought it would be really cool if there was somebody who would do that for you, because you’re always missing someone from the picture,” he said.

After all, no one wants a photo album full of selfies.

Now, his luxury travel company will begin offering clients the opportunity to hire a “social media travel assistant” who will do exactly that.

According to a job description provided by Bruvion, “The 24-7 assistant will focus on capturing and documenting every aspect of the travelers’ vacation, edit photos and share those memories over Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.”

Couvillion said the positions would be staffed by professional photographers with experience shooting events such as music tours and organizing print advertising campaigns.

“These are people that have traveled for work,” Couvillion said. “It’s not just anybody.”

The full-time travel photo assistant service can be yours for $500 a day, plus travel expenses, of course. For that price, the photographer travels with the client and is on constant call. Want to take in the nightlife in Fiji at 2 a.m.? It’ll be covered.

For more budget-conscious travelers, Bruvion will find a local guide to show you around your vacation destination and handle social media duties. The cost: $250 a day.

Bruvion declined to disclose how the fees would be split between the agency and assistant.

The service hasn’t been officially launched yet, but anyone who takes the company up on its offer would have the opportunity to meet their assistant before the trip to get to know one another and coordinate what kinds of pictures they want. That way, if a traveler doesn’t like being shot in profile, the assistant will know ahead of time.

While Bruvion would prefer clients to book their whole trip through the agency, Couvillion said they’d also be happy to offer the service to people who have already booked vacations separately.

In order to avoid tricky intellectual property issues, the assistants would take photos on the clients’ phones and waive authorship rights to the snaps. But, of course, they could also pay extra to have the photographer use their own equipment.

“When it comes to travel,” Couvillion said, “we can do just about anything.”

Worth the time?

Carlos Delgado, a 30-year-old freelance photographer who lives in Long Beach and who has not been contacted by Bruvion, said he would consider taking one of the company’s new assignments, though the length of the trip would play into his decision.

Delgado’s minimum day rate for weddings and editorial assignments is $1,000, and he often gets paid $300 or $400 for a couple of hours of work shooting for news outlets like the Associated Press, Orange County Register and New York Daily News.

“I might do it if the situation presented itself for a couple days,” Delgado said. “Who doesn’t want to go on vacation?”

But if he started missing out on high-paying assignments, he said that he might grow frustrated.

“The professional in me will start thinking, ‘Is it really worth my time?’ ”

While the service might sound over the top to some, the ability to truly tend to clients and help them maximize their time is one of the hallmarks of good service, said Katherine Giovanni, owner of concierge training firm Triangle International in Raleigh, N.C.

“A concierge is literally here to allow you to squeeze 36 hours into a 24-hour day,” Giovanni said, adding that she thinks the social media assistant is a great idea.

“You might want somebody to do that for you so you can have some down time and turn your brain off for a while,” she said. “It’s a wonderful trend.”

So who are the target consumers for this “selfie-less travel” service?

Couvillion said wealthy families, especially those with teenage kids active on social media, would be the most likely customers. Though Bruvion works with many celebrities, they probably wouldn’t be attracted to it due to privacy concerns, he added.

While Giovanni said that many industries, including credit card companies and hospitals, are bringing concierge services to a wider audience, this particular perk is focused on a smaller group.

“You have to have a certain price point,” she said. These are the types of people who “want the Cristal Champagne