Shoot into a corner: shows the range of space and adds dimensionality, also gives the appearance of being larger.
Take exterior photos: help people imagine what coming home would look and feel like. Photograph the entire structure and surrounding area.
Clean the scene: de-cluttering is key as it will make your place feel more livable and extra things won’t distract in the photo. Just be sure this is a true reflection of how guests will find the space.
Highlight the amenities: document the offerings that make your space unique and comfortable (e.g. patio and BBQ grill, Tempurpedic bed, etc.)
Our onsite system makes photo uploading quick and easy. Just go into your Dashboard and under Hosting, click Edit Listing to add pictures. You can also take them with our iPhone app and upload them to your listing directly. Eager for more? Hosting tips await.
Happy hosting!
Thanks nice Tipps for pictures
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change your system to allow multiple photo uploads. Crazy ti click – wait – click – wait …. for 40 pics …
Yes, please enable batch upload of photos, and a rotate function would be nice too!
A great improvement for us would be to be able to show videos of our vacation rentals. Can you either permit upload of videos or allow for embedding of YouTube or Vimeo videos?
is there a way to rotate my photos?
Aaron, you need to do that on your computer. Most photo viewers will rotate it for you, or right-click on the photo in its folder on your computer and select Rotate (this is for Windows; use a search engine for how to do it on a Mac).
Someone messed with my site photos and blew them up too big so half of the pictures are missing. Please put them back to normal size!
Correction: not half of the pictures missing; half of all of the individual picture space is missing, so you can’t even get an idea of at what you are looking.
My photos are rotated on my computer, but upload horizontally still. Any ideas?
Photos upload sideways!!! they are correct on my laptop! any ideas?
My photos are taking over 30 minutes to download – if they even download at all. Something is wrong……..???? The system needs to be updated!
oh my gosh, yes, please batch upload…tooooooooo long….
like a previous comment mention, i can’t believe there’s no rotate option! do i really have to do my photos all over again, all in landscape mode?
What’s the secret to uploading photos. Have made them small as suggested in the tips. 20 minutes still hasn’t uploaded one.
What’s the secret to uploading photos. Have made them small as suggested in the tips. 20 minutes still hasn’t uploaded one.
change your system to allow multiple photo uploads. Crazy ti click – wait – click – wait …. for 40 pics … and aloud us to invite more people on Facebook
Does anyone from AirBnB actually read these pages?
My photo is the right way up on my computer as well but uploads the wrong way!
Your sorting is weird. If I sort by recomended, hosts with less reviews are showing up before hosts that recieved more and stellar reviews. Also does sorting by distance do? Since the San Francisco Bay Area consists of many cities, when one enters to find a place in San Francisco why don’t you have the sort work such that all the SAN FRANCISCO listed are grouped and sorted together? Instead the first listing one sees is a city that is *not* San Francisco. Maybe add a link for a airbnb renter to select by the different cities within the Bay area?
<html> <head> <style><!– .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Tahoma } –></style> </head> <body class=’hmmessage’><div dir=’ltr’> I agree that the sorting is all wrong and unfair. Sorting by recommended should be by numbers of stellar recommendation reviews, otherwise it isn’t what it it is stated to be and is a disservice particularly for those hosts who work hard for that status.<BR> <BR> <DIV></DIV></div></body></html>
What’s the secret to moving these photos around? When I left click I get the 4 arrows, but the pix won’t go anywhere.
I cannot figure how to load photos from iPad to website
I cannot figure how to load photos from iPad
Hello – if there is an answer to how photos can be rotated (as per previous other people complaining of this glitch) can it be posted here?! The photos are fine on my laptop but rotate sideways when on airbnb. Please help!
<html> <head> <style><!– .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Tahoma } –></style> </head> <body class=’hmmessage’><div dir=’ltr’> <BR>Since no one from the site is bothering to give a technical answer, how about noticing which direction they rotate on the site, and then going back to your laptop and rotating them in the opposite direction so that they end up right on the site? Sometimes simple works. Godd luck! <BR> <DIV></DIV></div></body></html>
Yeah. Wake up airbnb. Please answer to the question: Can you upload pics from an iPad?
I can’t even upload any pictures it wont let me. I have tried clicking and dragging but all i get is a logo circle with red line wont let me. Tried the link to the old uploader but it took me back to the same place. What is going on?
thank you for so many tips here, great site and great service
thank you!
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no comment any further inquiries pls e mail in the above.thx
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Thank you – I feel confident that hosting with AIRbnb will be successful
U guys are great & thanks 4 the tips. Hopefully ill get more bookings soon. Have a Blessed yr. 2012.
