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Short Term Rental and Airbnb Photography in Austin

Styled interiors, amenity frames and the cover photo that decides whether anyone clicks. Built for how guests actually book.

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A Rental Is Booked On Photos, Not Sold On Them

A short term rental is not sold, it is booked, repeatedly, by people scrolling a grid of thumbnails. The cover photo is doing more work than any single image in real estate, and most Austin listings are still using something shot on a phone.

Austin runs a serious short term rental market on the back of ACL, SXSW, F1, football weekends and a steady stream of bachelor and bachelorette parties. Guests compare eight listings in a price band that all have similar bed counts, and they choose on feel. Photography is essentially the entire product page.

Short term rental bedroom in East Austin with a made bed, bedside lamps and a framed print above the headboard
A rental bedroom, shot the way a guest reads it: how many people sleep here, and what does it look like at night.

How rental photography differs from listing photography

A listing photograph documents a house honestly for someone deciding whether to buy it. A rental photograph sells an experience to someone deciding where to spend a weekend. Both have to be truthful, but they are aiming at different things.

  • Warmer and more styled. Lamps on, throws arranged, table set, coffee out. A listing photo strips a room back. A rental photo dresses it.
  • The cover photo is a decision. One image decides your click through rate, and it is usually the main living space, the pool or whatever the single most distinctive thing about the property is. We shoot with that specifically in mind.
  • Amenities carry the booking. The hot tub, the pool, the game room, the fire pit, the patio, the coffee setup, the workspace. These are the things guests filter on and screenshot.
  • Sleeping arrangements matter. Every bed, every bedroom, honestly. Guests are checking whether six people genuinely fit, and a listing that oversells this gets punished in reviews rather than at the door.
  • Neighborhood context. What is walkable, what the street is like, how far downtown is. Guests are booking a location as much as a property.

Do not oversell it. A rental that photographs better than it lives generates one great booking and a run of two star reviews about the photos. Honest, well styled photography of a property that delivers is worth far more over a year than one flattering angle.

Short term rental bunk room in Round Rock with a black metal bunk bed, a desk and a neon sign
Sleeping arrangements, spelled out
Short term rental kitchen in South Austin with a white island, bar stools and an open stair behind
The kitchen guests will actually use

Video is worth more here than on a sale listing

Guests book on vibe, and a 30 second vertical reel does that better than any still. It also gives you something to post, which matters because most successful Austin rentals run their own social presence alongside the platform listings.

How to prep a rental before we arrive

Style the property the way you want a guest to find it, and slightly better. Fresh linen, everything charged and working, clutter and cleaning supplies away, personal storage locked. If you have a cleaner, book us straight after a turnover. If the property is brand new and unfurnished, virtual staging can carry the first listing while the furniture lands.

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Recent Short Term Rental Work

Short term rental living room in South Austin with a tan leather sectional and an open stair
Living room, South Austin
Short term rental kitchen in East Austin with a blue tile splashback and a white island
Kitchen, East Austin
Short term rental bedroom in Westlake with a green accent wall and a patterned rug
Bedroom, Westlake
Short term rental bedroom in Round Rock with a graphic headboard wall and a bouclé armchair
Bedroom, Round Rock
Short term rental bathroom in Round Rock with a white vanity, a tiled tub surround and a window
Bathroom, Round Rock
Open tread timber staircase in a South Austin rental beside the kitchen and living area
Stair and living, South Austin
Short term rental bedroom in Cedar Park with a dark bed frame and a mirrored closet
Bedroom, Cedar Park
East Austin short term rental kitchen with a white quartz island and bar stools
Kitchen, East Austin
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What a shoot covers

What A Rental Shoot Covers

Styled rather than documented, because a guest is choosing a weekend rather than buying a house.

A cover photo shot on purposeThe single image that decides your click through rate, identified before the shoot and lit for the job.
Styled interiorsLamps on, throws arranged, table set. Dressed the way you want a guest to walk in and find it.
Every sleeping space, honestlyEvery bedroom and every bed, so guests can verify that the sleeps number is real before they book rather than after.
Amenity coveragePool, hot tub, fire pit, patio, game room, workspace and coffee setup. What guests filter on and screenshot.
Neighborhood and locationWhat is walkable, what the street is like and how the property sits, because guests are booking a location too.
Vertical social reelA 30 second cut for Instagram and TikTok, because rental guests book on feel and stills only go so far.

Short term rentals

A guest books on a photograph. Sleeping arrangements, the kitchen and the outdoor space carry the reservation.

Services For This Property Type

Most rental owners take photography plus a vertical reel. Aerial matters if the location is the selling point.

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Interior photography Real estate video Drone photography Virtual staging Matterport 3D tours

The Other Property Types We Shoot

Rental listings compete on the gallery alone. These are the other property types we cover.

Primary bedroom in South Austin with a vaulted ceiling and a bench at the foot of the bed Residential Listings Downtown Austin condo living room with floor to ceiling glass and a view over the city Condos and Townhomes Open kitchen and dining space in a Westlake home with a stone island and full height glazing Luxury Homes New build kitchen in South Austin with wood cabinetry and a green tile splashback New Construction Retail storefront in West Austin with a stone facade, awnings and parking in front Commercial Property Aerial view of a four story apartment community with its parking court and landscaping Apartments and Multifamily Ranch house set back on open acreage outside Lockhart with fenced pasture to the tree line Ranch and Land Attendees at an Austin real estate networking evening Events

Short Term Rental Service Areas Around Austin

We shoot rentals across the metro, concentrated in central Austin and the lake towns, but the same booking applies everywhere on the map. Travel to the cities below is included.

Shooting somewhere that is not on this list? Enter the address in our booking form and any trip fee is calculated for you before you confirm, or get in touch if you are unsure.

Short Term Rental Photography FAQs

How much does Airbnb photography cost in Austin?
Quoted per property, driven mostly by bedroom count and how much amenity and outdoor coverage the listing needs. A one bedroom condo and a six bedroom party house with a pool are very different shoots. Tell us the property and we will price it.
How should I prepare the property?
Style it the way you want a guest to find it, and slightly better. Fresh linen, everything working and charged, clutter and cleaning supplies out of sight, personal storage locked. The easiest scheduling is straight after a turnover clean, while the property is already at its best.
How many photos does a listing need?
Enough to cover every room, every sleeping space and every amenity, which for most properties lands between 25 and 40. Platforms reward complete listings, and guests are specifically checking whether the sleeps number is real. Padding beyond that does not help.
Do you shoot video for rentals?
Yes, and it is worth more here than on a sale listing. Guests book on feel, and a 30 second vertical reel conveys that better than stills. It also gives you something to post, which matters if you run social alongside the platform listings.
What if the property is not furnished yet?
We can shoot it and use virtual staging to carry the first listing while the furniture arrives, then reshoot properly once it is in. Be careful to swap the images out once the real furniture lands, since guests arriving to different furniture than they booked is a review problem.
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What Rental Owners Say

Used them to photograph a few areas for my interior design business and it was seamless. Asked me what I wanted and delivered exactly that very quickly.
Riya S.Interior designer
Phenomenal customer service and quality! Couldn't be happier with their photos and videos! They nail it, every time!
Rebecca V.Google review
Great work! Very light and bright. Photographer was on time and a delight. I'll be using you again soon!
Aubrey S.Google review

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Tell us the property and roughly when it goes live. We will schedule around a turnover clean so the place is already at its best when we arrive.

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