How long has it been since you looked at the photos in your listing? If you’re racking your brain trying to recall a faraway date, keep reading! This bit of hosting advice is for you. As a host, photographing your space and uploading photos to your Airbnb listing is one of the earliest steps in the process. Once that step is done, it’s easy to let months, even years, slip by without revisiting them.

But for your guests, each photo you’ve posted, however long ago, is a promise. It says, this is what the space will look like when you arrive. Your pictures are fresh in each guest’s mind. Many guests will literally have looked at them again on the day they check in. And if the current reality of your Airbnb deviates from the pictures, guests can feel misled.