When you buy a listing on HomeAway.com, you get an advertisement on HomeAway.com, CyberRentals.com, GreatRentals.com, and A1Vacations.com. In this listing, you can write detailed descriptions of your home, solicit reviews from past guests, and display photos of your home. Of the various aspects of your listing, the photos are probably the most important for truly selling your property to potential guests.

So, why should you upload all 12 photos?

First of all, you're paying for them. With your subscription to HomeAway, you get 12 photos automatically. Why not use the space you're paying for?

Plus, by displaying more photos, you'll likely get fewer questions from travelers. If prospective renters have all of the info they need to make a decision up front, they're less likely to email or call you with basic questions.

And if that's not reason enough, in effort to reward owners with complete ads (which results in a better traveler experience), HomeAway properties with 12 photos show up higher on HomeAway.com search results pages than properties with fewer photos. If you own a digital camera, you can easily take 100s of photos of your home to come up with 12 good ones.

The Bottom Line: By uploading 12 photos of your vacation home to your HomeAway listing, you'll get more inquires. On HomeAway.com, properties with 12 photos get 4 times as many inquiries as properties that only have 4.

© Copyright 2007, HomeAway, Inc., Updated 10/24/08.

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