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How-to • Experience host

Choosing great photos for your Airbnb Experience

You want guests to be as enthusiastic as you about the great Airbnb Experience you have planned for them, so let’s make it as appealing as possible. That starts with some beautiful photos.

You’ll need at least 5 great photos that capture the essence of your experience. The most important one is your cover photo, as it appears in Airbnb search results. It should have a person or people enjoying the activity you’re hosting. The other photos should tell the rest of your unique story and they’ll be displayed in a grid on your experience page.

Photo checklist

We review every photo, so they need to be:

  • High resolution (at least 800 x 1,200 pixels and a file size of up to 10 megabytes)
  • Clear (not blurry, stretched, or distorted)
  • Oriented vertically
  • Well-lit and not too dark
  • Natural color. Not black and white, and without heavy filters
  • No text or logos overlaid on the image
  • Single photos, not a collage
  • Candid and natural. Avoid selfies or unnaturally posed photos
  • Photos should describe an interesting element of the experience
  • No screenshots or stock images

Learn more about selecting high quality photos for your experience page.

Additional photo content guidelines

Any children visible on the cover photo must be with an adult. If an experience is for families with kids, the majority of the photos should include the parent or guardian accompanying any children.

All individuals shown in photos that include alcohol or smoking must appear to be at or over the legal age to participate in the location that the experience is held. Be sure to get permission before photographing people who will be prominently featured in your experience, as well as when taking photos inside private venues.

Photos may not depict sexually explicit scenes, (ex: nudity), drugs, illegal activities, or obscenity.

Photos for activities involving animals must follow our Animal Welfare Guidelines for Airbnb Experiences and Services and should not depict prohibited activities, such as direct contact with wild animals in the wild.

As described in the Airbnb Terms of Service and Additional Terms for Experience Hosts, it’s a Host’s responsibility to ensure photos comply with Airbnb’s Content Policy, and any other relevant marketing, intellectual property, and other laws.

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