Demo · The Cedar Escape is a fictional property and every result shown is illustrative. Independent service, not affiliated with Airbnb.
Photo & video makeovers for vacation rentals
We transform supplied property photos and footage into polished listing visuals and cinematic promotional content designed to showcase what makes your vacation rental special.
Demonstration. The Cedar Escape is a fictional property and every result shown is illustrative. Drag to compare.
The first impression
Before anyone reads your description, your cover photo sits in a grid of similar stays, usually on a phone. Toggle the cover to see the difference at the size that matters.
Light reads first
At thumbnail size, a dark or colour-cast photo looks like a dark, dated space, whatever the room is really like.
Straight lines read as care
Leaning walls and tilted horizons are noticed before anything else, even when guests can’t say why.
One reason to tap
The cover should show the property’s strongest real feature, like the lit porch, not just “a building in the trees”.
Showing the original (simulated) cover. Illustration only: a generic layout, not any real booking platform; other listings are placeholders.
Case study · Fictional property
The finished gallery. Select any photo to view it full screen.
The Cedar Escape is a fictional property created for this demonstration. It is not a real Airbnb or vacation rental listing, and no client commissioned this work.
Ideal guests: Couples, families and small groups looking for a quiet mountain getaway.
The brief
The (fictional) host has a beautiful cabin but a gallery of phone photos taken at different times of day: tilted walls, mixed colour casts, dark bedrooms and a hot tub shot in harsh noon light. The goal: a truthful gallery that looks as good as the stay feels — without adding anything that isn’t there.
Inconsistent colour
Warm tungsten in one room, cold daylight in the next. The gallery feels like five different houses.
Leaning verticals
Walls and window frames tilt inward, which reads as amateur at thumbnail size.
Lost detail
Dark corners and noisy shadows hide the timber, the stonework and the view.
Weak cover image
The first photo guests see doesn’t show what makes the cabin special.
Before & after
Every edit is a correction, not a fabrication: light, colour, perspective and framing. Nothing is added to the property that isn’t already there.
Drag the handle, or focus it and use the arrow keys.
How these examples were made: The photos are openly licensed stock images of different locations, chosen to stand in for one cabin. Each “before” image was made by deliberately degrading the professional photo to imitate common problems in unedited listing photos. Real client results depend on the quality of the original material.
See what we’d change in your photosCinematic video concept
A promotional cut for social media and the property’s own channels, planned shot by shot, delivered in 16:9 landscape and 9:16 vertical.
No finished video exists for this demonstration. The preview below is an animatic built from still images to show pacing, shot order and text overlays.
Animatic preview · stills only
Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
00–03s · Establishing: Slow push-in (drone or gimbal)
0–3s01Establishing
Wide dusk shot of the cabin among the trees, windows glowing.
3–7s02Arrival
Approach toward the lit porch and front entrance.
7–12s03Living room
Fireplace centred between tall windows, fire lit.
12–16s04Kitchen & dining
Island and pendant lights; detail of fruit bowl and stools.
16–21s05Bedroom
Bed framed symmetrically under warm downlights; linen texture close-up.
21–26s06Deck & hot tub
Cedar hot tub and steps; steam and evening light if available.
26–30s07Closing
Return to the glowing exterior; title card and call to action.
Deliverables
Built from client-supplied footage or separately agreed production.
For property owners
Your photos are often the first thing a guest judges. Here’s what professional visuals can realistically do for a listing, and what they can’t.
Guests scan dozens of thumbnails quickly. A clear, well-lit cover photo gives your listing a better chance of being opened.
Consistent colour and framing across every room makes the property easier to understand and more trustworthy to browse.
The hot tub, the fireplace and the view are already there. Good editing makes sure guests notice them.
Short vertical cuts and stills sized for Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest, made from the same approved material.
Correctly sized files for your own website, direct-booking pages, email and print, organised and named.
Less time spent editing, resizing and organising photos, so you can focus on guests and operations.
Several strong cover-photo options and creative variants make it easier to try alternatives and compare over time.
An honest note on bookings
Strong visuals may encourage more guests to open and explore your listing. They don’t decide the booking on their own.
Better photos may help a listing make a stronger first impression, but bookings also depend on pricing, reviews, location, availability, amenities, competition and guest experience. We make no guarantee of bookings, revenue or ranking.
How it works
Eight clear steps. You always know what we need from you, and what you’ll get back.
Step 1
Step 1
You share your listing and the material you already have.
Step 2
Step 2
We review image quality, composition, gallery order and promotional gaps.
Step 3
Step 3
We agree a visual style that matches the real property and its audience.
Step 4
Step 4
We edit the approved photos while keeping the representation truthful.
Step 5
Step 5
We cut a promotional video from your footage or separately agreed assets.
Step 6
Step 6
You review the drafts and request the agreed revisions.
Step 7
Step 7
Approved assets, correctly sized and named, ready to upload.
Step 8
Step 8
If you can share analytics, we help you read changes in listing engagement over time.
Packages
Illustrative introductory pricing for this demonstration. Every project starts with a free visual audit and a written quote.
A clean, consistent gallery from the photos you already have.
From$79
Demo price · per property
Deeper photo work plus a short promotional piece.
From$199
Demo price · per property
A full visual makeover for the listing and social channels.
From$399
Demo price · per property
FAQ
No. Our core service works with photos and footage you supply. On-site photography or filming can be quoted separately where it makes sense.
No. We correct light, colour, perspective and composition. We don’t add rooms, views, amenities or furniture that aren’t there, and we don’t hide damage or permanent features guests will notice on arrival.
We use AI-assisted tools where they help — for example noise reduction, masking and upscaling — always reviewed by a person and always within the truthful-representation rule above. Any AI-generated concept imagery is labelled as such and never presented as your property.
We can’t promise that, and you should be wary of anyone who does. Stronger visuals may help more guests open and explore your listing, but bookings also depend on price, reviews, location, availability, amenities and competition.
Editing can improve exposure, colour and framing, but it can’t recover detail that was never captured. The audit tells you honestly which photos are worth editing and which are worth retaking.
Yes, a photo-based motion piece is possible, but a true walkthrough video needs footage. We’ll recommend the best option for what you have.
Turnaround depends on package and volume. We confirm a delivery date in the proposal before any work starts.
You receive a licence to use the delivered assets for marketing your property. Any third-party music or stock assets follow their own licence terms, which we’ll explain in the proposal.
Free visual audit
Send your listing link. You’ll get a short, honest written review of your photos, with the changes that would matter most. No obligation.
Cover photoBiggest win
The dusk exterior is tilted and blue-grey, so the lit porch, the cabin’s best feature, gets lost.
Recommendation: Lead with the corrected dusk exterior, cropped toward the porch.
Gallery orderQuick fix
The hot tub, which most guests here look for, doesn’t appear until photo nine.
Recommendation: Move the deck and hot tub into the first five photos.
BedroomsEdit or reshoot
Both bedrooms are underexposed, with a green tint from mixed lighting.
Recommendation: Correct the colour in the edit; reshoot one bedroom in daylight if you can.