Excellent… thanks for posting this! We use the advice you offer all the time… PS: come visit Argentina and experience the Paris of South America!
Superb tips. I think I need to buy some more lights before I take some more photos?Thanks for sharing.
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How do I delete a photo that I uploaded twice by mistake?
Hi Mary Ann – you can just go to the Edit tab in Photos and click "Delete" for the appropriate photo.
Hy!loading photos takes soooooooooooo long, how come? I already reduced the size, but nothing, I wasn’t able to load even one…please help me! what’s the secret?
Hi Cecilia – the uploader is having a bad day, but we’ve got our engineers on it. Should be fixed shortly!
Hi Vivek,It seems the uploader is having a bad day again, I can’t upload my photos. Can you please take a lookt at it?Thanks,Virginia
I don’t see anyone from AirBnB answering the question everyone has about photos that are uploading sideways or upside down, even when they’re properly saved on the computer. Is it only Mac users that are having this issue? Thanks!
Hi Marietta – this is a glitch in the system that unfortunately we can’t fix right now. The only advice I have is to retake the photo and try uploading again. Sorry!
I only uploaded 1 pic tonight…more to come…and it was fast and correct positioning. Hope all my other pics I need to upload will be this easy. Has anyone had success with renting a room ?? Can you elaborate on type of guest and duration of stay. Thanks
Is it possible to upload videos?
Hi anida – we are experimenting with video uploads. We may expand video profiles in the future.
@ Michele K CazalasTypes of guests and duration of stay vary. Probably the biggest factor is – where are you? Are you in a city that people come and stay for work? or just want see one or two tourist sites? And who are you and how did you write your ad?I’ve had people book anywhere between 1 night and 2 months. I’ve had single business travelers, couples on vacation, parents visiting adult children, people here for work, and recently a slew of people looking for a short term solution while they are going through a break up. Age ranges from early 20′s to mid 60′s. I don’t get many people looking to party, but my listing talks about calm and quiet and an escape from the hubub.
@ Michele K CazalasTypes of guests and duration of stay vary. Probably the biggest factor is – where are you? Are you in a city that people come and stay for work? or just want see one or two tourist sites? And who are you and how did you write your ad?I’ve had people book anywhere between 1 night and 2 months. I’ve had single business travelers, couples on vacation, parents visiting adult children, people here for work, and recently a slew of people looking for a short term solution while they are going through a break up. Age ranges from early 20′s to mid 60′s. I don’t get many people looking to party, but my listing talks about calm and quiet and an escape from the hubub.
Rotating Photos – WINDOWS USERS – I had no trouble but did it THIS way:Uploaded from Olympus Digital to my photos on Windows Laptop – opened photo & clicked EDITclicked ROTATE & clicked SAVE – then uploaded to Airbnb maybe some of your troubles come from not SAVING changes B4 uploading????? Just a tip which I hope helps.
How do get captions on photos once they have been uploaded to Airbnb? I note that several people have done it but I can’t see an option.
Hi there – to add captions, just go to your Dashboard > Your Listings > Manage Listing > Photos. Then select the Edit tab. You will then see each photo; click on one and at the bottom of the image will be a long white box where you can add a caption. Once you have typed a caption in and pressed Enter/Return, it should automatically save. Please give up to 30 mins for your listing to update on our system. Please also make sure you are using a browser that can cope with high graphic websites, such as Chrome and Firefox.
Useful !
I cannot get photos to upload. I click on the upload and it says is uploading, have waited one hour, nothing happens. What do you suggest?
Yes I agree about the search engine .. I’m renting my photo studio in Brooklyn.When you search " Photostudio" on Airbnb 100s off listing come before mine.. and not one of them has the word photostudio in the listing. So I have no idea how the search engine works .. but it has nothing to do with whats you’r searching for. – J
Yes I agree about the search engine .. I’m renting my photo studio in Brooklyn.When you search " Photostudio" on Airbnb 100s of listing come before mine.. and not one of them has the word photostudio in the listing. So I have no idea how the search engine works .. but it has nothing to do with whats you’r searching for. – J
can’t upload any photos, says its uploading but nothing happens. please fix!!!!!!
I am a beginner on Airbnb and would like to be a host. Cannot even go foward with my listing, stucking with uploading the first photo, cannot do it at all. How should I solve this problem ?
i can’t upload my picture. no even single. What can i do?
Please add a rotate function to the picture page!
I feel like this is a scam. I cannot upload pictures either. Have also waited an hour. Whats the deal? Do they want money or something for doing this?
