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The minimum resolution, orientation and number of photos each platform asks for, on a single page.
In short. Airbnb and Booking.com both want landscape photos. Airbnb asks for at least 1024 × 683 pixels. Booking.com asks for at least 2048 × 1080, preferably 4000 × 3000, and at least 10 photos per property. A photo taken today on a recent smartphone clears both bars: what makes the difference is how it looks, not how many pixels it has.
| Airbnb | Booking.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Orientation | landscape (that is how search results show it) | landscape only |
| Minimum resolution | 1024 × 683 pixels | 2048 × 1080 pixels |
| Recommended resolution | as high as possible | 4000 × 3000 pixels |
| Number of photos | no minimum stated | at least 10; at least 4 per room or unit and 1 of the bathroom |
| Apartments | not stated | at least 24 photos for a condo hotel with several units |
| 360° photos | not supported in the photo tour | 2:1 ratio, at least 1280 × 900 pixels |
Sources: Airbnb Help Center ('Taking great photos of your listing') and Booking.com Partner Hub ('Understanding photo requirements for your property'). Both platforms change these figures without notice, so if a photo is rejected, check the resolution first.
Would you like to know whether your photos already meet the mark?
In search results, on Airbnb and Booking.com alike, every listing sits in a landscape frame. A portrait photo gets cropped or shrunk: guests see half the room, or a narrow strip with empty bands either side.
The cover photo does most of the work. It is the first photo guests see, and often the only one they look at before deciding whether to open the listing. If it is portrait, dark or shows a detail instead of the room, the listing loses the click, even when the home is better than the ones around it.
Booking.com publishes a clear list of images not to upload. It works as common sense for Airbnb too:
Editing is the point people most often get wrong. Correcting light, colour and crooked lines is allowed and worth doing; changing what guests will find is not. A photo that promises a view or furniture that is not there leads to poor reviews, not bookings.
Edits yes, tricks no. We can tell you what could be improved in your photos.
Booking.com sets a minimum of 10 photos, with at least four shots of each room or unit and one of the bathroom. Airbnb does not give a number, but it groups photos by room in the photo tour: any room without a photo is a space guests have to imagine.
More photos does not mean better photos. Twenty good images, one for each useful angle, persuade more than sixty near-identical shots. What matters is that every room guests will use has at least one clear photo, starting with the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. If your photos exist but fall flat, they can be improved without a new shoot: that is what our Photo Enhancement service does.
Frequently asked questions
The same as the other photos: at least 1024 × 683 pixels on Airbnb and 2048 × 1080 on Booking.com. Use your sharpest, brightest image, in landscape, because that is the one shown in search results.
Technically, yes. A recent smartphone takes photos of 12 megapixels or more, well above the minimum. The usual limits lie elsewhere: light, colour, crooked lines and tight framing.
Landscape. Airbnb shows every photo in search results in landscape format, and Booking.com accepts landscape photos only, so a portrait photo gets cropped.
Yes, as long as the home stays the real one. Corrections to light, colour and perspective are normal. Heavy filters, exaggerated HDR or added elements should be avoided, and Booking.com lists them among the images not to upload.
At least 10 for the property, with at least four for each room or unit and at least one of the bathroom. For a condo hotel with several units, Booking.com asks for at least 24.
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