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characters for the title. Airbnb shortens longer titles in search results.
Airbnb Resource Centre, 2 Feb 2026
pixels per photo is what Airbnb recommends, ideally in landscape. Search results crop every photo to a square.
Airbnb Resource Centre, 8 Nov 2024
weigh most in the order of search results: quality, popularity, price and location.
Airbnb Help Centre, article 39
Copy the title and description from your listing and select your photos. The check runs only in your browser.
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Airbnb recommends these 5 points too. Ticking them helps you work through them; nothing is saved.
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Every check above comes from Airbnb’s Help Centre and Resource Centre. Here they are to read, with dates.
2 Feb 2026
Resource Centre 8 Nov 2024, Help Centre article 477
Updated 28 Nov 2023
According to Airbnb, quality, popularity, price and location weigh most. Quality includes photos and videos, reviews, messages with guests and the details in your listing. More available dates and a price below comparable listings also improve your ranking. So title, photos and description are an important part, but not the only one.
Airbnb suggests shooting straight ahead without tilting the camera, so guests get a realistic view. Editing is explicitly encouraged: brightness, contrast, cropping and straightening. Anything guests will not find on site does not belong in the picture. Airbnb asks hosts to remove photos where AI or other digital technology has been used to edit flaws, hide damage or add amenities.
That is why TeddyBNB shows you what to improve when taking photos and never alters your images. According to Airbnb, overselling risks disappointed guests and negative reviews.
No. The check is free and needs no sign-up. It runs entirely in your browser.
No. Your browser reads the photos only on your device to measure size, format and brightness. Nothing goes to Teddynews or anyone else, and nothing is stored. Close the page and it is all gone.
Nobody can promise that. According to Airbnb, quality, popularity, price and location decide the order in search. Good photos and a clear description count towards quality. The check does not change your price, location or reviews.
From Airbnb’s Help Centre and Resource Centre; the sources are listed at the bottom of this page. Airbnb gives no figure for brightness, so we use our own guideline and say so next to the result. In a sample of 102 freely licensed room photos from Wikimedia Commons, it flagged the 12 darkest, all of them visibly gloomy.
Because Airbnb’s Terms of Service rule out reading its pages automatically: no bots, crawlers or scrapers. Copying takes a minute, and your texts stay with you.
Only as far as your place stays real. Airbnb asks hosts to remove photos where AI or other digital technology has been used to edit flaws, hide damage or add amenities. Adjusting brightness, contrast and cropping is something Airbnb itself recommends.
Not at present. The EU rule has applied since 20 May 2026, but according to the Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism no Austrian province has introduced it yet. Vienna plans to require it from 1 January 2027; the number then has to appear in the listing, and existing listings have until the end of March 2027. As of 31 October 2026.
All pages read on 31 October 2026. Airbnb may change them at any time. TeddyBNB is a Teddynews service and is not affiliated with Airbnb. Brightness guideline: measured on 102 colour photos from the Wikimedia Commons categories living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens and hotel rooms, 31 October 2026.
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