Also, photographer cancelled today saying airbnb told him he needed new equipment. I took the day off work!
Hi D,We’ve recently raised our photography standards and regret that it resulted in an inconvenient cancellation for you. We will be providing you with a better equipped photographer for your shoot and appreciate your patience. I am truly sorry to hear that the scheduling went awry and caused frustration when it was our intention to improve your experience.Tal
Why can’t I upload any photo’s to my listing, I have been trying for over 2 days to add some photo’s, it say’s the photo is uploading but nothing is being added. Is there a problem……
Please help as I can’t seem to upload any of my photos for my listing??Please advise asap so I can get my listing viewed for rental.Thank you kindly.
How do you rotate your photo?
I can not upload my photos to become a new host. I know you need at least one. It is just not working for me. I request a free photo shoot, so I guest I will have to wait on that. Any advice in the meanwhile would be appreciated. Thank you
Tiffany, Airbnb is a wonderful organisation, apart from the technical side of its photo policy, which really does not work at all. Hundreds of people have asked to rotate a photo in the past, but so far that has not been possible. I just cannot imagine that it can be difficult to implement, but I am not a programmer.I would take the photo again with a horizontal shape
I had exactly the same problem uploading my photos when I started my listing a short while ago. My browser is Internet Explorer, and it doesn’t seem to work at all when uploading photos to Airbnb. I followed Airbnb’s suggestion to try another browser. I thought Google Chrome was difficult to download, and I gave up in the end. However, I found Mozilla Firefox very easy to download, and this browser sorted out the photo upload issue. I would also add that I’m no expert when it comes to computers, so I guess if I can do it, most others should be able to do it as well. As far as rotating photos is concerned, I had no difficulty. I took the photos on my mobile phone, and downloaded them onto my computer via a USB connection I put the photos into a folder, went through them all, made any required corrections, and closed the folder. I then accessed the folder to upload them – no problems. I hope this helps anyone who is having difficulty, good luck! John.
I had exactly the same problem uploading my photos when I started my listing a short while ago. My browser is Internet Explorer, and it doesn’t seem to work at all when uploading photos to Airbnb. I followed Airbnb’s suggestion to try another browser. I thought Google Chrome was difficult to download, and I gave up in the end. However, I found Mozilla Firefox very easy to download, and this browser sorted out the photo upload issue. I would also add that I’m no expert when it comes to computers, so I guess if I can do it, most others should be able to do it as well. As far as rotating photos is concerned, I had no difficulty. I took the photos on my mobile phone, and downloaded them onto my computer via a USB connection I put the photos into a folder, went through them all, made any required corrections, and closed the folder. I then accessed the folder to upload them – no problems. I hope this helps anyone who is having difficulty, good luck! John.
Had the same image upload problems with IE. Wanted to add/ change some pictures. Tried Mozilla. Didn’t work at first. Closed IE. Reopened Mozilla. Didn’t work again. Then clicked somewhere on the image upload page, then clicked on the upload button and upload dialogue suddenly popped up. Absolutely random. Tried again. Did not work. Tried another time and worked this time. And so forth. The upload time itself was rapid. Explanation? Don’t ask…
How do I schedule a photographer to come out and take photos of my home?
The old version of sliding a pic in the description doesn’t open. The new version doesn’t accept pictures shot by mobile camera. So, I cannot add new photos. Please fix it. Regards
The old version of sliding a pic in the description doesn’t open. The new version doesn’t accept pictures shot by mobile camera. So, I cannot add new photos. Please fix it. Regards
I would like an AirB+B photographer to take photos for me please.D
I would like an AirB+B photographer to take photos for me please.D
I would like an AirB+B photographer to take photos for me please.D
How do I ask a help to Airbnb photographer in Riga , Latvia to come out and take photos of my apartment?
How do I ask a help to Airbnb photographer in Riga , Latvia to come out and take photos of my apartment?
How do I ask a help to Airbnb photographer in Riga , Latvia to come out and take photos of my apartment?
How do I ask a help to Airbnb photographer in Riga , Latvia to come out and take photos of my apartment?
How do I ask a help to Airbnb photographer in Riga , Latvia to come out and take photos of my apartment?
How do I ask a help to Airbnb photographer in Riga , Latvia to come out and take photos of my apartment?
please i need you to take some pic of my property
please i need you to take some pic of my property
please i need you to take some pic of my property
please i need you to take some pic of my property
please i need you to take some pic of my property
please i need you to take some pic of my property
please i need you to take some pic of my property
please i need you to take some pic of my property